In my voyage into modern 80s (and 8-bit) culture for an earlier post i happened to stumble upon this video. It features the perfectly natural encounter between the 8-bit aesthetic and LEGO stop-motion ingenuity. The track is 8-Bit Trip by Rymdreglage: Earlier LEGO music video favourite (ofcourse):
A few weeks ago i heard about Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones teaming up to form Them Crooked Vultures. Well they played Amsterdam last night. It was their second gig (the first was in Chicago). I knew about but forgot. I was reminded about it this morning. FCK
As the decade draws to an end, looking back, you could argue that, culturally, it wasn’t really the 00s that we lived in, but that it was actually more some kind of synthesis of the 00s and the 80s. A retro fad at the beginning of the decade, the infiltration of 80s culture into 00s [...]
Blind Boy Fuller – Pistol Slapper Blues Recorded: New York City, April 05, 1938
Sometimes a band has so many great songs, you need to be reminded of some. I forgot about this one. This live rendition from VH1 From the basement changed all that: VH1 From the basement “Radiohead_In Rainbows_From The Basement” was taped in a London studio, Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar), Ed O’Brien (guitar, vocals), Jonny Greenwood [...]
Big Joe Williams – Stack O’Dollars Recorded: Chicago, October 31, 1935
Q-Tip heeft in 2001 een album opgenomen dat Kamaal/The Abstract heet, het is toen niet uitgebracht omdat het label er niks in zag. Gelukkig komt de plaat 8 jaar later alsnog uit, namelijk op 15 september. Hier alvast een harde track: Feelin’
2 years ago, i had a ticket to their concert in Amsterdam. A day before the show, I sold the ticket because i was broke. I still regret it.
The first interview the man has given in 3 years. You can also hear some snippets of the music of his forthcoming solo album Phrazes For The Young. Sounds damn good. Anticipation is building.
Ook al zag je afgelopen jaren overal Daft Punk T-shirts en waren deze peetvaders van de french sound erg hip, hebben de heren Thomas Bangalter en Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo eigenlijk sinds Human After All in 2005 geen nieuwe muziek uitgebracht. Daar komt dus verandering in. De heren maken de soundtrack voor TRON: Legacy, het vervolg [...]
the boots telling us how james brown wanted it…
Avant La Lettre guest starring in Saelors’ session of amsterdam acoustics: www.amsterdamacoustics.com is a new site recently launched by “three film and music lovers” that captures up-and-coming indie bands performing stripped-down sessions while backed by the Netherlands capital’s quaint outdoor settings.