Sleepy Eyed Fox kick-assedness kick-started

From Nashville, Sleepy Eyed Fox have finally finished recording their folk/rock debut album after two years. However, the band still needs funding for mixing/mastering and duplication and manufacturing. Having come this far and having gathered all the funding for studio time and a producer from fans, it would be a serious waste to let such an amazing band's album fall through the cracks.

Folky awesomeness, as evident in the embedded video, is how they roll. And, your charity will not be in vain, besides providing the world with sweet-ass music, starting at the $15 price point, every donation receives a specially made silk screened t-shirt, designed and made by the band. Rad.

If you're keen to help out go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sef/sleepy-eyed-fox-debut-album or if you just wanna hear a good tune click PLAY VIDEO below.

Superfind: Valley of the Snake

This is what we at BlindBlimp have been on about!

Here is a friggin AMAZING SA band, that has been around for-fucking-ever (five years in the music world is forever) and not a peep has been heard anywhere. well, here and there, but nowhere near as much peeping as there should be. All the time we could have been listening to The Wild Eyes, we have been subjected instead to the bastard Parlotones.

Big up to MK for showing the ridiculously awesome video for Valley of the Snake, off The Wild Eyes' 2005 album Our Love Has a Special Violence. (View it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2GP5RzLjNw). It's quirky, it's awkward, it's a little disturbing for no good reason. It's certainly one of the best SA music videos I've ever seen. Bugger SA. It stands up to international standards easily.

The Wild Eyes has an interesting, punk sound, with a little more melody thrown in.

I strongly recommend finding this album and buying it. Don't steal it, don't copy it, don't illegally download it. BUY the damn thing. Bands of this calibre in SA need our support. Go out and support them.

Take That continue to dog our footsteps

There is much wisdom in the saying "There's no point in flogging a dead horse," but sometimes you just have to - if only to vent your own frustration.
This is certainly the case with the reformation of Take That's original line-up - complete with Robbie Williams. This tragic state of events begs only one question: WHY? Why are we letting these aged pretty boys put even more tripe into the world? Why is this tolerated? And why oh why do they have to be so wussy about it?
I realise they're a boy band, so wussy is the name of the game. But this is just ridiculous.
Of course they are using their own idiotic high school press-driven fued (between Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams - no one outside the UK cares) to inspire cheesy lyrics and deeply disturbing manlove videos.

From Shame - "Do you come here often?"

First came Shame - a Robbie Williams ft Gary Barlow track in which they go on about how they loved each other all along. The video basically consists of them picking each other up in a bar, stripping down to their undies after a meaningful look and then getting rid of the sexual tension by running up a mountain. Really? This seemed like a good idea at the time?
Then the whole crew joins in with The Flood, where they seem to be channeling some sort of Oxbridge brotherhood, lyrics along the same theme. Seriously. The bromance of JD and Turk has nothing on the loving stares between Gary and Robbie as they try to convince the world that they don't hate each other's very scent. And as those other three sink back into oblivion, the money comes a-rollin' in. It's enough to make a person weep. Well, certainly Howie, Jason and Mark.

Best Christmas song EVER - and a good cause to boot

There are so many reasons to love Johnny Borrell, and this is definitely one of them. He really, REALLY loves Christmas! And so do we!
Apparently he also believes in the development of talented youth a la Burberry Foundation, thus donating his time and talent (and waiving his fee) to create this absolutely brilliant Christmas card. Every time it is forwarded a donation is made to the Burberry Foundation and some grateful youth somewhere is developed. And since BlindBlimp is all about development, of course we feel that this card should be forwarded as much as possible.

As an added bonus your friends will giggle.

Check it out and forward it on: http://holiday.burberry.com/index.html?message=zQuuP%2520oluDgvjfg%2520ruXj%2520ZyDCaZyDjs.%2520zfP%25202011%2520BuDCt%2520lfssP%2520nlXXCg%2520fCa%2520lfssP%2520vDjQg.

For more on the Burberry Foundation: http://www.burberryplc.com/bbry/corpres/burfound/

And with that, dear friends, we sign off for the year. Have an absolutely stellar party season and check back with us on the 1st, when we will be checking back in with you, hungover, happy and ready for 2011!

Wrestlerish - Sleep

The first week of December 2010 saw Wrestlerish - an SA band worth keeping an eye out for in your local dive - taking to the streets and harassing strangers to have their picture taken with pics of the band for the video for their new single Sleep. The single itself is a pretty good listen, but the video is well worth taking a look at. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE MADE IT INTO THE VIDEO! YAY US!

Check it out here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0C1G_7ViQY