Wednesday, January 21, 2009

zZz: banned "Running with the Beast" video

YouTube banned the video for Running with the Beast of Dutch band zZz. A cock fight was filmed in Thailand - two roosters covered with ink fight on a white canvas, creating the cover for the zZz album. It's still up on Vimeo.

Roel Wouters, who also directed the award-winning video for the first single ('Grip') of the new album, said "This is a video about two artists who have created the conditions to capture rage. It's about capturing patterns of nature. In my work I like to create tools or conditions in order to reveal a certain process."

Running with the Beast is released on Excelsior in The Netherlands. A worldwide release is due on Anti-.

» soundofzzz.com

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Meaghan Smith: The Cricket's Quartet

Meaghan Smith

Meaghan Smith from Hailifax, Canada, is into pre-WWII jazz. Her EP The Cricket's Quartet sticks close to that concept, with a bit of turntablism thrown in. She has the voice to handle her material quite well - If You Asked Me really swings.

The EP comes with a DVD with videos for all the tracks. She has a dopey eyed looked, knowing that the directors will be adding superimposed animated animals circling around her head. She can't act, but she can sing.

Meaghan Smith: The Cricket's Quartet

The Cricket's Quartet is released on Sire Records.

Tracks:
  1. I Know
  2. A Little Love
  3. If You Asked Me
  4. Drifted Apart
Live dates:
  • Feb 17 Maine Centre for the Arts, U of Maine, Orono, Maine
  • Feb 18 Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine
  • Feb 20 Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward
  • Feb 22 James M. Hill High School, Miramichi, New Brunswick

Stream: Meagahn Smith - A Little Love
Video: Meaghan Smith - If You Asked Me

» meaghansmith.com
» myspace.com/meaghansmithmusic

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