Earbleed: Florence & The Machine, “Rabbit Heart” and “Cosmic Love”
All summer I’ve been listening to Florence & The Machine’s Lungs waaaaay more than I should be, and I thought I’d post a few of the kooky, melodramatic songstress’s videos here.
First off is “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)”, because the video feels to me as though it were The Wicker Man as directed by a [...]
Earbleed: Kavinsky Brings Zombies to the Dancefloor
Have you seen a pair of glowing red eyes on the dancefloor lately, or spotted a mysterious figure along the highway wearing a letter jacket? Chance are it’s not a ghost. It’s a ZOMBIE!
Electronica composer and French DJ Vincent Belorgay created a fictional character, named Kavinsky, with a haunting backstory: he’s a Teddy Boy zombie [...]
Earbleed: Hot Chip’s “I Feel Better”
Hot Chip is no stranger to intrigue — nor are they strangers to comedy.
With their latest video, the five nerds of Hot Chip (who are easily mistaken for gay) have struck again. And, this time, they’ve introduced horror into the equation. For their latest single, “I Feel Better,” the five guys may have outdone themselves.
Framed [...]
Earbleed: Health’s “We are Water”
I’ll admit I’d never heard of the band Health before I learned that Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! co-creator Eric Wareheim had directed the wonderfully horrific video for their latest single, “We are Water”.
I love the use of classic horror imagery, the surreal fairy-tale quality of the visuals, and of course the bizarre, [...]
Earbleed: YACHT’s “The Afterlife”
YACHT, to me, is the perfect example of horrific-music-done-right in modern times. Led by the hotness Jona Bechtolt, this band functions under a specific guise: that they are are not a cult.
Sounding like the product of the procreation of the Eurythmics and Waco, Texas, YACHT’s second album, See Mystery Lights, dropped last summer and is for my money truly the best album [...]
