Experimental filmmaker Paul Clipson has died as KQED reports. He passed on February 3rd at 53. His cause of death is unknown. The filmmaker worked with musicianslike Grouper, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, How to Dress Well, Lawrence English, Sarah Davachi, Maggi Payne, and Black Spirituals. Clipson moved to San Francisco in the 1990s where he began making visuals for experimental musicians while working as a film projectionist at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art for two decades.
A clip from Isle of Dogs, the latest film from Wes Anderson has arrived. A group of dogs, in the clip, fight over a bag of scraps. Watch it below, via Vulture. The stop-motion film features a cast of Yoko Ono, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johannson, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, and more. It will arrive in theaters on March 23rd.
Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange, has released two new songs for Black History Month. Hynes shared the tracks, “Christopher & 6th” and “June 12th,” with an Instagram post with the caption, “U must luv yourself.” Listen to the songs below.
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1. I’m Going Away- Elizabeth Cotten
2. Fade – Angelo De Augustine
3. Something On Your Mind – Karen Dalton
4. Tonight – Sybille Baier
5. Woncha Come On Home – Joan Armatrading
6. Sunflower River Blues – John Fahey
7. Diamond Day – Vashti Bunyan
8. Haenim – Kim Jung Mi
9. Ask Me Know Questions – Bridget St John
10. One By One – Connie Converse
11. Fire By The River – Harumi
12. Meet Me in the City – Junior Kimbrough
13. Yama Yama – Yamasuki Singers
14. There’s A Light – Shirley Ann Lee
15. Then You Tell Me Goodbye – Bettye Swann
16. Blue Eyed Baby – Ed Askew
17. I Don’t Like – Lee Jung Hwa
18. Damn Shame -Jolie Holland
19. Fallin’ Rain – Link Wray
20. After Laughter (Comes Tears) – Sweet Tea
Best Buy will stop stocking CDs starting July 1st, according to Billboard. Best Buy used to be a major U.S. merchandiser for music, CD sales have gradually declined as streaming becomes the popular way to listen to music. Best Buy will still sell vinyl for the next two years to honor a commitment to its vendors.
BROCKHAMPTON took over Times Square in New York today when they were on “TRL.” The “all-American boy band’s” performance of “BOOGIE” involved them jumping out of a van near the studio. They then moved down the street with a crowd behind them. Watch below.
Pussy Riot have announced their first U.S. tour with their “live music performance art.” The Russian feminist art collective will start the tour on March 6th in Chicagoand will continue through cities including Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Boston. The group will be adding dates to the tour as well. See their full itinerary.
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Donald Glover is putting his Childish Gambino EP up for streaming as Billboard points out. EP was the release that featured one of his first breakthrough songs, “Freaks and Geeks.” The streaming reissue will come out tonight at midnight Eastern through Glover’s creative agency Wolf + Rothstein in partnership with Stem.
Adult Swim has announced a new TV special with Eric Andre. “Eric Andre Does Paris” will premiere on Monday, February 19th at 12:15 a.m. Eastern time. According to a press release, it will show André “[hitting] the streets of Paris, France to ponder existential questions with French people.” André created, co-wrote, and executive-produced the special and it is directed by Kitao Sakurai, who works on “The Eric Andre Show.”
1. Roll On – Dntel
2. Cool Running – Tashaki Miyaki
3. Sore Spores – BOBBY
4. Broken Record – Alex Ebert
5. Oom Sha La La – Haley Heynderickx
6. Miss Misanthrope – Jealous of the Birds
7. Night Body – AT / ALL
8. No Fear of Hellfire – Nap Eyes
9. Run – Jef Cormack
10. Life Crisis – River Whyless
11. Down for the Fifth Time – Flamingosis
12. So long – Plastic Flowers
13. Wintersong – Blake Mills
14. What Fiction Is For – DYAN
15. Get Upset – Soy Christmas
16. Thunder and Lightning – Joseph Hein
17. What Once Was – Her’s
18. By the Sea – Dyalla
19. Everything Is Starting to Make Sense – Fort Frances
20. Big Fat Mouth – Arlie
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