Chvrches – “Get Away”

Zane Lowe and the BBC have teamed up for a project that frankly is kind of weird. Lowe will be “rescoring” Drive by curating artists for new music to go with the film on a BBC Three airing this October 30th at 10 p.m. The project features new music from artist such as BANKS, SBTRKT, The Neighbourhood and Chvrches amongst others. 

“Get Away” is the the first new music we have heard from Chvrches in quite some time given the rapid fire nature of how music is distributed and shared now days on the internet. It’s not my favorite song from the band, I find it less appealing than pretty much every track on The Bones Of What You Believe but it’s a good sign that the group is working on new material. Give the song a spin from below..

Onomatopoeia Exclusive Download: /ˈjedˌīak/ - Milquetoast Intolerance (Nas vs. Helmet) & Driver’s Helmet (El-P vs. Helmet)

Happy Columbus Day y’all! I’m at the office but I know there are a bunch of you out there who probably got the day off, this one is for the worker bee’s who are stuck behind the desk today and my buddy Stel.

/ˈjedˌīak/ - Milquetoast Intolerance (Nas vs. Helmet)

Nas - "Hate Me Now" vs. Helmet - “Milquetoast”

Recorded October 2014 in LIC, NY

90.42 BPM Key F#m

Design by Jediak

/ˈjedˌīak/ - Driver’s Helmet (El-P vs. Helmet)

El-P - "Drive" vs. Helmet – “Wilma’s Rainbow"

Recorded October 2014 in LIC, NY

109.09 BPM Key Am
Design: Jediak

Video: Neon Indian - "Fallout"

Texas-based band,  Neon Indian recently released a Jem meets Drive influenced animated video for their track "Fallout".  The song appears on their latest album,   Era Extraña and is produced by Adult Swim.

The video is directed by Atlanta based animator Lilfuchs who you may recal from a post we did back in June of last year. The artist does a good job of capturing a lot of the ridiculousness in a lot of 80's movies & music videos.  It feels like a Skinemax soft core.


 

Video: Minimalist tribute to "Drive"

This is a great little short animation tribute to some of the memorable scenes from the movie "Drive". The subtle use of line work and color is really great. I hope to see more like this from French animator, Tom Haugomat & Bruno Mangyoku. Check out their site for some beautiful paint & print work.

Listen: Lost Daft Punk Track "Drive"

On Friday the internet blew up when the unheard Daft Punk track from 1994, "Drive", surfaced on the web. I’m a huge fan but opted to wait as I felt the preview would be doing the robotic duo and their fans an injustice, especially since we have all been waiting for this track for 17 years essentially, what was two more days to get a nice proper full version?  So here we are two days later and Soma Records, who are releasing the track in their 20th Anniversary Compilation, have let loose this 7 minute and 21 second version of the track. Hit play below …