Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts

In rainbows is actually really good

4:00 PM // by Pär // , // 0 kommentarer


I was pretty sceptical when Radiohead released their free album "In Rainbows" this fall. But I decided, months after everybody else, to give it a shot, and I'm glad I did. It contains a bunch of good, mellow songs which, at times, reminds me of Sigur Rós but you can clearly hear that it's Radiohead we're dealing with. You won't find a hit single on this record, the songs will sneak up on you and before you know it you're enjoying "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" even though you thought it was a bore the first time you heard it. Not the greatest album in the history of music, but if you give it a listen you might end up appreciating it. I sure did.
Below a YouTube-clip with the previously mentioned "Jigsaw Falling Into Place". Read more about the group here.

New release from No-Man

3:41 PM // by Pär // , // 0 kommentarer


One of Steven Wilson's side project's called No-Man and of some reason I've totally missed this one even though Steven's in the group. Anyway... the band's due to release a new album, "Schoolyard Ghosts", May 12th and from that the song "Truenorth" is the first (and only?) single to be released.
Tim Bownes is the other half of the band and he does the singing while Steven does everything else. Allmusic states that the band shows interest in many styles of music but the single "Truenorth" reminds me of Blackfield or Porcupine Tree on morphine. Not a bad thing at all, it shall be interesting to hear the full album.



More info about the forthcoming album can be found on this mini-site.

Guitar lessons with Tom Morello

8:37 AM // by Pär // , , // 0 kommentarer
For a long time I've been amazed by Tom Morello's (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave) ability to create all those strange sounds from his guitar. Thanks to the two video clips down below my curiosity is now appeased. Tom shows how he, with simple means, makes the guitar sound in his own unique way. On top of this he talks about his equipment and show how to play some selected songs (e.g. "Bulls On Parade", "Cochise").
After viewing theese clips I feel an urge to go home and plug in my old, decrepit guitar into my even older east german amp and try som of Tom's trick out.

Part 1:



Part 2:

Oldie but goldie from Bowie

9:10 AM // by Pär // , // 0 kommentarer


Thought I throw in a nice old, but oh-so-sweet, tune from no other than David Bowie. The video clip is "Space Oddity" and was released just in time for the moon landing in 1969. I think that the majority's already heard the song before so a presentation may not be needed. What not all may know is that Rick Wakeman, known from the group Yes, is the one playing mellotron and piano on the track.





Tom Petty at Super Bowl XLII

8:18 AM // by Pär // , // 0 kommentarer


Most of the swedes have no idea how (american) football is played and thus is the Super Bowl a minor event here. I actually know the rules of the game and I can enjoy watching a game from time to time. A week and a half ago Super Bowl XLII were played and in the half time show Tom Petty performed. Since I like Petty I'll put up some clips from the event.

"Free Fallin'/Running Down A Dream"



"I Won't Back Down"



"American Girl"