Blog Archives
A music enthusiast’s playground
April 26, 2013 by Juan Frausto
After hosting a successful interactive music installation at SXSW, Sonos is at it again, clashing the digital world with minimalist art in it’s museum exhibit, Playground Deconstructed. Designed by Aramique, Red Paper Heart, and Fake love, the exhibit brings art to life through visualizing sound as an immersible music video. To sum it up: the photo below + moving visuals. Quick, someone buy me [...] Read More
The Very Best – “Come Alive” (Invisible Children + Terroreyes Series)
April 8, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
Our love for The Very Best has blossomed over the years and has transitioned now into full-blown adoration. We just returned from filming a documentary with them and The Polyphonic Spree [read our updates from the trip HERE and HERE.] The band has such a unique blend of cultures and sounds that goes along inherently [...] Read More
Wild Cub – “Shapeless” (Invisible Children + Terroreyes Series)
April 5, 2013 by Alex Collins
Wild Cub is impressive. The band was born just over a year ago and has already received raving reviews from the likes of KEXP, KCRW, NPR Music, MTVHive, Nylon Magazine, Billboard, SPIN, Paste Magazine, etc. It began with a simple collaboration between Nashville-native songwriter/composer Keegan DeWitt and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Bullock. We’ve been obsessed with Wild Cub’s infectious [...] Read More
Lucius – “Genevieve” (Invisible Children + Terroreyes Series)
April 1, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
Brooklyn band Lucius were perhaps the most shockingly incredible act we saw at SXSW this year. Lucky for us, they were playing our Welcome Home Show at Club de Ville. The retro sound and aesthetic from the band are incredible alone, but the collective energy when the entire group locks in is undeniably infectious – [...] Read More
Ivan & Alyosha: “Be Your Man” (Invisible Children + Terroreyes Series)
March 27, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
Seattle’s Ivan & Alyosha have been on quite the journey since they played our 2011 Holiday Benefit Show. They’ve received international press for their first EP Fathers Be Kind, and their debut full-length record All The Times We Had on the legendary Dualtone Records has taken over with serious promoting from KCRW and NPR. When [...] Read More
Whispertown – “State of Mind” (Invisible Children + Terroreyes Series)
March 26, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
Morgan Nagler and Jake Bellows have become two of our favorite songwriters/musicians/humans over the past few months. The duo who form Whispertown played our 2012 Holiday Benefit Show in Los Angeles at the historic Troubadour. They’re two of the most genuine people in the game, and we were beyond pleased when they agreed to play [...] Read More
SXSW Almost Live Series: The Trouble With Templeton
March 20, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
As evident by our constant communication about this Australian band The Trouble With Templeton, we’re pretty big fans. We randomly happened upon a solo set by the lead singer Thomas Calder on New York City’s Lower East Side during the annual CMJ Australian BBQ. Our friend Amy who works for CMJ insisted that we hang [...] Read More
SXSW Almost Live Series: Noah Gundersen – “Poor Man’s Son”
March 18, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
Austin, Texas was very mad recently. The annual technology, film, and music festival SXSW took over the city in all the ways a thing can be taken over. The headquarters of our office were a friend’s living room and a TGI Fridays. As that would indicate, it’s been quite enjoyable and busy. The team from [...] Read More
[VIDEO PREMIERE] Silver Series // J Irvin Dally
August 24, 2012 by Alex Naser-Hall
The Silver Series love keeps shining. At the end of July, we premiered our exclusive performance from Middle Brother, filmed at SXSW in 2011. Today, we debut an acoustic video of musician J Irvin Dally to raise awareness about the longest running war in Africa. If we trespassed to film this video inside an empty [...] Read More
[VIDEO PREMIERE] Silver Series // Middle Brother
July 30, 2012 by Lauren Edwards
It’s been quite some time since we released a music video for you guys, so we’re exponentially excited to share this video with you and hope that this two-parter from Middle Brother makes up for the delay. These guys are always hilarious and have such a loving carefree spirit about them. It’s evident when you [...] Read More
