You’ve likely heard her on Zedd’s popular track “Clarity,” but maybe you’re not familiar with her own original work. I’m talking about FOXES, aka Louisa Rose Allen.
In this video for her single “Beauty Queen,” Allen muses about society’s vision of beauty and how it’s only skin-deep. The video features clippings from popular Disney princess movies and footage from real beauty pageants.
Want more FOXES? You can download her single “White Coats” for FREE on her website.
MS MR is, in my mind, just about as perfect as a band can get, with their alluring vocals and synth beats and just the right touch of darkness.
The subject of darkness is the focus of their single, “Hurricane,” off their debut album “Secondhand Rapture,” dropping May 14. This stylish video by director Luke Gilford is both vibrant and cloaked in shadows and fits MS MR like a well-worn pair of your favorite shoes.
youthagainst asked: hey, so i just saw the post about the book Jackaroo and i need your help with a few questions please reply ASAP :) x
Hello! Thanks for reading! Ask and I shall serve. ;)
Like great music, stunning visuals, and beautiful women?
Who doesn’t? You’re all but guaranteed to love Feathers, in this video for their very first single “Land of the Innocent.” It’s just about as good as it gets in the music world.
Feathers is a four-piece band of talented musicians from Austin, Texas. These girls know how to rock. If this song is any indication, their debut album, “If All Now Here,” out May 28, is going to be AMAZING.
Noah Gundersen comes from a religious, close-knit family outside of Seattle, but you wouldn’t know that his past is rooted in love and support based on the darkness he explores in his searing lyrics. Noah is about to find himself on the fast track to fame, as his song “Family” off his recent EP was recently featured on the ever-popular television series “The Vampire Diaries.”
He doesn’t have any videos yet from this EP, which he created with his sister on backup vocals and violin, but Noah displays his raw talent, Civil Wars-like Southern gospel influences, and dark exploratory lyrics in this video for “David,” posted a year ago.
(Source: vimeo.com)
What is art? New York photojournalist William Miller’s provocative series “Ruined Polaroids” challenges us to consider precisely that question. This series of stunning photographic art challenges the viewer to consider what constitutes a photograph and art in a larger sense. These images are the result of Miller’s faulty Polaroid camera that he has learned to manipulate enough to yield some truly gripping images that bear next to no resemblance to the originally photographed subject, but are still truly beautiful.
thedailydoodles asked: Heeey there! Thank you again for that feature! In my quote, I mention I have a "time limit", and I should let ya know that I don't have a time limit anymore, I just do them until the drawing and story are 'done'. I was really bad at drawing when I started, so I used a time limit as a way to excuse my poor drawings :-) I hope you're doing well! --DMC
You are most welcome, DMC! I only post what I love, and I love your work, even if you do take a little more time with them these days (they’re only getting better and better). I’m an aspiring screenwriter here in L.A. as well (in TV), so that just makes me like you more. :) Glad you found my post!
It’s hard to stick to a pledge to do something every day. Remember your New Year’s resolution? Maybe you swore to go to the gym, write in your journal, or even just (gulp) floss your teeth every day. Every. Single. Day.
How’s that working out for you?
David Michael Chandler, on the other hand, makes good on his promise to post a doodle and a story accompanying the drawing every day on his Tumblr entitled, appropriately enough, The Daily Doodles.
Chandler is an aspiring screenwriter in Los Angeles who explains his reasons for starting this blog on his About page:
Thinking I was becoming a dullard and weakening my overall creative muscles because all I did was focus on my current script, I decided a good mental exercise would be to do a Daily Doodle with a neato story attached to it every ding dong day. I set a time limit because I couldn’t afford to spend TOO long on these dumb Doodles (and I know myself, and I know I would keep tweaking and refining if I don’t got a time limit), and it’s a good way to just make yourself think and work.
Can’t argue with that.
The Daily Doodles features creative gems, such as this post from 1/25/2013 (it’s exactly the kind of depressing short story I personally adore):
“A Different Life”
The whirring of the ceiling fan blends into a silent soothing hum, as Kyle feels himself get lost in the hypnotic blades circling endlessly above.
The cool gentle air brushes his arms and face, but it doesn’t feel real… as if he’s not meant to be here, right now, in this life. An empty sensation creeps over him, one he has felt in the quiet moments of night, and he senses what could only be his soul hovering above his shell of a body.
Could he have had a different life? One without a job, three kids, and an understanding wife? To think of his life now, it doesn’t feel like his own… like he’s just a passenger on a train following tracks laid down long before he got here. He can’t even quite articulate completely what is tingling in the back of his brain, but it’s there.
He can see himself on an airplane, flying somewhere, anywhere, alone… but that doesn’t quite feel real either. It’s just another “this”.
And maybe that version of him on that airplane feels the same. Nothing changes.
Reality sucks back into his consciousness, as he hears his wife and kids playing in the hallway, their existence reminding him that he forgot to go to the grocery store for eggs and cereal.
Check out this video for indie band Houses’ “The Beauty Surrounds,” off their debut album “A Quiet Darkness” dropping April 16. Such a simple video, but startlingly powerful and moving in its representation of the heartbreaking aguish that accompanies a failed relationship. It perfectly matches the Chicago band’s dream-pop sound.
Brooklyn artist Lisa Hanawalt creates imaginative, humorous, and brightly colored worlds in her drawings, often depicting anthropomorphic animals.
Hanawalt’s work has been featured in The NY Times, Vanity Fair, and Glamour, among others, and her book “My Dirty Dumb Eyes” is being published by D+Q in Spring 2013.
Absurd. Hilarious. A bit depressing. And perhaps the best halftime show I’ve ever seen.
These are my reactions to this surreal music video for Beach House’s “Wishes,” off their most recent album “Bloom.” The video was directed by Eric Wareheim from “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” and features actor Ray Wise from “Twin Peaks” fame. Perfection.
EQUAL RIGHTS AND CORGIS FOR ALL.
But seriously - the fact that we are still having this debate is ridiculous. Everyone should have the basic human right to LOVE and BE LOVED. End of discussion.
(Source: sipfromthis, via zoeythecorgi)
Two stellar artists, one unbelievable song: EDM wunderkind Madeon worked with my personal muse, the basically perfect Ellie Goulding, to create “Stay Awake,” a soaring track that’s definitely worth a listen.
You can buy the song exclusively on Beatport.
I run inside a lot of exclusive circles, but I never really feel like I belong. This is because other people bore me.
This blog is my take on art and life.
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