Good Videos for Good Friday - Videos of the Year: 1st Quarter 2011 DiS has found a man who watches loads of music vids, so you don't have to. He knows all there is to know about the bestest music videos around, and here is his very first column... Now that MTV is (and arguably always was) rubbish, I think music video has got a lot better. In fact, at the beginning of the year The Economist took time out of calling everybody stupid to sing the praises of the renewed format. Apparently the Adam Buxton presented BUG pulls a “keen, arty crowd” and that things are “quietly reviving”. I’m not sure there’s anything quiet about it to be honest. MTV removing the “music television” from their logo doesn’t say anything about music video, but more about how MTV has made its own role obsolete by forgetting about music completely. Anyway, this year’s videos so far involve guitar chainsaws, eating cockroaches, businessmen doing slow-motion dancing and robots. 20) Daedelus – ‘Stampede Me’ (Brainfeeder) Director: Chris Shen 19) Best Coast – ‘Crazy for You’ (Wichita)
Interviews: tUnE-yArDs Photos by Anna M. Campbell tUnE-yArDs' second full-length, w h o k i l l, is the kind of record that wants to know where you stand. It is intense and striking and assembled with care, but it also refuses to slip into the background and puts its concerns directly in front of your face. tUnE-yArDs is a relatively new project, but Garbus has been involved in art and music for some time. I spoke to Garbus on the telephone from Oakland. Pitchfork: I'm curious about your history as a music listener. Merrill Garbus: I was very resistant to the idea of being a musician as a career. I had a traumatic series of moves growing up and ended up settling in suburban Connecticut. "At a really young age, I wanted to be a rock'n'roll star-- a powerful woman singer like Cyndi Lauper or Debbie Gibson." Pitchfork: It does. MG: Usually when people ask, "Who were your influences as a kid?" Pitchfork: What about through the 90s as you were becoming a teenager? MG: An awkward teenager. MG: No, definitely.
SOUR / MIRROR Royal wedding: Fans camp out at Westminster Abbey 26 April 2011Last updated at 13:08 Royal fan John Loughrey has set up camp at Westminster Abbey ahead of the wedding Royal enthusiasts have begun camping out in front of Westminster Abbey for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. John Loughrey was first to arrive on Monday night, and said he planned to stay in his position to ensure a prime spot for the event on Friday. The 56-year-old from Wandsworth, south-west London, said: "I have always been loyal to the Royal Family." He was joined on Tuesday by Guen Murray, 76, from Attleborough, Norfolk. The mother-of-four arrived with a suitcase, a roll of bedding and a large ball of wool so she could knit during the week. Together 'forever' Mr Loughrey was dressed in a Kate and William T-shirt stating "Diana would be proud". The former assistant chef - a self-confessed "super fan" of the late Diana, Princess of Wales - also wore a Union flag hat. Mr Loughrey also spent four days camped outside following the death of Diana in 1997.
Guest Lists: Gang Gang Dance Welcome to the latest edition of Pitchfork's Guest List. Each week, we ask one of our favorite artists to fill us in on what they've been up to lately: which tracks they can't stop spinning, what books they can't put down, and what new bands they've caught on tour. This week it's Gang Gang Dance's Liz Bougatsos, who discusses Angry Birds, the thread count of her bedsheets, and Lil' Kim vs. Nicki Minaj. Favorite New Songs From the Past Year I have been listening to this group of DJs here in New York, called Ghe2o Gothik, and it's kind of the best thing happening here. There's this DJ group out of L.A. called Nguzunguzu. Favorite Older Songs at the Moment I've had J Dilla on repeat constantly over the past year. I've been listening to a lot of smooth stuff, like Sade, the Isley Brothers, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, stuff like that. The Isley Brothers: "Footsteps in the Dark". Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: "My Love for You". Favorite New Artist Wilder, a DJ at Max Fish. Jay-Z?
Tumblr BBC iPlayer - Bob Fischer: 21/04/2011 What Lucky People Do Different Today’s guest contributor is former Wall Street Journal and Fortune writer, Erik Calonius. Erik collaborated with Dan Ariely on Predictably Irrational and he has a new book out from Penguin Portfolio, Ten Steps Ahead: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us. A few years ago I was standing in the garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer. I had an excellent guide that autumn morning: Steve Jobs himself. He was showing me where his desk sat in the cramped space; where Woz had his workbench; where they piled the boxes of freshly built Apple I’s. “Look at this,” he exclaimed, pointing to the far wall. Today we certainly know what a personal computer is. The thing we don’t know today concerns Steve himself. But there’s another other issue at play in Steve’s illness, and Jonathan, I think you raised it your recent post, Dust in the Wind. Recently I stumbled upon a Stanford graduation address that answers that question surprisingly well.
SL Jones, “Paper Cuts” MP3 Missing Hell Hath No Fury Clipse? Here’s young Atlanta-via-Arkansas SL Jones, giving his best lost in the sauce audition for next-wave Pyrex sous chef, minus the Neptunes sound. Jones says, The inspiration for this song is street etiquette. You rely on other people within your organization but you maintain a hands-on approach, you never remove yourself from the loop. When not plainly stating the toxicity of cooking residue, SL’s staying busy preaching behind hashtags (#beforewehadjustin, #yallneedtobreakup, #onlyintheghetto, #liespeopletell). Jones’ long-cooking mixtape will be on the table, “prolly next month.” Download: SL Jones, “Paper Cuts“ Home - [Listen] Hear All 4 Songs From The Flaming Lips Gummi Skull USB We know The Flaming Lips and Wayne Coyne aren't the kind of band to do things in the normal kind of way. remember when he made a poster from his own blood? Well yesterday Wayne announced that he'd personally delivered five Gummi skulls to Psych Explorations of the Future Heart at 4:20 and promised “hug and kiss all buyers“. Inside these skulls were hidden USB's with a total of four new tracks inside! Below you can listen to all four tracks. "Drug Chart" "In Our Bodies, In Our Heads" "Walk With Me" "Hilary's Time Machine Machine"
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