Enter Hevisaurus: four insanely popular Finnish dinosaurs (and a dragon) that play power metal for all the children around the world. The story goes that Herra Hevisaurus, Milli Pilli, Komppi Momppi, Riffi Raffi and Muffi Puffi hatched from 65 million-year-old metal eggs in 2009, which were unearthed on a mountain by lightning bolts and a witch’s spell. They are bloodthirsty warrior beasts yes, but ones that drink milk, eat cookies, and stay in school! And since formation they have become a Finnish institution, selling over 170,000 albums in their home country, and spawning tribute versions in countries around the world (in Argentina they are called Heavisaurios)
https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/meet-hevisaurus-from-finland?utm_source=dmfb
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Animism by indigenous Canadian throat singer Tanya Tagaq starts with a startling cover of The Pixies' "Caribou" and...
Animism by indigenous Canadian throat singer Tanya Tagaq starts with a startling cover of The Pixies' "Caribou" and then veers into progressively weirder chants and grooves. This track made my captive audience passenger on a long car ride declare "Why are we listening to this? It's HORRIBLE!"
https://play.google.com/music/m/Tksgx5syqi3h3p7rrvamwqtuioe?t=Damp_Animal_Spirits_-_Tanya_Tagaq
https://play.google.com/music/m/Tksgx5syqi3h3p7rrvamwqtuioe?t=Damp_Animal_Spirits_-_Tanya_Tagaq
Thursday, October 13, 2016
This makes me happy!
This makes me happy!
H/t +Kee Hinckley
Originally shared by PostmodernJukebox
New Video! Remember Gunhild Carling, the Swedish virtuoso that rick rolled us on bagpipes, trumpet, trombone and recorder? She's back, and she's got a few more talents to show off on the 1920s version of "Material Girl," filmed aboard the Queen Mary!
Get tix to see PMJ on tour in North America this month: http://www.pmjtour.com
Download this song: http://smarturl.it/pmjmaterial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUuQ4hoXsCM&feature=autoshare
H/t +Kee Hinckley
Originally shared by PostmodernJukebox
New Video! Remember Gunhild Carling, the Swedish virtuoso that rick rolled us on bagpipes, trumpet, trombone and recorder? She's back, and she's got a few more talents to show off on the 1920s version of "Material Girl," filmed aboard the Queen Mary!
Get tix to see PMJ on tour in North America this month: http://www.pmjtour.com
Download this song: http://smarturl.it/pmjmaterial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUuQ4hoXsCM&feature=autoshare
I'm not sure what to make of the Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature.
I'm not sure what to make of the Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature. The literary merit of his early work is unquestionable, but is opening the doors to literary Valhalla to a wandering minstrel a capitulation to popular culture? Perhaps not a bad thing. Via WSJ, some men of letters are skeptical.
Gary Shteyngart, meanwhile, appeared to disagree with the academy’s decision. “I totally get the Nobel committee,” the author wrote. “Reading books is hard.” Irvine Welsh was even stronger in his dissent, writing, “I’m a Dylan fan, but this is an ill conceived nostalgia award wrenched from the rancid prostates of senile, gibbering hippies."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/nobel-prize-in-literature-awarded-to-bob-dylan-1476356723
Gary Shteyngart, meanwhile, appeared to disagree with the academy’s decision. “I totally get the Nobel committee,” the author wrote. “Reading books is hard.” Irvine Welsh was even stronger in his dissent, writing, “I’m a Dylan fan, but this is an ill conceived nostalgia award wrenched from the rancid prostates of senile, gibbering hippies."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/nobel-prize-in-literature-awarded-to-bob-dylan-1476356723
Monday, October 10, 2016
Björk's version of "The Fool on the Hill" in Icelandic!!!
Björk's version of "The Fool on the Hill" in Icelandic!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBWpAGfj0fA&feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBWpAGfj0fA&feature=share
Monday, September 5, 2016
On the birth of the Irish traditional music revival:
On the birth of the Irish traditional music revival:
Between 1961 and 1969 Ó Riada lead the Ceoltóirí Chualann group. They played in concert halls dressed in black suits with white shirts and black bow ties, but relied on traditional songs and tunes. An ordinarycéilidh band or show-band would have musicians who competed with each other to grab the attention of the audience. Ceoltóirí Chualann played sparse lucid arrangements. Ó Riada sat in the middle at front playing a harpsichord and a bodhrán, a hand-held frame-drum. This was an instrument that had almost died out, being played only by small boys in street parades. Ceilí bands generally had jazz-band drum-kits. Ó Riada also wanted to use the clarsach or wire-strung harp in the band, but as these were as yet unavailable, he played the harpsichord instead – in his opinion the nearest sound to a clarsach. The harpsichord he used on a regular basis was made byCathal Gannon. Unknown to Ó Riada, Irish folk music was being played ensemble-style in London pubs, but for most people of Ireland this was the first time they heard these tunes played by a band.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Riada?wprov=sfla1
Between 1961 and 1969 Ó Riada lead the Ceoltóirí Chualann group. They played in concert halls dressed in black suits with white shirts and black bow ties, but relied on traditional songs and tunes. An ordinarycéilidh band or show-band would have musicians who competed with each other to grab the attention of the audience. Ceoltóirí Chualann played sparse lucid arrangements. Ó Riada sat in the middle at front playing a harpsichord and a bodhrán, a hand-held frame-drum. This was an instrument that had almost died out, being played only by small boys in street parades. Ceilí bands generally had jazz-band drum-kits. Ó Riada also wanted to use the clarsach or wire-strung harp in the band, but as these were as yet unavailable, he played the harpsichord instead – in his opinion the nearest sound to a clarsach. The harpsichord he used on a regular basis was made byCathal Gannon. Unknown to Ó Riada, Irish folk music was being played ensemble-style in London pubs, but for most people of Ireland this was the first time they heard these tunes played by a band.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Riada?wprov=sfla1
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