Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
My new favourite song - EMPIRE OF THE SUN "Walking on a dream"
From Last.fm.. Empire Of The Sun is a collaborative project between Pnau’s Nick Littlemore and Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson. Steele’s vocals were recently featured on Pnau’s self titled album. Empire of the Sun’s debut is set for release on October 4th 2008.
Ok so this is the best track i have heard since i heard Wild Strawberries for the first time at the end of last year. Really excited for this realease, i hope the album has many more jewels and delivers on the high standard and expectation set by this single!!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Death Cab For Cutie - Tonight!!
I am so very excited today - because tonight I get to go see DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE at the Enmore. Death Cab have been on an extremely high rotation on my ipod since about feb last year (i was a bit late getting on the bandwagon, but now make up for it by being a HUGE fan!) They are pretty much my number one band. Big call i know, but i listen to them so much and honestly never get sick of the tracks. They have songs to suit all moods, and every time i listen to their music i feel a wide range of emotions (most of it pleasure :P)
Their music is just amazing, and if you haven't heard of them, i suggest you go to their myspace and listen to a couple of songs! The latest album called "Narrow Stairs" is an absolutely awesome album, and I ma really looking forward to hearing all those songs live tonight.
I'm just so excited about this concert, I haven't been this excited about a gig since Chemical Brothers back in February.
Below is the Death Cab video for the song that actually got me into them, it is called "I will follow you into the dark" and I dare you not to like it, it is such a hauntingly beautiful track, and the video is great as well!
For those fellow fans or people that might be interested, you can a special death cab performance that is being aired "you-tube" style on myspace tomorrow night.
From news.com.au...
MySpaceTV will feature user-generated videos, like on YouTube, as well as professional TV clips from it partners the ABC, BBC and National Geographic.
MySpace will also generate its own original content, starting with the Death Cab for Cutie performance at 5pm on Tuesday 19 August, which will be streamed live to a potential audience of 115 million MySpace users worldwide.
The band, who will film the gig in Sydney, is massive on MySpace, with half a million "friends" on the networking site.
"They're hugely popular on MySpace and we're thrilled to have them perform live at the launch of MySpaceTV here in Australia," said Rebekah Horne, vice president of MySpace Australia.
Tickets to see the band perform their live gig in Sydney are available at www.myspace.com/mstvlive.
Click here to read the rest of the article..
And go to the myspace tv page to watch the concert tomorrow night!
Their music is just amazing, and if you haven't heard of them, i suggest you go to their myspace and listen to a couple of songs! The latest album called "Narrow Stairs" is an absolutely awesome album, and I ma really looking forward to hearing all those songs live tonight.
I'm just so excited about this concert, I haven't been this excited about a gig since Chemical Brothers back in February.
Below is the Death Cab video for the song that actually got me into them, it is called "I will follow you into the dark" and I dare you not to like it, it is such a hauntingly beautiful track, and the video is great as well!
For those fellow fans or people that might be interested, you can a special death cab performance that is being aired "you-tube" style on myspace tomorrow night.
From news.com.au...
MySpaceTV will feature user-generated videos, like on YouTube, as well as professional TV clips from it partners the ABC, BBC and National Geographic.
MySpace will also generate its own original content, starting with the Death Cab for Cutie performance at 5pm on Tuesday 19 August, which will be streamed live to a potential audience of 115 million MySpace users worldwide.
The band, who will film the gig in Sydney, is massive on MySpace, with half a million "friends" on the networking site.
"They're hugely popular on MySpace and we're thrilled to have them perform live at the launch of MySpaceTV here in Australia," said Rebekah Horne, vice president of MySpace Australia.
Tickets to see the band perform their live gig in Sydney are available at www.myspace.com/mstvlive.
Click here to read the rest of the article..
And go to the myspace tv page to watch the concert tomorrow night!
Monday, July 14, 2008
Radiohead - House of Cards Video
Radiohead's new "House of Cards" video was released today on Google.
Radiohead continue to push the envelope with their "In Rainbows" release, this time producing a completely digital video using absolutely no cameras or lights to create the clip.
The video was created using 2 technologies to capture 3D images, with extremely interesting and very cool results!
Here is the video for your viewing pleasure...
From Radiohead's myspace blog...
In keeping with their decision not to make conventional promotional music videos for any of the tracks on In Rainbows, Radiohead used absolutely no cameras in the making of its new "House Of Cards" clip, which can be viewed at Google.com
Instead, "House Of Cards", directed by James Frost of Zoo Films, was created utilizing two technologies: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. The Geometric Informatics scanning system employs structured light to capture detailed 3D images at close proximity, and was used to render the performances of Radiohead's Thom Yorke, the female lead and several partygoers. The Velodyne Lidar system uses multiple lasers to capture large environments in 3D, in this case 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute, capturing all of the exterior scenes and wide party shots. Geometric processed their own data while 510 Systems processed the Velodyne Lidar data. The data was then manipulated by Union Editorial and the Syndicate to create the final result.
Google will premiere the video today at http://code.google.com/radiohead Additionally, the band will be making available the data used to create the video for fans to manipulate into their own unique short clips. A short documentary detailing the unique process used to create the video will also be available via this link, as will 3D renderings of selected scenes.
Of Radiohead's decision to eschew cameras for the "video," Thom Yorke commented, "I always like the idea of using technology in a way that it wasn't meant to be used, the struggle to get your head round what you can do with it. I liked the idea of making a video of human beings and real life and time without using any cameras, just lasers, so there are just mathematical points--and how strangely emotional it ended up being."
For more information about the making of the video head to the Google Radiohead page. Here you can even download the software to make your own clips! I had a look at the files and it all seems a little to complicated for me, but i will be interested to see what other fans create and come up with.
Also, if you get a chance go play with the Radiohead code. It's fun and you can see the amount of pixels and detail involved with these 3D models.
Oh, and Radiohead, pretty please come to Australia asap!! We love you!
Radiohead continue to push the envelope with their "In Rainbows" release, this time producing a completely digital video using absolutely no cameras or lights to create the clip.
The video was created using 2 technologies to capture 3D images, with extremely interesting and very cool results!
Here is the video for your viewing pleasure...
From Radiohead's myspace blog...
In keeping with their decision not to make conventional promotional music videos for any of the tracks on In Rainbows, Radiohead used absolutely no cameras in the making of its new "House Of Cards" clip, which can be viewed at Google.com
Instead, "House Of Cards", directed by James Frost of Zoo Films, was created utilizing two technologies: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. The Geometric Informatics scanning system employs structured light to capture detailed 3D images at close proximity, and was used to render the performances of Radiohead's Thom Yorke, the female lead and several partygoers. The Velodyne Lidar system uses multiple lasers to capture large environments in 3D, in this case 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute, capturing all of the exterior scenes and wide party shots. Geometric processed their own data while 510 Systems processed the Velodyne Lidar data. The data was then manipulated by Union Editorial and the Syndicate to create the final result.
Google will premiere the video today at http://code.google.com/radiohead Additionally, the band will be making available the data used to create the video for fans to manipulate into their own unique short clips. A short documentary detailing the unique process used to create the video will also be available via this link, as will 3D renderings of selected scenes.
Of Radiohead's decision to eschew cameras for the "video," Thom Yorke commented, "I always like the idea of using technology in a way that it wasn't meant to be used, the struggle to get your head round what you can do with it. I liked the idea of making a video of human beings and real life and time without using any cameras, just lasers, so there are just mathematical points--and how strangely emotional it ended up being."
For more information about the making of the video head to the Google Radiohead page. Here you can even download the software to make your own clips! I had a look at the files and it all seems a little to complicated for me, but i will be interested to see what other fans create and come up with.
Also, if you get a chance go play with the Radiohead code. It's fun and you can see the amount of pixels and detail involved with these 3D models.
Oh, and Radiohead, pretty please come to Australia asap!! We love you!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Does it Offend You, Yeah? We are Rockstars
Check out this totally awesome track from Does It Offend You, Yeah? Is my song of the week! Cannot get enough of it at the moment and have it on very high rotation, as well as all the songs on their album.
I must admit, I have a penchant for cowbell (hence one of many reasons i love Chromeo) and this song has a nice dose of it.
Song picked this week following last weeks release of the Parklife 2008 line up. So excited to see these guys and they are one of my def picks for the day.
Parklife 2008 Line Up
- GOLDFRAPP
- 2MANYDJs
- PLUMP DJs
- NEON NEON
- METRO AREA
- YUKSEK
- FAMILJEN
- BOY 8-BIT
- SOULWAX
- DIZZEE RASCAL
- DIPLO
- DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?
- ELEKTRONS
- XXXCHANGE
- VAN SHE
- BAG RAIDERS (live)
- GRAFTON PRIMARY
- PEACHES
- MARTIN SOLVEIG
- JESSE ROSE
- BLACKALICIOUS
- DRAGONETTE
- SLYDE
- AJAX
- VAN SHE TECH
- HAWNAY TROOF + many more
EXTREMELY pumped for internationals such as:-
Goldfrapp - haven't been to AUS shores in over 5 years and since then have released 2 terrific albums
Neon Neon - One of my most listened to albums recently so stoked they are going to be there
Familjen - Another killer album that will be excellent live
Does it offend you yeah? - Going to be off teh chain
Martin Solveig - Cheese but he was so good at FD a couple of years ago that I would love to catch him again, fun tunes!
Slyde - The boy has got me into breaks and their set that is up on ITM is killer so this will be a definite party!!
And good to see some of the best Aussie acts representing - Grafton Primary, Van She Tech and Bagraiders.
More info on DIOYY? and tracks for listening pleasure at http://www.myspace.com/doesitoffendyou.
Epic Last Song is also killer, give it a listen.
Parklife tickets on sale Thursday 17th July, more info at the Fuzzy Parklife website.
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