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How Seeing Your Art In A New Light Can Help You Overcome Creative Blocks

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How Seeing Your Art In A New Light Can Help You Overcome Creative Blocks

It’s a shame to note that sometimes, creativity doesn’t flow as freely and easily as it once did. Even the best writers experience writer’s block from time to time, and it’s certainly been noted that even great painters can feel impotent given the right (wrong?) circumstances.

However, if you use art as a means by which to earn a living, or to free your soul and reduce your stress, then going without this necessary pursuit can be a real drag. For this reason, it might be worth taking a second vantage point in order to kickstart that creativity again.

To begin with, giving yourself permission to play in this space can be crucial. After all, the moment you believe that everything that emanates from you has to serve as a creative masterpiece, you’re holding yourself to a silly standard and might need to relax those rules.In this post, then, we’ll discuss how seeing your art in a new light can help you overcome those creative blocks you may be dealing with  Without further ado, let’s begin:

Restoring Art & Photography

It might be that not only do you need to look at your past work with a different perspective, but perhaps you can alter how your past work actually looks to better fit in with today. Appropriate photo restoration of your physical photo printouts can help you see more details, restore colors, and preserve memories in the best possible manner. This may even help you catch more details and creative intent behind each shot, reminding you of the headspace you were in at the time. 

Read Old Pieces

It’s always healthy to look to your past project and figure out exactly what kind of creative planning you were wrestling with at the time. Old pieces can provide us that sense of inclusivity and wonder that we may have been missing this far; possibly even helping us break through a creative block by remembering who we were and what our intent was at the time. Reading old journal pieces, notes, scrapbook jottings and plans aloud can also help you bring life to that kind of material – it’s not uncommon for fully and new projects to be found this way.

Critical Analysis

Why not apply some critical analysis to your own work? Focusing on this may even help you take that next step towards viewing your own contributions objectively rather than tinted behind the veil of hoping for success and thinking that your art is untouchable. Critical analysis can help you understand exactly how and why you as the artist were thinking that way, what techniques you used, and perhaps how you might do differently if you could approach that subject with quite as much force today. Perhaps you will even curate your old pieces and update them for the modern you. Sometimes, this can help us grow and allow our own art to shape us. This growth strategy will surely make a profound different to your wellbeing and potentially unlock your creative spirit.

With this advice, we hope you can see your art in a new light and possibly even overcome those creative blocks in your mind.

Claude Unveils Video for New Single ‘roses’

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Claude Unveils Video for New Single ‘roses’

Claude, the project of Chicago-based dream-pop artist Claudia Ferme, has shared a new single called ‘roses’. It’s the second offering from their upcoming debut LP, a lot’s gonna change, which was produced with Michael Mac (Tenci, Tasha, Devin Shaffer, Mia Joy) arrives on August 12 via American Dreams Records. ‘roses’ is accompanied by a Reilly Drew-directed music video, which you can check out below (via FLOOD Magazine).

“‘roses’ was inspired by a line in Love in the Time of Cholera where the protagonist starts eating flowers and roses because of how obsessed with someone he is,” Ferme explained in a statement. “I think in the novel it’s supposed to symbolize how his obsession became all-consuming but I thought about a rose and the thorns on its stem and how someone eating a rose was a perfect metaphor for how as humans we’re so self-torturous, mentally and emotionally, and very unforgiving of ourselves. In the video, we wanted to show this imagery in a more abstract way while still including actual roses – I made the purple top and gray dress and am wearing other pieces that have peaks and spikes and that play with the making and release of tension to show the back and forth we have with ourselves in certain situations.”

Lande Hekt Announces New Album ‘House Without a View’, Shares Video for New Song

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Lande Hekt Announces New Album ‘House Without a View’, Shares Video for New Song

Lande Hekt has announced her sophomore album, House Without a View, which will drop on September 23 via Get Better Records/Prize Sunflower Records. First single ‘Gay Space Cadets’ is out today, alongside a video by Martin “gingerdope” Bannister. Check it out below, and scroll down for the album cover, tracklist, and Hekt’s upcoming tour dates.

“It’s a daydreaming song about wanting a life of excitement and adventure rather than a dull and ordinary life – one where people underestimate you and belittle you,” Hekt said of ‘Gay Space Cadets’ in a statement. “And where you’re forced to buy into capitalism and become a pathetic, losing player in a game that you hate. I’d rather escape and live in a queer space fantasy and be brave.”

Hekt’s first solo album, Going to Hell, came out last year. Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Lande Hekt.

House Without a View Cover Artwork:

House Without a View Tracklist:

1. Half with You
2. Backstreet Snow
3. Cut My Hair
4. Gay Space Cadets
5. Always Hurt
6. House Without a View
7. Ground Shaking
8. What Could I Sell
9. Lola
10. Take a Break
11. First Girlfriend

Lande Hekt 2022 Tour Dates:

July 7 – 2000 Trees Festival
July 23 – Newport – Le Pub +
July 24- Exeter – The Cavern +
Aug 6 – Leicester – Handmade Festival
Nov 12 – Cambridge – Blue Moon – Indiepop All-dayer
Nov 14 – London – Shacklewell Arms
Nov 16 – Brighton – The Prince Albert
Nov 17 – Oxford – Port Mahon
Nov 19 – Manchester – Rebellion +
Nov 20 – Leeds – Wharf Chambers
Nov 22 – Glasgow – Hug and Pint
Nov 23 – Sunderland – Pop Recs
Nov 24 – Sheffield – Delicious Clam

+ supporting The Popguns

No Age Announce New Album ‘People Helping People’, Unveil New Song

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No Age Announce New Album ‘People Helping People’, Unveil New Song

Los Angeles noise-punk band No Age have announced their new album, People Helping People, which will be released on September 16 via Drag City. The follow-up to 2020’s Goons Be Gone was composed in the band’s studio before the pandemic, and, following an eviction from that studio, completed in guitarist Randy Randall’s garage. It marks the first No Age album recorded entirely by the band. Check out the lead track ‘Andy Helping Andy’ below, along with the LP’s cover art and tracklist.

People Helping People Cover Artwork:

People Helping People Tracklist:

1. You’re Cooked
2. Compact Flashes
3. Fruit Bat Blunder
4. Plastic (You Want It)
5. Interdependence
6. Violence
7. Flutter Freer
8. Rush To The Pond
9. Slow Motion Shadow
10. Blueberry Barefoot
11. Tripped Out Before Scott
12. Heavenly
13. Andy Helping Andy

CHAI and Superorganism Team Up for New Song ‘Hero Journey’

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CHAI and Superorganism Team Up for New Song ‘Hero Journey’

CHAI have teamed up with Superorganism for a new song called ‘Hero Journey’. A music video for the track will premiere on July 8. Give it a listen below.

“Is the job of a ‘justice-seeking’ HERO only to defeat ‘evil?’ Perhaps the opposite of ‘justice’ isn’t ‘evil,’ but rather ‘another form of justice?!’ CHAI’s Yuuki wrote on Bandcamp. “‘Me and mine, you and yours… what each of us calls ‘justice,’ should be able to dance amongst one other! That HERO you all see, is who CHAI wants to be. Gathr all your friends you love cus’ we’re going to fly again today! It’s that type of song!”

CHAI released their most recent album, WINK, last year. The Japanase band features on two songs off Superorganism’s forthcoming album World Wide Pop, ‘Solar System’ and the lead cut ‘Teenager’.

Alvvays Announce New Album ‘Blue Rev’, Return With New Single ‘Pharmacist’

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Alvvays Announce New Album ‘Blue Rev’, Return With New Single ‘Pharmacist’

Alvvays are back. Today, the Canadian band has announced its third album, Blue Rev, which arrives on October 7 via Transgressive. The follow-up to 2017’s Antisocialites was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Shawn Everett (the War On Drugs, Kacey Musgraves). It spans 14 tracks and is led by the new single ‘Pharmacist’. Check it out below and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.

Alvvays teased their return last month with the announcement of a 2022 US tour, which kicks off in Chicago in October and wraps in Boston on November 18. Find the list of dates below, too.

Blue Rev Cover Artwork:

Blue Rev Tracklist:

1. Pharmacist
2. Easy On Your Own?
3. After The Earthquake
4. Tom Verlaine
5. Pressed
6. Many Mirrors
7. Very Online Guy
8. Velveteen
9. Tile By Tile
10. Pomeranian Spinster
11. Belinda Says
12. Bored in Bristol
13. Lottery Noises
14. Fourth Figure

Alvvays 2022 Tour Dates:

Aug 16 – Chicago, IL – Here and There Festival – The Salt Shed
Oct 14 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *
Oct 15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave. *
Oct 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot *
Oct 19 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory *
Oct 20 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
Oct 21 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre *
Oct 22 – Seattle, WA – The Moore Theatre *
Oct 24 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre Lounge *
Oct 26 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *
Oct 27 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *
Oct 29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern *
Oct 30 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park *
Nov 2 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater *
Nov 4 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall – Downstairs *
Nov 5 – Dallas, TX – The Studio at The Factory *
Nov 7 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *
Nov 8 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works *
Nov 9 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel *
Nov 11 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
Nov 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall *
Nov 15 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall *
Nov 16 – New York, NY – Kings Theater *
Nov 18 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner *

* with Slow Pulp

Christine and the Queens Announces New Album ‘Redcar les adorables étoiles’

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Christine and the Queens Announces New Album ‘Redcar les adorables étoiles’

Following the release of the new single ‘Je te vois enfin’, Christine and the Queens – under the alias Redcar – has announced a new album: Redcar les adorables étoiles is set to arrive on September 23. Redcar also announced his new musical production, billed as “an exclusive show in the name of poetry,” taking place at the Cirque d’Hiver, Paris on September 22 and 23 and at Royal Festival Hall, London on September 30. Tickets go on sale July 21. Check out the album’s cover art below.

Redcar les adorables étoiles Cover Artwork:

Camp Cope Share New Video for ‘Running with the Hurricane’

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Camp Cope Share New Video for ‘Running with the Hurricane’

Melbourne three-piece Camp Cope have shared their first-ever music video. It’s for the title track to their new album Running with the Hurricane, which came out earlier this year via Run For Cover Records. The clip was directed by James J. Robinson and Rachael Morrow and shot in Australia on Wurundjeri land. Watch it below.

“It’s like a moment in time for us as a band,” Camp Cope commented in a statement. “We were getting ready to fly out to the US for our first international tour since the pandemic started. Kelly is six months pregnant in it and keeps rocking out. Jenny, who has started playing guitar live with us graciously said yes to being in it. We really wanted to capture the energy of the song, and that sometimes the only way out is up. And who doesn’t like to get dressed up and do funny things with leaf blowers all day?”

The video’s directors added: “We love Camp Cope because sonically they can pull you out of a spiral of self-doubt, using both vulnerability and power as their weapons. With the video, we wanted to translate that to a visual language: walking the fine line between being candid but intentional, empowering but sincere, serious but also very not-serious. We wanted to try and capture even a percentage of the song’s superpower – the reminder that you’re going to be okay, even though it feels like the world’s collapsing around you.”

Camp Cope are set to embark on a North American tour, which kicks off in Boston on July 8 and concludes in Los Angeles on August 3. Read about the inspirations behind Running with the Hurricane in our interview with the band.

Crack Cloud Release New Single ‘Tough Baby’

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Crack Cloud Release New Single ‘Tough Baby’

Crack Cloud have released a new single, ‘Tough Baby’, the title track from the Vancouver collective’s forthcoming LP. Check out a video for it below.

“Our body of work has been largely informed by some of the darker chapters in our lives; we’ve taken a moment to examine beyond that in Tough Baby,” the group said of the new song in a statement. “The potency of the imagination, the magic and mystery of our world and its history from an adolescent gaze. We wanted to fall in love with our craft again by recalling the mysticism of our youth.”

Tough Baby, the follow-up to Crack Cloud’s 2020 debut Pain Olympics, lands on September 16 via Meat Machine.

Carlos Santana Collapses Onstage During Concert

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Carlos Santana Collapses Onstage During Concert

Carlos Santana collapsed onstage during a concert in Michigan on Tuesday night (July 5).

According to a statement provided by Santana’s management, the 74-year-old guitarist was overtakwn by “heat exhaustion and dehydration” when he experienced a medical emergency during his show at the outdoor Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston. After being treated by medical personnel onstage, Santana was transported to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston for evaluation and is “doing well.”

Later that evening, Santana offered an update on his condition via Facebook. “Thank you for your precious prayers,” he wrote. “Just taking it easy. Forgot to eat and drink water so I dehydrated and passed out. Blessings and miracles to you all.”

Santana is currently on tour with Earth, Wind & Fire as a part of the Miraculous Supernatural Tour. His next scheduled performance – at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania tonight (July 6) – has been postponed due to the incident.

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