Monday, April 16, 2012

Sunset Rubdown - Apistat Commander (Xiu Xiu cover)

Sunset Rubdown - Apistat Commander (Xiu Xiu cover)
the images are from SPOMENIK by Jan Kempenaers 25 abandoned Yugoslavian monuments that look like they're from the future. "These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place (like Tjentište, Kozara and Kadinjača), or where concentration camps stood (like Jasenovac and Niš). They were designed by different sculptors (Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, to name a few) and architects (Bogdan Bogdanović, Gradimir Medaković...), conveying powerful visual impact to show the confidence and strength of the Socialist Republic. In the 1980s, these monuments attracted millions of visitors per year, especially young pioneers for their "patriotic education." After the Republic dissolved in early 1990s, they were completely abandoned, and their symbolic meanings were forever lost. From 2006 to 2009, Kempenaers toured around the ex-Yugoslavia! region (now Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.) with the help of a 1975 map of memorials, bringing before our eyes a series of melancholy yet striking images. His photos raise a question: can these former monuments continue to exist as pure sculptures? On one hand, their physical dilapidated condition and institutional neglect reflect a more general social historical fracturing. And on the other hand, they are still of stunning beauty without any symbolic significances."





Beans on Toast - The Dangerous world of drugs.

Beans on Toast - The Dangerous world of drugs.
After supporting Frank Turner at Wembley Arena, Beans on toast decided to do a street gig, this is a new song of his.





moi danse

moi danse
moi et mes pot's qui danson sur bob sinclar i wanna





Ben Harper: "Happy Everafter In Your Eyes" (live)

Ben Harper: Happy Everafter In Your Eyes (live)
Cuando se nace en el seno de una familia multiétnica (abuela paterna medio negra y medio india cherokee; bisabuela judeolituana; padre negro; madre blanca) y tus padres son músicos (la madre cantaba y tocaba la guitarra; su padre era percusionista y regentaba una tiene de instrumentos y discos), sólo tienes una salida en la vida: ser un músico con una admirable capacidad para fusionar estilos sonoros. Y así es Ben Harper (Pomona, California, 28 de octubre de 1969), un artista indefinible capaz de fusionar los sonidos más puros de la música popular con estilos diametralmente opuestos; un artista capaz de conseguir un estilo perfectamente reconocible al que podríamos llamar 'sonido Harper'. Además, es un excelente letrista, con una gran sensibilidad para tocar temas de actualidad como la paz, el medio ambiente o las políticas sociales y reivindicativas más progresistas (su música se utilizó en los mítines de Barack Obama). Ben Harper creció escuchando en su casa! música folfk, soul, gospel, jazz, blues, country, r&b, reggae, rap y hip hop, en las voces e instrumentos de gentes como Hootie & The Blowfish, Bob Marley, Jeff Buckley, Robert Johnson, Nirvana, David Lindley, Chris Darrow, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin o Blues Traveler. Su música tiene una enorme carga de energía, potencia y excelentes sonidos: puros, cristalinos, con aires soulseros, tintes rockandroleros, reminiscencias countrys y aroma al mejor Lynyrd Skynyrd sesentero. Es un gran ...