Posted September 15, 2012
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Life-sized Minecraft cubes
At the XOXO Festival in PDX.
You know, I have never played this game.
Posted September 15, 2012
Explone CD release show video flyer
Yup, I'm calling these things "video flyers" for lack of a better term:
The spot above was cut from footage I'm using to assemble a music video for "Trapdoor," a Explone track from the same EP. That video won't be ready until October and I plan to do a "making of" post after I get the final cut assembled, but here are some stills I'm pretty happy with:
Posted September 10, 2012
Say hello to the new Explone record Telescope & Satellite
It's here! At iTunes and Amazon and the usual suspects. And we have an awesome animated video to go along with our first single, "He's A Bat." We like Queen, and we like bats, so there you go. Check it out.
You can read what Patrick says about the new release over at the Explone website.
Posted September 4, 2012
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Posted September 2, 2012
New Kirby Krackle video, In Another Castle
We have another Kirby Krackle video out! Please enjoy "In Another Castle" featuring our singer Kyle solo on ukelele:
SPOILER: it's about Mario.
I keep trying to gently convince Kyle that we have to record and release the punk version of this tune. Maybe someday!
Posted August 30, 2012
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Posted August 26, 2012
Explone Rewind: Girl w/ A Black Eye
Speaking of the new Explone record, I spent some time last weekend putting together "YouTube singles" (for lack of a better term) for each track of our forthcoming Telescope + Satellite EP, and I figured, why not do Dreamers/Lovers too. So running up to the release of T + S I'll be posting a few of my favorite tracks from Dreamers/Lovers here.
(YouTube perplexes me. Tons of people use it for music discovery, and it seems the easiest way to embed songs anywhere without requiring listeners to have a Spotify or Rdio account. Way to drop the ball, everyone (Except Bandcamp! (and SoundCloud!)!))
"Girl w/ A Black Eye" is one such favorite, and showcases Pat's talent for mashing up Cheap Trick vocals with Hüsker Dü power chords. I always thought this tune never got the love it deserved.
Posted August 24, 2012
The new Bob Mould record...
...comes out on September 4th, same day as the new Explone record. That's gotta be a good portent, right?
I could play this song all day (and I have):
(Watch it on YouTube.)
Posted August 23, 2012
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Posted August 23, 2012