Just like William Basinski and The Caretaker, Joplin, MO-based musician Whettman Chelmets got a precious gift of being able to create something beautiful out of a tragedy/dark events. Liner notes to his upcoming album "Long Read Memories" reveal the following: My brother was arrested for murder in 1987. He was 17. I was 9. It…
Bark Psychosis is the band you never heard off but they changed the sound of music by influencing countless of musicians whom adopted their “Post-Rock” sound. My visual interpretation of the song “Big Shot” is centered upon themes of existential restlessness and American obsession with constant the search for fulfillment and meaning outside themselves. This…
Soviet-era animation Tale of Tales is often considered the best animated film of all times and for a good reason. The way it weaves together complex themes of war, grief/loss and keeping the memory alive/persevering in the face of darkness is nothing short of astounding. The movie also relies heavily on music rather than dialogue…
It makes sense that the video for "Clouds", a new song by UK artist boycalledcrow, is filled to the brim with vintage imagery of cars from the 50s. The idea behind the video is that we're being virtually transported (or even teleported) to a time and place that no longer exists. Same can be said…
Nearly every single one of us went through a moment in life, where we watched or heard something and instantly asked our ourselves: Why isn't this band/artist more popular? Such is the case with Astral Swans - Canadian band led by Matthew Swann. After watching a video for Controls I had to pinch myself and…
Back in February we premiered Loud as Laughter by Psychic Graveyard, new band that features members of Doomsday Student, All Leather, The Chinese Stars, Hot Nerds, Arab On Radar and Some Girls. Just a day ago Skin Graft Records uploaded official video for LaL and not surprisingly its about as manic as the song itself.…
