December 2010
26 posts
Rolling Stone Lists Most Eco-Friendly Artists
Read this Rolling Stone article on the top 15 most eco-friendly rockers in the industry. I discovered a really progressive organization called Reverb, run by the guitarist of Guster who works with artists to create more environmentally sustainable tours, with initiatives like green riders, biodiesel fuel, waste reduction and recycling, as well as educating fans in...
Dead as Digital: We Get By >> Vol 2
So I’m easily excitable when it comes to my music-blogging friends getting together to create something really cool, needless to say when I came across Dead as Digital’s year end lists’ compiled by some of the best and brightest bloggers out there, I was amped! If you’re not too familiar with music blogs, these contributors are a good place to start. Check out the...
We're listening to: Idiot Glee
Idiot Glee - “Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers)” from Ian Perlman on Vimeo.
Idiot Glee is the solo project of James Friley, he marries psychedellic sounds with doo-wop like no one I’ve ever heard. I love his Bill Withers cover of “Aint’ No Sunshine” above, it’s got an electronic vibe, but it still maintains it’s classic soul and rhythm. His lush, layered vocals remind me...
Beach House: I Do Not Care For the Winter Sun
Hey all, hope you’re all having a wonderful holiday! Wanted to share a new track from Beach House who just released their holiday track “I Do Not Care For the Winter Sun” and as I sit here, looking out at the San Diego sun slipping through our office blinds glowing golden stripes down the entire room, I really don’t mind this winter sun. There is no...
Recap: Last night's Holiday Benefit show------...
(all photos by Scott Toepfer )
As I consider where to begin in my recap of last night’s holiday benefit show at the Troubadour, I’m in search of words to adequately describe it. I’ll try. But mostly, I’m just shaking my head, wondering whether it was all a dream. We were so honored and humbled by everyone who came out (packed the place out) and showed their...
S4S Raises Over $1 MILLION- a celebratory mix
(snapshot of our real-time calculator)
BIG news! The Invisible Children Schools 4 Schools campaign has successfully reached (and surpassed) their goal of raising over a million dollars for partner schools in Northern Uganda! We wish you could’ve been here to witness the dance party that soonafter took place.. and continues, in this office. All of our roadies and interns are...
Dark Dark Dark // Flood Tide: Remixed
Flood Tide Kickstarter Video from flood tide on Vimeo.
Last night we went to the screening of the film Flood Tide: Remixed scored by a live band called Dark Dark Dark. The Minneapolis-based band was also featured in the film that tells the story of four musicians who craft extraordinary boats out of whatever junk they can find and set out for open water. We were lucky enough to catch them...
Bad Books Perform "Baby Shoes" at CMJ
Our friends in the band Bad Books (ft. Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine) just released their live video performance of “Baby Shoes” at CMJ filmed by Brand New’s Brian Lane and his partner Dan Nevetta, who form ApK Media. We were there and were excited to re-live that evening; the beautiful loft space filled with scattered books and lights really added to the...
Invisible Children's Best Albums of 2010
We made a year-end best of list. C’mon, we had to. We think it’s pretty good too. Go to the Invisible Children blog to find out who made the cut, and to find out what the mystery image is below. Points to anyone who knows what album it is!
http://blog.invisiblechildren.com/2010/12/invisible-childrens-best-of-2010-albums/
Invisible Children DIY: Screen Printing Pizza...
Invisible Children has always maintained a pretty DIY attitude when it comes to any project that comes our way. Why get someone else to do it when we can easily do it ourselves? In the case of our benefit posters (available in limited quantity at the show) we caught a snag and realized we had to learn how to screen print each poster individually. We didn’t really know where to...
OTM Issue 6: Interview With Nada- Check it out!
Hey friends, wanted to share a cool article recently posted on the Toronto online magazine called, Off The Map. They reached out to me back in October to talk about a music blog that I run called Friends With Both Arms, a few days shy of my flight out to San Diego to return to Invisible Children. Good timing! The whole theme of the issue is to highlight young people creating something,...
Monday Mixtape Vol. 4 [via Chadwick Gantes]
Today’s Monday Mixtape is brought to you by one of our very own: Chadwick Gantes. Chadwick works in our art department and has been hosting his own Monday mixtape series for sometime now. We dig this one. Grab it at the link below or by clicking on the little ginger-bros above. Happy Monday!
MONDAY MIXTAPE BY CHADWICK
the mermaid parade // PHOSPHORESCENT runaway (kanye west...
Yours Truly Presents: Sun Airway "Oh, Naoko"
Yourstru.ly Presents: Sun Airway “Oh, Naoko” from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
Our friends over at Yours Truly just released this video for Sun Airway’s performing a re-worked version of their song, “Oh, Naoko” If you think it sounds familiar, it’s because it’s their homage to John Lennon’s “Oh, Yoko”. I watched it a few times, carefully...
La Blogotheque + Invisible Children Takeover CMJ
Yellow Ostrich, Traffique, High Life | A Take Away Show | Live @ CMJ 2010 from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
We were so pumped to be CMJ’s first ever official non profit beneficiary, so we packed up and headed over to NYC with our friends at La Blogotheque and invited some of our favorite up-and-coming artists to join us for intimate takeaway shows. The video features sets by Yellow...
Postdata -- Tobias Grey
Postdata - Tobias Grey from Hand Drawn Dracula on Vimeo.
Watch this gorgeous video from Postdata. I was just turned on to this band from my friend Chris over at Indie Music Filter. There’s something about December, even in this California weather we feel it- we feel the change. The biting winds, the winter season. It makes us want to listen to music like this, it makes us want the...
Celebrating the Life of John Lennon [1940-1980]
Today we celebrate the life of John Lennon on the anniversary of his passing thirty years ago. John Lennon was such an iconic figure not only in music, but as an avant garde revolutionary that encapsulates the spirit of the mission of Invisible Children music, so eloquently. Although, thirty years ago today, we so vividly remember (or imagine) his untimely death, we’re also...
John Lennon- Working Class Hero
Sezio: Four Day Weekend [The Tree Ring]
The Tree Ring “Song For H. Korth” from Sezio on Vimeo.
We told you a few weeks back about a four-day music festival in San Diego called “Four Day Weekend”. Sezio recently posted videos of the night so we wanted to share it with you. This was one of those nights where I could say- I was there. There was a certain sense that this evening, these songs could never be...
Secret Benefit Headliners Announced Today!
You’ve all waited along enough, and so have we! Today is the day we announce our secret headliners. May we introduce you to a little supergroup called Middle Brother which includes front men of Deer Tick, Delta Spirit and Dawes. We cannot be more thrilled to host their first official show together as a group, they make up three of our favorite bands (Seriously, we have all their...
Monday Mixtape Vol. 3 [Holiday Benefit Teaser]
We’re getting so antsy to tell you who our secret headliners for our benefit show at the Troubadour on Dec. 20th! So much so that we’re giving you a giant hint, hidden in the mixtape below. Download and piece together the puzzle, let’s see if you can figure it out.
To hold you over, we’re so pleased to announce two more epic additions to our already solid...
One EP a month - for a YEAR?
The 1st of each month has now given us something to be excited about… at least for the next 9. Our friends in the band Sleeping at Last have embarked on a creative venture in which they write and record a 3-song EP every month for an entire year. The project is respectively called, “Yearbook”. December has just dropped, obviously, and we think you should give these tunes a...
Perfume Genius :: Learning
I recently discovered Seattle singer-songwriter Perfume Genius and fell in love with his minimalist piano ballads. His LP “Learning” recently came out on Matador this past summer and the label is reissueing it with a download for three bonus tracks. The album is set to be released this Tuesday, Dec. 7th. I’ve got one of the new tracks for you below. Happy...
Perfume Genius- Dreeeam
Dark Was The Night Raises a Millon Dollars
The benefit compilation cd Dark Was the Night for the AIDS-fighting organization Red Hot has raised over one million dollars for the charity. The album is a musical collaboration conceived and produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, and Red Hot founder John Carlin. It contains 32 exclusive tracks by an unbelievably talented roster of artists, including Arcade Fire, Blonde Redhead,...
Invisible Children Holiday Benefit at The...
Invisible Children Holiday Benefit
We’re so excited to announce our holiday benefit show at the Troubadour on Dec. 20th called “Invisible Children Holiday Benefit” presented by KCRW radio, curated and filmed by Yourstru.ly with support from Los Angeles music blog, Rollo & Grady. We’re honored to introduce the first official performance of a SECRET...