Thursday, 26 January 2012

Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Look Around” Video

Music - Stereogum

This is a big morning for music videos from veteran funk-metal Lollapalooza headliner bands who have, at various points, counted both Flea and Dave Navarro as members. We already saw Jane's Addiction's "Underground" video, and now here's a clip for "Look Around," a song from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2011 album I'm With You. In the video, the various Chili Peppers dance like monkeys in their own respective rooms, sometimes with too-skinny Manic Panicked models accompanying them. Robert Hales directs. Watch it below.

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The Polyphonic Spree – “What Would You Do?”

Music - Stereogum

The Polyphonic Spree, one of the best bands with members who don't play anything to ever do it, recently dropped a teaser to their upcoming tour and the clip is soundtracked by their new song, "What Would You Do?" And, if you want a slightly purer version of the track, there's a video of the band playing the physical record on a turntable. Check 'em out, with the tour dates, below.

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Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Van Halen – “Blood And Fire” (Preview)

Music - Stereogum

We've already heard, and rendered judgement on, "Tattoo," the first single from the forthcoming Van Halen/David Lee Roth fence-mending effort A Different Kind Of Truth. And now Van Halen have posted a 90-second preview for the portentously titled "Blood And Fire," another song from the album. Sammy Hagar, who never tells lies, has already noted that the songs on this forthcoming album are built from shreds of ancient, unused Van Halen tunes, and this new one is no exception; it's based on the 1984-era instrumental demo "Ripley." Hard to say whether that's better or worse than a bunch of new Van Halen tunes. Listen below.

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R.I.P. Joy Divison Mickey Mouse Shirt

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Disney's Mickey Mouse shirt inspired by Joy Division is no longer for sale. A representative from Disney says, "As soon as we became aware there could be an issue, we pulled it from our shelves and our online store to review the situation further." Indeed, the link to the shirt on the Disney webstore is now blank.

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Monday, 23 January 2012

Weird Merch Alert: Disney’s Joy Division T-Shirt

Music - Stereogum

It's hard to tell whether this is the most punk rock thing the Disney corporation has ever done or whether the company is just trolling the entire internet for the hell of it. Either way, Disney's online store is now selling the shirt that you see on that waxy Justin Long-looking guy above, as the Daily Swarm points out. It's Peter Saville's iconic design for Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album cover, except mutated into the shape of Mickey Mouse's face. Seeing as how Mickey Mouse and Ian Curtis are on opposite ends of every cultural, emotional and voice-octave scale, this is pretty fucked up and/or funny.

Here's how the Disney Store ad copy describes the shirt: "Inspired by the iconic sleeve of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album, this Waves Mickey Mouse Tee incorporates Mickey's image within the graphic of the pulse of a star. That's appropriate given few stars have made bigger waves than Mickey!" Well, that explains it.

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