I’ve been absolutely hooked on this Battles album for the past couple months. Originally, I was giving LittleBigPlanet (the latest hot platformer for PS3) a shot and encountered a Battles tune mid-game. I had previously written Battles off as just-another-indie-rock-band (JAIRB), but was awestruck by the technical nature of their (primarily instrumental) compositions.
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Here be an extravaganzalopagos of media from the mind of Matthieu Bessudo @ mcbess.com.  I’ve admired Matt’s illustrative style for sometime now, and in the vein of ISO50 I caught on to the notion that supplementing your talent with more talent is the way to go!… as you can see in the following show reel [...]

This past Wednesday in Montréal I saw the advent of “In The Wake Of Hinamaturi”, a Japanese night at La Sala Rossa social club. I arrived just in time to catch Dynamo Coléoptera which was the first MTL band I fell in love with since moving here.

It seems like Israel is a hot spot for great media lately. Recently I came across Kutiman’s remixes of all those funky boys and girls on YouTube, who spend countless hours recording themselves with their favourite musical gadgets and tools. The site is surprisingly kickass, too. Who knew mocking up YouTube videos in a “mock”  [...]

Here’s one of my favourite pieces to come out of the early 2000’s. Nicola Conte’s Jet Sounds, brought to life for a filmography workshop. Also worth checking out is Conte’s 2004 album Other Directions, which features some smooth relax tracks with various vocalists. I’ve yet to check it out, but word has it he’s released [...]