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video: The Knife – “Full of Fire” short film + official stream
video: The Knife – “Full of Fire” short film + official stream
video: The Knife – “Full of Fire” short film + official stream
Let's try this again: those of you that abstained from listening to that garbage webrip that was floating around everywhere last week, and missed the bootleg video rip that was up for about 10 minutes, your patience has been rewarded: The Knife just dropped the official Marit Östberg-directed video and stream for their massive, sprawling new single "Full of Fire...
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2012
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2012
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2012
With 2012 (and possibly humanity as we know it) nearing its end, we give you our 100 favorite songs of the year. This is always the best list to make, and we enjoy seeing your choices, so leave those too if you'd like. While you take it all in, hit play on this ridiculous 5+ hour Spotify playlist featuring (nearly) every song on the list. Check the full top 100 + download our 2012 year-end mix,
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2012
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2012
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2012
So many records this year. We had to stop somewhere though, so check our top 50 of 2012 -- complete with an unbreakable (we tried) tie at the top -- after the jump, listen along with this massive Spotify playlist, and then, as always, we can talk about what you think we missed.
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2011
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2011
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2011
Presenting our 100 favorite songs of 2011. Like our albums of the year list, we had to leave off a ton of great jams, but this is a pretty thorough representation of what we were most into this year. Turns out it was a pretty great one. Check the list after the jump…
gorilla vs. bear’s videos of 2011
gorilla vs. bear’s videos of 2011
gorilla vs. bear’s videos of 2011
We leave you for the weekend with our favorite music videos of 2011: you'll notice that the majority of these videos are of the low-budget, DIY variety, as most of the expensive / cinematic joints that dropped this year felt a little overwrought and, with a couple of notable exceptions, mostly fell flat for us. There are even a few found footage clips mixed in there, and (spoiler) our top two vid
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2011
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2011
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2011
This was a little tougher than usual this year, but after much deliberation and some unpleasant culling, here are our favorite releases -- full-lengths, mixtapes, EPs, and one cassette -- of 2011. To accompany our choices, we asked all of the amazing artists on our list to tell us their own personal favorite albums from the past year, and a lot of them were nice enough to answer, so their picks a
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2010
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2010
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2010
01 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - 02 Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company 03 Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo 04 James Blake - 05 Girls - Carolina 06 Twin Sister - 07 Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn 08 James Blake - I Only Know (What I Know Now) 09 Big K.R.I.T. - 10 Big Boi - Shutterbug 11 Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed 12 Morning Benders - Excuses (Yours Truly version) 13 Arcade Fire - We
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2010
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2010
gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2010
30 Ty Segall - Melted 29 Shackleton - Fabric 55 28 Caribou - Swim 27 Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers 26 Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 25 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh 24 The Walkmen - Lisbon 23 Tennis - Tennis (cassette) 22 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 21 Frankie Rose & the Outs - Frankie Rose & the Outs __________ 20 Twin Shadow - Forget mp3: __________ 19 Fores
gorilla vs. bear’s <br /></br>favorite videos of 2010
gorilla vs. bear’s

favorite videos of 2010
gorilla vs. bear’s

favorite videos of 2010
Spent part of the weekend finishing up some year-end list stuff for Altered Zones, including the shortlist of our favorite videos of the year. Here are our top 12: 12 Erykah Badu - "Window Seat" (director: Coodie & Chike) ___________ 11 Twin Shadow - "Slow" (director: Alex Markman) ___________ 10 Flying Lotus - "Kill Your Co-Workers" (director: beeple) ________