We stumbled upon this Van Halen Biden & Harris logo over at Patton Oswalt’s Twitter page.

The original Van Halen “wings” logo debuted in 1978 and created by designer Dave Bhang. It ran on the cover of the first two Van Halen albums.

I’ve always loved the logo and the fact that it was designed by a Korean-American. On Dave’s website he shares a bit of history on the design:

Van Halen

While relaxing at my home and wondering if I would every get any work again I received a call from Ted Templeman, a producer from Warner Bros. Records asking if I was free to come into his office to meet an up and coming group named Van Halen and to bring my portfolio.  For some reason I brought my photographer friend, Elliot Gilbert, who I wanted to use on this project.

We met the guys, Eddie Van Halen, brother Alex, bassist Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth.  An enthusiastic and energetic group.  Ted had told me on the phone that he thought this would be the hottest band in the country once their first album was released and for which I was to design the cover.  I got the idea almost instantly when I felt their energy and agreed to design their cover.  It was to be done in less than a week because the album was almost finished and will be ready to be released at that time.  I was used to working under these tight deadlines many times before and wasn’t fazed until upon leaving, Eddie asks “…and can you design a logo for us too?!”

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Yeah, the Nintendo game from 2000. It’s a follow up from Ocarina of Time that was released in 1998–the last year that any music you really, really, cared about came out.

So Majora’s Mask takes place in the city of Termina which is about to get destroyed by this giant moon unless you, the hero Link, can save it. It’s pretty great. The villain is this guy Skull Kid who buys Majora’s mask from a mysterious traveling salesman. I know, it’s weird and dark and set to music by Koji Kondo, who reworked a lot of the Ocarina stuff, and called it “an exotic Chinese-opera sound.”

So jump to present-day Bordeaux, France. The fancy wine place. A guy name Mobo lives there and runs a studio called Conkrete. They record mainly metal stuff. Apparently the area is good for grapes and metal.

Mobo just worked with the band Temnein. They’ve bee around for a decade, mainly playing Europe and Asia. They are kinda At The Gates-ish.

So Temnein are working with Mobo and decide to record an album all about pop culture universes, and they record this track called “Dirge for Termina,” all about Zelda. Bands just can’t resist!  It’s awesome and hilarious, which I assume was the point.

Here are the lyrics (catch all the great Zelda references!):

New dawn on Termina
The sun is shy
Compared to the ominous moon

High in the sky
Lost in the woods, for so many years
He doesn’t even know
Who he is anymore, no friends no home
All by himself

So appears the happy salesman
And his masks
But there’s one far above the others
Above the others

Dark entity
Cursed artefact
Casting a spell on the lost kid
Skull kid was born
And the bell tolls

With the mask on his face
Skull kid brings doom over the land
The moon shed tear but, the one who cries
Wears a mask, to hide the pain

To hide the pain
To forget his misery

From the highest tower, in clock town
He’s waiting for someone
He’s waiting for a friend to deliver him

Time is running out
To save the land
Only 3 days before
The moon crashes

Dark entity
Cursed artefact
Casting a spell on the
And the bell tolls

Dirge for Termina
3 Days left
Evil spreads its shade

Hero of time, shall rise
To bring a new dawn, on Termina

The album is out today, check it out!

www.temnein.net

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The ninth season of Vans House Parties is off and running in Chicago. Vince Staples, The Breeders, and Julien Baker have kicked the season off, with more coming from Anderson.Paak, The Rapture and more.

The Vans House Parties series will also continue its tradition with the headlining artist acting as a curator, hand-picking all supporting talent and will be creating a personalized visual art experience for fans.

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“We got hacked last week – someone stole Thom’s minidisc archive from around the time of OK Computer, and reportedly demanded $150,000 on threat of releasing it.

So instead of complaining – much – or ignoring it, we’re releasing all 18 hours on bandcamp in aid of Extinction Rebellion. Just for the next 18 days. So for £18 you can find out if we should have paid that ransom.

Never intended for public consumption (though some clips did reach the cassette in the OK Computer reissue) it’s only tangentially interesting. And very, very long. Not a phone download. Rainy out, isn’t it though?” – Jonny Greenwood

All proceeds from the music will go to charity.

https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/

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Long-running Garden State death/funeral doom collective, EVOKEN, have done what ever good doom collective should do: they made beer.

Atlas Brew Works announced  a special beer collaboration with the band to be released at the Beer & Metal Fest kick off party April 5th in Philly (additional tour dates below.)

EVOKEN tour dates:
3/30/2019 Geno’s Rock Club – Portland, ME w/ Churchburn, Shabti, Fed Ash
4/05/2019 Decibel Metal And Beer Fest Official Kick-Off Party @ Atlas Brew Works – Washington, DC
5/18/2019 Eternal Warfare Fest @ Tonic Lounge – Portland, OR
7/05/2019 Stardust VII: Vado Mori @ Brooklyn Bazaar – Brooklyn, NY w/ The Ruins Of Beverast, Dead Congregation

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Jenny Lewis has released the first single off her highly anticipated fourth solo album On The Line. with the first single, “Red Bull & Hennessy.” The internet was set ablaze with the cover artwork and this amazing blue dress.

Fans can pre-order On The Line now: https://jennylewis.lnk.to/OTL

JENNY LEWIS 2019 LIVE DATES

2/1/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Live From Here
3/26/19 – Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theatre
3/27/19 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
3/29/19 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace
3/30/19 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
3/31/19 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
4/2/19 – Iowa City, IA – Mission Creek Festival
4/4/19 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Jones Assembly
4/5/19 – Dallas, TX – Canton Hall
4/6/19 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
4/7/19 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
4/9/19 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
4/10/19 – Jackson, MS – Duling Hall
4/12/19 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
4/13-14/19 – Charleston, SC – High Water Festival
5/10/19 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
5/11/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
5/13/19 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
5/14/18 – Albuquerque, NM – Kimo Theatre
5/16/19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
5/17/19 – Bellvue, CO – Mishawaka Amphitheatre
5/18/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room
5/20/19 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
5/21/19 – Seattle, WA – The Moore
5/22/19 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
5/24/19 – Napa, CA – BottleRock Festival
5/25/19 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theatre
5/26/19 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
6/11/19 — Portland, ME — Thompsons Point *
6/12/19 — Burlington, VT — The Green at Shelburne *
6/14/19 — New Haven, CT —College Street *
6/15/19 — Queens, NY — Forest Hills Tennis Stadium *
6/16/19 — Prescott Park Arts Festival
6/18/19 — Detroit, MI — The Masonic *
6/20/19 — Toronto, ON — Echo Beach *
6/21/19 — Cooperstown, NY — Ommegang Brewery *
6/22/19 — Northampton, MA — Calvin Theatre

• Supporting Death Cab For Cutie

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“Like all soundtrack records we release, we aim for these to play like albums that take you on a journey and can exist as companion pieces to the films and as their own separate works. We created a significant amount of music and conceptual sound for Bird Box, a lot of which never made it to your ears in the final version of the film. We’ve decided to present you with this version of the soundtrack that represents what Bird Box is to us. We hope you enjoy. For those interested, we will be releasing a more expansive (read: more self-indulgent) physical-only offering this spring that will contain an additional hour of music and artwork that colors further outside the lines…Enter at your own risk!,” says Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.

Track Listing – Bird Box (Abridged)
1. OUTSIDE
2. UNDERCURRENTS
3. LOOKING FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS
4. WHAT ISN’T ANYMORE
5. SLEEP DEPRIVATION
6. CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
7. A HIDDEN MOMENT
8. AND IT KEEPS COMING
9. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
10. LAST THING LEFT

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