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Check Out Aaron Crawford’s Solo Art Show

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Editor’s Note: The art show is in Augusta, not Atlanta. Album artist Aaron Crawford will be premiering his first solo art show, ‘Pause And Claws’, on May 6th at Sky City in downtown Augusta. The art pieces center around strange and wondrous (read: terrifying) animals straight from Aaron’s mind. Aaron has done artwork for such bands as Attila, Suicide Silence, After The Burial, Veil Of Maya, Kittie, The Used, and more. Check out some examples after the jump as well as an exclusive quote for Bloody-Disgusting.

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“I was given the opportunity to have my first solo art show, which is exciting, and kinda makes me nervous, because it’s just my work, standing alone. but it’s gonna be awesome. When I was brainstorming ideas for what I wanted to do, I caught some national geographic thing on Netflix about hyenas and lions, and all sorts of other predators, and it sort of kick started my creative thought process, so I decided to paint a bunch of my favorite animals! The thing is, these aren’t normal animals, by any means. Each animal or creature has something about it that makes it special to the animal kingdom, or I guess they each possess certain talents or powers, just like humans, except they don’t eat big macs at 4 am. Some more realistic than others though. Everything from a giant wolf that can conjure ghosts from a haunted cabin, to the Ibex Ram that hunts it’s prey with it’s laser eyes! 
 This is also another new thing for me, because I’m always a little weird about painting on canvas. I usually love painting on smoother surfaces and materials. such as wood panels, clayboard, and paper. So it’s sort of me trying to learn more about painting on canvas, with watercolors, inks, acrylics, and whatever else! It’s been a learning experience so far! I also wanted to capture the details in intricate linework as well, basically taking the idea of how I illustrate shirt designs in black and white, then color them, and applying it to a series of paintings. 
 ALSO, something else I want to add, is that each painting or animal is missing a certain piece, whether it be hair fragments, teeth, horns, a tail, so I’ll be displaying the actual physical part of the animal alongside the artwork itself. So not only is it a painting, it’s also a physical part of the real animal or creature! Hope to you guys there. Follow me on twitter for daily art updates and other stuff leading up to the show. http://www.twitter.com/aaronccrawford and thanks to Jon and the rest of the Bloody Disgusting crew!”
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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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April 9, 2024

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It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…

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