10. Three rollergirls undulate down a lonely stretch of highway in the new video for “Gold” from electronic musician Chet Faker’s debut album Built on Glass. Director Hiro Murai uses a minimalist approach for maximum impact in sound and vision: youtube.com/watch?v=hi4pzKvuEQM.
The Tokyo-born, L.A.-raised Murai was recently interviewed by Elle Bishop for The 405’s Loud Visionaries series where they discussed the Gold shoot:
“The 405: Chet Faker has a really eclectic choice in directors — was it one specific video that got you on his radar, or was ‘Gold’ a long time in the making?
“Hiro Murai: I don’t remember the exact details, but I think I heard one of Nick’s songs somewhere and asked around to see if he was making any videos. I thought his sound would be fun to put visuals to because it was so atmospheric and textural. I guess he liked what I pitched him, so we talked on the phone a few times about it.
I think people are surprised to hear that there is almost no post-work involved in this video. All of the skating and camera moves were done practically by driving down the same stretch of road 30 times. Post consisted of picking a few takes and stitching them together at transition points. I think there’re total of 4 shots combined together for the final video.
The shoot itself was a lot of driving back and forth in the middle of nowhere, while making sure there weren’t any rocks that the girls could trip on. Our choreographer Ryan Heffington (who is incredible by the way) was on the back of the car yelling the count over a megaphone each take. It was a surreal scene. It was really in the middle of nowhere, so I think we scared a lot of people who happen to drive by us.” Full interview here: thefourohfive.com/news/article/loud-visionaries-hiro-murai-140
9. Odds frontman Craig Northey performs solo acoustic version of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever”: youtube.com/watch?v=j2nHEx7T1i4.
North Shore Disability Resource Centre presents An Evening with The Odds Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. See North Shore News interview with Northey here: nsnews.com/entertainment/music/odds-planning-to-play-rare-hometown-gig-1.1421831.
8. New single from Ximena Sariñana “Sin Ti No Puede Estar Tan Mal” (Video Oficial): youtube.com/watch?v=2fN3fi_x7ao off her upcoming album, No Todo lo Puedes Dar, set for release this month on Warner Music. See North Shore News interview with Sariñana from the archives at nsnews.com/entertainment/ximena-sari%C3%B1ana-makes-her-english-language-debut-with-new-album-1.346086. @ximenamusic
7. Video of Loudon Wainwright III performing “One Man Guy” with his kids Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche during Rufus Wainwright’s residency at the Royal Opera House in London in 2011: youtube.com/watch?v=trAGiqzvAII. Loudon Wainwright III performing Cap Global Roots concert at BlueShore Centre @ CapU on Friday, Oct. 24 at 8 p.m.
6. Heather Haley’s annual Visible Verse festival is set for Pacific Cinémathèque on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. See last year’s trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=DWGhK3Xk1FY
Advancing (kinetic) poetry since 1999 — Check out the full programme: thecinematheque.ca/visible-verse-2014-festival.
5. Nick Cave’s take-no-prisoners life as a musician, writer and occasional actor is examined in Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s pseudo-documentary, 20,000 Days on Earth. The filmmakers describe the unconventional approach they used to explore the myth-making of the Cave umwelt in all its surreal glory: youtube.com/watch?v=MxcGc8tl5Ls. 20,000 Days on Earth is showing this week at Vancity Theatre (viff.org/theatre/films/fc8253-nick-cave-20000-days-on-earth).
4. Björk: Biophilia Live, a concert film by Nick Fenton and Peter Strickland documents Björk’s multi-disciplinary multimedia project, Biophilia, recorded live at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2013: youtube.com/watch?v=zvLZl1HlW3Y
The film receives its Vancouver premiere on a double bill with Jonathan Demme’s classic Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (youtube.com/watch?v=NUjjFETMTxE) at Pacific Cinémathèque (thecinematheque.ca/bjork-biophilia-live) starting tonight.
3. The Replacements performance of “Alex Chilton” on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show last week was their first TV appearance together in 25 years: youtube.com/watch?v=gZi-dw03fE8. Later in the week they made their way down south for the Austin City Limits Festival (music.blog.austin360.com/2014/10/12/replacements-replaced-by-replacements-at-acl-fest/).
2. Brilliant soul jazz singer/songwriter Elizabeth Shepherd performs “This” from her latest album, The Signal, featuring guitarist Lionel Loueke: youtube.com/watch?v=s-TOtVx4eJQ.
1. Iggy Pop takes aim at U2, Apple and the powers that be in this year’s John Peel Lecture, Free Music in a Capitalist Society. His speech is available on the BBC6 website: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lcj6z).
