I haven't had a lot of time lately to follow links around the depths of you tube and vimeo so I haven't found much to post up. I sort of got sent a link to this video, but it's cool as and well worth a watch.
Sick! I've posted vidoes from this guy before. This is from Daisuke Takahashi's "Subspecies." All copyrights and credit to him and StudioSk4.
Over and out.
Lt Meat
Indie music rants, fables of old men skateboarding in the past, lamentations on baldness, heroic tales of failed culinary experiments and expansive essays on personal detachment from the modern world.......
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Video of the day! Summer Camp - 'Down'
This is a cracking video and a nice catchy song too. I really like the surreal humour and the still/moving image idea is a really cool, simple effect too. I wish I'd thought of it. There's more Summer Camp at the Moshi Moshi Records website, just click the link.
Over and out.
Lt Meat
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Video of the day! Lovvers - Human Hair
I'm drunk, I love this song, but where have my Lovvers gone? Hopefully recording new stuff?
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Monday, 26 September 2011
Video of the day! Radiohead on Saturday Night Live - 'Staircase'
Dear blog reading team,
I'm still a massive Radiohead fan. They're the best band I've ever seen live TWICE (them and Hot Snakes, also twice) and I think this video for me is a good example of them still being awesome. Yes, as individuals they're about as cool as a half eaten packet of ready salted crisps, but as a group I still find them mesmerising especially when they're playing live music with great beats and subtle melodies like this. The last album may not have been great Radiohead, but compared to everyone else's music it's great music. I can't wait for the live dates next year. Hopefully I'll get to catch them again.
Here's the vid.
I'm still a massive Radiohead fan. They're the best band I've ever seen live TWICE (them and Hot Snakes, also twice) and I think this video for me is a good example of them still being awesome. Yes, as individuals they're about as cool as a half eaten packet of ready salted crisps, but as a group I still find them mesmerising especially when they're playing live music with great beats and subtle melodies like this. The last album may not have been great Radiohead, but compared to everyone else's music it's great music. I can't wait for the live dates next year. Hopefully I'll get to catch them again.
Here's the vid.
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Blogs of The Day - The Devil Has The Best Tuna and Song By Toad
Hi folks,
I have two great new music blogs for you today (I mean blogs about new music not new blogs about music, just to be clear). The first is The Devil Has The Best Tuna featuring this week in 'The Devils Round Up - September 11th' a nice little complimentary mention of the Girl Muscle's track 'Talk Like An American'. Receiving a compliment off of the Devil himself is a good way to start a Saturday morning! There's loads of previews and reviews of new music on here and in my eye's the Devil really has a good taste! In his words.....
"The Devil is dedicated to unearthing unknown, unheard, unseen, unheralded, unfamiliar or down right unbelievable bands old or new that have not yet hit the radars of the British public"
....and I'd like to thank the Devil for spending his time doing it. I suggest just diving into the Devil's blog and checking out what's being featured. There's regular posts all the time, some with specific musical themes or little features on new bands/new material. I've found loads of new Sound Cloud artists to follow and had a fair whack of new listeners myself since being featured on the blog.
The second blog to check out is Song By Toad. Again it's a new music blog with daily (if not more frequent) posts featuring new bands, new music, featured videos and (I think a very useful part of the blog) features on music industry discussions, aimed I think at helping out independent musicians and small labels. The main author of the blog Matthew writes quite a lot more than the Devil on each subject, especially the music industry features which tend to be very useful, such as this discussion on 'filter bubbles'.
It's great to have someone not just trawling the internet for new music to expose, but also keeping an eye out for music industry information and discussions that new musicians, bands or small labels would normally know very little about. The sad thing about trying to make a living off music in whatever format is that at some point you have to enter into the wider 'music industry'. Whether it's as a solo DIY musician or as an accomplished band receiving offers from big labels to sign up and get their music widely released, it will no doubt help to be armed with some knowledge of the industry. Especially about how music can be digitally distributed and marketed as we are now squarely sat in the digital age of everything.
I'm slowly getting addicted to new music blogs. I'm both excited by them, as I'm finding new music all the time, and slightly saddened by them having to exist (remember when you would meet up every week, hang out, possibly get drunk and talk about new bands with your mates? "Hey dude, have you heard that band Fingerbastard?" "No, what are they like?" "Fucking awesome! They sound like the Dead Kennedys and Blur put together, I'll tape you their album"). When I was younger I had certain old friends that were basically walking new music blogs, it was nice catching up with them and trading new bands to listen to (or arguing about why the bands they like suck). Sadly I think the internet has locked the new generation of these types of music enthusiasts away from the real world and condemned them to blog to unknown readers over the internet. I hope it's rewarding work, I feel it should be rewarded in some way. Maybe an annual music blog author appreciation party? Maybe not.....
To The Devil Has The Best Tuna and Song By Toad I offer my thanks! I hope that anyone reading his might take a digital hop over and check out these blogs from time to time.
Over and out
Lt Meat
I have two great new music blogs for you today (I mean blogs about new music not new blogs about music, just to be clear). The first is The Devil Has The Best Tuna featuring this week in 'The Devils Round Up - September 11th' a nice little complimentary mention of the Girl Muscle's track 'Talk Like An American'. Receiving a compliment off of the Devil himself is a good way to start a Saturday morning! There's loads of previews and reviews of new music on here and in my eye's the Devil really has a good taste! In his words.....
"The Devil is dedicated to unearthing unknown, unheard, unseen, unheralded, unfamiliar or down right unbelievable bands old or new that have not yet hit the radars of the British public"
....and I'd like to thank the Devil for spending his time doing it. I suggest just diving into the Devil's blog and checking out what's being featured. There's regular posts all the time, some with specific musical themes or little features on new bands/new material. I've found loads of new Sound Cloud artists to follow and had a fair whack of new listeners myself since being featured on the blog.
The second blog to check out is Song By Toad. Again it's a new music blog with daily (if not more frequent) posts featuring new bands, new music, featured videos and (I think a very useful part of the blog) features on music industry discussions, aimed I think at helping out independent musicians and small labels. The main author of the blog Matthew writes quite a lot more than the Devil on each subject, especially the music industry features which tend to be very useful, such as this discussion on 'filter bubbles'.
It's great to have someone not just trawling the internet for new music to expose, but also keeping an eye out for music industry information and discussions that new musicians, bands or small labels would normally know very little about. The sad thing about trying to make a living off music in whatever format is that at some point you have to enter into the wider 'music industry'. Whether it's as a solo DIY musician or as an accomplished band receiving offers from big labels to sign up and get their music widely released, it will no doubt help to be armed with some knowledge of the industry. Especially about how music can be digitally distributed and marketed as we are now squarely sat in the digital age of everything.
I'm slowly getting addicted to new music blogs. I'm both excited by them, as I'm finding new music all the time, and slightly saddened by them having to exist (remember when you would meet up every week, hang out, possibly get drunk and talk about new bands with your mates? "Hey dude, have you heard that band Fingerbastard?" "No, what are they like?" "Fucking awesome! They sound like the Dead Kennedys and Blur put together, I'll tape you their album"). When I was younger I had certain old friends that were basically walking new music blogs, it was nice catching up with them and trading new bands to listen to (or arguing about why the bands they like suck). Sadly I think the internet has locked the new generation of these types of music enthusiasts away from the real world and condemned them to blog to unknown readers over the internet. I hope it's rewarding work, I feel it should be rewarded in some way. Maybe an annual music blog author appreciation party? Maybe not.....
To The Devil Has The Best Tuna and Song By Toad I offer my thanks! I hope that anyone reading his might take a digital hop over and check out these blogs from time to time.
Over and out
Lt Meat
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Video of the day! Battles (feat. Gary Numan) 'My Machines'
Hello pop-pickers!
I have no idea how they've done it, but Battles have managed to make avant garde and experimental rock music mainstream. Their music is all over TV, in adverts, over the top of documentaries and probably in Hollyoaks (at the beggining when they have the guest directors in for the shit intros with the text messages that pop up on the screens with sad or weird songs over the top whilst the cast are waking up in bed from the previous episode's dramatic conclusion..........no?...........you know Hollyoaks, it's by the creator of Grange Hill.....................Phil Fuckin' Redmond!!!!!!.......it's on Channel 4...................................Flynn is my favourite TV character EVA! lolmegz).
Anyway they also make awesome videos. I've bloged, yes bloged not blogged, their last video for 'Ice Cream' on here a few months ago. This video is better and Gary Numan is in it. I only just realised why Gary Numan spels (yes, spels) his name Numan and not Newman. It's spelt (yes, spelt) like Human, suggesting Gary Numan feels that he is not a human, but a new(er) version of a human, perhaps a more evolved human than us mere non-electro based carbon life forms. Maybe Gary is not human, but from outer space and his choice of stage name is ironic and a rather tongue-in-cheek choice from the reckless invader. I'll get to the point, WHO CARES? not me.
Here's the video, it's very good.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA they're so fucking avant garde that they won't give me (an soley garde-based musician) permission to show their video to you. Search for it on Vimeo...................whatever. Battles suck anyway.
Over and out
Lt MeAt (yes, MeAt)
I have no idea how they've done it, but Battles have managed to make avant garde and experimental rock music mainstream. Their music is all over TV, in adverts, over the top of documentaries and probably in Hollyoaks (at the beggining when they have the guest directors in for the shit intros with the text messages that pop up on the screens with sad or weird songs over the top whilst the cast are waking up in bed from the previous episode's dramatic conclusion..........no?...........you know Hollyoaks, it's by the creator of Grange Hill.....................Phil Fuckin' Redmond!!!!!!.......it's on Channel 4...................................Flynn is my favourite TV character EVA! lolmegz).
Anyway they also make awesome videos. I've bloged, yes bloged not blogged, their last video for 'Ice Cream' on here a few months ago. This video is better and Gary Numan is in it. I only just realised why Gary Numan spels (yes, spels) his name Numan and not Newman. It's spelt (yes, spelt) like Human, suggesting Gary Numan feels that he is not a human, but a new(er) version of a human, perhaps a more evolved human than us mere non-electro based carbon life forms. Maybe Gary is not human, but from outer space and his choice of stage name is ironic and a rather tongue-in-cheek choice from the reckless invader. I'll get to the point, WHO CARES? not me.
Here's the video, it's very good.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA they're so fucking avant garde that they won't give me (an soley garde-based musician) permission to show their video to you. Search for it on Vimeo...................whatever. Battles suck anyway.
Over and out
Lt MeAt (yes, MeAt)
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