Twas an honor to attend the NYC premiere of Complicit in the Human Rights Watch Film festival at the IFC. It has been shown globally, and this week in Lincoln Center and IFC. The original score was done by the profound musician and composer Freddie Bryant. As soon as the film ends, our track plays during the credits, with words from Xu Lizhi and sung by Rachel Mason. A truly wonderful film. Not just sad, but up-lifting and with some humor. https://ff.hrw.org/film/complicit
The Use plays collab set with Rachel Mason to open for Xiu Xiu
The band also featured Ramsey Jones (Funkface, Falu, Wu-tang), and Brian LawlorPics from Brian Bolanowski at http://www.1981photo.com. Special thanks to Xiu Xiu, Alec Dartley at Aagoo records for releasing us on his label, Scott Williams and Cody at WFMU for doing sound, Ruth, Madeline, Todd Abramson the booker, and everyone attending.
Manus x Machina Met Gala show – Selena Gomez, Olsen Twins feat. The Use tracks
Esteemed Video Director GVS chose The Use track “Hello Everybody” for the Vogue Louis Vuitton ManusxMachina Show Met Gala. License these tracks at Audiosocket, or commission your own at ALL REAL SOUND. @selenagomez in @louisvuitton in the #ManusxMachina Experience. Directed by @gvsgvs. #MetGala A post shared by Vogue (@voguemagazine) on May 2, 2016 at 10:20pm PDT Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen in the #ManusxMachina Experience. Directed by @gvsgvs. #MetGala A post shared by Vogue (@voguemagazine) on May 3, 2016 at 12:37am PDT
7 Personal Details hidden in the Semantix video
Some personal details embedded in the The Wire premier of Semantix, created by Brian Bolanowski This is a painting that my wife Anne Percoco slightly doctored up to look like our beloved recently deceased cat, Mrs. Mindy Hussein Lebowski aka “Satch”. The sweet thing had lots of names. We miss her. In the background is a lamp that Anne made out of a large Cafe Bustelo can. It’s my favorite espresso, I even prefer it to brands that are 4 times as expensive. In the background is a peculiar ornate pillow. It is actually apart of Anne’s sculpture, Canopy This is a painting that …