Pretty Lights debuts video, Sweden loves BLKHRTS, and more
Our music scene is a busy place with lots happening. If you don’t obsessively visit the local blogs, alt-weeklies, and other outlets, you could miss something important! That’s okay—we’re here to help with a weekly roundup of some of the more enticing news happening around town.
• In case you missed it: Pretty Lights (a.k.a. Derek Vincent Smith) released a new video a couple weeks back for the soulful electronic track “We Must Go On.” Filmed and edited by Smith and his girlfriend/Pretty Lights creative director Krystle Blackburn, the video includes footage that the two collected throughout 2011 while on various international tours.
• Hip-hop trio BLKHRTS made it all the way across the Atlantic this week, showing up on Swedish music blog Ge Hit Musiken. The quick post includes a link to the single “A Song For” and a description that the group is “dark, raw, and treble.” (Thanks, Google Translate!)
• Scoop! TMZ catches Magic Cyclops begging for money on the side of the road! Or, rather, Magic Cyclops sells image to TMZ and probably gets a nice payday along with a radical tabloid story about how the American Idol-contestant-turned-faux panhandler “lives at home with his parents, owns a car, cellphone, and a computer.”
• What are friends for, if not to print up limited-edition shirts to sell when you need a little financial help after all of your band equipment gets stolen? Well, that’s just the kind of pals The Epilogues are to The Heyday. The Epilogues—who released a new single, “The Fallout,” this week—will be selling these “kitty thief” shirts at their show tomorrow night at the Hi-Dive. All proceeds from the T-shirt sale will go to The Heyday, who had an unfortunate van break-in back in December.
• If you're looking to break in to the music-critiquing business, the folks at Growler Records have a deal for you! If you buy a record from them and review it for their site, you’ll get a 10 percent discount on your next visit to the store. Even if it’s not the first step to eventual fame and fortune, hey, it’s a cool way to save a few bucks while spreading your wit and wisdom to eager music nerds everywhere.
