Tycho See
directed by Bradley G Munkowitz
Tycho
Awake
1. Awake
2. Montana
3. L
4. Dye
5. See
6. Apogee
7. Spectre
8. Plains
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Tycho - See (Official Performance Cut)
Director, Bradley G. Munkowitz used an infrared emitter from a Microsoft Kinetic, creating a highly innovate and visually stunning new music video for the song, "See" by Tycho (San Francisco, CA) off of their latest album, Awake, released Mar.18th, 2014. De Zeen Magazine has a great article that details the whole process.
Tycho See
directed by Bradley G Munkowitz
Tycho See
directed by Bradley G Munkowitz
Monday, October 6, 2014
Bean - Rollercoaster
I have huge soft-spot for pop music, and no matter how deep I dig into the sounds of the underground, pop will always be king. Aficionados of all things independent and esoteric may vehemently disagree with me on this point. While I agree with them that anybody can write a pop song, with its bare bones verse-chorus-bridge formula; I feel that it takes exceptional songwriters to craft great ones. Noelle Bean (Los Angeles, CA) shows such promise.
Simply known as Bean, this Nashville, TN-born, Dallas, TX-raised singer/songwriter has a knack for caramelizing sweet melodies, clever lyrics, and groovy four-chord progressions into 3-minute addictive pop confections. My personal favorite from her Rollercoaster EP (released Jun.17th, 2014) is "Let's Go," whose verse and chorus share the same two chords (B, D#m) with only a short two-chord (C#m, C#dim) pre-chorus thrown in on occasion.
Bean Let's Go
lyric video
Bean Rollercoaster
directed by Devan Dehaven
Bean Cops and Robbers
directed by Michael Marco
Simply known as Bean, this Nashville, TN-born, Dallas, TX-raised singer/songwriter has a knack for caramelizing sweet melodies, clever lyrics, and groovy four-chord progressions into 3-minute addictive pop confections. My personal favorite from her Rollercoaster EP (released Jun.17th, 2014) is "Let's Go," whose verse and chorus share the same two chords (B, D#m) with only a short two-chord (C#m, C#dim) pre-chorus thrown in on occasion.
Bean Let's Go
lyric video
Bean
Rollercoaster
(STRZ)
1. Let's Go
2. Rollercoaster
3. Wherever You Are
4. Cops and Robbers
5. Like To Love You
6. Rollercoaster (Jump Smokers Remix)
directed by Devan Dehaven
Bean Cops and Robbers
directed by Michael Marco
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Flying Lotus - You're Dead
You're Dead is the latest album by electronic artist Steven Ellison (Los Angeles, CA) a.k.a. Flying Lotus. As a whole, the album plays through like an episodic soundtrack, spiraling jazz motifs and haunting soundscapes from baroque thrillers (the song, Turtle incorporates a sample of Piume Di Cristallo, composed by Ennio Morricone for Dario Argento's film, "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage").
Flying Lotus
You're Dead
(Warp)
1. Theme
2. Tesla (feat. Herbie Hancock)
3. Cold Dead
4. Fkn Dead
5. Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
6. Dead Man's Tetris (feat. Snoop Dogg and Captain Murphy)
7. Turkey Dog Coma
8. Stirring
9. Coronus, the Terminator
10. Siren Song (feat. Angel Deradoorian)
11. Turtles
12. Ready Err Not
13. Eyes Above
14. Moment of Hesitation (feat. Herbie Hancock)
15. Descent Into Madness (feat. Thundercat)
16. The Boys Who Died in Their Sleep (feat. Captain Murphy)
17. Obligatory Cadence
18. Your Potential / The Beyond (feat. Niki Randa)
19. The Protest
Full album streaming vis his website starts tomorrow (Oct.3rd, 2014). It will be available to purchase starting Oct.7th, 2014.
Here is a video teaser with snippets of each song accompanied by images by manga artist, Shintaro Kago.
First single, Never Catch Me featuring Kendrick Lamar
Flying Lotus Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
directed by Hiro Murai
See photos from his 2011 performance in Hawaii, here.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
TOKiMONSTA - Steal My Attention
New video out today for Jennifer Lee (Los Angeles, CA) a.k.a. TOKiMONSTA's Steal My Attention, off her latest mini-LP, Desiderium. TOKiMONSTAの新しいMVは今日リリースされた。
TOKiMONSTA
Steal My Attention
TOKiMONSTA
Desiderium
(Young Art)
1. The Beginning
2. Drive (feat. Arama)
3. Steal My Attention
4. Realla (feat. Anderson Paak)
5. Dusty Stars
6. Open Air (feat. Joyce Wrice)
7. Sakamoto's Spring
She'll be performing in Honolulu, Hawaii on Oct.18th, 2014 at the Art + Flea Warehouse, 1020 Auahi st., building 3, Honolulu, HI. Presented by SPELLS and Red Bull Music Academy. 18+ welcome. 2014年10月18日にハワイに演奏する。NOTE: Venue changed to Ginza Nightclub, 1230 Kona st., Honolulu, HI
Tinashe - Aquarius
The new Tinashe (Los Angeles, CA) album, Aquarius is gonna drop on Oct.7th, 2014. 女性R&Bシンガー、ティナーシェの新しいアルバム、「Aquarius」10月7日に発売される。
Tinashe
2 On
directed by Hannah Lux Davis
The video for the album's second single, Pretend featuring A$AP ROCKY debuted yesterday.
Tinashe
Let's Pretend feat. A$AP ROCKY
directed by Jonathan Desbiens a.k.a. JODEB
Her previous releases, In Case We Die (2012), Reverie (2012), and Black Water (2013) are available on her official website as free downloads. Get them while the getting's good! サイトで他のアルバムを無料でダウンロードできる。
Tinashe Aquarius
(RCA Records)
1. Aquarius
2. Bet On It
3. Cold Sweat
4. Nightfall (Interlude)
5. 2 On feat. ScHoolboy Q
6. How Many Times feat. Future
7. What Is There To Lose (Interlude)
8. Pretend feat. A$AP Rocky
9. All Hands On Deck
10. Indigo Child (Interlude)
11. Far Side of the Moon12. The Calm (Interlude)
13. Feels Like Vegas
14. Thug Cry
15. Wildfire
16. Deep In the Night
17. Bated Breath
18. The Storm (Outro)
Tinashe
2 On
directed by Hannah Lux Davis
The video for the album's second single, Pretend featuring A$AP ROCKY debuted yesterday.
Tinashe
Let's Pretend feat. A$AP ROCKY
directed by Jonathan Desbiens a.k.a. JODEB
Her previous releases, In Case We Die (2012), Reverie (2012), and Black Water (2013) are available on her official website as free downloads. Get them while the getting's good! サイトで他のアルバムを無料でダウンロードできる。
BONUS TRACK:
Here's 2 On remixed by TOKiMONSTA, who will be playing in Honolulu, HI on Oct.18th (Sat.) at the Art + Flea Warehouse. More info about that show soon.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Interview with Japanese singer, Kyoko
9/18 (THU) 3pm (Hawaii Standard Time) Mister Modular
and I will be interviewing J-pop singer, Kyoko Sekihara live on KTUH 90.3 FM Honolulu. Formerly of the band, BARBEE BOYS, Kyoko is a current member of Japanese super group, Fukumimi, alongside Masayoshi Yamasaki, COIL, and Sukima Switch. We will be conducting the interview in Japanese, with some English translations.
and I will be interviewing J-pop singer, Kyoko Sekihara live on KTUH 90.3 FM Honolulu. Formerly of the band, BARBEE BOYS, Kyoko is a current member of Japanese super group, Fukumimi, alongside Masayoshi Yamasaki, COIL, and Sukima Switch. We will be conducting the interview in Japanese, with some English translations.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
The Honey Trees - Bright Fire
The Honey Trees
Bright Fire
self-released
released April 8th, 2014
Like its album cover, the songs on Bright Fire are lushly laden with earthen tones. Through a canopy of violins, notes from the piano glisten overhead while drums tumble through the underbrush. The vocal harmonies of Becky Filip and Jacob Wick will enchant you, as they breathe out meandering melodies that float like phantasms; wandering the plane between love and loss. Every lingering note a ghost of an unkissed kiss, left to languish amongst the pines.
follow them:
http://thehoneytrees.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thehoneytrees
https://twitter.com/thehoneytrees
Also, check out their rendition of Henry Mancini's Moon River.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Chelsea Lankes - Secret
Chelsea Lankes
Secret
Directed by: Chuck David Willis
released August 6th, 2014
New music from Chelsea Lankes (Nashville, Tennessee).
follow her:
http://www.chelsealankes.com/
http://instagram.com/chelsealankes
https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaLankesMusic
https://soundcloud.com/chelsealankes
https://twitter.com/chelsealankes
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