animal collective have been on tour for a bit. but they haven't come to miami in a while, for the exception of Panda Bear who did a set at Karu & Y (?) during art basel december 08'. which, by the way, i was not able to enter because I wasn't 21 and +. side note: fuck you karu & y!
anyway. they're performing tonight at the culture room in ft. lauderdale. my friends and i are excited at the fact that we're even going since tickets sold out 3 months ago. whoo-- that was close.
let's see. i'm rummaging around the dome to see what i've been into so far today. let's see. i'm currently ripping the new sunset rubdown into my macbook.
i guess i can just upload something from animal collective.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
we who stayed behind
martin van thurah.
here's what I can tell you about him.
he's a filmmaker. it seems like he's also a cinematographer as well... filmmaker IS kind of vague so I guess I'll just leave it at filmmaker.
he directed fever ray's "when I grow up" video which is pretty rad and is couple of blog posts under this one.
and from what I can tell, he's probably from sweden. one reason being that fever ray is swedish and this short film is in swedish.
here's a trailer:
he kind of has this neo-realist aesthetic in his camera-work.
i'm not well-versed in filmmaking vernacular so excuse my ignorance.
anyway, I just wanted to comment on how typically cliched this short film looks complete with ambiguity, electro-acoustic noise, and people with facepaint. still, though, it looks cool.
here's what I can tell you about him.
he's a filmmaker. it seems like he's also a cinematographer as well... filmmaker IS kind of vague so I guess I'll just leave it at filmmaker.
he directed fever ray's "when I grow up" video which is pretty rad and is couple of blog posts under this one.
and from what I can tell, he's probably from sweden. one reason being that fever ray is swedish and this short film is in swedish.
here's a trailer:
he kind of has this neo-realist aesthetic in his camera-work.
i'm not well-versed in filmmaking vernacular so excuse my ignorance.
anyway, I just wanted to comment on how typically cliched this short film looks complete with ambiguity, electro-acoustic noise, and people with facepaint. still, though, it looks cool.
octet
if you know me or have even looked at my last fm (last.fm/user/plat3g), you might already recognize that i'm a pretty big fan of Deerhunter. i mean there's really not much to say, only that i love them with all my heart and that they should keep doing music forever. though, it seems that bradford cox (lead singer and guitarist) is a bit self-destructive... it would be a shame for him to lose his life to something like alcohol or drugs. anywho, their song Octet has been kind of playing in my head all day during work. a brash instrumental song that combines ambient, progessive, minimalism and shoegaze... if godspeed you! black emperor were to make a super group with Sonic Youth, this song might be a deep cut on the album. but since that won't ever happen, it'll just resort to being a deepcut on their first major debut Cryptograms.
well here's the song for your hearing pleasure. it's a crafty little gem that spans 7 minutes... but it's a growing process and is the best representation of how they come with such good fucking music-- a physical sonic manifestation.
Octet - Deerhunter
well here's the song for your hearing pleasure. it's a crafty little gem that spans 7 minutes... but it's a growing process and is the best representation of how they come with such good fucking music-- a physical sonic manifestation.
Octet - Deerhunter
Saturday, June 6, 2009
when i grow up
once in a while, my friend and I would sit down by a computer and exchange music video knowledge with each other and then watch them for some kind of makeshift music video marathon.
well, my friend showed me the video for fever ray's either second or first single from her self titled album. the album is really ominous and dark... yet surprisingly listenable. it's actually kind of a breath of fresh air. anyway, this video is pretty rad for it has two of my favorite things in the world: dirty pools and wild-ass mysticism shit.
komodo dragons
my current youtube video obsession has been anything that deals with komodo dragons.
footage of them eating an animal or just an exposition of the komodo dragon.
here's a pretty good one:
apparently i'm the only one that didn't know komodo dragons have fucking 8 billion strains of bacteria in their mouth which can cause blood poisoning if it comes in contact with any wound or blood in general. hence why they're called komodo dragons.
do to-do loo loo:
cheers
-ryan
footage of them eating an animal or just an exposition of the komodo dragon.
here's a pretty good one:
apparently i'm the only one that didn't know komodo dragons have fucking 8 billion strains of bacteria in their mouth which can cause blood poisoning if it comes in contact with any wound or blood in general. hence why they're called komodo dragons.
do to-do loo loo:
cheers
-ryan
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
fountainbleu hotel
"i'm better than you."
yesterday i went to go see the field/juan maclean at the fountainbleu.
i didn't get in because i wasn't 21. but that's not the point of this blog.
point of this blog is that i witnessed another side of miami i only saw in Ocean Magazine and movies like Bad Boys 2.
it was one of those bars that housed really cool, sheek people. and the tiles under them were neon blue.
I KID YOU NOT.
NEON BLUE.
i swear it was like a present day fellini film.
it was ridiculous and it kind of made me realize i am not part of any upper echelon cool-nessin miami.
even the people that went to the field show consisted of pleather-wearing aging hipsters.
i only saw one person with a beard, tattoos, and skinny jeans. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!
also, it turns out only 5 people came to see The Field and the rest were there to see The Juan Maclean.
BUMMER.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
stealing everyone's sunshine
summer is cool.
one of the things i love about summer, besides doing absolutely nothing in 90+ degree weather, are summer songs, or summer records.
i'm shoeing in on some potential summer records this coming 3 months.
i can already that the new passion pit cd is gonna be playing everywhere. i heard it a couple of days ago and found it to be obnoxious? i don't know-- it seems like that's the right adjective to describe this record. loud and obnoxious synth pop. a little disappointing but you can't satisfy everyone.
let's see. uhm. i just heard the new grizzly bear record, Veckatimest, and really enjoyed what i heard. this should be a summer record because it contains that lo-fi dream tone that was present in yellow house and relates to the haze of summer, but it might be drowned out by passion pit. or "my girls" by animal collective.
the new phoenix record is really fun. though, i've had a leaked copy for about 2 months, i still think this has potential to be blasting through your ipod while the sun hits your face.
the wavves record, wavvves, which came out earlier this year can still act as a great summer record. no doubt.
i recently listened to the new Juan Maclean album, the future will come, and found it to represent miami in the best way possible: corny as fuck, but still brilliantly tolerable. if this isn't a miami summer cd than i give up.
let's see. anything else? gimme some suggestions.
one of the things i love about summer, besides doing absolutely nothing in 90+ degree weather, are summer songs, or summer records.
i'm shoeing in on some potential summer records this coming 3 months.
i can already that the new passion pit cd is gonna be playing everywhere. i heard it a couple of days ago and found it to be obnoxious? i don't know-- it seems like that's the right adjective to describe this record. loud and obnoxious synth pop. a little disappointing but you can't satisfy everyone.
let's see. uhm. i just heard the new grizzly bear record, Veckatimest, and really enjoyed what i heard. this should be a summer record because it contains that lo-fi dream tone that was present in yellow house and relates to the haze of summer, but it might be drowned out by passion pit. or "my girls" by animal collective.
the new phoenix record is really fun. though, i've had a leaked copy for about 2 months, i still think this has potential to be blasting through your ipod while the sun hits your face.
the wavves record, wavvves, which came out earlier this year can still act as a great summer record. no doubt.
i recently listened to the new Juan Maclean album, the future will come, and found it to represent miami in the best way possible: corny as fuck, but still brilliantly tolerable. if this isn't a miami summer cd than i give up.
let's see. anything else? gimme some suggestions.
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