#band feature

[noaccounting4taste]

Lutalo is Jack Johnson if he was a freak who lived in your walls. (Affectionate.) 

An indie rock musician from Vermont, Lutalo manages to capture something deeply unsettling about the current zeitgeist without doing anything overtly atypical. I’ll be focusing on his song “Call It In” from Once Now, Then Again because I am obsessed with it. Lutalo’s deep, detached-sounding vocals underscore stripped down, mostly acoustic instrumentals; the bass line is melodic and resonant, coming across as almost sarcastically playful in light of his listless lyrics.

Between the slightly childlike touches and a liminal, existential vibe, this song gives I-Spy book. The lyrics paint a portrait of a lonely boy in his room, alienated from the world, seeking comfort in small distractions that he ultimately knows are empty:

“A moment came where I got lost

Caught me playing simple games of toss

All alone in the void 

Taking pictures of my favorite toys.”

A sense of hopelessness pervades the song in light of people's uwillingness to change a destructive culture:

“The angels came and then they went

So convinced that we were hell bent

To burn it all, and say it’s too late

Maybe I should get some real estate”

There is a sense of guilt in this song for “calling it in;” you can tell that the speaker includes himself in his criticisms, mocking himself (and our culture as a whole) for the ways we distract ourselves and live detached from our true values and from one another:

“A man watched me through my little black screen

Holding voices that he’ll never see”

“Once Now, Then Again” is a no-skips album for me, but I’m glad I got to delve into “Call It In” as a song that hooked me from first listen and now, after deeper analysis… has enchanted me body and soul. Lutalo, come out of my walls, I want to make you tea!!

Fun fact: Adrianne Lenker is Lutalo’s cousin!

[gbhbl]

Bloodstock 2024 - Band Feature: Akkadian

Bloodstock Open Air 2024 is right around the corner. Taking place August 8th to August 11th, the UK’s premier metal festival has, once again, delivered a stellar line-up. One such band playing the festival is Akkadian, and in this feature, we fill you in on all you need to know about the band.

Bloodstock Open Air 2024 is right around the corner. Taking place August 8th to August 11th, the UK’s premier metal festival has, once again, delivered a stellar line-up. Featuring four stages of music and a litany of bands from within the rock and metal world, alongside numerous other forms of entertainment (such as official bin jousting)! You don’t want to miss out, so get off that fence, and…

[blanchebees]

Murderous siren

Tip jar

[delulluart]

Have another set of sketches featuring: Copia version of that weird shorts ad, Ballet!Terzo, another fun shirt for Copia and Terzo in a robe!

[deadbaguette]

GPTim doodles,, wanna practice stylizing him

[melioristicbeast]

Before i dive further into my playlist for stiles, i bring you a brief shitpost - in my heart derek is a soft rock / country girlie who listens to drengr of ragnarok (power metal, but specifically the melodic, chanting variety with a lot of repetition) when he works out ♥️

Bonus stiles:

[milkcos]

lemonade mouth/band au! more notes under the cut

lemonade as in like the disney movie! so there are a couple like clear comparisons but mostly it's the bad kids get stuck in detention together except they form a band instead of an adventuring party

fabian > no equivalent (olivia vibes)

the most popular kid at school who is both in dance and on the football team. somehow gets decent grades as well. no close friends, but a lot of people who know him and want to get on his good side. kind of depressed, and his dad's currently in prison. he started playing the guitar as a way to show off and then genuinely started enjoying it

adaine > mo

she's a concert violist (playing the viola) always an accompaniment for her sister and is striking it out on her own for the first time. her family is very upset about this, and consistently puts her down so she'll go along with they want her to do. also she recently transitioned to going to public school for the first time, making her the new girl.

kristen > no equivalent

she's recently ex mormon, got out of her parents house (currently living in her car) and without all of her former friends stuck in a student president position that she got when she was still with the religion. questioning her sexuality after one too many encounters with the soccer team captain, tracker. used to be on the church choir, was a bit too enthusiastic about it.

gorgug > no equivalent (charlie vibes)

he's got like one or two kinda friends (mainly fig). extremely busy with his classes and with marching band and self isolating as a result. he's stressed out about living up to his parent's name (they run a very successful electric engineering company). signed up to work as a sound tech for the theatre department bc one of the female stage managers is very cute (zelda) and then discovered that he rlly like it.

riz > no equivalent

no friends! (other than maybe the AV club + penny) too used to burying himself in work at both his part time gig and with his insane amount of extracurriculars. started playing the piano bc he heard it helps with memory retention and overall cognitive ability.

fig > stella/wen

she's the cool loner skater kid who is the floater friend mostly? she's got a maybe relationship with ayda, who she loves to annoy at the school library. very interested in making her own music not very interested in school. freaking out over her parents getting remarried. her mom enrolled her in music lessons when she was younger, and it's one of the only things she can talk about with her mom these days.

[uzi-x33]

i got too silly:3 pls don’t repost to other platforms<3

[floating-goblin-art]

multis jammin'!

[hey-hey-j]

some Vivas while I pick away at bigger pieces (last one's actually from a while ago which you can tell from how Clay's hair looks pfgfh)

(★ my Kofi)

[trollsbroppy]

This is from the features commentary where the creators talk about the Broppy kiss and how they were going to treat it. And they gave a shoutout to all the Broppyists out there

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper - Daisy Town (1971)

[gbhbl]

Bloodstock 2024 - Band Feature: Stone Soup

Bloodstock Open Air 2024 is right around the corner. Taking place August 8th to August 11th, the UK’s premier metal festival has, once again, delivered a stellar line-up. One such band playing the festival is Stone Soup, and in this feature, we fill you in on all you need to know about the band.

Bloodstock Open Air 2024 is right around the corner. Taking place August 8th to August 11th, the UK’s premier metal festival has, once again, delivered a stellar line-up. Featuring four stages of music and a litany of bands from within the rock and metal world, alongside numerous other forms of entertainment (such as official bin jousting)! You don’t want to miss out, so get off that fence, and…

[azure-trash]

Red Vox cinematic universe

[hanalyrata]

Only had about 30 minutes to draw anything tonight, so I had to get my Alpha design out of my head.

[blotb0x]

You'll help with her experiments, won't you?