Category Archives: beauty

ratatat: “shiller” mp3

this song is so rad. that string synth! no drums (i love that ideologically). i can’t wait for this album. really good stuff. very film score (via gvb).

St Vincent: “These Days” Video

Evan sent me an email with this in it - a perfect way to wake up to the day:

Al Wilson: “Show and Tell” Video

R.I.P:

CHARLES COHEN AT THE BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL

Unbelievable. Incredibly beautiful and the sounds are out of this world. You should click through to Vimeo and watch in HD. Via Matrixsynth.
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Lykke Li: “I’m Good, I’m Gone” Video

This video is absolutely insane - I love visuals that cue up with sounds in weird ways (body builder/drummer, creepy kids/blocks) and the video on a whole is a complete sensory overload. Super creepy, super rad, and very beautiful.

Animal Collective: “Water Curses” Video

via the FADER:

this is what my friends do…

…make conceptual drawings of outdoor showers that are completely out of proportion. there is a beauty in it though that i can’t quite articulate.

Grandaddy: “Jed’s Other Poem” Video

Following up from yesterday, a phenomenal and beautiful video that I love for one of my favorite bands of the last 10 years. Made on an Apple II by Stewart:

Beach House: “You Came To Me” Video

Devotion might be my favorite album of this coming year . It is everything I loved about Beach House’s S/T debut but more fully realized. Anyway, this song is beautiful and while the video isn’t as visually stimulating as we have become accustomed to as a society (in terms of pace, not color/image), I think [...]

Live: The Cornelius Group

I saw The Cornelius Group last night at Walt Disney Concert Hall and they blew my mind. It was an absolutely unreal experience, fully multimedia. The band sounded great, first of all, from the tightness of their playing to the quality of their instrument tones. The drummer in particular was amazing. I’m always amazed by [...]