Found my Toy on Boxing Day

Let me skip the holiday greetings and say Enjoy your Boxing Day.
Presents are only good if you like them and appreciate goodwill.

Mesita

Meet James.
James Cooley is a self-taught musician from Colorado. He is the man behind the solo music project Mesita and also released his first EP Cherry Blossoms back in 2008.  His recent album The Coyote is out in April this year. It is on my playlist ever since. Visit his Tumblr to know more about Mesita and here is our interview with James.

Grimes - Oblivion

Directed by Emily Kai Bock
Cinematography by Evan Prosofsky


Currently watching London Olympics
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Karina Eibatova

Karina Eibatova

Floral Anthem, 2010

Single channel video projection

Duration: 9:41 min

The art Installation Flower Anthem, created by Russian artist Karina Eibatova, has been picked up and covered by electronic band Washed Out, becoming a piece of art in both the musical and visual art realms. Eibatova has created something hypnotic, its originality leaving you wondering whether it is beautiful, strange, or both.

Karina studied fine art at St Petersburg in Sweden and Contemporary art in Moscow. Her work is connected to the notions of nature, peace and love. Influenced by earth and space, she delicately transforms floral motives into her own surreal, psychedelic scenes, rebelling against the remorseless actions of society and the continual destruction of the environment.

Floral Anthem again plays with the themes of nature and destruction. Karina describing the visual monolog as a metaphor for returning back to paradise, to celebrate a state in which women are pure and beautiful just as nature is unperturbed when left in its original state of being.

Hospitality

Formed by vocals Amber Papini, drummer Nathan Michel and bassist Brian Betancourt, Hospitality is one fine indie-pop band from Brooklyn, New York. Catchy tunes, easy and fun. The group will be launching their self-titled LP in January via Merge Records. Check them out.

Hospitality