31/10/2020
Danny Elfman - "Happy" (Official Video)
Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman gets ‘Happy’ - a first in 36 years
Danny Elfman is using the combination of a daunting 2020 and the haunting horrors of Halloween to debut a new single.
The former lead singer for Oingo Boingo and widely-known film composer is making his return to music by premiering the ghoulish song, “Happy,” his first in 36 years.
Oingo Boingo’s last album was in 1994, followed by a farewell tour in 1995.
Originally slated to premiere at Coachella before the coronavirus pandemic halted live shows and gatherings of more than a few people, the lyrics for “Happy” appear fitting for the current times.
“I’m so happy — everything is crumbling,” Elfman croons in the video ripe with CGI effects.
Elfman’s last solo effort came in 1984 when he released the album “So-Lo.”
For “Happy,” the Grammy-winning musician tapped the talents of Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese, Dethklok guitarist Nili Brosh and Dub Trio bassist Stu Brooks.
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Elfman also sourced Randall Dunn to produce the gradually-building hair-raising synth.
“I originally wrote ‘Happy’ to perform at Coachella 2020,” Elfman said in a statement. “It was written to be an absurd anti-pop song, designed to begin as a very simple pop tune that degrades into something more subversive. The cynical nature of the lyrics echo how I feel about living in a semi-dystopian world turned upside down.”
He added that he has always loved Halloween “because it was a night to let loose, to become something or someone else.”
“[Halloween is] a night to celebrate the dead, and ghosts, and monsters of all variety,” he continued. “A night for mutants, zombies, vampires, misfits, and miscreants to celebrate themselves and each other. And aligned with the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, a night to celebrate departed spirits … and for me, a night to laugh in death’s face (and feel safe doing so).”
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Elfman took home a Grammy for best instrumental composition in 1989 for “The Batman Theme.”
Nominated for a whopping 13 Grammys in his career, Elfman’s film compositions include “Spider-Man,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Men In Black,” “Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Edward Scissorhands,” and "Alice in Wonderland.” among others.
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30/10/2020
Best Coast - Boyfriend [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Former child actress Bethany Cosentino (you might remember her from commercials for Pepsi and Little Caesars) formed Best Coast with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno in Los Angeles in 2009 and were quickly wrapped up in internet buzz over their blend of Liz Phair-type indie and '60s surf pop. Cosentino most recently shows up in a duet with Rivers Cuomo on Weezer's new album, 'Everything Will Be Alright in the End.'
Matt and Kim - "Lessons Learned" (Official Music Video)
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The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Official Music video)
Prior to the White Stripes' ascent out of Detroit during the early '00s, casual music listeners likely had no idea such a huge sound could come out of just two people. Dangerously charismatic frontman Jack White and his drummer "sister" (actually his wife from 1996 to 2000) Meg White played a brand of stripped down, lo-fi garage rock that leant itself both to intimate clubs and massive arenas. After six albums culminating in 2007's 'Icky Thump,' the pair went their separate ways with White going on to release two solo albums and a couple of records with the Dead Weather with none other than the KIlls' Alison Mosshart (among many, many other projects).
The Knife - Heartbeats ( OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO W/ SOUND )
Swedish siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer began receiving international recognition for their electronic collaboration, the Knife, when an acoustic cover of their 2003 song 'Heartbeats' performed by Jose Gonzalez was used in a Sony commercial. Usually covering their faces with Venetian masks, the pair didn't perform live until 2006 -- and when they did, it was usually a massive, theatrical production. They announced in August 2014 they'll disband following their final tour in November.
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One part musicians and another part avant garde theater performers, Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione of Boston's the Dresden Dolls have described their sound as "Brechtian punk cabaret." The pair achieved widespread success after supporting Nine Inch Nails on tour in 2005 but released only one more full-length after that. Although they went on hiatus in 2008, the duo reassembled for reunions in 2010 and 2012.
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