Snipe Likes: Darwin Deez
I’d been kind of ignoring this band. They tripped off some kind of hipster bullshit early-warning system before I’d ever heard ‘em, maybe because of the comedy hair and Vice-like grip on the blogsphere. But you shouldn’t judge an NYC hipster douche from his perm, as they say, and it turns out Darwin Deez makes beautifully formed indie-rock-solid tunes like the one above. The album is almost bizarrely listenable: I can’t keep my ears off it. Enjoy.
25 Jun 2010
Snipe Likes: Memory Tapes
One of the better things to come out of the recent swathe of reverb-ridden bedroom pop bands known to internet indie-kids alternately as “glo-fi” or “chillwave” is the resurgence of nice looking video clips. Stock nature footage is overlaid with educational tape stuff or crackly video of the night sky; the colours are either bleached out like old camera film or have the contrast blasted up to a lurid eleven. Everything double-exposed or rolling lazily or spinning with retro effects. This is a double-exposed gem of a video for the hyped-but-good Memory Tapes. Lovely stuff.
23 Jun 2010
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
- 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- The best church names in London, and where they come from
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
- A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
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