http://www.redruin.com Red Ruin - Exploring the world through sight and song. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:48:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Artist: The Pagan Spolkestra Song: SOIL From album: Open Arms EP Genre: New Weird UK [Buy Mp3s][Myspace] Some bands have a sound that grabs you because of their pure musical mastery, some have an indefinable aesthetic charm that wins you over emotionally; and some, you ... http://www.redruin.com/2008/06/11/the-pagan-spolkestra-soil/   Artist: Stealstealground (倫倫地) Song: Swimming Bird From album: Stealstealground [Myspace][Website][Song Lyrics] Stealstealground is a brother and sister breathing a music of listless understanding; singing songs of wise and delicate youth. Simple songs of simple beauty and a faint calm sadness. I wasn't able to ... http://www.redruin.com/2008/06/10/stealstealground-swimming-bird/   Brian Dettmer uses knives and old books as his rather unique art supplies, and makes surgical three-dimensional collages of brilliant complexity. The thumbnail image is his carving of "Gray's Anatomy". Seems like it would require extreme attention to detail and a high tolerance for tedium, slicing carefully through hundreds ... http://www.redruin.com/2008/06/03/brian-dettmer-book-sculptor/   This is some very interesting art from Aya Kato. Click on the "Gallery" link at the top to check out 8 years of illustrations. The mood ranges from dark and gothy to bright and elegant; always with very fine details and a distinct, personal style. Each of the images ... http://www.redruin.com/2008/06/01/aya-kato-gallery/   Inspired by the innovative work of La Blogotheque's Take-Away Shows, "five persons somewhere in their mid twenties" decided to start their own impromptu indie-video venture in Vienna, Austria; and they've already got some big names. I must say that I hope this format continues to spread. You often get to ... http://www.redruin.com/2008/04/25/they-shoot-music-dont-they/