Directed by Scott Bateman
This clip for "Hatchet" was brilliantly animated by cartoonist Scott Bateman. In this "Optimimi Version" the song adds a soulful, light-funk that the rest of the album could seriously use. The exaggerated hair of Mimi Parker strips away some of "let's get serious" feelings that Drums and Guns creates.
Directed by Michael Grodner
From Sabertooth Tiger's Extinction Is Inevitable album on Gold Standard Laboratories.
Taken from the upcoming DVD UFOs at the ZOO, live from Oklahoma City and coming on July 10th via Warner Bros.
I'm not sure if Dan Deacon's latest album, Spiderman of the Rings, is a fun assortment of childlike sounds and goofs or a complete piece of musical crap. But what I do know is that this song, and video in particular, was introduced to us by the GTFU crew a few weeks ago and it's still funny as hell. Lighthouses rule.
Great Northern
Trading Twilight for Daylight
2007 | Eenie Meenie
In the past few years if you asked someone what Great Northern sounded
like you’d probably get an answer based on logic, “Earlimart.” Although
that’s a healthy starting point for discussion the path explored on Trading Twilight for Daylight reveals another world created from a completely different band.
The
album succeeds on many levels. First, it sounds really warm and
saturated. Second, there’s the rich vocal harmonization and detailed
arrangement that Great Northern craft so effortlessly. And third, their
strongest talent, is how the quartet builds these triumphant songs by
mixing lush piano chords with guitar and synthetic strings. The result
is soothing and memorable without ever revealing a musical weakness on
any particular track.
As thick as the sound comes across there’s very little excess found anywhere on Trading Twilight for Daylight, just a strong palette of sparkles, buzz, and melody. “Just a Dream,” “Home” and the dreamy ELO-inspired rock of “The Middle” are outstanding pieces of atmospheric rock. These songs are clearly the foundation of the album and an obvious leap forward from their Bats EP.
“Telling Lies” and “Into the Sun” flex more muscle and guitar grit right from the start. It’s during these songs where the rhythm of Ashley Dzerigian’s bass thumps along with Davey Latter’s outstanding kit skills. Rachel Stolte and Solon Bixler continue to reveal stories of love and loss without retreating into a pattern of hopelessness. Trading Twilight for Daylight intertwines so many layers into a seamless debut that begs for repeated listens.
-Scott McDonald
UK's The Bees are like a Primal Scream meets Motown time warp. "Listening Man" displays some real soul and tight trumpet riffs.
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