I Love This...

My favorite cover of Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" so far....

She's got the signing skills and swagger to boot...

Effective Trailer Music - Battle: Los Angeles

The trailer for Battle: Los Angeles is really ominous, yet beautiful, largely owed to the song "Sun's Gone Dim and The Sky's Black" by Icelandic musician Jóhann Jóhannsson. The editing is also brilliant, keeping the powerful images devoid of natural sound, and just letting the eerie voice seep in. It truly is a powerful and creepy trailer. Who knows how the actual film will turn out, but the two minute trailer definitely spurs my interest, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen... check it out

Mid-Week Music Video Fix - Celebrating the dying art of the music video..

 Still the best.......

I'm a huge music video fiend. This  definitely could be my all time favorite.

It's easy for comfort to get in the way of vanity.

Middle Brother are touring!

Unfortunately they have not announced any west coast dates yet... The super group which features John McCauley III of Deer Tick, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, and Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit, and was apparently created specifically for my enjoyment. (If you know me, you know my love for Deer Tick, and Dawes, as well as my extreme like of Delta Spirit).

I have seen Middle Brother perform twice, once in the middle of a Deer Tick set at the El Rey and a few weeks ago at their first official show at the Invisible Children Benefit at the Troubadour, where they played all of the songs from their upcoming disc plus a great cover of The Replacements "Portland". Mr. Blake Mills sat in on guitar for the set, and they were beyond incredible. The way these three frontmen complement each other while harmonizing as well as trading off lead vocal duties is not to be missed.....

The tour dates (so far) are as follows:

03.02.11	9:30 Club	Washington, DC, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.03.11	Paradise Rock Club	Boston, MA, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.04.11	Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel	Providence, RI, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.05.11	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, NY, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.06.11	Bowery Ballroom	New York, NY, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.09.11	Theatre of the Living Arts	Philadelphia, PA, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.10.11	Water Street Music Hall	Rochester, NY, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.11.11	Opera House	Toronto, ON, CA	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.12.11	The Metro	Chicago, IL, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.13.11	Majestic Theatre	Madison, WI, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.14.11	First Avenue	Minneapolis, MN, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.17.11	Club Dada	Dallas, TX, US	Deer Tick, Dawes, Jonny Corndawg
03.19.11	Auditorium Shores - SXSW	Austin, TX, US	Ground Control Touring Showcase w/ Bright Eyes, the Felice Brothers, Man Man

Their debut disc will be released March 1st and a very reliable source over at Partisan records tells me he has never been more excited about any record coming out... And from him, that's saying a lot, believe you me! (I have never really understood what that phrase means). Anyway you can preview and pre-order Middle Brothers debut right here: http://www.partisanrecords.com/artists/middle-brother/catalog/middle-brother

Plus here they are performing at the aforementioned Invisible Children Benefit at the Troubadour

Beginning with  the Taylor Goldsmith on lead vocals for "Wilderness"

John McCauley takes the lead on "Daydreaming"

And Matt Vasquez  for"Blue Eyes"

Lovin' Tennis..

  

 

 Husband and wife duo Tennis' debut full length dropped today, and I may be a bit late on this one, but I dig it... I'd like to tie a sweater around my neck and make a sexy nautical themed film possibly starring 80's Andrew McCarthy  and Lorie Griffin of Teen Wolf fame just to use them for the score...  

 

Check out Tennis - "Marathon"