Kitten Pyramid: Uh Oh

Fiona Apple's "Hot Knife," ARP's "High-Heeled Clouds," Tiki Disco and more in this week's music recap

London’s Kate Moross is making quite a name for herself in the music video game with her penchant for awkward camera panning and knack for trippy videos—and we couldn’t be happier about it. The latest to receive the Moross treatment is Washed Out, whose video for “Don’t Give Up” features impeccably edited, tight-focused footage of exotic animals. Moross manipulates hue and saturation in sync with …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Branding Prince George, a Deitch-less MOCA, Mysterabbit and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Grandpa the Pixel Painter Hal Lasko, who now goes by Grandpa, is a 97-year-old former typographer whose medium of choice is Microsoft Paint. Lasko lost most of his eyesight due to macular degeneration but discovered that the computer program could magnify images large enough for him to paint pixel-by-pixel. The result is a collection of stunningly detailed and extraordinarily elaborate prints. A recently-released short …

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From The Flaming Lips' "Turning Violent" to Jesse Woods' "Lazerburn," our look at music this week

The Flaming Lips: Turning Violent One of the Flaming Lips’ darkest works yet; the lyrics, instrumentation and video for “Turning Violent” are uncharacteristically reserved. Steven Drozd’s falsetto vocals and an oscillating bass synth lead you into a deceptive sense of lull, until the peace is shattered by noise feedback and bright flashing lights three minutes in, and Coyne—dressed in an electric blue alien-like suit with …