A transmission from the deep south.Tumblr (3.0; @matthewb)http://matthewbuchanan.name/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32059029" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The <a href="http://vimeo.com/32059029">new video</a> for “No Way” from the debut album <em>Passive Me, Aggressive You</em> by The Naked And Famous. Directed by Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali for <a href="http://www.specialproblems.com">Special Problems</a>. These guys can do no wrong.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/12957608856http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/12957608856Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:57:00 +1300musicvideoslow motionnew zealandband<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21577557" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/21577557">“Grown Ocean”</a> by Fleet Foxes, from the cheerfully titled new album <em>Helplessness Blues</em>, out May 3rd. (via <a href="http://www.dontcom.com/post/4225780794">Darren Wood</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/4230654797http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/4230654797Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:37:00 +1300musicvideovintagealbumsbandnew release“I think we were all thinking, ‘Man, I wish something new would happen. I wish someone would take a chance.’ And whenever I say that, I always go, ‘Why don’t we? Why don’t we be the ones to do something, to take a chance or whatever?’”<br/><br/> - <em>Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips. (via <a href="http://mavenist.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">Frank Chimero</a>)</em>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3653863942http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3653863942Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:03:00 +1300bandlifemusicwisdom<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_layqf3k7pk1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jon Contino’s <a href="http://joncontino.com/selected-works">poster illustration</a> for the Decemberists’ “Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect”. (via <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/1416720738/the-decemberists">Peter Nidzgorski</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/2791291523http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/2791291523Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:35:13 +1300posterIllustrationTypographybandmusic<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/11653518" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Look <a href="http://vimeobuzz.tumblr.com/post/591204007/the-national-on-vimeo">who’s</a> on Vimeo. Cracking good song from the new record, with a refreshingly laid-back <a href="http://vimeo.com/11653518">video</a>.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/596056347http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/596056347Fri, 14 May 2010 08:50:00 +1200musicvideovimeobandalbums<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l03wema2Ao1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gig <a href="http://omgposters.com/2010/03/30/new-prints-by-olly-moss-onsale-info/">poster</a> by Olly Moss. (via <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/484622848/olly-moss">Peter Nidzgorski</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/555747022http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/555747022Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:22 +1200Illustrationposterprintminimalismmusicband<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0hrcsHN4i1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Evgeny Parfenov <a href="http://evgeny-parfenov.blogspot.com/2009/08/dead-weather-for-rolling-stone.html">illustrates</a> The Dead Weather for <em>Rolling Stone</em>.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/502489273http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/502489273Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:31:37 +1200Illustrationmagazinemusicbandpainting<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10400041" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Nathan Hickey’s <a href="http://vimeo.com/10400041">video</a> for “Buffalo”, the first single from The Phoenix Foundation’s forthcoming studio album of the same name, out at the end of this month. Band frontman <a href="http://thephoenixfoundation.tumblr.com/post/475657857/this-is-our-new-video-directed-by-nathan-hickey">Sam Scott</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>It’s about a young lad who travels to an alternative hippy underwater universe (and a floating forest of enchanted wanderers…?) when he holds his breath. Which seems entirely appropriate companion to a song about a Buffalo who rumbles his way across the floor of the great Pacific ocean.</p> </blockquote>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/481390317http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/481390317Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:07:00 +1300albumsbandmusicnew releasenew zealandvideo<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/408880231/tumblr_ky15667c641qatzt7&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.haydenhunter.me/post/396348094/the-rest-modern-time-travel-necessities" class="tumblr_blog">Hayden Hunter</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Rest">The Rest</a> — “Modern Time Travel (Necessities)”</p> <p>I’m seriously liking <a href="http://www.myspace.com/therestband">The Rest</a> at the moment. They’ve got a 4 track EP <i>The Cried Wolf</i> <a href="http://www.auteurrecordings.com/therest/criedwolf/download.html">available for free</a> which includes an <a href="http://benjaminf.tumblr.com/post/396598921/the-rest-with-every-heartbeat-a-robyn-cover">awesome cover</a> of Robyn’s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfLvZCdT9g"><i>With Every Heartbeat</i></a>.</p></blockquote>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/408880231http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/408880231Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:54:24 +1300musicbandaudio