Arnocorps are not so much a band as a high concept performance art-piece, self-help tape, and a shot of pure happiness rolled into a sold musical unit. Their long-awaited follow up to their 2005 album ‘The Greatest Band Of All Time’ – ‘The Ballsy EP’ has finally been released and is nothing short of spectacular.
Top 5: Animated Music Videos
8 CommentsAugust 6, 2009 – 9:17 am
No. 1 – Pearl Jam – Do The Evolution
Music videos don’t come much better than this. Beautiful to look at, follows the beat of the song and tells a story. The story being man’s inhumanity to man through history and into the future. Wonderful, if heavy-handed iconography – but this is a music video – it’s better to use a big hammer than a scalpel to get your point across.
The video was co-directed by Kevin Altieri, known for his direction on Batman: The Animated Series – a massively underrated and beautiful show; and Todd McFarlane, better known for his work with the popular, if patchy comic book Spawn.
Just a Thought: Thom Yorke Honours Harry Patch
16 CommentsAugust 5, 2009 – 1:05 pm
Before I left my flat this morning there was a repeated extract of a speech given by the late Harry Patch – the last survivor of the Great War – on Radio 4. Apparently, Thom York of Radiohead heard it and wrote a song in its honour.
So far so good.
Newsgush: Raygun Become Internet Punching Bag. We Join In.
10 CommentsAugust 5, 2009 – 8:56 am
What you see above is a band who are either very, very clever or monumentally thick. Thick to the point of non-functional. So thick, in fact, that they cease to function as normal humans and simply begin to mill around making grunting noises, dribbling and, in this lots’ case, styling their hair.
RDB / Belladonna / The Medley Band – London Hope & Anchor
7 CommentsAugust 4, 2009 – 12:40 pm
Due to some crossed wires, DT turned up at the H&A expecting a night of retro-thrash with ex-Anthrax frontman Joey Belladonna, but what we got was something very different indeed.
The very sparse crowd prompts openers The Medley Band to head upstairs, serenading drinkers in an attempt to drag them into the H&A’s tiny cellar-cum-stage bar. Those who do are rewarded with a truly revelatory performance from a band who deserve to be absolutely massive.
