AND they’ve announced the first video from the new album Stylo will premiere on YouTube at 4pm next Tuesday. Mighty Murdoc remembers, “Someone was chasing me through the desert! Luckily I had my camera crew following me and they captured it all on film, so I’ve cut it up and stuck it back together for my Stylo video! That’ll learn me not to leave the safe, toxic, isolated haven of Plastic Beach…”
They’ve also revealed a little more here
Pre-order the album now on iTunes, JB Hi-Fi or Sanity!
Spoon’s video for Written In Reverse (from the new album Transference) is doing my head in… are they playing in a studio fitted out with mirrors a la Arcade Fire photo shoots or is it simply cinematic trickery??
The video was directed by the amazing Danny Clinch, who is usually makes a crust as a music photographer, shooting the likes of Johnny Cash, Springsteen, Tupac, The Smashing Pumpkins, Blind Melon, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, and Björk. Occasionally though, he dabbles in film-making, and by the result below, he should keep it up!
Spoon’s Transference is available from iTunes and cute boys in indie record stores now.
The 4th single from the rap-pop motormouth who loves to tell a story shows a softer side to this British lad who proves he can sing and write beautiful lyrics
If you thought you knew Jamie T take a listen to Emily’s Heart from Kings & Queens. It also comes with a super sweet video featuring a young fella who could be a young Jamie.
ohhhhh cute!
The digital 1-track will be released March 12 and there will be an iTunes 2-track the same day
Also Triple J have just confirmed that Jamie’s Live At The Wireless recorded at this years Falls Festival will be airing on March 8…so for all those who danced in the rain (me being one of them) and for all those who just love Jamie tune in
Our friends over at Moshcam have a vertiable treasure trove of concerts on their site. And, they have damn fine taste, we might add. The Decemberists first ever headline show in Australia was filmed for posterity on January 19th at Sydney’s Metro Theatre and is now live on Moshcam for your midday or midnight Decemberists fix.
Highlights? On the Bus Mall – a nostaglic favourite. The Rake’s Song – multiple percussionists and a sprawling narrative that if you think too much about becomes unsettling. And of course, a cover of The Go Betweens Bye Bye Pride. Colin and co. know their audience.
Did someone just turn the heat up?? …Cos it’s getting kinda steamy in here. Logic is one sexy tune, and the video does it justice.
The band collaborated with director Price James, who also directed Just a Song About Ping Pong (plus clips by Fiery Furnaces, Florence and the Machine, and Peaches).
The treatment emphasised styling, design, sleekness… and hot pink lips!
Remember that Operator Please are dishing out their upcoming album Gloves on cassette tape! If you get in early that is… You can pre-order 3 different versions:
Inevitably, our Friday afternoon / weekend-beer-anticipation playlist starts out with a wee bit of Depeche Mode. It’s an itch we just have to scratch, and this week we thought we’d share the Depeche love:
1987’s Never Let Me Down Again has two music videos, both directed by maestro Anton Corbijn. The long version, from Strange shows Gahan’s pair of dancing shoes walking without anyone wearing them, before someone puts them on and wears them to dance. Here is the shortened version without the dancing shoes. It appears on The Videos 86>98.
Fellow InSound-er Tara has requested an addition to the playlist: Behind The Wheel, also directed by Anton Corbijn and filmed on Super 8 for Music For The Masses. Aye aye cap’n!
What’s the buzz around the office today? “How awesome was the OK Go show last night!?”
If you are reading this OK Go peeps, let me say I love the albums and I adore the videos, but the live experience has blown me away and it was such a privilege to experience that in the intimacy of the Oxford Arts Factory.
I didn’t take photos of every single favourite moment as tall people got in my way and my iPhone ain’t that good a photo device (so excuse the quality of the photos I am sharing) but here were some of the million neat parts of their show:
What To Do with HAND BELLS!
LED JACKETS AT THE ENCORE (so good, so so good)
FLUFFY GUITARS WITH LASERS!
The band’s interactive lazer-shooting fluffy Gibsons were customised by artist and mechatronic research scientist Moritz Waldemeyer and Italian fashion designers Fendi! Find out more about the band’s crazy guitars on the Gibson website.
Other rad moments were Damian Kulash singing from the crowd, endless streams of confetti, THIS TOO SHALL PASS crowd sing-along, and quality storytelling from Damian and Tim. Bravo guys, with amazing music, genius music videos and such a great live experience is there nothing you can’t do (as a band, I mean).
Their latest album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky completes the trifecta of awesomeness with tracks like WTF and This Too Shall Pass. If you still need further convincing of this bands radness, watch their videos on YouTube, see them live, and then I’m sure you’ll come back to me with “OK fine, you were right, I love OK Go and agree their albums are brilliant too”.
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