Another grand song from the Pretoria based quartet, directed by Fausto Becatti in collaboration with Isochronous‘ drummer, Marko Benini.
Click here for behind-the-scenes photos.
Videos
VIDEO | Gayngs – Gaudy Side of Town
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Gayngs is described on Wikipedia as “a Midwestern indie band with a 1980s soft rock-inspired sound” while the band’s press release mentions the goal in mind was a sound ringing true to “a collection of drugged-up keyboards and slick bedroom production.“
The name Gayngs is most likely new to you, but the music by members of this indie supergroup may have crossed your path before, with the likes of players from across the board such as Justin Vernon and Mike Noyce (Bon Iver), P.O.S (Rhymesayers), Dessa (Doomtree) and Michael Lewis (Andrew Bird).
Gayngs Album Cover
The album has been described as a ‘bedroom record’ and Ryan Olson is not afraid to admit this, stating that “from the beginning I’ve had folks saying ‘we’re going to get pregnant to this shit’. And if people need a new fuck jams album I’m totally down to be part of that.”
The album cover design wasn’t left out either. Says Olson, “It’s a combination of a marijuana leaf and a vagina, yeah. It’s entirely what the album’s about. It’s about fucking girls, and fucking girls. The artist came up with 20 ideas of symbols with different back stories, and that one was instantly obviously the one. Weed is a good ingredient for sex, though some people freak out on it and some fall asleep.”
Ryan Olson of Gayngs
The inclusion of artists from the soft rock, indie and hip-hop/soul scene has resulted in an album dubbed “the non-ironic smooth & experimental sex pop record of 2010.” The début release, Relayted, has been received well by critics and hailed by The Guardian as “the album of the year so far” – all before the 23-man band played their first show.
Gayngs first performance, billed as “The Last Prom on Earth”, saw all 23 members perform, as well as a surprise cameo by Prince.
Enjoy the video below of Gayngs’ first live performance of ‘Gaudy Side of Town’ complete with Justin Vernon singing through an Auto-Tuned mic, and while you’re at it enjoy these links to download Gayngs’ music.
Download Gayngs – Gaudy Side of Town
Tracklist Gayngs – Relayted
1. The Gaudy Side of Town
2. The Walker
3 .Cry
4. No Sweat
5. False Bottom
6. The Beatdown
7. Crystal Rope
8. Spanish Platinum
9. Faded High
10. Ride
11. The Last Prom on Earth
aKING ‘Against All Odds’ Video Launch
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
The Against All Odds music video was produced and directed by Dean Leslie and Greg Fell of The African Attachment, who also produced 12Mile Stone – a documentary on the history of the Bellville music scene.
The African Attachment has also produced music videos for, among others, Ashtray Electric, Parlotones and The Dirty Skirts. With the music video for Against All Odds, says drummer Snake, the band felt “like doing something humorous, and we thought this song lent itself to that. We’ve also wanted to work with The African Attachment for a long time. This shoot was a lot of fun.”
The video sees, among many other things, Snake as a Goth and Laudo dancing like a maniac. “When aKING approached us, Dean Leslie and I spent a few days listening to the song and then started putting ideas together, says co-producer Greg Fell. “We came up with a character who had absolutely no inhibitions and the concept pretty much grew from there.”
The video features actor Asher Stoltz, known from the “All The Single Ladies” Vodacom advert. According to Snake, Asher’s on-set antics had the cast pissing themselves for two days solid. “We knew that the right actor was crucial to the success of the video”, said Greg. “I’d seen the Vodacom ad ripping off “All The Single Ladies”. We auditioned the guy over Skype. He was perfect.”
AGAINST ALL ODDS
Music Video launch
22 July 2010
20:00
Chevelle, Harrington Street, Cape Town
Behind The Scenes Photos from Pretty Blue Guns ‘Pills’ Shoot
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
This Saturday at Zula Bar (Long St, Cape Town) sees the Pretty Blue Guns launch their new music video for ‘Pills’ off 2009′s widely acclaimed Cutting Heads.
The video was produced and directed by bitoCREATIVE’s Adriaan Louw and Luca Vincenzo who said the idea “entailed an empty attic, confetti and cake, lesbians and loners, little dreams and big egos”. Click here to read more on that.
Cape Town based photographer Thomas Pepler was on location to capture some of the moments during the 15 hour shoot – click here to view those photos.
See you at Zula Bar this Saturday!
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Jack Parow ft. Francois van Coke – Dans Dans Dans (official)
Friday, May 7th, 2010Dis poes woes!
I’m talking about the new video from the original afrikaans homeboy, Jack Parrow, featuring van Coke.
I have been trying to find some sort of angle to write about mr Parrow for a while now, cause he aint exactly rocknroll. (Although I’m sure he could spit a few lines to try and convince us otherwise.) Well now that he has teamed up with the current bad-boy and real RocknRoller, Francois Van Coke, we have enough reason to open the doors to Mr. Parrow.
But first things first. Check out this fantastic video that is making some serious waves around the Interwebs.
Not too shabby né? Ja nee, afrikaners is plesierig en hulle hou daarvan om te dans dans dans!
Seriously though… the boere are pushing the envelope in what will become known as the “golden age” of Afrikaner culture. Gooi weg daai trek-klavier!
Speaking of pushing envelopes. How wicked is the new look RocknRoller?
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