Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks. Indie Music. ► The Ground That We Stand On by Hawksley Workman. 4blueeyes. Mark Lanegan Band Feat. Pj Harvey "Come To Me" Watch the Video for 'The Gravedigger's Song' by Mark Lanegan Band. Premiered last week by Q magazine and Consequence of Sound, the video for ‘The Gravedigger’s Song”, the latest single from Mark Lanegan Band, is now available to watch online.
Conceived and created by Alistair Legrand for The Masses, the director revealed his inspiration behind the video: “Inspired by the song, I wanted to create something dark and elegant that took place inside of a haunted house. That’s just what the song sounded like to me; a dream-like world of slow motion, macabre imagery. I also loved the idea of a video where you are finding unsettling things in the dark with a flashlight, you look even though you don’t want to look. This probably comes from growing up on a wonderfully creepy farm. Watch ‘The Gravedigger’s Song’ below or here: ‘The Gravedigger’s Song’ is out now as a limited colour 7” vinyl and digital single, backed by a new version of ‘Burning Jacob’s Ladder’, a song which briefly featured in a trailer for the Rage video game in 2011.
The Big Pink. Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell formed The Big Pink in 2007.
Although both of music stock, their debut, A Brief History of Love, was the first collection of songs that either were really able call their own. Both from London, the genetics of The Big Pink are not incidental. Milo, the son of 1960s producer Denny Cordell, is behind the celebrated Merok label, instrumental in unleashing the mutant soul of Crystal Castles, Salem, and Teengirl Fantasy upon the world, while Furze first made a name for himself playing with industrial behemoths Panic DHH and Alec Empire.
Such disparate roots speak loudly of the ambitions of The Big Pink, as they pull unexpected and marginal forms into the spotlight of a wider audience. Having released a low-key single on unknown independent House Anxiety in 2008, the band’s rising star drew the attention of 4AD, penning a worldwide deal with the label in early 2009. 15th May The Big Pink Announce Tour Dates and Give Away Remix EP. Camera Obscura. When you grow up, what does that sound like?
When you've gone through things in life and in love, do they change you? And what can music do? Things are meant to go one way in life, or so we’re told, then there are the ways in which they do. And the Desire Lines are always there, cutting through. Not many bands keep going through everything, through thick and thin.
But this time, things are different. Four years ago, Camera Obscura signed to 4AD and released the album My Maudlin Career. Desire Lines is a record with something to prove. In 2001, Camera Obscura released their first album, John Peel favourite Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi. 2006's Let's Get Out Of This Country appeared as the support of 6 Music and music websites were first flowering, as the group toured and toured, their luscious sounds gaining more shape and weight. 2009's My Maudlin Career went further, telling us about Forests And Sands and Other Towns and Cities.
They are resilient, strong, and this new… Read More Jude Rogers, 2013.