Uh, I think this might be my new favorite song of forever. Except for all the factual errors, right wing rhetoric, terrible taste, horror, and general fundamentalist nonsense. I like everything but those things. Oh, yeah, and the music is pretty fucking bad.
Man, I love santorum. The guy, though, not so much.
I think the moment I realized that the video for Familjen’s “Det snurrar i min skalle” was brilliant was when you first see the little blonde boy hitting the cymbal in time to the beat. Before that, I was a little unsure, but I did not leave disappointed. Everything I know about Familjen (Swedish for “The Family”) comes from the Spotify blurb which I could copy paste for you guys, but instead I’ll just link you to the artist page.
Charles sent me this video earlier after a long discussion about late 90s/early 00s drum & bass and few back-and-forths of videos of people dancing to music they’re not dancing to. I dig the synthpop styling of the track and the 60s Swedish church footage they used to make the video. It’s real good.
Much has been written on The Black Laser about Pulp. I am a fan. A big fan. But, until recently, Pulp had not uploaded this video to the Youtubes. So, here it is: the video from the first track off 1995’s Different Class, “Mis-Shapes”. I don’t have a lot to say about it. It’s pretty great and the song too. Enjoy.
Also, I can’t possibly express how super mega fucking excited I am to go see Pulp perform at Radio City Music Hall in April. LIKE WHOA. I have an extra ticket too. Anyone want to go?
Do you remember how in college I used to listen to Idiology basically on repeat? You don’t? What’s wrong with your memory? Go to a doctor.
Mouse on Mars is back with a forthcoming record after a many-year hiatus and they’ve released this video for their first single “Polaroyced”. At the beginning you think the video is going to be a super simple video of El Luchador De Oro dancing around the back streets of Venice, CA, but it ends up being so much more. Floating golden dogs! Exploding palms! Glitter everywhere!
Rio, you’re going to love this one.
The outfits!
The dancing!
The goats!
The song!
THE VIDEO!
Who knew I could find two amazing videos in one afternoon?!?
I love this a lot. At first you’re all, “Man, this is a totally normal music video of a panda chilling out in his hotel room. He calls the front desk. What’s weird about this?” And then BOOM—pole dancing chicks emerge from the ceiling. And then it gets better. Watch the whole thing! Enjoy it! It is NOT work safe for you people with serious jobs, but I won’t spoil why not. Needless to say, you’ll like it and if you don’t you’re wrong.
I’ve been listening to the new The 2 Bears record a lot recently. Beyond “Bear Hug”, nothing I’d heard from it was really sticking with me very well. But, recently, something changed and I’ve turned around to their particular brand of funky UK house. I don’t know what it was that changed, but sometimes you just give something enough of a chance and eventually it starts clicking with you. That is true for music and books and people.
Anyway, give it a chance and I think you will dig it too. It’s on Spotify, iTunes, where ever, here ever, there ever.