Each week ChinaShop asks one of our favorite people for a mood and for songs that put them in that mood. This week’s picks come from Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine and a most interesting mood she does choose…
Mood: Trepanning
For those of you who don’t know, trepanning, also known as trephination, or trephining is drilling or scraping a hole into the human skull … Just an FYI. Happy Monday!
Today’s bloggin’ best…
- Middle age indie-dork takeover with Unrest reunion tour. PopMatters
- The Nevermind cover baby now works for Shepard Fairey. Village Voice
- Joaquin Phoenix rapper doc(mock?)umentary is making headway. AV Club
- Chemical Brothers debut new video, “Swoon.” Prefix Mag
- Get your remix on with Pauly D and Baskin Robbins. Examiner
- Janes Addiction debuts with Duff McKagan on bass. LA Weekly
- NIN crowd-sourcing a documentary about the final show. Pitchfork
- Pharrell hung with Obama on Cinco de Mayo. Hypetrak
Today’s bloggin best…
- Lupe x Pharell x Kanye project was just a wet dream after all. HipHopWired
- It’s Suicide’s time to shine. Forty year retrospective. The Quietus
- LA muggers won’t mess with Captain Jack Sparrow. Brobible
- 140 prom fails. Coed Magazine
- Chuck D and DJ Spooky fight the power in Arizona. DJSpooky.com
- Hella dick move, dude. Roger Waters covers up Elliott Smith memorial wall with street art marketing campaign. LA Weekly
- Condemned music site BBC6 is gaining listeners fast. Prefix Mag
- Johnny Rotten must be laughing: EMI will default on their loans in less than 10 days. Hypebot
- Jack White thinks Meg’s anxiety issues are beat. NME
- Oh Yoko? Hear Trent Reznor’s first track with his wifey. Pitchfork
- Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig are a loving gay couple. Robot6
Today’s bloggin best…
- It didn’t take Mr. and Mrs. Reznor to start making music together. TwentyFourBit
- Life imitates art, George Costanza Jason Alexander hits teenage cyclist. LAist
- “Fah fook sake, Shaaaroon!” Ozzy biopic is happening. The Playlist
- Holy Ghost remixes LCD Soundsystem “Drunk Girls.” Hypetrak
- Johnny Marr is recording the score for film, The Big Bang. NME
- Kid Sister covers “More Than Words.” Fools Gold
- RZA wears a motion capture suit for Activision. Prefix
- Arcade Fire/Spike Jonez seek “Bigger guys. Facial hair OK.” Prefix
- Kanye West is “the black Zac Effron” on The Cleveland Show. Miss Info
Today’s bloggin best…
- Alex Chilton tribute to take place at SXSW tomorrow. NME
- Hot Chip, Justice and Trent Reznor remix U2 on vinyl. Artificial Horizon
- Buy Perry Farrell’s Venice Beach House for $1.6 Million. Huffington Post
- The Black Keys played a new Danger Mouse produced song on the BBC. URB
- Spike Jonez debuted a new short film online (if you can get the Flash site to work). I’m Here
When Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor revealed to the public that his highly anticipated multimedia project — a concert film version of the group’s groundbreaking, multimedia Lights In The Sky tour — had to be shelved, fans were understandably devastated when they learned the months-in-the-making compilation might never see the light of day. After nearly a year, it turns out that Mr. Reznor has re-strategized and come out with something much more ambitious (and interactive) than originally planned.
A Place to Bury Strangers are a New York-based power trio composed of Oliver Ackermann (guitar/vocals), Jono MOFO (bass) and Jay Space (drums). The band plays a heavy, atmospheric wall of sound-influenced blend of psychedelic rock, shoegaze and space rock. The band is commonly known by the initialism APTBS.
Their heavy flood of rushing sound is a little like the Jesus and Mary Chain on speed. They have opened for the N.I.N. and MGMT. A good fit for both shows as I’m sure these headliners have at one point in time or other needed a place to bury strangers. If you missed them at Coachella you can check out their sound below.