The video for the song was directed by Manda Selena and Ican Harem.
The video was filmed this past summer in Bali, Indonesia live with Kuntari, who performed on the studio recording of the track.
Kuntari shared this about the song and video: “It’s hard to imagine the organic local sequence from us blend with monstrous industrial sound from Tristan. After many hours of discussion we instantly clicked and agreed where the song ended up. The results are beyond our imagination, Tristan easily fluids into fresh territory and we don’t have a border to break to. By far this is one of the most awe inspiring experience for us, not to mention our video production which is insanely epic and hilarious at the same time. The most memorable moment is we share a good laugh along the process.”
Tristan Shone shared this about the album: “When I sat down to start writing this album, I knew I wanted to make songs based on birdsong. The actual first guitar riff is one of the meadowlark’s songs. When you listen to ‘Rook,’ that melody is the rook’s sound. That track is us mimicking one of the rooks’ many songs. I wrote all my tracks around the rhythms and melodies of birds I researched or heard in the wild.”
Author & Punisher has shows lined up for Europe in the Fall, only 2 have been announced, so far, for the USofA in November. No date has been announced for Tijuana (yet).
Matt Berninger has shared the fourth single, “Nowhere Special”, off his recently released album “Get Sunk”.
The video for the song was directed by Chris Sgroi.
Matt Berninger said this about it: “I haven’t seen a performance as good as Tom Berninger’s since Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim’s ‘Weapon of Choice’ music video. And I haven’t seen directing as good as Chris Sgroi’s since Spike Jonze directed Fatboy Slim’s ‘Weapon of Choice’ music video.”
Matt’s brother, Tom said this about it: “I got to keep the suit. I wear it every day.”
Speaking of the suit, the designer Todd Snyder said this: “Having two brothers myself, it’s really touching to see Matt and Tom’s connection here. Getting to see my work worn by two stylish dudes, bringing new color to my favorite song on the album, is just a bonus!”
Touring musician Ronboy, who is also in the video, shared this: “When Matt asked me to take part in a video starring one of my favorite actors, Tom Berninger, I knew I had to sharpen my silver screen chops. Their sibling dynamic is as sincere and entertaining off screen as it is on.”
MorMor has released a new single, “Wonder”, a collaboration with Danger Mouse. The song is available now via 30th Century.
MorMor share this about the collaboration and song: “My relationship with Danger Mouse started when he invited me to meet and play music. From time to time, we’d hang out and listen to records or watch films, not necessarily making music, I think we were both seeing if we could find an intersection where it’d make sense to pursue an idea. ‘Wonder’ came from exactly that.”
MOTHERMARY X HERO have shared a new single, “FEEL”, the song is available now.
The video for the song was directed by George Del Barrio. The video was choreographed by Tyrone Bevans for the dancers Ernest Allen Mingo, Richie James, Hao Soho Su, Tyrone Bevans.
Suede have shared the third single, “Dancing With The Europeans”, off their upcoming album “Antidepressants” out September 5th.
The video for the song was directed by Chris Turner.
Brett Anderson shared this about the song: “There’s a sense of optimism about this song. I remember specifically we were doing a gig in Spain during the time we were writing this album. I was going through a bad time and at a low, personally. But we played this brilliant gig. There was a great connection between me and the audience. I thought of the phrase, dancing with the Europeans. There’s something about that word, Europeans, that I really like. The phrase summed up the experience of looking for connection in a disconnected world. This sense of, where do we find those bonds with our fellow human beings? That show in Spain broke down those barriers.”
Keaton Henson has released a new single, “Lazy Magician” a duet with Julia Steiner, available now via Play It Again Sam.
The video for the song was designed and animated by Elenor Kopa.
Keaton Henson said this about the song: “Julia’s voice is so evocative of that sound to me; it reminds me of when I first heard Rilo Kiley. She has a lot of the suburban magic-realism of the American bands I loved back then.
I wrote the guitar parts and first lines to the drum machine, and we both sort of just free-wrote the rest. Allowing our subconscious to form the narrative. I like that it’s almost like these two lonely souls singing next to each other, but sometimes over each other, like we’re so lost in our own self-reflection we’re unaware we’re in a duet.”
Nick Cave has shared a new video for his song “Tupelo”, which just turned 40 years old and was released on his album “The Firstborn Is Dead”
The video for the song was directed by Andrew Dominik and it was created with AI.
Nick Cave shared this about the song and video (via his Red Hand Files): Is changing your mind about things a sign of weakness? Sometimes, it feels that way.
FOLEY, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
“Dear Foley,
The reason I have such regard for the song ‘Tupelo’, and why we’ve performed it at nearly every Bad Seeds concert since it was first written so many years ago, is that it continues to maintain its volatile urgency. Even now, to perform it feels like a kind of possession. It is a song built on a distinctive Bad Seeds bass line, predatory and relentless, and on this simple structure, an epic story unfolds. The storm of Tupelo that John Lee Hooker sang about in his song of the same name is merged with the birth of Elvis Presley, who was born in Tupelo as a twin, with his firstborn brother dying at birth. In the song, the flood takes on biblical proportions, descending upon the people as an annihilating force, distorting the natural order – ‘where no birds can fly, no fish can swim’ – as Elvis’s tragic nativity unfolds. In a clapboard shack, ‘with a bundle and a box and a cradle of straw,’ the King is born. Elvis is depicted as the saviour, thrown into a turbulent world to rescue it, to ‘carry the burden of Tupelo.’ Elvis embodies the redeeming Christ, saving not just Tupelo, but the entire world from its sins and subsequent destruction.
I mention all this because ‘Tupelo’ was released forty years ago today. It’s its birthday! A strange idea, as the song still feels as fresh, timely, and vital as ever.
Now, my friend, the filmmaker Andrew Dominik – known for Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James, One More Time With Feeling, and Blonde, among others – rang me to say he had sent me a gift to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of ‘Tupelo’.
“It’s a film to accompany your song, Tupelo,” he said.
I had no idea he was making such a thing.
“I’ve taken a series of still archival images and brought them to life using AI,” he said.
For anyone reading these files, it will be clear that I have serious reservations about AI, particularly regarding writers using ChatGPT and other language models to do their creative work. I also have concerns about song-generating platforms that reduce music to a mere commodity, by eliminating the artistic process and its attendant struggles entirely.
“Oh, really?” I said.
“Jesus,” said Andrew. “Suspend your fucking prejudices and take a look!”
So, I watched Andrew’s film, then watched it again. I showed it to Susie. To our surprise, we found it to be an extraordinarily profound interpretation of the song – a soulful, moving, and entirely original retelling of ‘Tupelo’, rich in mythos and a touching tribute to the great Elvis Presley, as well as to the song itself. The AI-animated photographs of Elvis had an uncanny quality, as if he had been raised from the dead, and the crucifixion-resurrection images at the end were both shocking and deeply affecting. Susie and I were blown away. As I watched Andrew’s surreal little film, I felt my view of AI as an artistic device soften. To some extent, my mind was changed. “It’s a tool, like any other,” said Andrew.
Foley, I believe that the ability to change one’s mind is the very definition of strength. We pursue the truth wherever it may lead, remaining flexible and humble enough to adjust our views as new evidence emerges, regardless of how uncomfortable that may feel. It is ultimately a form of resilience, not a sign of weakness.
Rigidity breaks; flexibility endures.
I’ll be interested to see what you all think of Andrew’s film.
Pulp have shared a new single, “Tina”, off their recently released album “More”.
The video for the song was directed by Julia Schimautz.
Jarvis Cocker shared this about the song: “‘Tina’ was one of the last songs written for More. It’s about obsession and fantasy. You should feel like you need a shower after listening to it.”
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