This weeks marks what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. This will be a simple post to pay our respect to one of music’s most important and beloved figures, containing two videos. A clip for Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown) and Nick Trapasso’s section in And Now, which was set to one of Lennon’s finest songs.
Rest in peace…
As previously reported, Animal Collective’s Avey Tare will be releasing the crocodile inspired album Down There on October 25th through Paw Tracks. Unsurprisingly, the first video to come from the album to accompany ‘Lucky 1’ is like diving head first into a croc-infested geometric visual pool of goodness.
Directed by Avey Tare’s sister, Abby Portner, you can watch the video below.
Lucky 1 from Abby Portner on Vimeo.
The Count & Sinden seem to have taken inspiration from our very own Halloween methods of partying in their new video for ‘Addicted To You‘.
It begins innocently enough as a regular pumping house party but slowly morphs into a zombie disco complete with mass hysteria and undead vibesing.
Watch the excellent video directed by Paul Parulis below and stay tuned for a Crossfader interview with The Count dropping very soon.
‘Addicted To You’ drops on November 7th and appears on Mega Mega Mega which is out now through Domino Records.
Bobby Conn’s massively acclaimed record ‘Rise Up!’ has been scheduled for a remastered re-issue release on November 29th.
The release will be supported by a mammoth European tour including four UK dates where Bobby will rise up and play the album in its entirety.
He will play at the following dates:
27th Nov 2010 UK London – Windmill Brixton
28th Nov 2010 UK Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
29th Nov 2010 UK Glasgow – The Arches
30th Nov 2010 UK Cardiff – CLWB for Bach
Frank Gerwer’s ‘Frankly Speaking‘ series continues as his week with Tony Miorana in episode 2.
Click on the picture below to hear more from T-Mo and be sure to catch him in this year’s incredible Beauty and the Beast tour.
Normally we tend not to publish news on the happenings over at The Berrics unless it’s something very special indeed. This is one of those moments.
Ronnie Creager has landed himself a Bangin’ this week and it’s phenomenal. This man has been ahead of everyone since forever and your day will be a lot better if you watch his minute of wonder.
UK’s very own Darran Nolan, one of few to earn a PHD in Tech has commanded that we appoint Creager ‘King Of The Internet’ and we’re inclined to agree.
Happy skateboarding!
Yoan Taillandier has been making progress with his new skate video ‘Minuit‘ and the teasers so far look absolutely incredible.
Filmed entirely at night, ‘Minuit’ takes it to the heart of the streets in France and Japan for the best idea for a skate video I’ve heard of in a long, long time.
Watch the exciting new trailer below and click here for more information.
The second video edit to come from the appointed filmbots John Fisher and Nick Richards has just been uploaded to the Tubes.
It follows from where their stunning first edit left off documenting Crayon’s August trip across Wheelscape parks in the UK. Here we see Chris Jones, Dan Wileman, Korahn Gayle, Paul ‘Barber’ Cooper, James Coyle, Welsh Tommy (and guest skaters Nicky Howells and Barney Page) hit up Uckfield, Bristol, Havering and Teignmouth.
Sit back and enjoy their edit below.
RATATAT have announced that they will be performing some headline shows to fit amongst their UK dates with Vampire Weekend.
The band will be playing the following dates…
25 Nov: Blackpool, Empress Ballroom Arena (supporting Vampire Weekend)
26 Nov: Wolverhampton, Civic Hall (supporting Vampire Weekend)
27 Nov: Manchester, Deaf Institute
28 Nov: Edinburgh, Corn Exchange (supporting Vampire Weekend)
29 Nov: Sheffield, Academy (supporting Vampire Weekend)
1 Dec: Brighton, Centre (supporting Vampire Weekend)
2 Dec: London, Alexandra Palace (supporting Vampire Weekend)
3 Dec: London, Alexandra Palace (supporting Vampire Weekend)
4 Dec: Brighton, Coalition
5 Dec: Bristol, Thekla
7 Dec: London, Heaven
Watch the video for their stunning, uplifting single ‘Party With Children‘ below, which appeared on LP4 released earlier this year.
Notoriously loud two-piece Middle Class Rut are due to release their long awaited debut album in the UK on November 22nd through Bright Antenna Records.
The single ‘New Low‘ precedes the album on November 15th and you can watch the video for it right here below.