Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Eye Candy


The Osmonds slowed down into death metal. Yuuup...*turns head and whistles.*


Nick Ngo of The Bangerz getting down. Nice little snippet, of him reworking the, "Nigg@s In Paris" track.  Hopefully it's from an upcoming full length song. Hopefully you listened to it and danced like this...














I apologize for that, that's from, "Toddlers with Tiaras." It's seriously the grossest show ever. They tell 6 year olds to do stuff like that. I also think it may be home to the highest presence of front butt on a tv show per capita. I swear every one of those moms is rocking the front butt, perhaps that's why they want their daughters to be, "pretty."  It's such a disaster, the show is like a walmart that you can save on your dvr. Not something I recommend doing...unless you're into the whole front butt thing...no judging...totally judging. But in the name of science, please draw me a diagram of how that thing actually forms. I get the down part but how does it then turn on itself and create the crack? Inquiring minds want to know.


The opposite of front butts and walmart? Dudes in suits. SK loves her some suit porn and Blue Scholars are more than happy to oblige. I wish they used the beginning sample for a whole song, it has a nice groove to it. The actual song is pretty solid as well though. Looking good boys, no homo.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Eye Candy


I saw this on Boingboing.net. It's the new Death Cab For Cutie video directed by, Bill Barminski and writer Christoper Louie. The title of the new tune is, "Underneath the Sycamore."


Jay Howell did the animation for this video for Trash Talk's single, "Slander." He has a really accesible cartoony style that I have been a fan of for a while.  One of his painted pieces below.


And now time for, "Dope Zebra." I watched this without sound, so I have no idea what song is playing. Hopefully the song doesn't suck because it's pretty entertaining without music.


I am not sure if this is blasphemous...but I have never really listened to Wilco. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I do know people like them and they are awesome live? Here's what I do know, I like old time animation. So here you go, Wilco meets Popeye.


Did you guys hear about the cell phone that interrupted the NY Philharmonic symphony? The conductor actually stopped the performance until the phone was silenced. Full story here. First of all who doesn't turn their ringer off when they are at the symphony? Secondly who doesn't immediately try and halt it once they realize that it is ringing? You just let it continue? So weird...anyway the same thing happens in the above video but the musician plays along.


I love Tim Biskup's work. He just animated the video for Mastadon's song, "Dry Bone Valley." Once again borrowed from Boingboing.net


If you aren't caught up on, "Breaking Bad" then I feel sorry for your mother. Also don't watch this video. If you are caught up then congratulations you have excellent taste in television and you may enjoy this video of Walt and Jessie in all of their glory.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Yes Homo Pop Princess Mix 7

I am not really sure where I stumbled upon her work, but I think Rosie Hardy takes some pretty intriguing photos.  Check out more of her work here.

I feel like her pictures evoke the spirit of the pop princess mixes pretty well. That languid, pretty, sort of melancholy place that some of the songs inhabit. Her pictures be like the music personified nah mean?

Grab the mix here. Hit the jump for the tracklist and samples.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Eye Candy

The All Hip Hop edition of Eye Candy.

Dumbfoundead's video for his song, "Love Is A Song." Download the track here.


ACTION BRONSON - BEAUTIFUL MUSIC from dallas penn on Vimeo.
Big Action Bronson fan right here. Check out this awesome video of him as the dude from, Frosty? Rudolph? One of those old school animated joints we used to watch back in the day. He looks much less likely to murder you in animated form.


STS sure gets posted a lot around here. What can I say? I think he's got skill.


Are there other people putting in work, I should be checking on? I swear I just post videos from the same three dudes over and over. If only I had a new Sean Price video.


Here is someone we haven't posted in awhile. Still not new though, I have been listening to him since college. *waves goodbye to staying on top of new music*


This is mostly being posted because of the image. The Schroder of hip hop...genius.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Best of 2011 (Vol.1)

I know it's a little late to be putting out a Best of 2011 mix, but January was crazy for me, so I never got around to it until now. A few caveats: 1. In general, this is Indie Rock stuff, so yes I know Adele's album kicked ass, but everyone knows that (especially after she swept the Grammies), so I left her off the mix; 2. There were a lot of Indie electronica acts that I just couldn't squeeze in here, so there will be a Volume 2 coming soon with all that stuff; 3. Finally, yes I know it's a cardinal sin to put 2 songs from the same artist on the same mix, but I REALLY like the Girls album, and the two songs are so different, so I figured it would be cool. By the way, if you want my picks for the best albums of 2011, they are (in no particular order): "Father, Son, Holy Ghost" by Girls; "Helplessness Blues" by Fleet Foxes; and "We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves" by John Maus.

Enjoy!

Best of 2011 Vol.1