Eelus

A couple of months ago I put up a post about some up and coming street artists. One of them was Eelus. Recently, I've gone back to his work and have been inspired by his unique style. His use of dark grays, browns, and blacks with bright yellows, reds, and greens providing a sharp contrast to compliment his themes. Thematically, he classifies his own work as a mixture of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Some of his works easily belong to that classification while others subtly share topics found within these genres. Beauty in contrast, inspiration through difference, these are the works of Eelus.

Below, is a video of him at his first London show explaning his work, along with some of his originals. For more of his work check out his site here.

Ear and Eye Candy

Joanna Newsom's new triple album Have One On Me and her recent appearance on Jimmy Fallon. Definitely a unique singer song-writer, Joanna Newsom may require some getting used to through repeated listens.






Yeasayer's latest album Odd Blood and their brand new video for the single O.N.E. Pitchfork didn't like it (the album not the video) but I really think they're wrong on this one.

Yeasayer "ONE" By: Radical Friend from ODDBLOOD on Vimeo.

The National, arguably one of the best rock bands working today will be coming out with a new album this coming May entitled High Violet. They gave a preview on Jimmy Fallon.





One of my favorite albums from last year. The Bowerbirds have recently released the official video for the song "Northern Lights".





Gregory Alan Isakov. Another leftover from last year, I recently discovered this Colorado-based folk singer. This is my favorite song from the album This Empty Northern Hemisphere.