Video: Beyonce f. Lady Gaga, “Videophone”
TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS VIDEO. First Beyonce is Rihanna complete with bleached-blonde Misfits lock, then she is a robot from a Bjork video, then she’s a Bond girl, Bettie Page, Neneh Cherry/Monie Love (in a Gerlan tee!) and like, the hottest/cattiest tranny since Amanda Lepore. Never mind that she looks HOT AS SHIT through the video, we just kinda think she needed to choose a couple themes and go with them.
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posted on Nov 17, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Bettie Page, Beyonce, bjork, Lady Gaga, Neneh Cherry, r&b, Rihanna
Andrew Weatherall, FACT Mix 85 MP3
- story Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
- photo Guy Martin (F64)
When we recently chatted with Andrew Weatherall, he told us he based the lyrics for his debut solo album, A Pox on the Pioneers (released today), on noir films and Dashiell Hammett novels, then told us a story about a Naples mafia boss who was stabbed in the kidneys with knitting needles at a banquet. And it was hilarious! His classically morbid British sense of humor matches his epic moustache/suspenders. Weatherall, as you likely know already is an epic DJ, produced and or remixed people like Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Bjork, et al and is one half of Two Lone Swordsman. Perhaps as a companion piece to the excellent Pioneers, his FACT magazine mix is titled A Pox on the Influences, and you can hear how his meticulous songwriting, multi-dimensional production and fundamentally punk ethos have drawn from the tracks included.
Download: Andrew Weatherall, “FACT Mix 85″ MP3 (via FACT Magazine)
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posted on Sep 21, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Andrew Weatherall, bjork, Dashiell Hammett, electronic/dance, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, punk, rock, Two Lone Swordsmen
Video: Bat For Lashes, “Sleep Alone”
Every single video from FADER #59 cover star Bat For Lashes‘ latest album has topped the last for awesome creativity—it’s like the modern version of the old Michel Gondry/Björk collabos, each work like a journey into the many-tiered creative brain of Natasha Khan. This is a woman who writes albums about knights and diamonds and shit, so you know, not surprising, but still. This is about some OCD triangle art project, sneaking into these dudes’ studio wearing a Harriet the Spy raincoat, and making a robot friend from orange plexiglass. It is an art project about making an art project. Heads are spinning! Also, at one point she caresses a patch of a wolf howling at the moon that is affixed to her back jean pocket. (via Common)
Freeload: Björk, “Nattura (Switch Remix)”
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Remember when Björk’s first album was all nuovo house and techno and it seemed like the most creative and relevant thing ever? Okay if not, just pretend you remember, we hear the ’90s are having a renaissance. Switch, one of our favorite producer/chainsmokers, remixed “Nattura” to save Iceland in a wicked dubsteppy and characteristically innovative fashion, and in doing so, teleported Björk back to the forefront of contemporary dance music. Yes we are feeling grandiose right now but also, this song bangs.
Download: Bjork, “Nattura (Switch Remix)”
Video: Björk, “Wanderlust”
- story THE FADER
Okay we stopped this after 3 seconds because it is terrifying. But you can watch it on Yahoo! UK or at Encyclopedia Pictura if you want. Two comments from those 3 seconds though: A. How is Spike Jonze getting fired from Where the Wild Things Are? And B. Have you guys seen this commercial or this video? It’s like Hey actually we like to have dreams about candy clouds and flying and shit. We do not like to wake up screaming about monsters made of shredded paper.
Video: Bjork, “Declare Independence”
- story THE FADER
Michel Gondry and Bjork go together like scrambled eggs and…scrambled eggs. The theme of this video is kinda heavy handed, but whatever, Bjork is controlling soldiers via colored strings! What!? Awesome. If there ever was an appropriate time to use the phrase, “this video came from Michel Gondry’s mindgarden,” it would be now.
