Moby is releasing a new album Destroyed and photography book on May 17th 2011. There are a host of events around the release including a ‘discussion with Moby’ at the Brooklyn Museum.
Destroyed, the photography book pulls the curtain on the life of a rock star. again. We can expect ” mundane spaces like hotel rooms, airports and backstage waiting areas” All in service to “provide an intmate look at Moby’s world and his creative process. Bet you didn’t know you wanted to see that, right?
In advance of the of the album release Moby has made a 3 song e.p available now titled Be The One. Additionally, Moby also directed three short films to accompany each track. Visit moby.com to download and view the videos.
Event dates after the jump.
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So Sayeth Pam! – Handicapping SXSW 2011 part 1 – Dirty Beaches
Who is this crooning 50’s radio star they call Dirty Beaches? His real name is Alex Zhang Hungtai and although he makes music that sounds hauntingly antiquated, he is very much a contemporary singer-songwriter from Vancouver. He’s also one of many, many artists I will attempt to see when I make my first trip to SXSW next week.
Hungtai said in a recent interview with Pitchfork that his forthcoming LP, Badlands, was mainly inspired by three David Lynch movies: Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, and Lost Highway. Having listened to it myself, I’d say that sounds about right.
Even though there are some achingly pretty tracks on Badlands, overall the music itself is not so mind-blowing. I think I mostly enjoy the record because it is so evocative of a bygone, more romantic rock & roll era. How exactly does he pull that off? And how does this translate to a live performance? Hopefully I’ll find out next week. But this video of Dirty Beaches performing live with Dum Dum Girls ought to prepare me for it:
-Pam Torno
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