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Video: Blackout Party – “Spanish Gold”
Blackout Party recently released the video for “Spanish Gold,” the new single from their album Closed Mouth Don’t Get Fed. The clip was directed by Jared Wardle and filmed at Lost Ark Studio in Pacific Beach. The band is already at work on a new music video, which will be directed by Kevin and Rebecca Joelson. The prolific Joelsons recently made the video for “The Lament of Tumbleweed Hawk†by Jesse LaMonaca and the Dime Novels.
Blackout Party’s Closed Mouth Don’t Get Fed is available now for purchase on iTunes.
Poetic Memory: Summer Twins (List)
MP3: Summer Twins – “I Don’t Care”
Full album stream: Summer Twins – Summer Twins
Indie fans are no strangers to “difficult” music. Last year, Bon Iver, St. Vincent, and Wye Oak all put out challenging albums that were nonetheless met with near-universal acclaim. That’s all well and good, and those bands deserve all the attention they’ve received, but sometimes you just want music that’s fun to listen to on a visceral level. Luckily, the self-titled album by California dreampop duo Summer Twins is just that. Continue reading…
Video: Ty Segall – “Where Your Head Goes”
MP3: Ty Segall – “You Make the Sun Fry”
Looking back at the O&B archives from 2011, it’s easy to see that Ty Segall is a friend of San Diego. Continue reading…
Video Premiere: Heavy Hawaii – “Super Bowl XXIX”
San Diego’s Heavy Hawaii have just released the video for their new track, “Super Bowl XXIX.” The eerie clip finds the band members wearing masks and performing a synchronized dance routine in a parking garage. Could the masks be a metaphor for the identity-stifling helmets that football players are forced to wear, while the parking structure represents the cold, rigid conformity of the football field? Yeah, we don’t think so either.
“Super Bowl XXIX” is alternately poppy and funereal, allowing its I-IV-V riff to hang around just long enough to get stuck in your head. The song is the A-side on Heavy Hawaii’s new 7-inch, which also includes the tracks “Boy Season” and “Live Outside.” The record is available now on Art Fag Recordings in a limited run of 500, and you can order a copy for yourself here.