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Animals in Moiré by Andrea Minini

Andrea Minini, freelance illustrator and designer based in Italy, has developed over the years a unique look and style that makes his work easily recognizable. Using Adobe Illustrator to create moiré patterns, his wonderful animal illustrations stand out as one of the most minimal yet detailed ways to graphically portray life.

Find more work by Andrea Minini on his website.

Watch Phoebe Bridgers’ Video for ‘I Know the End’

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Phoebe Bridgers has unveiled the music video for ‘I Know the End’, the ambitious, apocalyptic closing track off her most recent studio album, Punisher. Directed by Alissa Torvinen and filmed at the LA Memorial Coliseum, the fittingly epic video features the singer-songwriter emerging out of a container of water and running down a dark street in one of her trademark skeleton suits. Check it out below.

Previously, Bridgers shared the visuals for singles ‘Garden Song’, ‘Kyoto’ and ‘I See You’. Punisher, which landed on our Best Albums of 2020 (So Far) list, was released in June. Last week, Bridgers perfomed ‘Kyoto’ on a remote edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Osees Detail New Album ‘Protean Threat’, Share New Track

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Oh Sees, previously known as Thee Oh Sees and now simply Osees, have announced a new album called Protean Threat. It arrives September 18 via Castle Face. John Dwyer’s prolific garage rock band also shared the album’s lead single, ‘Dreary Nonsense’. Check it out below, and scroll for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.

The announcement for the 13-track LP included a long statement in all caps calling to “witness the ever-changing, ever-mutating threat that is reality” and “look into the mirror of the planet-killers”. Read the full statement below (via Under the Radar).

Osees are also planning to head on a European tour this November. Check out the full dates below and find tickets here.

The band have released three albums in the last three years: 2017’s Orc, 2018’s Smote Reverser, and last year’s Face Stabber. Earlier this year, Dwyer put out an album with his experimental acid-folk solo project Damaged Bugg, called Bug on Yonkers. He also recently announced the formation of a new “improvised jazz fusion” supergroup called Bent Arcana, whose self-titled debut is out August 21st.

Protean Threat Artwork:

Protean Threat Tracklist:

1. Scramble Suit II
2. Dreary Nonsense
3. Upbeat Ritual
4. Red Study
5. Terminal Jape
6. Wing Run
7. Said The Shovel
8. Mizmuth
9. If I Had My Way
10. Toadstool
11. Gong of Catastrophe
12. Canopnr ’74
13. Persuaders Up!

OSees 2020 Tour Dates:
11/05 -Bristol, UK at SWX
11/06 – Birmingham, UK at The Crossing
11/07 – Glasgow, UK at SWG3
11/08 – Dublin, IR at Button Factory
11/09 – Dublin, IR at Button Factory
11/11 – Manchester, UK at Albert Hall
11/13 – Brighton, UK at Chalk
11/15 – Cambridge, UK at Junction
11/16 – London, UK at Electric Ballroom
11/17 – London, UK at Electric Ballroom
11/18 – Paris, FR at Cabaret Sauvage
11/19 – Bordeaux, FR at Rock School Barbey
11/20 – Biarritz, FR at Atabal
11/22 – Nîmes, FR at Paloma
11/23 – Lyon, FR at Transbordeur
11/25 – Dusseldorf, DE at Zakk
11/26 – Berlin, DE at Festsaal Kreuzberg


WITNESS THE EVER-CHANGING, EVER-MUTATING THREAT THAT IS
REALITY
PERCEPTION IS UNDER DURESS
SENSIBILITY IS BENDING EVERYDAY UNDER THE BARRAGE OF NONSENSE
WE MUST MAKE NOTE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE BECOME
LOOK INTO THE MIRROR OF THE PLANET-KILLERS
PSYCHIC CANNIBALS INFILTRATE AND CONTAMINATE ONCE FAMILIAR AND SEEMINGLY SECURE TERRITORIES
FORMIDABLE FOES INDEED
WHAT POWERS THESE BEASTS?
WHAT FUELS DISCORD AND HATRED?
THE BEHEMOTH OF A “CIVIL” SOCIETY?
WHAT ARE THE WEAPONS AT OUR DISPOSAL?
GENEROSITY IS YOUR AEGIS AGAINST GREED
EMPATHY IS YOUR ARMOR TO DEFLECT APATHY
LOVE IS YOUR CLUB TO ABATE HATE
THE FOG IS LIFTING AND HUMANS ARE OPENING THEIR EYES

AND SO WE OFFER THIS FIELD RECORDING FROM THE PITS
AS A QUICK BOOSTER BETWEEN PROTEIN PILLS AND RECYCLED SWEAT BEVERAGE
ANTHEMS TO ASSIST YOU
TO NOT WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF VIOLENCE AND GREED
TO NOT OFFER YOURSELVES UP FOR FREE
TO STAND UP AND BE VIGILANT
TRUTH WILL NOT BE FOUND IN THE SPEECHES AND PHOTO OPS OF YOUR OVERLORDS
STAND STRONG AND TOGETHER UNDER THE GAZE OF YOUR OPPRESSORS
STAND VIGILANT, UNITED WITH THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE THE SAME PRIVILEGE AS YOU.
DEMAND RESPECT AND A PEACEFUL LIFE FOR ALL

THIS RECORDING IS AT THE APOGEE OF SCUZZ
PUNK ANTHEM AMULETS FOR YOUR EARS AND HEART
A BATTERY FOR YOUR CORE
BE STRONG
BE HUMAN
BE LOVE


 

Spotify’s Group Session Feature Now Allows for Remote Listening Parties

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Back in May, Spotify launched the beta version of a new feature called Group Session, which allowed premium users to play, queue, and skip songs at the same time. But there was a catch: everyone in the group had to be within the same vicinity – a restriction that wouldn’t make much sense before social distancing became the norm, let alone now. Thankfully, the streaming platform has now announced that Group Sessions will let users host listening parties from anywhere in the world.

Users can access the new update by tapping the Connect button in the bottom left of the screen and creating a “join” link that can then be shared via social media (up to five people can join a listening session). Previously, users had to scan a bar code, and so had to be in the same room to join the listening party.

In addition to listening to music together in real time, members of a Group Session will also be able to pause, play, skip, select, and add new tracks to the shared queue. However, all users must be premium members to participate. As the feature is still in beta, however, more changes are expected in the future.

You can find us on Spotify here.

Trent Reznor, Beastie Boys, Kamasi Washington, and More Nominated for 2020 Emmys

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The nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards were announced yesterday (July 28). Among the nominees in the music categories are Trent Reznor, Beastie Boys, Kamasi Washington, RZA, and more.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross picked up a nomination Outstanding Music Composition For a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) as well as Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for their work on HBO’s Watchmen. This would be Trent Reznor’s first Emmy, but the Nine Inch Nails frontman has already won an Academy Award and multiple Grammys.

Beastie Boys and director Spike Jonze also received two nominations for the documentary Beastie Boys Story: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program. In the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) category, Kamasi Washington was nominated for his work on Michelle Obama’s Becomingcompeting against Mark Mothersbaugh’s Tiger King score among others.

In addition, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith picked up a nod for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his song ‘Memorized’ for This Is Us, while RZA, who wrote the theme for Wu-Tang: An American Saga, was nominated for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music. In the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) category, Labrinth (Euphoria), Ludwig Göransson (The Mandalorian), and Nicholas Britell (Succession) are among the nominees.

The 2020 Emmy Awards will take place September 20th on ABC. Find the full list of nominations here.

Plague Vendor Present Music Video for ‘Night Sweats’

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Plague Vendor, a band out of Southern California, has released a music video for their electrifying song Night Sweats. The release of the music video comes with a new edit of the song and the presentation of SPF, an previsouly unreleased song from the band.

Whilst chatting about the song and what inspired it, Brandon Blaine, the vocalist of the band, said the song was inspired by the beach, stating “It’s our second home in summer and we’ve been going to the same exact spot long before we were even a band.”

7 YA & Children’s Books That Should Be Adapted for the Screen

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

This suspenseful novel is the winner of multiple literary awards, including the Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction (2014). The story is set on a private island owned by Harris Sinclair, told from the point of view of his granddaughter Cadence. Harris’s three daughters – Carrie, Bess, and Cady’s mom Penny – each own a house on Beechwood Island.

Cady spends every summer on the island with the Sinclairs and the Liars: her cousins Johnny and Mirren, and Gat, the nephew of Carrie’s partner Ed. During the summer of her fifteenth year, Cady and Gat fall in love, but Harris disapproves of their relationship because of Gat’s Indian descent, just as he disapproves of Carrie’s relationship with Ed.

Summer Fifteen, as Cady refers to it, is also tainted by a mysterious tragedy she can’t remember when she recounts the events in retrospect. Whatever it is prompts Penny to send Cady on a trip to Europe with her estranged father for Summer Sixteen, when she develops an addiction to Percocet. When she returns to Beechwood in Summer Seventeen, she finds that a lot has changed on the island, including her friendship with the Liars.

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

The Arrival is a 2006 graphic novel by the Australian author Shaun Tan. The story follows an immigrant who moves to a strange new land inhabited by magical creatures, floating ships, ethereal plants, and evil oppressors. Each page is illustrated with a level of detail that is a testament to the author’s imagination and the careful creation of this new world.

Tan has won an Academy Award for the adaptation of another one of his books, The Lost Thing (2010). The Arrival would make a perfect short or even feature film accessible to viewers of all ages; the fantastical creatures add an element of fun and joy to the man’s new, lonely home. Since the story is already so visual, it could be adapted for the screen seamlessly.

Gone by Michael Grant

Michael Grant is the author of over 160 books, many of which he has co-authored with his wife. His most popular works are the six Gone series novels, published from 2008 to 2013, proceeded by three follow-up novels published from 2017 to 2019. The series is a dystopian science-fiction saga reminiscent of The Lord of the Flies in which all residents of Perdido Beach aged fourteen and under are trapped inside of a dome.

The children start developing strange superpowers and mutations that they later learn are a result of an underground radiation spill. Their abilities range in strength and category, and coupled with the class differences, makes the little society extremely volatile and dangerous.

The series is popular among young adult audiences, who have been requesting adaptations for years. On several occasions as early as 2012, Grant announced that the books had been optioned to be adapted into a television series. In November 2019, Grant Tweeted about casting for a teaser, but no information has since been released.

The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is known for her urban fantasy series The Mortal Instruments, which has seen two adaptations: the 2013 box office bomb, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and the Freeform series Shadowhunters, which was cancelled after three seasons. The popular book series is preceded by The Infernal Devices, a trilogy set in nineteenth-century London. In terms of publication, the two series were published almost side-by-side: the trilogy was published between 2010 and 2011, while the six-part series spanned from 2007 to 2014.

In The Infernal Devices, the ancestors of The Mortal Instruments characters unite when Tessa Gray moves from New York to London searching for her missing brother. She soon discovers that the two boys she ends up living with, Jem and Will, are Shadowhunters: demon-slaying creatures with angel blood in their veins. They discover a common enemy in the Pandemonium Club, which is a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans – needless to say, this is a combination that should be avoided at all costs. Over three books, Tessa, Will, and Jem, become inseparable, forming a unique bond that transcends friendship or romance.

Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman is an Australian author who has penned many children’s books, including his 2002 book Boy Overboard. The story follows a young boy’s dream to become a professional soccer player, but he lives in Afghanistan, where children aren’t allowed to play. Jamal and his family flee the country as refugees to Australia, but he and his sister are separated from their parents along the way.

The dark and mature themes explored in the book are presented in such a way that they can be easily digested by young readers. Adapting the book into film format could make the story more accessible to a broader audience – and this is one that is definitely worth telling and worth hearing by more people.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green

A few of John Green’s books have already been adapted for the screen, including The Fault In Our Stars, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska, and Let it Snow. Will Grayson, Will Grayson is one of his darker and more mature pieces of work, perhaps because of Levithan’s influence. Levithan is known for writing about male gay characters in his young adult fiction books, such as Boy Meets Boy (2003) and Two Boys Kissing (2013).

In Will Grayson, Will Grayson, two strangers, both by the name of Will Grayson, meet, and their lives become closely intertwined. But apart from their names, the boys don’t share much in common. In fact, Levithan’s Will narrates entirely in lowercase, because it reflects his personality better. As to getting the book adapted, John Green writes on his website that a movie producer once said of his book, “The only thing Hollywood hates more than smart teenagers is smart, gay teenagers.” Proving this producer wrong is one reason why the book should be adapted for the screen – a medium that could reach more viewers who identify with the characters.

Messenger of Fear by Michael Grant

Messenger of Fear consists of three books, the second of which is a novelette. A teenager named Mara wakes up in a strange, foggy field with no memory of anything except her own name. She meets the Messenger of Fear, a pale young man dressed in black who wants to show Mara the darkness living inside young people and how it affects the world. She doesn’t understand why he has chosen her as his companion.

The Messenger must challenge those who have committed terrible deeds and gone unpunished by offering them a game; if they win, they can go free. If they lose, they must face their deepest fears. Meanwhile, Mara struggles to recall her lost memories.

The allegorical story offers audiences a glance into the evils of the world and how they can taint society at large. In particular, it explores how prejudice and hatred make people violent and the effects it has on victims and those who must dole out punishment, like the Messenger. With their episodic structure, the books could make a great television or web series and, with the right platform, these intriguing stories could reach more people.

DC Presents ‘Tears, Sweat, Blood’

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Yesterday, DC, a an exciting artist in the British music scene, released his latest single Tears, Sweat, Blood. Alongside the song, we have been blessed by a superb music video by a long-time collaborator of DC’s, LX.

Talking about the song DC stated “TSB, is a song that’s inspired by the overall grind and being on the end. Regardless of what goes on in our lives we still gotta keep focused on our goals and put everything into whatever we want to do. This ones another reflective one for me as I talk on some of the moments and situations I’ve been in and the effects it has had one “In the field all day but still man pray cos my soul needs healing, still tryna ghost these demons” The video builds on the creative elements me and LX introduced in Neighbourhood where fans where able to catch onto the double meaning from that Neighbourhood, like The Wire and orange couch reference. In TSB I really wanted to represent the elements of our community that are quite damaged and the positives that are still come from there by performing behind broken glass.”

Angel Olsen Announces New Album, Shares New Song ‘Whole New Mess’

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Angel Olsen has announced a new album. Titled Whole New Mess, the singer-songwriter’s follow-up to last year’s All Mirrors, which arrives on August 28 via Jagjaguwar, will be her first new material recorded and released without any bandmates since 2012’s Half Way Home. Below, check out the video for the title track, and scroll for the album’s tracklist and cover artwork.

Whole New Mess was recorded in October 2018 at The Unknown, Phil Elverum’s church-turned-studio, and contains 11 tracks, nine of which are stripped-back versions of songs that ended up on the sonically ambitious All Mirrors.

“I had gone through this breakup, but it was so much bigger than that — I’d lost friendships, too,” Olsen said in a press release. “When you get out of a relationship, you have to examine who you are or were in all the relationships. I wanted to record when I was still processing these feelings. These are the personal takes, encapsulated in a moment.”

Whole New Mess Tracklist:

1. Whole New Mess
2. Too Easy (Bigger Than Us)
3. (New Love) Cassette
4. (We Are All Mirrors)
5. (Summer Song)
6. Waving, Smiling
7. Tonight (Without You)
8. Lark Song
9. Impasse (Workin’ for the Name)
10. Chance (Forever Love)
11. What It Is (What It Is)

Whole New Mess Cover Artwork:

Madeline Kenney Shares New Single ‘White Window Light’

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Madeline Kenney has shared a new single from her upcoming album Sucker’s Lunch, arriving this Friday, called ‘White Window Light’. Along with the single, Kenney also shared a live performance video of the song, shot at Oakland’s Starline Social Club. Check it out below.

“This, to me, is a bonafide love song,” Kenney said in a statement. “It may not come off that way (I’m aware that the first line is ‘Well what’s the point’), but that’s because I had some hard and weird conversations about love and they wound up as lyrics. So many friends sang on the chorus. That made it so special and beautiful to record.”

Previously, the singer-songwriter unveiled the singles ‘Sucker’, ‘Double Hearted’, and most recently, ‘Picture of You’, which was one of our favourite songs of the week. Following 2018’s Perfect Shapes, Kenney’s new album finds her once again teaming up with Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner as a co-producer.