My latest obsession: La Blogotheque's Take Away Concert Series.
I first came across this outlet via Beirut, their entire album The Flying Club Cup was placed into DVD format and each track done in this "guerilla" music video style. Essentially what the Take Away Series does is film the musicians live in a spontaneous setting, with these locations ranging from Grizzly Bear performing in a parisian apartment's bathroom to Jose Gonzalez riding in the back of a pick-up truck in Texas. The environment selected becomes a huge part of the video and several acts use everyday objects as substitutes for drum kits and keyboards. Some videos are more simple and focus on the immediate acoustic sounds, while the larger groups tend to be more theatrical and concept-oriented. And evidence to performing in "the moment", in the Architecture in Helsinki video I've attached, the amps die and an onlooker offers an outlet from their second story kitchen to continue the concert. These videos are excellent- so check out the site http://www.blogotheque.net/ and beirut's own dvd version http://www.flyingclubcup.com/
#45.3 - Andrew Bird - Spare-Oh
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#64.1 - Beirut - Nantes
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