Freak Owls
Official Music Video for Freak Owls “optimistic automatic”.
Directed & animated by maximebruneel.com | via
Vinci i Blonde Redhead con Polkadot
A 3 anni dall’uscita del loro successo “23“, ritornano i noiser Blond Redhead. La band newyorkese di adozione, ma dal sangue italo giapponese, sta ultimando le registrazioni del nuovo disco “Penny Sparkle” in uscita ufficiale il prossimo 13 Settembre. La cantante Kazu Makino ha dichiarato che si tratta di un lavoro completamente diverso dagli altri dove ha prevalso l’uso dei sintetizzatori sulle distorsioni noise. Il disco è stato mixato dal celebre Alan Moulder, famoso per aver collaborato con grandi artisti come Depeche Mode, My Bloody Valentine e Yeah Yeah Yeahs. E’ possibile ascoltare in anteprima il primo singolo “Here Sometimes” sul sito della band http://www.blonde-redhead.com/, e secondo noi promette decisamente bene! Per promuovere il nuovo disco i Blonde Redhead saranno in tour da questo mese, con una data a Milano il prossimo 11 Settembre. Polkadot mette in palio un biglietto per il concerto che si terrà ai Magazzini Generali. Per vincerlo scriveteci i nomi degli altri due componenti dei Blonde Redhead, l’indirizzo è contest@polkadot.it, indicando nell’oggetto “Concorso Blonde Redhead”. Avete tempo fino a mercoledì 8 settembre per partecipare, dopodichè estrarremo il fortunato vincitore. Di seguito le altre date del tour italiano.
12 Settembre – Auditorium Parco della Musica, Roma
13 Settembre – Estragon, Bologna
Arcade Fire Teams With Google Maps for Interactive Video
Go and type in your childhood address at thewildernessdowntown.com to play the new, interactive video for the song “We Used To Wait” by Arcade Fire. You’ll get the best experience with the Google Chrome browser. The video was directed by Chris Milk and built in HTML5.
Read more about the project in this Wired article.
Propellerhead Creates Worlds Largest Drum Machine
Propellerhead recently decided to create a giant, 4×4 light-emitting device so large that you have to literally jump between each of the pads in order to trigger the drum samples. Then they just randomly set up shop outdoors somewhere and hooked everything up to a projector showing the Kong drum synthesizer that it was hooked up to, and hundreds of people just stood there in awe.
Kong is a new instrument added in Reason 5, which by the way, has benn launched on 25th of August. It is a $129 upgrade if you currently own ANY previous version of the program, $349 if you are buying it for the first time, and $449 in combination with Record, which is also getting an update tomorrow. More info here! | via
Tuned Pale Ale
Tuned Pale Ale is a product that explores the musical affordances in everyday objects and promotes social spontaneity. While drinking beer, people become musically encouraged and often start making start making music with objects around them. This product aims to promote more of this type of social interaction. This product aims to inform users about the musical qualities of existing bottles and to make the bottle a better instrument. | Via
Coquet Coquette
Coquet Coquette, that’s the name of the new single from Of Montreal band. A little piece of what will be the new album False Priest (the album number 10 of their career), available from the next 14 th of September.
You can download the song for free here. Some artists from the hip hop scene have taken part to the project: Solange Knowles (sister of the more popular Beyoncè) and the producer Jon Brion. But it doesn’t seem so different from the Of Montreal taste, Coquet Coquette has got the same attitude and indie rock sound that we appreciate a lot from the band. So while we are waiting for the next realese have a look to the strange video of the new piece.
ikyaudio speakers
Audio speakers handmade from PVC pipes, each houses a 3 inch magnesium/aluminum alloy full range driver. Frequency response is 80-20,000. 3 way binding posts on back. The bass port is on the end of the 1-1/2 pipe/stand. Nice sound and a very good sound stage, lots of low end bass for a small speaker. Hand painted with a high gloss lacquer. Available here.
Converse & Music
The footwear label releases the music video for ‘All Summer’, the new original single by three of the most influential artists of today: Kid Cudi, Rostam of Vampire Weekend, and Best Coast. The new music video for ‘All Summer’ is set to be released by Converse. the video for is now streamable online, as well as downloadable for free at Converse. Enjoy it!
Arcade Fire: a special gig on Youtube
In order to promote their new album “The Suburbs” (available from yesterday), Arcade fire are going to play for a special gig at Madison Square Garden of New York, tuesday 5th of August. All the fan around the world will have the opportunity to be there virtually thanks to a live steaming on YouTube! But it’s not enough, a special guest has been invited to direct the gig: the famous and creative director Terry Gilliam (The imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas). Find above the promotional video of the gig and here a new single track “We used to wait”.
Polkadotters @ Sziget Festival
I nostri coetanei del 1969 corsero a Woodstock spinti da un senso di libertà e ribellione, e con la voglia di esprimersi ballando sulle note del rock’n'roll. Non immaginavano lontanamente quello che avrebbero trovato, la leggenda e la filmografia moderna narrano che fu un tam tam nato dal passaparola e un movimento completamente spontaneo e inaspettato. Si ritrovarono in tanti, tantissimi e con una line up memorabile. Noi del 2010 abbiamo perso la magia dell’incognito ma non la voglia di musica, come dimostrano piccoli e grandi festival che animano le diverse località europee durante la stagione estiva. Nei mesi scorsi c’è stato un passaparola ma di indiscrezioni e rivelazioni sulle diverse line up e alla fine ognuno ha avuto la sua. Noi di Polkadot ce ne andiamo allo Sziget Festival, a scoprire se davvero lì c’è ancora lo spirito di Woodstock che aleggia nell’aria. Ce ne andiamo via da Facebook e dal traffico della città ormai insopportabile. Ce ne andiamo lì dov’è più azzurro il fiume, sulle rive del Danubio, dal 9 al 16 agosto. Finalmente la tendenza degli ultimi anni sembra quella di voler riunire diversi generi e diverse persone in un unico evento , dopo un periodo di separazione netta dove un metallaro, un hypster e un rastone amante del raggae non avrebbero mai convissuto nello stesso posto, ma chi l’aveva stabilito? Ecco, noi ce ne andiamo lontani da certe convenzioni snob (che non abbiamo mai digerito) con un solo obiettivo: una full immersion di buona musica. Partiamo con la voglia di scoprire e sperimentare, abbandonando ogni remora e rievocando lo spirito più hippies sopito dalla vita di città: tenda e zaino in spalla. Di seguito ricordiamo la line up per chi partirà last minute. Per tutti gli altri… vi terremo aggiornati dall’isola di Obuda!
Chinese Post-Rock from Wang Wen
Wang Wen (惘闻) is a post-rock band from Dalian, China. The five-piece released their fifth album in April and it really jams. You may have already heard of them. In 2008 they began receiving attention internationally and embarked on their first European tour, to promote their fourth album, IV.
The group have just released L&R, their fifth album. It’s an instrumental exploration of noise, ambient guitar, moody melodies and muted drum rhythms that march you through a profound journey of 7 symphonic tracks. You’ll love working to this album.
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Sounds like: Mogwai, Red Red Meat, Mono, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky, Tortoise. | via
Future Dreams II
A music video made by Michela Monterosso, Shahin Haghjou and photographer Hector Ferreño.
Music by Jeremy Jay
