Two of my favorite musical discoveries of the year have both come out swinging today with brand new music videos. The Octopus Project made a video for the song “Truck” in support of the seriously fantastic Hello, Avalanche, while psychadelic rockers Black Moth Super Rainbow made a series of moving images for the track “Sun Lips.” Check ‘em out below!
The Octopus Project - “Truck”
Black Moth Super Rainbow - “Sun Lips”
It’s always fun watching a crowd get converted from the cross-armed, shoe-gazing types into the arm waving, dancing-around-like-you-just-don’t-care kind of audience. Austin, Texas’ The Octopus Project started off the night with a crowd who clearly had little interest in seeing anyone that wasn’t Aesop Rock, but they were slowly won over by the bands use of heavy beats backed by layered guitar and the occasional theremin. In between constantly switching instruments and warming up the crowd with their instrumental dance-pop, the group showed an impressive ability to blend layer and layer of noise, while never missing the beat. Towards the end, with songs like “An Evening With Rthrtha” and “Porno Disaster” (which apparently was named after something you wouldn’t expect, but the group wouldn’t elaborate), the band had most of the crowd where they wanted them, captivated by theremin and dancing their asses off.
A review of Aesop Rock’s set and more photos after the jump! [Read more →]
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