GIVE ME SOMETHING TO FIGHT FOR

THE FIRST DAYS OF SPRING TRAILER

I'm about to leave for San Franciso to finish shooting a music video for Mr. George Watsky, but I wanted to quickly share a trailer that I'm obsessing over recently. I just found out about the UK band Noah and the Whale, and they are releasing their next album along with a film. The combination of the song plus the cinematography has got me all hot and bothered in the right ways. It's playing in a few British festivals, but you can purchase the album and the DVD on August 31st. Please check it out.

SMALL GREY BOXES OF VARYING SIZE: "THE BULL FIGHTER"

I've been awake since 4pm on Monday
Lines are starting to move
Improvise at 135
(bpm)
It's a 20 minute song in 5 parts
I like III and IV
It may or may not be about a bull fighter
Enjoy!

The Bull Fighter EP

I LIKE THINGS THAT ZAP LIKE ZAP GUNS, I LIKE THINGS THAT SQUEEL LIKE SIRENS

I also like deerhunter. Boo.
Not the most innovative song in the world, but it does kick ass.
MTVs's videographers, however, do not.

Deerhunter - New Music - More Music Videos

FEARS AND BEERS

I have a little college radio show that is themed around evil, depressing and scary music. While putting a show together I was going through my music collection and thinking how I've been genuinely frightened by music three times. My pre-interactional mental state had a lot to do with each situation, but that should not diminish the power of these musicians and their work.

I am generally a very happy person, but a couple weeks ago I was really overcome with a strong sensation of dread. It seemed useless to stay up, so I went to bed. Before going to bed I usually pick some sort of soundtrack to prevent myself from thinking too much. Like a fool, I felt the droning qualities of Neurosis's Through Silver In Blood would be appropriate. My thoughts were accelerated and instead of sleep I found my clearest understanding of being murdered.

My father has had major health problems my entire life. I can remember as far back as being 5 and wondering if my dad was going to die. It's just one of those residual fears. Over a year ago, during a time when my father was in the hospital, I was listening to Valentin Silvestrov's Requiem For Larissa for the first time. This near hour long piece of music was composed in the 3 years proceeding the death of his wife. It is Silvestrov's personal account of the entire experience. The back half of the record tells the story of his grief, but the beginning of the piece is about his fear leading up to her death, and I could not listen past the third movement (of seven). It really pulled my own fear out of me.

Du Tréfonds Des Ténèbres is the first song on The Umbersun, a complete black hole of an album by French gothic neo-classical collective called Elend. There is no real story to this one. This one just scared me one time.

STARFUCKER

This post is not to promote another indie band. I am posting it mostly because I wish more shows like this one from Portland Oregon happened. It is much more fun than going to any stadium or large concert hall. Just hanging out with some friends outside dancing to music. Perfect.

LATE NIGHT NUANCES

I don't write songs,
let alone have six strings on my guitar, but I record a lot of
improvisations. I've got over a hundred of these silly things now.
"This is How My Head Feels"

LUCKY DRAGONS