Feist 'Metals' Album Cover debut. (My take)

Leslie Feist's long awaited third album is to be released in October 6th in North America, she recently released a paint by numbers album cover on her facebook. This is my take on what the cover could look like. Hope you all like it!

You can also catch snippets of her new music at her official website @ www.listentofeist.com. There is a great piece about the new album which gives a more information on the songs that may be included in the album, you can find there here.

Plus, don't forget to catch the amazing documentary on Feist and her creative process called "Look at What the Light Did Now"

I don't know about you but something about listening to Feist's music makes me feel like I want to put on a nice wool sweater, drink some hot chocolate and feelin' chilly (gonzales). And since I'm on a Feist fix right now, here is my playlist of her music that I will be listening to all week:

P E O P L E

I want to share a collection of photos I've taken of family, friends and strangers. Hopefully, this will show 'people' how I view them.

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Arcade Fire - Culture War by MergeRecords

To go with the gallery is the new track from Arcade Fire, "Culture War" from the upcoming Special Edition release of their Grammy Record of the Year winner The Suburbs. The CD and DVD package includes the Spike Jonze directed short film Scene from the Suburbs.

the end of the world/la fin du monde (mix)

It's supposedly the beginning of the end and what better way than to spend it with the people you admire and love. To help get things going and groovin' why don't I share my newly created playlist that can make the fiery apocalypse a little fun and chilled. Check it out on my iTunes link:

End of the World mix

C - i - V - i - L - i - Z - a - T - i - O - n

I'm excited and so should you readers. French electronic duo Justice or † as I like to call them, are going to release their first single for their second album on April 4th. The new song "Civilization" is featured in the Adidas ad campaign entitled "Adidas is All In", here is that video:

Also from their record label, Ed Banger Records, remix artist SebastiAn will release his first original album Total on the same date.

ARGH!

Been in a slight creative hiatus at the moment. Haven't been doing much except for making taking a photograph here and there. A few days ago I spent the day taking pictures for my friend's line of pins he's made to sell on Etsy.com, they're interesting pins with pop culture icons. Some are from video games, TV cartoons and comic books.

You can check out his stuff here: Clever Trevor @ Etsy

I recently started listening to this French pop singer, Yelle. Her new album Safari Disco Club is coming out this month. The video to her two new songs are funky and really odd.

YELLE - Safari Disco Club / Que veux-tu (exclusive full length edit) from Yelle on Vimeo.

So far, I like her song "Que veux tu", here's a neat remix of that same song.

Yelle - Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix) by Madeon

It May be Winter

But we can still party! Last night hung out with my buddies and went to Glasslands Gallery in Brooklyn for the first time. We saw this band 'Tayisha Busay', an electronic/dance trio and they totally rocked hard. They come across as a crazy mix of Amanda Blank, Uffie & Ke$ha, but more hardcore. The venue was small, but they played as if they were in an arena. Check out their EP Shock-Woo on iTunes, it's well worth your money. You can find the link here.

What what!

So I rang in the new year with a slow start. No work for a few weeks, but this past weekend got to be on a music video shoot for Vandaveer. We shot it in different music venues, Southpaw in Brooklyn, NY and Johnny Brendas in Fishtown, PA. We also went around Red Hook in Brooklyn and did some cool traveling shots, can't wait for it to come out. I'll post up a link of the video here so you can see.

We're doing their next video this coming weekend and it's supposed to be crazy, as in being out in the cold weather for 10 hours a day crazy. On a side note, the band is great. It's a duo, a singer-guitarist and another singer. They are kind of folky and bluesy. They remind me of that couple in the film Once.

and lastly, check out this remix of Chromeo's eightiestastic song 'Hot Mess' from Duck Sauce. Recently I've been getting my music from the blog RCDLBL, they're fantastic for finding rare b-sides and remixes of hip bands. So give 'Hot Mess' a listen, it features Elly Jackson of La Roux.

Chromeo - Hot Mess (feat. Elly Jackson) (Duck Sauce Remix): "Chromeo - Hot Mess (feat. Elly Jackson) (Duck Sauce Remix)"

New Photos!

These photos I took when I watched Pavement played their show in September in Central Park. It was an amazing experience and they played almost everything I wanted to hear. Stephen Malkmus and Bob N. took the show. Plus, I love that they used stringed light bulbs as part of the decor.

Stephen Malkmus

Bob Nastanovich

The Queensborough Plaza 7 train platform.

A couple of things...

Here are some interesting things from my friends:

Duo Rock Rappers Shogo & Boris make up the group Danger Geeks (Music) They're from New York City and their songs are a mix of hip hop, hard rock and electronic. Their song 'The Forgotten' is a dark and beautiful contemplation of what the group's concerns.

A friend of mine, Dennis Natal of Electric Chariot entered a remix contest for Canadian rock band 'Metric' for their song 'Gold Guns Girls', you can check it out here.

Here's a photo of the Divine Lorraine, an old building in Philadelphia. I took this on the way home from a short film shoot. If you look carefully, you can see the moon just on top of the building. (Click on photo to view large)