In honor of Explosions in the Sky playing Magic Hours live for the first time in six years two nights ago in Chicago. I’m revisiting a short film that I took a liking to a while back. Jenna’s cousin, Dennis Aspiras, is the maker of the film and a slightly-altered Magic Hours serves as the soundtrack. The past two nights’ performances by EITS, in Chicago and Grand Rapids, have been incredibly magical hours for me, to say the least. They’re music was recently described as a “universal language” by local avid gig photographer, Kirstie, whom provided the shot of Michael James, above. Universal. That is what makes Explosion in the Sky’s music so everlasting. Below is “Social Experiment 9″ which may have been titled such for a school project but the name is somewhat fitting to the plot of the film. And below the video is a live audio recording of Magic Hours performed a little over six years ago in Dennis’s hometown of Toronto. Enjoy!

Explosions in the Sky – Magic Hours (live at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on March 16, 2002)

Two performances I wish I could’ve seen in person.

Bat for Lashes – Horse and I (Live at Mercury Prize 2007)

Daft Punk – One More Time & Aerodynamic (Live at Wireless Festival 2007)

Sorry for the video bombardment…

This first video is brought to you by an up-and-coming Chicago band called Office. The track is called “Oh My” and the music video is wackier than hell.
This next video is from sleeper-band-of-the-year, Tacks, The Boy Disaster. I heard their song, “Matilda,” a while ago, but I never knew they had an EP full of hits, not to mention some incredibly well-done music videos. This EP, titled Oh Beatrice, has been out since May, but I’m only just now hearing all the buzz about this band. Here is their video for the awesome song (which is sure to make it onto the next comp), “Frozen Feet.” And if you like this vid, then be sure to check out their other one, too.

Well I guess that didnt take long (for this site to grow into other things, like video posts and bla bla bla). But this video by Blue States for the song, “Allies,” is awesome. And their album, First Steps Into… is pretty awesome as well.