Pursuit of Happiness – Lissie
I’m always searching out for covers and mash ups of great songs. To find that different interpretation that breaths new life into a song, for example Jimi Hendrix’s cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘All along the watchtower’ or Santana’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Black magic women’. Mind you, there are a lot of crappy covers [...]
The Black Keys
The Black Keys, the Akron, Ohio duo has released their latest album entitled ‘Brothers’. I’m down with garage blues sound with the wiry guitar and deep drums. Great music to play while driving a 1971 GTO through Issaquena county.
Directed by Chris Marrs Piliero
The Black Keys will appear on David Letterman on Tuesday May 25th [...]
The National
The Brooklyn based band The National has a hold on me, one which keeps getting stronger with every listen. I am not alone in this grip, The New York Times just wrote about the band and NPR is streaming ‘High Violet’ in its entirety, The National’s new album due out May 11th . The National [...]
Maxence Cyrin
One late night of battling with insomnia I came upon music from Maxence Cyrin’s new album “Novö Piano” produced by Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague) on Kwaidan Records. In my aimless wandering through the web I also came upon ‘Rainymood’.
Please open Rainymood in a new browser window and then start the video below.
Where is [...]
Year of the Head Chakra, A 3D Art Show
Mighty Tanaka is excited to present Year of the Head Chakra, a 3D art show featuring the neo-psychedelic vision of Lionel Guzman, Ed Shawn Herrera and Reginald Pean. Providing 3D glasses for all viewers of the exhibition, the artwork can be equally appreciated either with or without the polarized lens. Prepare to enter a [...]
Phoenix-Lisztomania
One of my favorite bands, the French group Phoenix has multiple videos for their song Lisztomania. After several clicks on youtube I found that Phoenix is loved by many and in-particular by a class of 5th graders from PS. 22 in Staten Island. There is also a video mash up of John Hugh’s films set [...]
The Liars’ ‘Scissor’
The Liars‘ new music video is one of the more interesting videos I have seen in awhile.
Liars’ Sisterworld out March 9, 2010
The double-disc edition of Sisterworld, includes “reinterpretations” of the album’s tracks by Devendra Banhart, Thom Yorke and TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe.
The Morning Benders & The Big Echo Orchestra
Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders “Excuses” from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
The Barn sends out our props to the folks at Yours Truly, if you in Dumbo drinks are on us.
I dig the shout out to Phil Spector. The Morning Benders and a collaborative of San Francisco musicians who go by The Big Echo Orchestra [...]
Black & White
Please join us for the opening party of
BLACK and WHITE
celebrating a decade of innovative exhibitions
Opening party Friday January 29, 6-9pm
Exhibit: January 29 – March 6, 2010
Metaphor celebrates a decade of innovative exhibitions of emerging and midcareer artists, with the first show of 2010; Black and White, featuring a diverse group of ten artists who utilize [...]
Kelsey Bennett – Hypnagogia
Kelsey Bennett – Hypnagogia
January 14 – February 7, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 14, 6 – 9 PM
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11 – 6, Monday and Tuesday by appointment
The Christopher Henry Gallery is pleased to announce, Hypnagogia, its first solo exhibition of New York based photographer Kelsey Bennett .
Contemporary daydreams, Bennett’s narrative constructions [...]
The Take Away Show; Phoenix-1901
If you have noticed we have had a link to La Blogotheque on the sidebar for a long time now. La Blogotheque is a collective music web log, home to the”Take away show” the show has featured the likes of R.E.M., Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Fleet Fox and Arcade Fire. I really dig the camera [...]
Yashua Klos’s MFA Thesis Exhibition
Yashua Klos
Opening Reception: WED Dec 16, 6-8p
Dec 16 – Jan 16
@
Hunter College Time Square Gallery
450 W. 41st street
(A,C,E Train to 42nd/ Port Authority)
http://www.huntermfathesis.org/fall-2009/
Finding Work
Representing Labor in Contemporary Art
As the unemployment rate reaches a twenty-six year high and the idea of a ‘jobless recovery’ to the current economic crisis is mentioned, Finding Work looks at the way that some contemporary artists have taken to representing labor in their practice. Whether through documentation or staging acts of labor, artists over [...]
Sufjan Stevens two releases: The BQE & Run Rabbit Run
One of The Barn’s favorite musicians, Sufjan Stevens will be releasing, The BQE, a film and musical suite exploring New York City’s infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival back in November 2007. The soundtrack and accompanying video are being released on October 20 via Asthmatic Kitty, but [...]
Blue Barn and the Legendary New York Dolls
We had the great fortune of shooting the New York Dolls last week, part of a set of interviews and 1-song shoots for Playboy online. The Dolls predated the New York punk scene with their sound, attitude and look that would influence others like the Ramones and Television. They’d reformed in 2004 and continue to [...]
Radiohead Feat. USC Marching Band
Last night I was introduced to this amazing performance by Radiohead & the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.
Radiohead – 15 Step (Live The 51st Annual Grammy Awards)by wonderful-life1989
The behind the scenes video
So what are you listening to lately?
I was asked the other day, what are you listening to lately? My reply to this query was Golden Silvers, a London based band, who needs to come to Brooklyn. Yo guys come to Brooklyn, thats an official invite from Castillo.
True Romance
45 years ago today
The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan February 9th 1964 (they appeared three consecutive Sundays in February). Its still amazing now what an cultural impact the Beatles have made, four kids from Liverpool that changed the world.
On a side note, which in itself is quite remarkable. The Sullivan show remains one of the highest-rated [...]
When The Pretenders Opened for The Who
When a college buddy at the University of Kansas told me he had an extra ticket for The Who, did I want to go, I jumped at the opportunity. I loved their classic, Who’s Next, and to see it performed live would be a thrill. My knowledge of their catalog beyond Pinball Wizard and My [...]
Reuben Wilson
Reuben Wilson from David Castillo on Vimeo.
A little sample of Reuben Wilson performing his 60’s and 70’s Blue Note and Groove Merchant catalog at Rebar Novemer 14th 2008. Shot with a Canon SD 870 in very low light.
Reuben Wilson @ ReBar
A special evening with legendary soul-jazz-funk organist Reuben Wilson and his band
Tonight, 9pm @ Rebar, Dumbo
MTvM
The Buggles |MTV Music
MTV has lunched a portal, MTVM with pretty much every video they have ever aired. The compression of the videos are much better than youtube. We will get the rest of the top 56 music videos ever, using MTVM videos. Just what I needed, another web site that will keep me up [...]
40 to 50 of the best music videos ever!
We are continuing top 56 best music videos ever.
40. Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield
Here’s a classic theme told in story form. Why is it Dad who is always the dick and kicks the kid out of the house? We love the views of the city from the 1980s. The dance number in the [...]
