MGMT headlined day one of the Treasure Island Music Festival with a set containing every song from their debut album and four new tracks. They played in front of a backdrop of live light projections and silhouettes made by a crew of performers off stage.
The music festival, thrown on the scenic island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, also hosted electronic artists Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, MSTRKRFT and local boys The Limousines on the sold-out opening day. Just of the comments overheard from mesmerized attendees: "MGMT is one of the greatest bands of our time," and "holy crap, just when you think you've seen every type of Girl Talk performances...FIREWORKS!! Amazing Treasure Island show and MGMT was awesome."
Here's MGMT opening their set with Time To Pretend:
Iglu & Hartly just released their new video for DayGlo. Set in a translucent dreamland of stars and rainbows and glimmering lights, it's a day glo. Carefree and free as a bird. In the clouds.
We ran into I&H at one of their shows just after they shot the video. Singer Jarvis Anderson told us a little about the filming experience: "We were all jumping up and down on a mattress, and it was nuts, we were jumping for about eight hours straight." And oh yeah, "and I had all these hot chicks around me, and it was just fucking amazing."
You'll never see more glow sticks, pink backpacks, furry bras and giant pupils as you will at the LovEvolution Festival in San Francisco. This is the same event that used to be called Lovefest.
We hit it up last weekend. Here's just one clip from walking around the third floor. Last year I was here and a dead guy was laying in the hall.
British ravers The Prodigy have released the new video for their upcoming single. It's a freaky one folks. The song is called Take Me To The Hospital and as they like to describe it: "this ain’t no retro banger … it’s a future classic."
The video might give you nightmares about what goes down in your local medical center. Don't fall asleep. There's guys in bunny masks hanging out.
It was shot "in a derelict mental hospital," says director Paul Dugdale. "A proper death trap. Holes in the floor and shit falling out the ceiling. We broke in which involved being chased by dogs and a run in with the cops. We wanted a hospital in there but didnt want to shove it down peoples throats."
The cops came after four guys blasting The Prodigy through the halls of a run down psycho clinic? Couldn't imagine that one ay boys?
Mick Boogie, the emcee that brought you the great Viva La Hova, just released his latest project. This one's called Re-Living Thing - a remix of Peter Bjorn & John's current album Living Thing. Terry Urban, who worked with Boogie on La Hova, already has spoke his mind on the new one: "This is prob the best mixtape I've ever heard".
We all knew him as the guy behind the turntables at the parties we attended. The guy that made us dance and laugh and have a blast. The guy with the Apple Macbook dressed in AC/DC lettering that became a synonymous symbol for 'good time'. Here is the DJ/AM as his friends and family knew him. It's the memorial video presented at the service held for him at The Hollywood Palladium. Only guy I've ever seen who owns 600 pairs of Nikes and a David Lee Roth shirt.
Here is what the Fountain Of Youth looks like if it were located in Brooklyn. Or to be more specific, here is the Boy Crisis version of the Fountain Of Youth in Brookyn.
Shot on location at the empty McCarren Pool a few weeks ago, the Fountain Of Youth video features "female captors in pink body paint, a ceremonial procession, an owl effigy, ritualistic face painting and hot dog eating, fiery human sacrifice, and more," as described by the band.
Nearly one month to the day before his death DJ AM sat down with MTV and provided his feelings towards relapsing into crack cocaine use: "honestly... it's terrifying."
On August 25th DJ AM updated his Twitter for the last time. "New York, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems." It's lyrics from Tha Dogg Pound. Snoop and Kurupt. West COHst.
DJ AM was found dead in his NYC apartment today near a crack pipe and pills, according to TMZ. If it's not tragic enough that a great person and performer dies well before his time, this time it seems like it just shouldn't have happened. AM was 11 years sober and has been shooting a show called 'Gone Too Far,' where he guides and mentors drugs addicts.
I found out about Adam's death while at a music festival. Silversun Pickups were in front of me tearing through Panic Switch. Just happened to check my Twitter at that moment and as I told the people around me - not a soul I knew - everyone had the same reaction: 'WTF.'
Growing up you hear about Jim Morrison, Hendrix, Janis, Bon Scott, all the musicians of generations past dying in their prime. AM was one of our musicians. So easily it seems they can disappear.
Australian electro guys Empire of the Sun have their very own iPhone application. It's an adventure game. An adventure game with 'secret music.' After spending the $0.99 at the app store you will embark on a "journey like no other which will uncover secret tunes locked away since time immemorial."
"Travel across the silk road, concrete follies, to uncover the full wrath of Neptune's fury."
"Defy the destined path to embrace Emperor Steele and Lord Littlemore on a journey to find the being within."
"A new spirit of hope is sweeping across the digital divide."
It looks really cool from the promo video. I have to warn you though. Many app gamers are bitching. Just some of the comments read as follows:
- "I can't figure out what to do in the game how do you play it!"
- "I played that but i got stuck already on the first level =.="
- "Well what the hell is it?"
I just bought it, and after this six-pack and some research, I'll give you my review.
