October 30, 2009
As we've seen previously, NYC filmmaker Ray Concepcioñ's into creating leisurely, continuous establishing shots before he takes you into any given venue. You saw the street and the feet that walk it before watching Surfer Blood, for instance, and the Guggenheim, both indoors and out, provided the backdrop for the Walkmen's set amid the spiral. This clip, captured 10/21 at Pianos, gives you a taste of the Lower East Side and then introduces us to "Basement," a new track by laidback multi-tasking Jersey born BTW Real Estate.
Continue reading New Real Estate - "Basement" (Live @ CMJ)...
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Tags: CMJ | Real Estate
latest by white elephant
October 7, 2009
Rock Band seemed a lock to own fake-guitar-gamer discourse with their Beatles installment, but they didn't count on Guitar Hero's classy Cobain maneuvering. Still, the battle for most ridiculous mock-musician timesuck springs eternal: Meet Lego Rock Band, the video game that finally allows you to pretend-play songs as lego versions of rock icons. You may be wondering how this makes sense in any way, but think about it: legos hands are perfectly shaped to hold fake mics. It's hand science. Here's a video-report on the game, and the trailer trumpeting Bowie's participation. Points for varying Bowie's iris hues, at least.
Continue reading Iggy, Bowie Get Legofied For Lego Rock Band...
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Tags: David Bowie | Iggy Pop | Rock Band
latest by James
DJ Hero Playlist Revealed • Activision's released a list of the 93 mash-ups (Feat. 100 songs) included on Daft Punk's post-Guitar Hero game. Fans of electronic music may be bummed. Fans of Bell Biv DeVoe will not. Plus, MC Hammer Vs. Vanilla Ice for the most depressing mashup ever. Start scratchin'.
latest by jaychuck
September 18, 2009
Lately Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter have been turning up in new and noteworthy contexts -- like going helmetless in clubs. And soundtracking films. But none are as new or noteworthy as their previously reported decision to license their likeness to the careful custodians of likenesses at Activision for the premiere installment of DJ Hero, the game that lets you tweak knobs and cue beats like a bona fide celebrity DJ. (If you Guitar Hero junkies were tired of people ragging on you for imitating guitar playing by pressing buttons, get ready for some imitating-pressing-buttons-by-pressing-buttons meta-ragging.) Actually it's more than just their likenesses the robots have lent Activision; in addition, Daft Punk have allowed the game to depict their stage sets and created 11 exclusive mixes that blend their bangers with -- according to this trailer's roll call -- Queen, Boogie Down Productions, No Doubt, Gary Numan, N.A.S.A., Beastie Boys, Hashim, and Young M.C. Let's watch it while thinking about the embarrassing situations we can have the unlocked robot avatars DJ. I'll start: bar mitzvah.
Continue reading Preview Daft Punk's DJ Hero...
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Tags: Daft Punk | DJ AM | DJ Hero | DJ Jazzy Jeff | DJ Shadow | Grandmaster Flash
latest by victoria
September 17, 2009
Guitar Hero CEO Says Blame Courtney • Dan Rosensweig insists his company's offer to desecrate Kurt Cobain's legacy was crystal clear and that Dave and Krist should take it up with Nirvana's estate. Jon Bon Jovi's weighed in too. No doubt this will all be cleared up soon via Courtney's Twitter.
September 10, 2009
Who to believe, who to believe. As you know, Guitar Hero 5 features a playable Kurt Cobain avatar which you can unlock to have the Nirvana icon cover Bush, stunt like Flavor Flav, and roll over in his grave. Everybody's coming down on Courtney Love for licensing this atrocity, so Courtney Love very calmly took to Twitter to call out Activision and threaten filing suit. In her words:
Continue reading Courtney, Dave, Krist, Activision Fight Over Guitar Hero's Controversial Kurt Cartoon...
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Tags: Courtney Love | Dave Grohl | Guitar Hero | Krist Novoselic | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
latest by widdershins42
September 3, 2009
Rock Band: Radiohead • Too bad this is just a sketch from MTV's new animated program Popzilla. We'd pay to see to see unlocked Thom singing Bon Jovi ... if this game didn't cost whatever you want it to cost. Watch.
latest by SubSickAlien
September 2, 2009
Not to mention Bush, Megadeth, and Public Enemy. Last week we reported that the Nirvana frontman has been licensed as a videogame character, complete with Daniel Johnston t-shirt. Frances Bean's rent isn't gonna pay itself, ya know? The game, Guitar Hero 5, was released yesterday and now we know that you can unlock Kurt in Career Mode and make him do wacky things like play guitar right-handed, scream yeah boyyy, and sing Gavin Rossdale lyrics. That last indignity is probably why the uploader of this highlight reel tagged it "spinning graves kurt cobain courtney love is fucking bitch"?
Continue reading Unlocked Kurt Cobain Sings Bon Jovi In Guitar Hero 5...
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Tags: Bon Jovi | Guitar Hero | Megadeth | Nirvana | Public Enemy
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