Directed by Shawn Kim
From 2004's Future Perfect, a new album is coming soon.
From Priestbird's new album, which comes out today, In Your Time (Kemado)
Directed by Laurent Briet
Aphex Twin's Drukqs was pretty hit or miss for me. But there's no denying the talent that guy displays on Come to Daddy. That album (some people refer to it as an EP?) came out almost ten years ago! I've also had a few requests for "Windowlicker" but that is one loooooong video.
Kings of Leon
Because of the Times
2007 | RCA
Kings of Leon were once labeled "the Strokes of the South,” a simple way to dismiss
the band who were regarded equally for their southern “look” and music
in the press. On Because of the Times I hear a huge
improvement in sound and arrangement that separates them from previous
albums, and any Lynyrd Skynyrd comparisons. Surprisingly, the band is
very loose from the beginning and strikingly similar to the rage and
guitar blasts of the Pixies being fronted by greg Dulli, at least
during the first third of the album.
Because of the Times is
certainly darker and less accessible than I would have ever imagined.
The screams on “Charmer” annoyed me at first but now I immediately go
right to that track because it climaxes with a thunderous riff after
about a minute and a half. The single "On Call" slowly builds into a
solid chugging guitar line. Too bad the obvious pro-tool effect that’s
capping the vocal line “I’ll be there” sticks out like a sore thumb,
not cool at all guys. "McFearless" gets rhythmically adventurous then
lashes out. The middle of the record takes a back seat and leaves you
mellow and uninspired. "Camaro" saves the ending and is a shredder,
especially with that bassline accompanying the guitar solo. You’d think
a song about a Camaro would be just plain stupid, but the music roars
like a finely-tuned V8 engine.
Here in the US Kings of Leon are quickly passed over as a cliché southern rock band, like people only have time these days for My Morning Jacket. I know the trend is to skip over bands that aren't featured weekly on about a dozen different blogs, but in a more accurate world people would start paying attention to music that actually makes you feel something.
Directed by Matt Dillon
Thurston and his daughter Coco star in this Matt Dillon video. The new Dinosaur Jr. album is coming soon.
From 2006's The Crawl.
Directed by David Fischoff and Sean U'Ren
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