Fan-made video highlighting bassist Paul Simonon
videos
Rock Plaza Central – My Children, Be Joyful Video
This is about as joyful as it gets.
New Aesop Rock Video – None Shall Pass
Apples in Stereo – Same Old Drag
Songsmith/mathlete Robert Schneider has been busy penning songs for Disney TV and speaking at the Mathematics Association of America’s annual Mathfest gathering. Here’s a brand new vid for “Same Old Drag” and an mp3 from New Magnetic Wonder.
Can You Feel It [mp3]
Dirty Pretty Things at Pentonville Prison
Some awkward-looking footage of Dirty Pretty Things playing a prison gig.
Music News Highlights
Aversion.com: My Bloody Valentine to Reunite?
NME: Keith Richards has been kind of Weirdy McWeirderstein latley. I mean, if you think admitting to snorting your Dad’s ashes and eating cigarettes onstage is weird.
Aesop Rock Myspace Blog: John Darnielle contributes a guest verse on the new Aesop album.
Arcade Fire perform “Neon Bible” in an elevator:
Modest Mouse – Missed the Boat Video
I went to the Download Festival at the Gorge this weekend, which might be one of the weirdest festival line-ups around. The Thermals, Arther & Yu and Heavenly States performed on the second stage. Nada Surf opened the main stage with a really boring set.
We had to sit through an hour of Presidents of the United States of America. I can’t believe those guys can still get away with singing about peaches, cats and frogs. And dune buggies. And Boll Weevils. I would rather listen to Raffi sing about Baby Beluga because at least his music openly targets children and retards.
This was followed by 90 minutes of Incubus. If there had been water anywhere in the desert, I would have taken a bath face down.
Fortunately Modest Mouse’s headlining set was fantastic. Two drum sets, accordion, violin, glockenspiel, stand up bass, some dude passed out drunk in the fetal position and Isaac Brock freestylin’ lyrics to old songs.