Following the recent release of their latest album Yes, It’s True, The Polyphonic Spree has now released a music video for “Let Them Be,” a standout track from the album and one drew inspiration from an unlikely source. “Let Them Be is a song I created from looking at images of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea while working on some beats via Garage Band a few days before the recording session to finish the new album,” said band founder Tim DeLaughter. “I basically wrote the music and lyrics for it right there and saved most of it...
- 8/13/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
If you haven't seen the Brit rockers live, this just-released clip is the next best thing.
By James Montgomery
Muse's Matthew Bellamy in their video for "The Resistance"
Photo: Warner Bros.
There are only three dudes in Muse. That's important to note, because they sound positively massive — both live and on record — like Bang Camaro on steroids or the Polyphonic Spree if Tim DeLaughter armed everyone with a guitar. The noise they summon, these three, mild-mannered Brits, is almost otherworldly.
And to that end, I've always maintained that the best way to see Muse is live, on the biggest stage possible, with the hugest amps and the brightest lights available. For years, we here in the States weren't afforded that opportunity (though the band's live album Haarp — named after a top-secret ionospheric research project, naturally — is a pretty good primer), but lately, thanks to the success of 2006's Black Holes and Revelations album,...
By James Montgomery
Muse's Matthew Bellamy in their video for "The Resistance"
Photo: Warner Bros.
There are only three dudes in Muse. That's important to note, because they sound positively massive — both live and on record — like Bang Camaro on steroids or the Polyphonic Spree if Tim DeLaughter armed everyone with a guitar. The noise they summon, these three, mild-mannered Brits, is almost otherworldly.
And to that end, I've always maintained that the best way to see Muse is live, on the biggest stage possible, with the hugest amps and the brightest lights available. For years, we here in the States weren't afforded that opportunity (though the band's live album Haarp — named after a top-secret ionospheric research project, naturally — is a pretty good primer), but lately, thanks to the success of 2006's Black Holes and Revelations album,...
- 1/14/2010
- MTV Music News
Every once in a while I'll stick my head out of the MTV Newsroom cyber-window just to see what else is going on in the universe. The culture seems obsessed with people who have freakish numbers of children (like that wacky Octomom), and apparently Michelle Duggar — an Arkansas woman who already has 18 kids and who starred with her massive family on the reality show "18 Kids and Counting" — is due for another. That is entirely too many children no matter how you look at it. That's not a family, that's just psychotic.
Unless, of course, the Duggars' plan is to wait until all the kids get older and then band together as a unit to form a massive cult-like band like the Polyphonic Spree. Formed in Dallas in 2000 by former Tripping Daisy frontman Tim DeLaughter, the Spree consists of as many as 24 members when at full strength. They use their numbers to construct huge,...
Unless, of course, the Duggars' plan is to wait until all the kids get older and then band together as a unit to form a massive cult-like band like the Polyphonic Spree. Formed in Dallas in 2000 by former Tripping Daisy frontman Tim DeLaughter, the Spree consists of as many as 24 members when at full strength. They use their numbers to construct huge,...
- 9/1/2009
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Todd: “My doctor says I have to pull the trigger on my gun once an hour or I’ll explode.”
Zach Galifianakis is a man of multiple talents. Comedian, pianist/musician (sort of) and or course, he’s an actor. Anyone who’s seen The Hangover knows that he’s a very funny guy, and his comedy routine, while dry and off-beat, is very good as well. But, I’m not sure everyone knows what kind of an actor he really is, at least not yet. Visioneers will give you a wonderful sneak peak into the thespian talents of Zach Galifianakis.
Visioneers is the feature film debut for director Jared Drake, working from a script by his brother Brandon Drake. The very first thing that came to mind for me early on while watching this movie was a fear that it was going to be Terry Gilliam’s Brazil all over again.
Zach Galifianakis is a man of multiple talents. Comedian, pianist/musician (sort of) and or course, he’s an actor. Anyone who’s seen The Hangover knows that he’s a very funny guy, and his comedy routine, while dry and off-beat, is very good as well. But, I’m not sure everyone knows what kind of an actor he really is, at least not yet. Visioneers will give you a wonderful sneak peak into the thespian talents of Zach Galifianakis.
Visioneers is the feature film debut for director Jared Drake, working from a script by his brother Brandon Drake. The very first thing that came to mind for me early on while watching this movie was a fear that it was going to be Terry Gilliam’s Brazil all over again.
- 8/24/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Visioneers Directed by: Jared Drake Written by: Brandon Drake Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Judy Greer, Fay Masterson, James LeGros My first introduction to Zach Galifianakis was through his association with Tim and Eric of the Adult Swim show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. His bizarre and deadpan sense of humour along with his trademark unkempt beard gave him instant appeal and a strong cult following, but it was not yet clear if the mainstream was quite ready for him. Now, with the upcoming Todd Phillips movie The Hangover about to usher him into major multiplexes, it seems that Galifianakis has officially made it as a comedy star, whether audiences are ready or not. Up to this point, the majority of his acting experience has been on the small screen, but aside from a few minor roles in What Happens in Vegas and Into The Wild, he also headlined an...
- 5/31/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
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