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Video: 026 - The Good The Bad Vs. The Nuclear Brunette

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This jaunty little number recently landed in the old BlackPlastic inbox and instantly struck us as something a bit different.  What BlackPlastic doesn't know about The Good The Bad isn't worth knowing. Probably:

  1. The are from Copenhagen, where this video was shot.
  2. The video is directed by Bob Harlow and Martyn Thomas from Stichthat.tv and quite possible is NSFW.
  3. Their songs appear to be numbered rather than named, which appeals in a ruthlessly efficient type way.  '026' is taken from the imaginatively titled forthcoming album From 018 to 033.
  4. This song totally kicks the arse out of your day.

So that's it.  BlackPlastic's girlfriend said: "What's the betting this song will end up on a car advert by the end of the year?!", to which BlackPlastic replied: "None - the ad men just aren't cool enough".

Enjoy.

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Video / MP3: Grindin' - Nobody Beats the Drum

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This new video for Nobody Beats the Drum's new track 'Grindin'' initially look like a simple, all be it cool, computer generated visualisation of the track... Only when you are a third in does it become apparent that it is actually stop frame animation.

The video is honestly seriously cool and really reminds BlackPlastic of Michel Gondry's work and since he is our favourite ever music video director that is glowing praise.  The video was actually made not by some high profile director but by the band's own VJ / visual artist Rogier van der Zwaag and it is comprised of 4,085 photos stitched together to create one continuous whole.  The end result is a bit of a head fuck - it seems to gradually build up until so much is happening that it becomes a little unnerving.

The tune itself is decent too, a nice wonky electro anthem.

Download Nobody Beats the Drum's 'Grindin'' on MP3 [right click, save as]

If you are interested in seeing how the video was made there is a making of short film on YouTube too.

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Single Review: Shark's Tooth - Archie Bronson Outfit

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The Archie Bronson Outfit's new track, taken from the forthcoming Coconut album (out 1 March), is exactly the kind of scratchy alienating music BlackPlastic hopes is playing when we finally lose the plot and the fine thread that keeps the world the right way up snaps.

It's angst then, but the best kind of angst - artsy and well dressed. With a wall of distorted guitar-work 'Shark's Tooth' manages to create a sound that actually feels like the serrated edge of its namesake.

The forthcoming album is produced by ex-DFA (yes, ex) darling Tim Goldsworthy. Judging by this effort it is likely to be a big departure from his work with Hercules & Love Affair and Cut Copy into the realm of jerky guitar post-punk. Which makes BlackPlastic excited. If it is all as good as this then it will be a significant achievement for both band a knob-twiddler.

Check it out the Ferry Gouw directed video above and, even better, head over to the Archie Bronson Outfit website to download the MP3 for free.  The 7" is out on Monday.

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Video: Go Do - Jónsi

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Jónsi's new album Go is due out soon and this video for 'Go Do' has recently been released.

In it Jónsi looks a little bit like a young Jareth from Labyrinth (that's David Bowie's character in case you are uneducated) running around Iceland and playing with birds. By which we don't mean ladies.

This song feels like a slight departure from Jónsi's work with Sigur Rós - very upbeat, as was much of Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust - but also with a bit of a pop feel. The video is interesting - lots of fast cuts and a nice sunrise and whilst none of it makes any sense it feels uplifting and that is probably the point.`

Unimportant beach trivia: BlackPlastic has almost certainly visited the beach with the basalt columns featured in this video.

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Props: Kitsune Noir for blogging this.

Video: The Great Escape - Skeleton Jones

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This, friends, is sublime:

Skeleton Jones dropped this into the BlackPlastic email inbox and we were a little bit hooked, to say the least. Previously a member of Dulbin band 8Ball, when the band split up Skeleton Jones was Kenny McAlester's response, in his words: him, an SP404 and a bass.

Judged on 'The Great Escape' we'd say things have turned out peachy. The song samples The Dovers' 'I Could Be Happy' but the deadpan vocals and muddied distortion are what make this work for BlackPlastic.

Raised on heavy metal (weren't we all - angst is a beautiful thing), Kenny was blown away by the discovery of Hendrix's Electric Ladyland, The Beatles and ultimately My Bloody Valentine's 'Soon'. Of these three the sound of Skeleton Jones is most reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine - particularly 'Soon' and it's looping, electronic structure - something that MCAlester hints at being no coincidence. The Jesus & Mary Chain and the Magnetic Fields are also all over this, which can only be a good thing.

Head over to Skeleton Jones' MySpace for more. McAlester is currently collaborating with some of the former members of 8Ball on a new project entitled Bearbones that he promises will be 'radically different' from the work from 8Ball.  An EP is likely within the next few months and it may well feature 'The Great Escape'.

Looks like Kenny may be one to watch...

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