Atlanta Album Preview: Snowden

Anti Anti was the summer jam for me last year after I finally got a copy, so I'm very much looking forward to the next album. The details seem murky right now, so here are some videos of new material they played at a show at The Earl back in February:

"Red Handed":



"Muse Like You":



"Lemon Peel":



"Candy For Everyone":

Video Of The Day

Alice Cooper is no joke;



Apparently, the woman he pulls up in the beginning and the dancer at the end are the same person; his wife...

A great entertainer.

Live Videos: The Ruby Suns, Throw Me The Statue (4/14/2008) The Drunken Unicorn

The Ruby Suns

Monday night's sparsely attended show at the Drunken Unicorn was really sweet. I missed ATL's Chainstereo, but I hope to catch them soon, because they seem interesting. Throw Me The Statue, from Seattle and signed to Secretly Canadian, took a substantially long time to set up their equipment and seemed to suffer from various minor malfunctions throughout their set. But, for the pop-rock style of which I typically don't care much for, they played a thoroughly enjoyable show and seemed to be really nice dudes, volunteering more conversation with the audience before and after the show than most acts I see. Slightly after midnight, The Ruby Suns took stage. The 3-piece incarnation of Kevin McPhun's project did a respectable job of performing the music from an album that I would have figured to be very hard to reproduce live. I listened to Sea Lion again today and I love it so much. Here's some vids and pics:

Throw Me The Statue











The Ruby Suns

Videos Of The Day

The first video of the day - a deeper look into the underground of the Atlanta music scene (and MARTA's central role):



I want to remix this.


Although I'm not sure how well received this raunchy music video will be, our second video of the day is a european dance track by Le le. According to the youtube info entry, "It consists solely of drawings made by Piet Parra that are also used as loops during the live performances. The song is about bitches and eggs..."

Video Of The Day: Dead Confederate At Langerado 2008

Video Of The Day: Beach House "Heart Of Chambers"

Beach House week continues as their newest video has been spreading through the Internets like wildfire. Tonight they are at The Earl. I'll see you there.

Videos Of The Day: Yeasayer

Awesome new video for "Wait For The Summer":



On Conan doing "2080":

Video Of The Day: Coathangers "Tanya Harding"

As they take off on tour today, you can be with them in spirit watching this new video:


The Coathangers - "Tanya Harding" from ataricharm on Vimeo.

Video of The Day: Flight Of The Conchords: A Texan Odyssey

While I've been killing time at work, I came across this post on Brooklyn Vegan. They posted the 45 minute documentary below that The Flight Of The Conchords made when they traveled to SXSW in 2006. The post also included this photo:


(Cred)

What is especially hilarious about the photo is that those two folks that FOTC are pointing to are actually ex-ATLiens, and the one on the right was my roommate a few years ago. Right before this happened, we had all become obsessed with the FOTC HBO special and it was a big deal when they sent us this photo after SXSW. Anyway, that randomness gave me a laugh. You should really watch this doc, though, because it will make you laugh also:

Live Videos: Rizzudo, The Liverhearts (2/2/2008) The Earl

Saturday night we went down to the Earl to catch this awesome ATLien show. It was my first time seeing both bands, and I was very impressed. This was apparently the first time Rizzudo played in over a year. The Liverhearts have a new album about to come out, and they played straight through that. Rizzudo also said they are about to work on another album. I bought their self-titled EP at the show and have been really enjoying it. I feel like I missed videoing some of the best moments of the show (like the end of Rizzudo's set), but I learned I need to get more memory cards. Enjoy:

The Liverhearts:







Rizzudo:





Photos:











The Liverhearts Myspace

Rizzudo Myspace

Video Of The Day

Music video from Shugo Tokumaru's awesome new cd, Exit:

Photos and Video: Yo La Tengo, Kurt Wagner- 1-12-08 at The Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA

Yo La Tengo










"Tom Courtenay"


Unknown


"Looney Tunes B-Side"
"I'm Set Free"
"My Little Corner Of The World"
"Sometimes I Don't Get You"
"One After 909 (Beatles cover)"
Answering Questions
"Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind"

Kurt Wagner - "Slipped Dissolved And Loosed"


"The Daily Growl"


"Let's Go Bowling"
"Autumn's Vicar"
"Of Raymond"
"Chelsea Hotel #2" (Leonard Cohen cover)

Video Of The Day

Nobuo Uematsu, known as the main composer for almost every Final Fantasy game, is coming out with another Black Mages album. This album is rumored to be a double disk.

I will show to shame for this kind of love; this is my answer to a "choice of one artist on a deserted island" kind of question:




Epic

Videos Of The Day

Jazz drummer Morgan Agren teams up here with Meshuggah's Frederik Thordendal on Swedish Television. They play a technical and expressive medley from the acid-trip math lesson, Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within. This record is a solid example of how to connect the dots between technical metal and jazz.



Here is Agren playing with his jazz group, guest-featuring possibly the most talented spoon player ever:



As a side note; the keyboard player really rips here: you would never guess that Mats Öberg has been blind from birth.

Video Of The Day: The Eternal Children

Here's a great documentary by David Kleijwegt on some musicians that I really dig, CocoRosie and Devendra Banhart. In the second video below, you'll notice Antony touch on the current music revolution of this decade that I constantly espouse.

Part 1:


Part 2:


Part 3:


Part 4:


Part 5:



Part 6:

B-Sides: Marnie Stern Videos (7/26/07) The Drunken Unicorn

I had promised six months ago that these vids would get posted, so here they are. Thanks to David for filming and letting me rock out:

"Logical Volume":


"Absorb Those Numbers":


"Every Single Lines Mean Something":


More videos (click to watch):

"Letters From Rimbaud"
"Put All Your Eggs In One Basket And Then Watch That Basket"
"Grapefruit"
"Precious Metal"

Click here for more photos of the show

Video Of The Day

This relatively unknown gipsy guitar prodigy plays in the tradition of Django Reinhardt, initially became known worldwide through his group The Gipsy Kids at age 9, did a number of years in jail for a drug-related offense, and now is back out on tour again. He is one of the best guitar players I have ever seen.

Video of the Day

Compressors even out the signals in an audio stream; bringing the lows and highs closer together. 'Record Labels' like loud records because they show trends of selling better on a significant first impression. Bands are pressured into a certain type of sound, at the cost of dynamics:

A counter-organization's website:

http://www.turnmeup.org/

This video explains the situation much better than above:




This is a global trend that encompasses (and perverts?) literally all genres of recorded music, but, just like any other technical decision within music, is an artistic choice in itself. Turnmeup.org is arguing that the option for an artist to enhance dynamics is lost. The fight sounds good to me until the catch : they are asking artists to put another sticker on their album cover:










Dorky?

Photos & Video: From Exile, Moorish Idols at Home Park Fest - November 3rd, 2007

From Exile

"Crushing Reality"


Other Videos:
"Minor Key Jam"
"Product Of Sin"












Moorish Idols

"Fer-De-Lance w/ Runaway Train Teaser"


Other Videos:
"SETI"
"Renouncing The Renaissance"
"Past Lives Club"
Moorish Idols - "Trem Two" (Mission of Burma cover)









Lots more Home Park Fest Photos and Video to come!

Video of The Day: Wilco

I've got the Wilco performance on Austin City Limits last week DVRed to jam out later but here's a vid from it with them doing my favourite song from Sky Blue Sky:

Video of the Day

The shameless fanaticism the Ohmpark staff will unavoidably tend to show begins now:

Videos Of The Day: Dan Deacon

"Crystal Cat":



On NBC:



At Pitchfork Fest:

Videos of The Day

Spike Jonze Interviews M.I.A. for Vice TV:



Additional Parts:
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

Video of The Day

Múm - "They Made Frogs Smoke Til They Exploded"



The new album "Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy" is out today on FatCat Records.

Videos of The Day

Dr. Octagon- "Trees"


Aesop Rock- "None Shall Pass"

Video of the Day

No question; this wins for the day:

Video Of The Day: The Year Punk Broke

Most of the Ohmpark crew is up in the wilderness over the extended weekend, but while i have internet for a brief minute, here's a great documentary on Sonic Youth and Nirvana on tour in Europe in 1991 that you must watch if you have never seen it. Here's all hour and a half of it:

Video Of The Day: The Hipster Olympics

This is pretty good:

Video Of The Day: John Vanderslice

The internets have been buzzing about John and his new album, Emerald City , about 911 and his girlfriend getting a US visa. It's not really my thing, but he was born in the same city as me so here's a video to check out:



John Vanderslice will be at The Earl with Bishop Allen, another artist the internets are hearting, on September 20th. Here's a little somthing from Bishop:

Bishop Allen : Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Video Of The Day: Animal Collective

The new AC video of "Peacebone" from the upcoming Strawberry Jam album (out September 11th) is really awesome and maybe one of the best videos I've seen all year. Remember the conglomeration of fauna will be at The Variety Playhouse on Wednesday September 26th. Enjoy:

8-12-07 Daniel Johnston, Keith Kozel & The Lovesick, Pink Kodiak at Savannah Smiles - Savannah, GA

Daniel Johnston loves pop culture icons. His songs are littered with references to Marilyn Monroe, Captain America, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Like his cultural heroes, Daniel Johnston is a legend. Through all the adversity of his life Daniel has triumphed to become the rock star he always aspired to be. Admittedly I just discovered him this year after renting the exceptional documentary “The Devil and Daniel Johnston.” Seeing him achieve his dreams and stay positive regardless of his bipolar disorder gave me strength in a recent difficult time in my life. His stark honest song writing is imaginative, captivating, and original. Since the 80’s people have worshipped and emulated the man and his songs with good reason.

Last Sunday night I caught him live in my hometown of Savannah, GA. I hadn’t seen a concert there since I saw White Zombie years ago when I was in the 8th grade. I am pleased to see Tiny Team Concerts booking such eclectic and amazing shows in a city that lacks them. I waited in a long line to get into the show but once inside had easy access to the front of the stage because not a soul was waiting there! A huge crowd was at the bar and everyone else was seated around tables. The opener Pink Kodiak was a one-man project playing self-described “Death Pop.” After a few songs he counted the people standing in front of the stage: Eight. He tried to coerce more to the front by exclaiming” I can count well into the thirties.” The songs were entertaining and catchy. He played a bass while the other parts were pre-recorded. Later I asked about his lack of band (thinking he was misunderstood by the local scene) and he told me the concept of the band involved it being a solo project. It was much easier to tell the second band was local. Keith Kozel and The Lovesick were a typical bar band in a city full of them. The band had all the movement and talent of the “The Rock-afire Explosion”. Keith Kozel did his best Mick Jagger impression. Later “The Lovesick” served as an unnecessary backing band for Daniel Johnston.

By the time Daniel Johnston came out people were standing and ready. He opened with a few songs on electric guitar. Sadly this was the only time Daniel would play an instrument all night. After those songs a friend accompanied him on acoustic guitar, which was very nice. Together they did a few songs including a cover of The Beatles’ “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away.” During the night Daniel performed old favorites like “Grievances” and “Walking The Cow” and more recent songs such as “Rock This Town.” His performance was great considering he read his lyrics and was very nervous (an apparent fact due to his shaking). I would have loved to see JUST him for the entire concert, especially playing piano but perhaps he didn’t possess the will power for such an intimate performance.


(Click for larger photos)


Pink Kodiac







Keith Kozel & The Lovesick










Daniel Johnston















Some Miscellaneous Daniel Johnston Videos:

"I Live My Broken Dreams"


"True Love Will Find You In The End"

Video Of The Day

This is pretty good:

Video of The Day

Thanks to teh 1337s for this hilarious stuff:

Video Of the Day: Tegan And Sara

Click above for tix and below for the new vid:

Video Of the Day: Mastodon

Here's the awesome new video for my favourite song from Blood Mountain, "Sleeping Giant":

Video of the Day

Biggie C and Matty G showed me this awesome video:



Arthur C. Clarke's Fractals, The Colour of Infinity
Soundtrack by David Gilmour
Explains how the Mandelbrot Set equation reveals fractals when applied through a computer.
The application of these breakthroughs are explained through nature.
The simple equation that gives birth to fractals is also explained.

Videos Of The Day: Smashing Pumpkins Residency In Asheville

For all things related to this, check out Smasheville. Currently I'm in Asheville about to catch them tonight, so here's some vids that have surfaced from the first two nights:

Video Of The Day: Dungen

Here's their awesome new video:

Video Of The Day: Stephen Colbert (Korean Music Video)

Colbert rules:

Video Of The Day: The Doors

Here's an hour long concert to watch of The Doors in 1968:

Torrent Of The Day: Explosions In The Sky (5-6-2007) (DVD)

You can watch the show in google video, and download it below:



Explosions In The Sky 2007-05-06 Seattle, WA (NTSC)

Explosions In The Sky
Neumo's
Seattle, WA
2007-05-06

Audio Taper: Jarod Watson
Audio Location: DFC, ~35' from stage lip. MBHO's NOS and LSD2 Blumlein. Mics 10' on stand.
Audio Source: MBHO 603/KA100LK (Channels 1 & 2) & Studio Projects LSD2 (Channels 3 & 4) > Edirol R4 (Channels 1 & 2: Busman W Mod, Channels 3 & 4: Busman T Mod, @ 24/48)
Audio Lineage: Edirol R4 > USB > Adobe Audition 2.0 (cropping, fades, mix to stereo, mute LSD2 source -3db, boost stereo mix +8db, dither)

Video Taper: Brian Connolly
Video Location: Stage-Right, front row
Video Source: Canon HV20
Video Lineage: DV(m) > firewire > Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 (sync w/ audio) > TMPGEnc Xpress 4.0 (to .m2v) > DVD-Lab Pro 2.0 > DVD5

Setlist:
01. intro
02. Memorial
03. With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept
04. Welcome, Ghosts
05. The Only Moment We Were Alone
06. Greet Death
07. Catastrophe And The Cure
08. The Moon Is Down

Notes:
Here she is. Big thanks to Jarod for handling audio in the back (which sounds amazing) while I did video up front.
Even though this is a single camera DVD, it looks pretty damn good I think. Enjoy.

Video Of The Day: Laura Veirs

She will be at the Earl tonight, so here's a video:

Videos Of The Day: Beastie Boys

Here's some new videos: