120 Megabytes

codacorolla — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:45:15 -0800

If you fondly remember the days when MTV would play large blocks of music videos then 120 Megabytes may be for you. Hosted on Network Awesome (previously), 120 Megabytes is an homage to the 120 Minutes programming block on MTV (which was canceled in 2003, but has made a return as of 2011 on MTV2 and the Web).

Curated by Mark Brown and presented by 20jazzfunkgreats, 120 Megabytes ushers in a new era in musical video programming showcasing experimental audio & visual hallucinations in a space between art and music. Each 30 minute episode is broadcast every Thursday.

To date there are 39 episodes, recently... Episode 39

LOL Boys - Changes (Ft. Heart Streets)
Liars - brats
OPOSSOM - GETAWAY TONIGHT
SAAAD - Pole (OFFICIAL)
Chromosaturation
18+ - REMI RED

Episode 38

OSSITY #4 - KLAXING FLUXION
Massacooramaan - Wijd
Perc - A New Brutality
SAAAD - Pole
ART OF MEMOREX
Taragana Pyjarama - Lo Ng

Episode 37

recsund - TELEPRESENCE FORMATTED
Voltron - Play It
Drainolith - You Paid For It
Blues Control - Rest on Water
Nitemoves - 1903

Episode 36

E*Rock - "A Long Narrow Corridor"
ultraísta - static light
The Memories - Baby
Legendary Marquis Revlon - Vogue Performance
Golden Birthday - Start Swimming
The Tethers - Tropical Popsicle
SHAM-TOK-MARU

Episode 35

Beach House - Lazuli
Dust - Dark Pleasures
Doldrums - Copper Girl
Bowerbirds - Overcome With Light
Starlight Serenaders - Orange Wind

Episode 34

Fatima Al Qadiri - D-Medley
Os Ovni - Holographic Dreams
Teengirl Fantasy - Motif
POBORSK - THE NEST
Tomas Barfod - November Skies

Episode 33

Future Islands - Gives Us the Wind
Dope Body - Enemy Outta Me
Hercules and Love Affair - You Belong
Spank Rock - DTF DADT
Ed Schrader's Music Beat - When I'm in a Car

Episode 32

Chandeliers - Le Corsage
Birthdays - JNCO Genius
Roomrunner - Super Vague
LFO - LFO
Dan Deacon - Big Big Big Big Big

Episode 31

Simian Mobile Disco - Put Your Hands Together
Blood Orange - Champagne Coast
Datassette - Bayesian Funk
Stuck in the Sound - Brother (Panteros666 Remix)
Crookers ft Style of Eye & Carli - That Laughing Track
Spooky Cheddar - Tropical Enemy

If the music in these shows generates concern for the state of your lawn, then there's plenty of classic 120 Minutes content online. Guest hosting from, They Might Be Giants, Billy Corgan, The Beastie Boys, Robert Smith, Soul Asylum, and Weezer. Interviews from up-and-comers, Sonic Youth, Beck, Ween, The John Spencer Blues Explosion, Thom Yorke & Johnny Greenwood, Johnny Rotten, The Pixies and Creed. Live performances from Radiohead, HUM, Henry Rollins, Afghan Whigs, Bad Religion, Jawbox, Blind Melon, PJ Harvey, Pavement, and Butthole Surfers The 120 Minutes Archive has full show lists with links to online videos of the songs featured on the program, and was previously posted on Metafilter here.

"Like a particularly tame episode of 120 Minutes."

porn in the woods — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:58:54 -0800

Sanding down the thorny edges of new wave and post-punk, adult alternative dominated the airwaves in the 1990s. You couldn't go half an hour without hearing "mature rock" artists like Crash Test Dummies, Goo Goo Dolls, Blind Melon, and Gin Blossoms. Although the one hit wonders stacked up like cordwood, established, one-time indie bands like Soul Asylum, R.E.M. and Butthole Surfers (often billed as the "Buttonhole Surfers" when they played conservative towns) bolstered their airplay and sales during this decade. Hover over links for extended descriptions.

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120 Megabytes

"Like a particularly tame episode of 120 Minutes."