I’ve lost the use of my heart but I’m still alive. Still looking for the life, the endless pool on the other side. It’s a wild wild west, I’m doing my best. I’m at the borderline of my faith, I’m at the hinterland of my devotion, in the frontline of this battle of mine but I’m still alive. I’m a soldier of love. Every day and night. I’m soldier of love, all the days of my life. I’ve been torn up inside. I’ve been left behind. So I ride, I have the will to survive. In the wild wild west, trying my hardest, doing my best, to stay alive. I am love’s soldier! I wait for the sound. I know that love will come, turn it all around. I’m a soldier of love.
Arizona’s Dear and The Headlights create intense and emotional indie rock music. In February 2007, the band signed to Equal Visions Records, released two albums of demos and started touring with bands like Jimmy Eat World, Paramore, and with the Warped Tour. Although it never made the final cut to either of their releases, Dear and The Headlights original song “Daysleeper” was made during the beginning of their musical journey of performing with each other, and showcases the true strength of the band.
thank you to sheenabeaston for sharing this one. my obsession of the last few weeks! the emotion and sadness attached to this song is hypnotizing. enjoy siouxsie and the banshees live version of “pulled to bits“, from their 1983 nocturne album.
Today Portishead released a brand new track called “Chase the Tear” and signed to Amnesty International. It is available as an exclusive download single from 7 digital and all earnings are going towards Amnesty’s human rights work and their entire organization.
First and foremost I would like to thank my buddy Danielle at musicisart for allowing me to give this guest review for one of my favorite bands. On Wednesday November 25th 2009 at The Chevrolet Theater in Wallingford, CT, GlassJaw took the stage with a very dim lighting set, a backdrop of green Puerto Rican flag, Mr. Daryl Palumbo lead singer/front man of GJ bearing a very dapper suit.
The intro started with (You Think You’re) John Fucking Lennon which has not been released on cd as of yet but will be released hopefully soon! which starts out with a very simple drum beat that builds to a chaotic heavy masterpiece a perfect way to start the evenings set. The set followed with glass jaw favorites like Tip Your Bartender, Mu Empire, Star Above My Bed, Ape Dos Mil a set that was very “Worship and Tribute” influenced for the most part with a few newer song‘s and one which front man Daryl claimed to call “Chicken Salad“, just an inside joke .
The stage performance of Glassjaw was a very intimate set, all band members very close to one another as if they were a garage band in a cramped basement setting. The vibe on stage was very calm and collected during moments and front man Daryl Palumbo’s energy and stage presence has never failed to amaze as usual, often comparative to Deftones Chino Moreno and Jacob Bannon of Converge, from his gut wrenching screaming in John Lennon to singing the catchy melodies of Ape Dos Mil.
The moment Glassjaw arrived on stage to the final song Siberian Kiss, It brought my to a very nostalgic point of remembering the first time I heard the cd “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence”, and feeling eternally hooked. GlassJaw is a powerful band that has stayed true to themselves and their music throughout the many of lineup changes and obstacles that has hit them in their face‘s, I amongst many other Glassjaw fans look forward to their future plan’s and projects.
I personally love when music tells a great story, so I try to create portraits of the people I meet. I admit I’m not above writing songs to get back at people who suck (as in the case of “Around Your Finger” and “Your Girlfriend”), as long as there is some kind of disconnect between the emo-ness of the music and the lyrics to keep it interesting. To me there’s nothing worse than a whiny, pissed off break up song that sounds like a whiny, pissed off break up song. But, if you take those bitter, slightly immature lyrics and stick them with a jaunty honky tonk jazz piano riff, then it’s a whole different creature…
If there’s one song on the EP that isn’t like the others (SAT flashback time), it’s probably “Hunted.” I still have no idea why or how I ended up writing a song about Grendel. I didn’t even really like the book! Must have been some good weed…
All of the songs on Manic Impression were recorded in my bedroom with basically just a laptop, a microphone, and a keyboard/guitar. I hear fuller arrangements in my head for a lot of these tracks and hope to rerecord them with more ambitious orchestration someday soon.
Music Is Art
In honor of the nature of this blog, I thought it also might be cool to share some of my other art with you guys also. I think the visual art and the costumes I create for performances are more surreal and a bit darker than my music, but it’s all just two sides of the same coin. The new songs I’m recording for my second EP kind of bridge the gap thematically between my music and art.
This is the outfit I created for my recent CMJ show, using about 1000 googly eyes.
.Inspirations of Music.
There’s so much incredible music being made right now, I can’t get enough! I love Final Fantasy, Fever Ray, St. Vincent, Beach House, and Joanna Newsom in particular. However, I feel a really deep sense of connection with Laura Nyro’s music. She had a lot of success writing for other artists in the late sixties, but I could never understand why people weren’t as receptive to her as a solo artist. She’s by far her best interpreter. Her ability to conform the pop music idiom to her crazy song structures, tempo and key changes, as well as her courage to pursue a musical vision that was so distinct from her contemporaries…it’s very inspirational to me. I could write an essay, but it’d be much better if you just listened for yourself.
.Fashion of Alexander Mcqueen.
His new Atlantis themed collection blows my mind. Those shoes/torture devices should be in a museum. I love the fearless creativity of his work, it inspires me to think outside the box when I’m making my costumes for shows and can’t afford to spend $12,000 on a jacket. I think life would be more exciting if people had the courage to turn themselves into walking works of art. All you need is hot glue, glitter, and a salvation army… check it out here: http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2010RTW-AMCQUEEN
.Art of Gottfried Helnwein.
Gottfried Helnwein is probably my favorite visual artist. I love this particular painting in which he reimagines the annunciation as an angel coming out of the TV screen. His work tends to be very provocative and macabre, but it definitely resonates with me. He basically does everything- film, photography, painting, drawing, set design, makeup, etc. Check out more of his stuff here: http://www.helnwein.com/
.Philosophy of Michel Foucault.
I think it might be a central ambition of mine to be the first Foucauldian pop singer…
As a student of queer theory, Foucault is kind of the starting point before you begin your slow descent into having an anxiety disorder haha! There is no centralized power to fight against! There is no such thing as sexual repression, because it is the repression that creates desire in the first place! We should all fist each other! You know, it’s all very enlightening…to anyone interested, be sure to check out History of Sexuality vol. 1, as well as Halperin’s Saint Foucault.
Panda BearandGrizzly Bear created their very own majestic and rare remixes for the Notwist’s song “Boneless” from the 2008 beautiful and haunting album “The Devil, You + Me”.
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