Music Archive: Yann Tiersen, Eurockeennes de Belfort 2001 (Live)

Yann Tiersen is a genius. Aside from the masterpiece that is the score to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, the iconoclast himself has mountains of musical gems to offer. Here’s an amazing exhibition from 2001’s Eurockeennes de Belfort 2001. Wait until he’s playing accordion and rubbing the viola bow against the steel xylophones…at the same time. Watch the whole thing. Warning, you made need a couple rolls of Brawny to wipe up the tears that may fall to the floor.

Yann Tiersen will be coming to Austin, TX February 3, 2011 @ Mohawk. It’s the day before my birthday, so, yeah, I’ll be there with my pen clicked and my paper towels readily available.

Music Archive: Bjork “Desired Costellation” (Live, 2004)

Here Björk uses her massive lung capacity to shift the stars as she delivers a perfect live performance of “Desired Constellation” from 2004’s Medulla at France’s Canal+.

posted by: Bene Garcia

Watch: Health, Live in France at the SOY Festival 2009

“During the SOY Festival in Nantes, HEALTH was the first night’s sensation. The four Californians did not disappoint their fans who came to see them at the Batiment de Bitche (an underground artist squat). Powerful and focused on pushing experimental rock to its limits, HEALTH is the 2010 D.I.Y noise rock we at Grandcrew like…especially the insane tribal drums !!!” (source: Grandcrew)

We couldn’t agree more.

posted by: Brent Carter

Music Archive: White Stripes “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” (Live)

This video clip of the White Stripes performing “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” was taken from the 10th Anniversary Show entitled The White Stripes Under Nova Scotian Light.

On March 16, the White Stripes will release a limited-edition box set that celebrates and commemorates that 10th anniversary tour through Canada with a plethora of goodies. In the set, fans will find a live compilation of tour highlights in both CD and vinyl, a DVD of the 10th Anniversary Show and a documentary about the The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights tour at large. But wait… there’s even more  that comes in the box set – including a hardcover book, silk-screened prints and even more vinyl.

Watch the trailer for The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights below:

posted by: Brent Carter

Music Archive: Wire’s Still Relevant Live Performance From 1979

Ever since the U.S. government got their excuse to invade and/or bomb Yemen, thanks to the alleged actions of the “underwear bomber,” two songs by post-punk luminaries Wire have been stuck in my head. One, “Being Sucked in Again” from Wire’s 1978 album Chairs Missing and also “Blessed State” from the band’s 1979 album 154. Although Wire’s music may echo the frustration many of us are feeling in these times of instability, it’s the lyrics that make them still relevant thirty plus years later.

From “Blessed State”
Closing doors
Opens eyes
To the fatal gift
Of a well timed lie
Loved in the flesh
And (but) butchered in the mind
Oh what a pearl
What a well made world
Holy globe
Eternal home
Sacred sphere
So glad I’m here
Oh what a pearl
What a well made world

From “Being Sucked in Again”
Bound and gagged your labour’s saved
The cost minute, the rules are waved
No hand, no step, your labour’s in vain
Being sucked in again

Both live versions of these songs were recorded in 1979 by the German TV show Rockpalast and re-released in 2004 by Wire as a part of a live CD/DVD set called Wire on the Box: 1979. It is excellent.

For those new to Wire and wanting more, we also highly suggest any of the band’s first three studio albums.

Wire – Pink Flag – 1977
Wire – Chairs Missing – 1978
Wire – 154 – 1979

Find out more about Wire here

posted by: Harold Johns III