ANTIQUIET – Happy Valentine’s Day! On this special morning we’d like you to forget last night’s back-patting spectacle of mediocrity at the Grammys to familiarize you with a 1,000-year-old oak tree in Wiltshire’s Savernake Forest called The King of Limbs. Savvy fans are familiar with the tree, which was three miles away from where Radiohead recorded In Rainbows. What’s even more … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Check out some promo music videos for new releases from independent bay area record label RecordLabelRecords. The videos feature a variety of electronic music overlayed to old school cartoons and other dope footage. RecordLabelRecords is putting out two complimentary sister compilations in early 2011 titled Electric Carpets and Drinking the Goat’s Blood. Each one is designed to display a … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS– I remember singing Paul Revere with fifteen year old Giovanni Giusti as a freshman in our high school art class. Now I’m hearing his band The Limousines get introduced on the radio in the same breath as the legendary Beastie Boys. In school, I knew Giovanni as a witty, sarcastic, Italian kid who loved hip hop and breakdancing. … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Aphex Twin’s full length video of the song Windowlicker. This is one of the longest, best, most hilarious parody (but not) videos of all time by the man who changed electronic music forever. Directed by video mastermind Chris Cunningham. Check out more of Aphex Twin’s genuis at http://www.drukqs.net/
