It looks like Hawksley Workman's been in some kind of horrible accident because he's stuck in a full body cast in the video for "Chemical." Yet somehow, he's still able to sing, freak out on a stretcher, sit up and play guitar and party for New Year's or something like that... despite that they're using a defibrillator on him. Uh huh...
It looks like Hawksley Workman's been in some kind of horrible accident because he's stuck in a full body cast in the video for "Chemical." Yet somehow, he's still able to sing, freak out on a stretcher, sit up and play guitar and party for New Year's or something like that... despite that they're using a...
Los Angeles' Bardo are fronted by singer/guitarist Leslie King, who's got a voice that sounds like a calmer version of Chrissie Hynde. But Bardo play a type of rock that's got more in common with pop punk acts than anything like the type of noise The Pretenders were emitting from Hereford, England in the '80s.
"L.A. Is In My DNA" appears on their second EP, You Like Me A Lot, which is out now.
Los Angeles' Bardo are fronted by singer/guitarist Leslie King, who's got a voice that sounds like a calmer version of Chrissie Hynde. But Bardo play a type of rock that's got more in common with pop punk acts than anything like the type of noise The Pretenders were emitting from Hereford, England in the '80s.
"L.A. Is In My...
Violent Kin continue with the punky dance rock that marked their 2009 Bitter Blood debut album with their new EP, Velvet Hideout, except this time they've thrown in even more over-the-top elements. The EP's full of Genesis-esque dance rock, and is one step away from being prog.
The title track best represents this, beginning with a dancey beat and Pink Floyd-esque riff that eventually erupts into something resembling Muse. By the end, you'll wonder if your eardrums have exploded.
Velvet Hideout is out Oct. 12.
Violent Kin continue with the punky dance rock that marked their 2009 Bitter Blood debut album with their new EP, Velvet Hideout, except this time they've thrown in even more over-the-top elements. The EP's full of Genesis-esque dance rock, and is one step away from being prog.
The title track best represents this, beginning with a dancey...
Chilly Gonzales' video for Ivory Tower's "I Am Europe" serves as a preview for his upcoming film, also titled Ivory Tower. It stars Gonzo and Tiga as two chess-playing brothers who are both fighting over the same woman, played by Peaches. Feist also has a small cameo.
The song's full of great lines and the video's full of hilarious moments, but by far the best part is when Gonzo's walking down those steps, looking very confusedly at that workers' wall sculpture.
Ivory Tower the album is out Sept. 14.
Chilly Gonzales' video for Ivory Tower's "I Am Europe" serves as a preview for his upcoming film, also titled Ivory Tower. It stars Gonzo and Tiga as two chess-playing brothers who are both fighting over the same woman, played by Peaches. Feist also has a small cameo.
The song's full of great lines and the video's full...
The always hilarious B.A. Johnston will return with a new album, Thank you For Being A Friend, on Tuesday.
"Taste The Shame" is a taste of that new record. The tune's about eating crappy food, like hotdogs, spilling nacho cheese sauce all over yourself and scrounging through 7 Elevens for food. Canada doesn't really have another musician quite like Johnston.
The always hilarious B.A. Johnston will return with a new album, Thank you For Being A Friend, on Tuesday.
"Taste The Shame" is a taste of that new record. The tune's about eating crappy food, like hotdogs, spilling nacho cheese sauce all over yourself and scrounging through 7 Elevens for food. Canada doesn't really have another...
1. Back To School Hormones
YESSS!! There's a party in my pants and something's going to get a heavy petting.
2. Eviction Parties
This is the must-see cinematic event of fall!
3. JuggaLove, The Juggalo Dating Site
When your hobbies are face-painting, drinking cheap soda and contemplating how magnets work it takes something extra to find true love. This is it.
4. The Wilderness Downtown
If Arcade Fire keep doing cool stuff like this it's going to make it increasingly difficult to keep trying to hate on them.
5. Deep Fried Mars Bars
That feeling that you get when you see a cute puppy? Imagine that feeling, but in your belly instead.
7. Album Tacos
Thing is, every album cover IS better with tacos in it.
8. Rediscovering The Music Of Your 14-Year-Old Self
And then realizing your 14-year-old self must have been really insufferable after listening to all that Bob Dylan, The Cult and The Doors.
9. "Idiocy Typhoon"
Insult of the month. I forgot to write down where this quote came from. Oh well, it's pretty self-explanatory. Use it wisely.
10. Rock Balancing
Y'know what, fuck you. What's your hobby? Twittering where you're going out each night? This is totally cool.
11. Bad Yearbook Photos
Let's face it, most of us were stupid when we were teenagers. There's no shame in it. It's better to laugh about it than cry.
12. Friday Night Lights
We understand. You're, like, "That's the show about football, right? Football is the third-stupidest thing on the planet. There's no way I'm watching that." You'd be right about the football thing, but totes wrong about your militancy against the show. It's really well done.
And now a tribute video to brooding bad-boy alcoholic Tim Riggins:
13. Hipster Dinosaurs
This is officially the moment where hipster culture jumps the stegosaurus.
The Shitty 7
1. Christina Hendricks' Boobs
NEWSFLASH! Hollywood actress has big boobs and other shocking news at 11.
2. The Cost Of Powder Blue Retro Toronto Blue Jays Jerseys
How's someone expected to get back on the Jays bandwagon when a retro powder Paul Molitor jersey is like $130?
3. Burning Your Arm On An Oven When Baking Banana Bread
We will get our revenge by eating the shit out of you.
4. Waxy Apples
When you rub an apple on your jeans and it leaves a huge wax stain you know you're eating the wrong apple.
5. Breaking Your Foot At A Tegan And Sara Concert
This apparently happened to one CHARTattack editor's cousin. Be careful kids, those T&S shows are mad-fuckin'-crazy.
6. Clash Of The Titans 2
And in 3D no less? This is truly an important pop culture event.
7. Giant Environment-Destroying Oil Leaks
Wow, it's been a while since we heard anything about this, hasn't it? That must mean everything is totally back to normal. Nothing to see here.
The Grist 13
1. Back To School Hormones
YESSS!! There's a party in my pants and something's going to get a heavy petting.
2. Eviction Parties
This is the must-see cinematic event of fall!
3. JuggaLove, The Juggalo Dating Site
When your hobbies are face-painting, drinking cheap soda and contemplating how magnets work it takes something...
Singer/songwriter Graham Greer was formerly in Cornwall, Ont.'s Barstool Prophets, who had three hits in the mid-'90s. He released his self-titled sophomore solo album last year, and "Lovesong" appears on it.
The track is a grimy blues number, which is, appropriately enough, the opposite of what its title suggests.
Singer/songwriter Graham Greer was formerly in Cornwall, Ont.'s Barstool Prophets, who had three hits in the mid-'90s. He released his self-titled sophomore solo album last year, and "Lovesong" appears on it.
The track is a grimy blues number, which is, appropriately enough, the opposite of what its title suggests.
Antony And The Johnsons' video for "Thank You For Your Love" features several short films 20-year-old Antony Hegarty shot when he first arrived in New York in 1991. At several points in the video, he looks like he could be a soldier, a sailor and even Boy George.
"Thank You For Your Love" is the first single from Swanlights, Antony And The Johnsons' fourth studio album. It's out Oct. 5.
Antony And The Johnsons' video for "Thank You For Your Love" features several short films 20-year-old Antony Hegarty shot when he first arrived in New York in 1991. At several points in the video, he looks like he could be a soldier, a sailor and even Boy George.
"Thank You For Your Love" is the first single from...
Shit Robot is better known as electro-house producer Marcus Lambkin. "I Found Love," which basically sounds like Lambkin's a talking robot, shows up on his From The Cradle To The Rave debut album, which is out through DFA Sept. 21. Appropriately enough, the album features guest appearances from LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Nancy Whang, The Juan MacLean and Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor.
Shit Robot is better known as electro-house producer Marcus Lambkin. "I Found Love," which basically sounds like Lambkin's a talking robot, shows up on his From The Cradle To The Rave debut album, which is out through DFA Sept. 21. Appropriately enough, the album features guest appearances from LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and...
Boston electronica duo Brite Lite Brite are what Daft Punk would sound like if either Thomas Bangalter or Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo were female. "I Just Want U 2 Myself," the opening track from their Universe Universe debut album, mixes indie elements with house. It would be just as likely to be played in an indie bar like Ottawa's Zaphod Beeblebrox as it would in Toronto's gay village.
Boston electronica duo Brite Lite Brite are what Daft Punk would sound like if either Thomas Bangalter or Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo were female. "I Just Want U 2 Myself," the opening track from their Universe Universe debut album, mixes indie elements with house. It would be just as likely to be played in an indie bar like Ottawa's...
Interpol's video for "Barricade," the first single from their upcoming self-titled fourth album, features the band playing in an open field, singer/guitarist Paul Banks' head beamed into women's torsos and Banks' face floating amongst high speed, blurred video of traffic.
While "Barricade" isn't quite a return to the band's 2001 Turn Out The Bright Lights debut (as they had said they'd tried to do with Interpol), it does sound a bit more like their older material than anything that was on 2007's Our Love To Admire.
Interpol's video for "Barricade," the first single from their upcoming self-titled fourth album, features the band playing in an open field, singer/guitarist Paul Banks' head beamed into women's torsos and Banks' face floating amongst high speed, blurred video of traffic.
While "Barricade" isn't quite a...
Cee Lo Green's had a surprising viral hit all over the internets with his "Fuck You."
It's a catchy, upbeat tune about a break-up that looks like it might just transform angry odes to exes and into... happy-sounding, sly fuck yous.
All the chatter about this song — in addition to having "fuck you and fuck her, too" stuck in a loop in our heads — prompted us to think about what other great fuck you songs there are.
So here, then, is a list of 20 great fuck you songs, including Cee Lo's "Fuck You":
1. Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You"
The phrase "fuck you" has never sounded so... happy. Ooo, ooo, oooo! I'm sure everyone with an ex can relate to this in some way.
2. Smashing Pumpkins' "Fuck You (An Ode To No One)"
Come on, Billy Corgan. "An Ode To No One"? We know you wrote this song about someone. If you're saying fuck you, how about you balls it up and say WHO you're directing this rant at?
3. Lily Allen's "Fuck You"
This opening keyboard part really rips off The Carpenters' "Close To You," but we dig this one anyway. Plus, bigots need to be flipped off... especially in song. We've all had that "I want to squish your head" feeling, which gives the video universal appeal.
4. DMX's "Fuck You Bitch"
We think the barks on this one give it that extra special touch you just won't find anywhere else. Extra special.
5. MacLean & MacLean's "Fuck Ya"
This one will be stuck in your head for hours, days even, especially the "I'd like to kick you in the nuts" part. Also, it'd probably be a big hit at a campfire singalong.
6. Damageplan's "Fuck You"
A comment on this video on YouTube: "i dedicate this song to justin bieber. FUCK YOU IM GONNA PISS ON YOUR GRAVE." Oh, and the guy who shot Dimebag? Fuck him, too.
7. Wesley Willis' "Fuck You"
Remember that shitty ass food industry job you had, where your boss treated you like shit, you made like $6 an hour and you were always working extra hours because you were the most responsible staffer amongst a legion of burnouts? Yeah, Wesley Willis can empathize.
8. Lil Kim's "Fuck You"
I'm sure Lil Kim was rapping this song in her head at the judge when she was convicted of perjury.
9. Beastie Boys' "Hey Fuck You"
There really are some days where you just want to say, "if you don't like it, then fuck you" to everyone around you. There are also some times when I just want to tell Mike D's voice to fuck off.
10. Headstones' "Fuck You"
We're glad Hugh Dillon finally said "fuck you" to heroin because if he hadn't, heroin would have said "fuck you" to him, instead.
11. Bif Naked's "Fuck You 2"
Cancer and heartbreak have one thing in common: They both fucking suck.
12. Against All Authority's "Another Fuck You Song"
This song will make you want to punch every ska punk in the face after screaming "fuck you!" at them, but hey.
13. The Queers' "I Just Called To Say Fuck You"
This one's from an album that also contained songs called "Stupid Fucking Vegan," "Journey To The Center Of Your Empty Fucking Skull," "Theme From Beyond The Valley Of The Assfuckers," "Just Say Cunt," "My Cunt's A Cunt" and "I Hate Your Fucking Guts." These boys don't mince words. Joe Queer also seems to be saying "fuck you" to his own vocal cords here. Or maybe they're saying it to him.
14. Atmosphere's "Fuck You Lucy"
Too often, breakup songs are just angry, nameless rants, with the subject of the musician's rage not being pointed out. At least we know Slug is really, really pissed at Lucy. Who is she? "She's" not a real person, but a character created to represent his ex-girlfriend and is meant to represent Slug's dependence on drugs and alcohol.
15. Methods Of Mayhem's "Proposition Fuck You"
Unfortunately, this one didn't come out after Proposition 8 was passed in 2008, 'cause then it would have been even more relevant, were it not, y'know, for those references about getting beaten up by police.
16. Pharoahe Monch's "Fuck You"
When a song starts with "basically, I'm the worst nightmare you ever had," you know it's going to be angry. When guns and "fuck you" are mentioned in the same sentence, you pretty much get the idea that you definitely don't want to mess with Pharoahe Monch.
17. Walls Of Jericho's "There's No I In Fuck You"
With Candace Kucsulain, it's like someone took every kind of reason women have to be angry, and then distilled them into this song. Appropriately, this is probably the angriest track we've got on here.
18. The Stiffs' "Fuck You"
This one's become a punk classic, having been covered by D.O.A. and The Subhumans, but the original version is by far the best.
19. Lil Wayne featuring Big Tymers' "Fuck You"
Somehow I think this song would have been more effective if it had been released now, when Lil Wayne's got all those tattoos covering his body. When this came out, he was babyfaced and tatt-free. That means you can take him about as seriously as a bunny rabbit.
20. Fear's "I Don't Care About You (Fuck You)"
Fear helped originate hardcore punk. Yes, Lee Ving was in Flashdance and Clue, but fuck you if you think that makes him any less punk.
Cee Lo Green's had a surprising viral hit all over the internets with his "Fuck You."
It's a catchy, upbeat tune about a break-up that looks like it might just transform angry odes to exes and into... happy-sounding, sly fuck yous.
All the chatter about this song — in addition to having "fuck you and fuck her, too...
D-Sisive's "I Love A Girl" features surprising string arrangements that you wouldn't normally find on one of the rapper's albums. It's much more upbeat than anything you'll hear on 2008's The Book or last year's Let The Children Die, and that's because... yes, it's a love song.
"I Love A Girl" appears on Vaudeville, which is out now.
D-Sisive's "I Love A Girl" features surprising string arrangements that you wouldn't normally find on one of the rapper's albums. It's much more upbeat than anything you'll hear on 2008's The Book or last year's Let The Children Die, and that's because... yes, it's a love song.
"I Love A Girl...
Linkin Park's video for "The Catalyst" isn't so much of a surprise, since it's pretty... well... usual fare for the band. Y'know: Chester Bennington looks like he's drowning at first, then emerges from water, and Mike Shinoda seems to be some kind of cloaked demon singing through a wall of smoke.
What is shocking, though, is that the song's pretty much the equivalent of 2 Unlimited-style techno, what with that keyboard breakdown right before the chorus.
We're pretty sure A Thousand Suns going to piss off a lot of Linkin Park's diehard, nu-metal-listening, Hot Topic-shopping fans when it comes out Sept. 14.
Linkin Park's video for "The Catalyst" isn't so much of a surprise, since it's pretty... well... usual fare for the band. Y'know: Chester Bennington looks like he's drowning at first, then emerges from water, and Mike Shinoda seems to be some kind of cloaked demon singing through a wall of smoke.
What is shocking,...
"The Greatest Hits By God," the opening track on Quest For Fire's Lights From Paradise sophomore album, is like a slowly building storm that eventually leads to the explosion that is "Set Out Alone," its second song.
On that tune, singer Chad Ross sounds like he's hollering from behind a cloud of dust, sand, rain and sleet that's represented by his and Andrew Moszyinski's guitars, Josh Bauman's bass and Mike Maxymuik's drums.
Lights For Paradise is out on Tuesday.
"The Greatest Hits By God," the opening track on Quest For Fire's Lights From Paradise sophomore album, is like a slowly building storm that eventually leads to the explosion that is "Set Out Alone," its second song.
On that tune, singer Chad Ross sounds like he's hollering from behind a cloud of dust, sand, rain and...
Dead Man's Bones' video for "Pa Pa Power" is split into two separate sections: one that's set at an old folks' home and sees the duo performing for a room full of senior citizens, and another that finds a little girl wandering through a dark forest full of creepy blow-up things that look like spiders.
Both parts are reconciled at the end, which is a full-on dance party.
"Pa Pa Power" appears on the band's self-titled debut, which is out now.
Check out Dead Man's Bones' video for "Dead Hearts" here.
Dead Man's Bones' video for "Pa Pa Power" is split into two separate sections: one that's set at an old folks' home and sees the duo performing for a room full of senior citizens, and another that finds a little girl wandering through a dark forest full of creepy blow-up things that look like spiders.
Both parts are...
The Acorn have plans to release Make The Least Of The Day, a collection of remixes of all the songs on the recently released No Ghost, on Sept. 14. It comes just after the American release of No Ghost, which is out Sept. 7 there.
Here, Megafaun turn the folk rock of "Kindling To Cremation" into a quieter affair, moving the "oooohs" from the middle of the song to its beginning and adding tiny electronic flourishes throughout.
It makes it more relaxed than the original, which would have been at home next to a campfire. This, however, seems more suited for a boat ride on a lake at night.
The Acorn have plans to release Make The Least Of The Day, a collection of remixes of all the songs on the recently released No Ghost, on Sept. 14. It comes just after the American release of No Ghost, which is out Sept. 7 there.
Here, Megafaun turn the folk rock of "Kindling To Cremation" into a quieter affair, moving the "oooohs...
Bjork provided this tune, which is brand new, for the latest Moomins film, The Moomins And The Comet Chase.
In case you're unaware, the Moomins are the creations of Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson. They're basically trolls that look like like hippos, and various TV series and films have been released since the first Moomins comic was published in 1945.
The video for "The Comet Song" features clips from the film, in which the Moomins try and figure out why a comet is going to land in their backyard.
Bjork provided this tune, which is brand new, for the latest Moomins film, The Moomins And The Comet Chase.
In case you're unaware, the Moomins are the creations of Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson. They're basically trolls that look like like hippos, and various TV series and films have been released since the first...
Los Angeles rockers Fool's Gold turns the Weezer pop rock of Free Energy's "Bang Pop" into a laid back, almost trip-hop version of the tune from this year's Stuck On Nothing.
While the original sounded like a blissed out, endlessly peppy tune that was perfect for running around playing with Super Soakers in the summer, the remix also sounds like it's ideal for warm months.
Except it's probably more suited for those evenings when you're unwinding on a back porch with your friends in the dark, really stoned and kind of a bit bummed out that you're going back to school in a few days.
Los Angeles rockers Fool's Gold turns the Weezer pop rock of Free Energy's "Bang Pop" into a laid back, almost trip-hop version of the tune from this year's Stuck On Nothing.
While the original sounded like a blissed out, endlessly peppy tune that was perfect for running around playing with Super Soakers in the summer, the...
While The Golden Dogs were making Coat Of Arms, their latest full-length, they discovered sometimes the smoothest road to a record is to stop being a band.
It was 2008. The tour for their Big Eye Little Eye sophomore disc was finally over, they were exhausted, they were finished their recording contract and they were hemorrhaging group members.
CHARTattack chatted with singer/guitarist Dave Azzolini about how Coat Of Arms evolved out of a troubling state of affairs.
CHARTattack: First of all, why Coat Of Arms as the title?
Dave Azzolini: I remember the day we came up with it. There were a lot of names bandied about. I think it was a reference to all of the people who were playing on the album. I had a vision of all of these arms coming in and putting their touches on the album.
You recorded it with the guys from Zeus, right?
Yep.
Do you think their style influenced the record?
Sound-wise, definitely. The sound of that studio developed over five or six years... before they were even Zeus. There are a lot of people that have their fingerprints on it, from people in the band to people outside the band who brought in equipment... We did demos there for the second album, Big Eye Little Eye, and I remember buying them Pro Tools in exchange for them recording the demos.
As soon as I heard the song "The Sound Of You" off the Zeus record [Say Us] — the snare sounds and the drum sounds on that were the tipping point for me — it was the impetus for me wanting to do the entire album there. Once I heard that, I knew we could get exactly what we wanted — the tight drum sounds and the cutting sounds I was hoping for. There were a lot of dry, small room sounds that was really attracted to. So [Zeus'] fingerprints are there, in the sound, and in some of the production ideas.
And they're actually playing. Our bass player left right before we were recording, so Mike [O'Brien] would be the go-to guy for bass — even though he was a guitar player — because Carlin [Nicholson] would be working the boards. That's how the first half of the record was shaped. The second half, it was sort of haphazard.
When you guys were doing a residency at the Dakota Tavern [Toronto, in 2009], a couple of the Zeus guys were playing live with you, right?
Yeah, that was at a time when the live show wasn't even thought about. I think Jason Collett put that together. He just wanted us to jam, basically... so they filled in for that. I was the second bass player for Zeus, live. The first Zeus gig, I think, also involved Taylor [Knox], my drummer, and Afie [Jurvanen] from Bahamas. In the studio, that stuff evolved. Every one of those guys in Zeus has been in The Golden Dogs.
Right away, with this album, I realized that I'd heard many of these songs before; have you been playing a lot of them live for quite a while?
Yeah, during that [Dakota residency] block of time, we weren't really playing live that much, but we wanted to play some songs that we were recording at the time. That's how far back the process goes. Even with the Zeus record, it went back two years. Ours went back to that point [too]... We weren't really being social at that time; we were mostly hanging out at the studio.
What can people expect to hear on Coat Of Arms that separates it from your last two records?
I think there's just a bit more of a skeleton to these songs in terms of how the words and the music go together. There's more of an impact in that way, I'd say... It's been a while. Four years is a long time, which is why I want to try to get an EP out as quickly as possible. I just want to get back in the studio as quickly as possible and be a musician. That's my priority.
At the end of Big Eye Little Eye touring, it was the opposite, right? You were anxious to get out of band life for a little while?
Exactly. It sort of felt like hitting your head against the wall for a little too long. That's the mode you get into when you keep getting gigs. We were in the studio, but it wasn't about The Golden Dogs and it wasn't about Zeus. It was just a bunch of people getting into the studio and making music for fun, before they had a band name and before we were even thinking about making the next album.
It wasn't about not making music; it was about not being The Golden Dogs — letting go of the idea that we had to make an album. It wasn't like we felt a huge demand for the next album, so it was a good time to get back to music for the sake of enjoyment... That's where all the happiness resides, is in that process — making new songs.
Can you remember a specific point in the process when you realized you had an album brewing?
Not an album, but when we first recorded "Lester," we were in the studio and were doing a bunch of what turned out to be Zeus stuff. There was a point where we did about three or four of their songs and they said "Hey, do you want to do one of your tunes?" and we did "Lester." It was Jess [Grassia, keyboards/vocals] on drums and me on guitar for the bed tracks.
We finished it up in a day or two and we realized it had this magic quality. That was part of what made us realize we could [record] Coat Of Arms there and take our time and have fun doing it.
While The Golden Dogs were making Coat Of Arms, their latest full-length, they discovered sometimes the smoothest road to a record is to stop being a band.
It was 2008. The tour for their Big Eye Little Eye sophomore disc was finally over, they were exhausted, they were finished their recording contract and they were hemorrhaging group members....
