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The Top 10 Videos of 2012.

Nash Mariah — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:02:57 +0000

2012 has almost come to an end and I felt like it would appropriate to end off the year by looking back at all the best videos which made it so great. Also, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who’s been supporting TRMB since the beginning, and I promise to be a better blogger in 2013. I also have a few exciting things planned for the future, and I’m really excited to see how it all pans out. But until then, have fun reminiscing.

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Remixed II.

Nash Mariah — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:59:12 +0000

I’ve pretty much only been listening to remixes lately, due to the fact that their isn’t a whole lot of exciting new music being released and because I still don’t have internet and am unable to legitimately search for new songs. I’ll be up and running soon, I promise.

The first is a remix for my favourite song from Grimes, which still retains all the elements that the made the original so great.

BretonLABS has made some incredible remixes for some equally incredible bands.

To end off is the Catching Flies remix of Mt Wolf’s “Life Size Ghosts”.

Grimes | “Nightmusic” Mash-up Video.

Nash Mariah — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:18:58 +0000

Holidays are a strange time for me. I find myself either doing nothing at all or things that are arguably unnecessary. This time around I got the idea that making a mash-up video for one of my favourite songs by Grimes was an excellent way to spend my morning, the outcome of which is basically a homage to my obsessions with:

1. Grimes

2. Slow motion

3. General weirdness

WATCH IN HD.

Videos used:

Woodkid – “Iron”

Cocorosie – “We Are On Fire”

Alt-J – “Fitzpleasure”

Dominic Lord.

Nash Mariah — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:47:51 +0000

Really enjoying Dominic Lord right now. The 18 year old rapper/producer/designer and former A$AP Mob member only has 2 songs that I can find but they’re both quite impressive. My favourite, however, has to be the remix of “Pierce” which features Pusha T and a reworked sample of “Vowels = Space and Time” by Grimes (<3).

Another Weekend.

Nash Mariah — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:45:56 +0000

Just because this post is about the weekend doesn’t mean it has to be filled with ‘club bangers’. Chill. You can still have fun to this, I promise.
Like a lot of people I’m fully obsessed with Grimes at the moment. Her album, Visions, is near perfect and since you’ve probably already heard it I’ve decided to write about a lesser known remix she did which you might not have come across.

On An On have made a promising album with the help of one of the guys from Broken Social Scene. The first single, “Ghosts”, is wonderful and I can’t wait to hear what else they’ve come up with.

The 1975 are a group of 4 friends from Manchester who are making some pretty incredible music. This song is taken off their debut EP, Facedown.

I don’t know that much about Torches but I’m really enjoying the remix that FOE did for their song, “Silent Film”.

Alt-J are all the rage right now. I even heard them on the radio on the other day. The surprise almost knocked me over, but after calming myself down I decided to forget that it ever happened. Also, don’t judge me for listening to the radio – it happens.

Last year Beach Fossils reigned supreme as my favourite band, and this year Zachary Cole Smith started a side project called DIIV (pronounced ‘dive’) and its fast becoming one of my favourite bands for this year too. This man can do no wrong.

I first wrote about Astronauts, etc a few days ago (go here) and he’s been nice enough to release a new song, “You Can Yell”, which shows off a different side to him.

Grimes | “Genesis” Video

Nash Mariah — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:31:44 +0000

Grimes has created a bizarre but totally fun video for her song, “Genesis”, which is said to be inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, Jean Paul Gaultier and Jamie Hewlett’s Tank Girl. Watch it below.

Bonus: In case you missed the video for “Oblivion”, the first single off her critically acclaimed album, Visions, here it is.

Playlist: St. Lucia

Nash Mariah — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:15:21 +0000

This is a really exciting one for me. I first wrote about St. Lucia aka Jean-Philip Grobler soon after I started TRMB and never imagined that me writing about him would one day lead to getting in touch and actually collaborating with him on a blogpost. I’ve written about him a few times before (because I’m completely obsessed with him) and you can read about it here and here.

In addition to making a playlist for TRMB, I also got him to answer a few questions. When asked about the release of his LP, he said:

“I’m in the process of finishing it off right now, and should be done by the end of August. It’ll probably be released around the beginning of next year, with some singles leading up to it.”

My main concern however, was about when he was going to perform in South Africa, to which he responded:

“I really, really hope we’ll be able to soon. Obviously, it all depends on the demand for us over there, because it’s incredibly expensive for this band to tour so we can’t just do it because we feel like it, even though we’d like nothing more.”

This is a South African artist that I think everyone should know about and I’m making it my personal mission to educate everyone on just that! SO MUCH love for St. Lucia, and so much love for the playlist he created, which are his top 10 favourites for 2012 so far. Enjoy!

1. “There are a bunch of songs that I love off of the new Chairlift album. It’s an incredibly emotionally deep group of songs that are beautifully put together production wise, and very thought and felt through in every way. This song, though, is the moment when they lighten their touch just a little, and it’s refreshing. Perhaps the most beautiful love song of the year.”

2. “I was, and still am, a huge fan of Twin Shadow’s debut album ‘Forget’. I’m not quite as enamored with his new album, but there are a few songs that still really hit home for me, and this is one of them. You can almost touch the conflict and heartbreak.”

3. “Grimes seems to have completely dominated the indie scene this year, and for good reason. She’s a really talented lady, and evokes a completely otherworldly atmosphere with her music, without sacrificing accessibility. This song is my favorite, among many.”

4. “Such an incredibly tight groove, and it just feels like sunshine. Franks voice is like syrup. Obviously, there is a lot more to this song, but the surface is so appealing that you can pretty much go on just that.”

5. “This cover of the Neil Young classic is so disarming as the first track on the new Chromatics album, I almost couldn’t make it past it. Heartbreak and longing bottled in just over 5 minutes.”

6. “Besides being very good friends of mine, Deidre and Paul of Savoir Adore make some of the most magical pop music I’ve heard in quite some time. This is a standout from their new album.”

7. “Another song that I almost couldn’t make it past when I heard it on the new Beach House record. I could list what is perfect about this song, but it would pay more to just listen to it if you haven’t heard it. Once again, similar feelings of conflict and melancholia, which somehow seem to destroy whenever done in the right way.”

8. “An awesome radio pop anthem from a lady with an incredible voice. It evokes images of flying over the world, kind of like at the beginning of the BBC series Planet Earth. Do I need to point out the Massive Attack influence? Probably not.”

9. “Another band that are friends of mine. I remember the first time I saw them at the SXSW festival in Austin this year, I was completely floored. Three unbelievably sexy ladies who can play their instruments and sing like the rock gods of old, AND they have songs!! Mark my words, HAIM are going to be one of the biggest bands next year.”

10. “One of the few songs in a long time that pretty much everyone I know finds irresistible. The perfect summer pop anthem. That string section was a genius move.”