MVs Collection #145
Posted on | May 11, 2014 | No Comments
Flying Lotus Feat. Laura Darlington – “Phantasm”
Directed by Markus Hofko.
SOHN – “Artifice”
Directed by Thom Glunt.
Black Bananas – “Physical Emotions”
Directed by M. Wartella.
PHFAT – “House Of Clashes”
Directed by Travys Owen.
Perfect Pussy – “I”
Directed by Lukas Hodge.
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MVs Collection #144
Posted on | May 4, 2014 | No Comments
Sisyphus – “Take Me”
Directed by Ryan Dickie.
Riff Raff – “Instagram”
Directed by Space.
Tom Vek – “Sherman (Animals In The Jungle)”
Directed by PAXI.
Morning Parade – “Shake The Cage”
Directed by Christopher Mills.
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Tags: Christopher Mills > Instagram > Morning Parade > PAXI > Riff Raff > Ryan Dickie > Sisyphus > Space > Sufjan Stevens > Tom Vek
Failure: The Tree Of Stars North American 2014 Tour
Posted on | April 29, 2014 | No Comments
Haven’t written an honest to goodness blog post in awhile but if anybody can get me out of retirement, the band Failure are it.
I always felt and I’m sure most of their fans think this way too that they were one of the best kept secret of the 90’s alternative music scene.
A band’s band as they would be called, singer-songwriter Ken Andrews,
songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Greg Edwards and Kelli Scott on drums being the core trio.
Their debut “Comfort” came out in 1992, followed by “Magnified” in 1994 but their last, and truly great album, 1996’s “Fantastic Planet” is nothing short of a masterpiece in atmospheric, fuzzed out art rock. I referred it as the “Dark Side Of The Moon” for the Lollapalooza generation in a 2010 post on it’s vinyl re-issue.
I, sadly, discovered them too late and did not get a chance to see them live. They split right after the 1997 (aformentioned) Lollapalooza tour.
There was 2 bands on my “I must see live before I die” list. Soundgarden (which I got to see back in 2012 and will again on their upcoming Summer tour) and Failure.
So when it was announced that they were getting back together last November, doing a reunion show in their hometown of Los Angeles 3 months later, performing “Fantastic Planet” in it’s entirety no less, a joyous fist pump may have occured infront of my computer screen.
The show went well, the entire thing ended up being filmed by many fans
(check out the YouTubes for it), jazzed me up even more for a full on tour.
They even gave a out a limited copy (250) of a 7″ titled “Solaris/Shrine” to fans attending the show and new songs are said to be in the works. More shows were played when they were added to the Tool West Coast jaunt back in March.
The moment of truth happened on April 7th when they announced on their Facebook page the Tree of Stars North American 2014 Tour.
May 10th to June 19th.
27 shows, 22 cities.
The only Canadian stop included being (ofc) Toronto with 2 shows. No opening bands, it’s a straight up Failure show all around.
I got my ticket for the May 29th show @ Irving Plaza in New York City.
I believe a few tickets are left, do yourself a favor and buy some.
Keep being updated on their shenanigans through their Facebook and Twitter pages.
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Tags: 90s band > Art Rock > Failure > Fantastic Planet > Greg Edwards > Kelli Scott > Ken Andrews > North American Tour > Reunion Tour > Tickets > Tree Of Stars
MVs Collection #143
Posted on | April 27, 2014 | No Comments
Dinosaur Pile-Up – “Nature Nurture”
Directed by Ralph Fuller.
Veruca Salt – “The Museum Of Broken Relationships”
Directed by Gary Kordan.
Dum Dum Girls – “Rimbaud Eyes”
Directed by Tamaryn.
Diana – “Strange Attraction”
Directed by George Fok.
tUnE-yArDs – “Water Fountain”
Directed by Joel Kefali.
Lily Allen – “Sheezus”
Directed by Ruffmercy.
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Tags: Diana > Dinosaur Pile-Up > Dum Dum Girls > Gary Kordan > George Fok > Joel Kefali > Lily Allen > Ralph Fuller > Ruffmercy > Tamaryn > Tune-Yards > Veruca Salt
MVs Collection #142
Posted on | April 20, 2014 | No Comments
Sky Ferreira – “I Blame Myself”
Directed by Grant Singer.
Real Estate – “Crime”
Directed by Tom Scharpling.
Mounties – “Headphones”
Directed by N/A.
The Whigs – “Hit Me”
Directed by Scott Carney.
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Tags: Andy Daly > Ben O'Brien > Grant Singer > Mounties > Nick Kroll > Real Estate > Scott Carney > Sky Ferreira > The Whigs > Tom Scharpling