It seems that the Cold War Kids have been working under the radar to hit us with a new shot for old/new single “Hospital Beds”. We say old/new because as most of you might remember, this was one of two songs (”We Used To Vacation” is the other) that blew up on the face of all the blogs last year before the boys even had a proper full length even considered.
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So this past Thursday, Mom, Some Guy, and Menomena played a tiddy little show at the Granada and SRO was there to take it in. I call this; A show in three parts.
After having been to many shows, it’s my opinion that most live performances fall into three broad categories:
1) Your $$$ Worth
2) […]
Possibly the most prolific man in music videos right now, the success of Patrick Daughters is both obvious and surprising. Obvious in that the man gets the job done with style. Surprising in that his videos don’t really blow you away with clever gimmicks in the way Gondry or Jonze would in their heyday, nor do they appeal to the simplistic guilty pleasure centers that have made dancing on treadmills a part of our cultural consciousness. If anybody knows what a music video is in a classical sense, as both a commercial and artistic endeavor, it’s Patrick Daughters. Sometimes in attempting both he fails to achieve either, but sometimes he gets it just right and hits the damn thing out of the park. Patrick Daughters is fascinated with image and “image” is the language of music video commissioners and record label executives: hat the man gets tons of work is no surprise. The surprise is that he gets tons of work while maintaining creativity, intrigue and credibility, the intangibles that make a performer an artist (usually the type of stuff the suits try to avoid).
May I interupt your weekend for this?….cause no words can describe it…
Although our mate Derek does the best job possible. Check his review for all kinds of awesomeness.
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So apparently Conor got the same memo from God that Davey Havok (AFI) did — the ‘new style’ (and by ‘new style’ I mean, dressed like the Flaming Lips from forever ago) is to dress everyone in all white and then play shows and film videos. Has anyone else notice that if Conor gets his hair a little more ratty and maybe punches himself in the face a bit, him and Davey could probably pass for each other around town. Anyway, I’m actually a big fan of the color white — been know to sport shoes or pants of that color — but it just doesn’t seem to fit with Conor and his crew. A bit gimmicky maybe?
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Wow, it hurts that it won't be out for another year. But we'll take it as a vote of confidence that Spike Jonze's version of Where The Wild Things Are is gonna be phenomenal. Check out the interview. [Ain't It Cool News]
- #Looks like Rivers and his band of merry men have realized that they've hit rock bottom. Looks like it's time to get an old friend back to help their cause. Guess who? [Slashfilm]
- #We're so glad that someone has the balls (and most especially the mind) to recognize a Doucher when he sees one. Not to mention our glee at his breaking down the species altogether. [POTW]
- #It's about damn time L.A. in film got some props thrown its way. It's unfortunate that it took its own paper to do it. It's also unfortunate that Crash is on the list. Why lord, why? [LA Times]
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