King Khan & The Shrines
w/ Hell Shovel
Friday, October 25th, at the Magic Stick
Though often
called the "wildest show on earth" and known for their
spectacle of a stage show, King Khan & The
Shrines aren't afraid to
mix their velvety pop and soul-infused, psyched-out numbers
with meaning and seriousness evident through album title,
Idle No More,
named
after an indigenous-rights movement, and plenty of
songs about the state of the world we live in today. Consider
album track, "Darkness," which, as King
Khan says, is about the "ugly beasts that must be tamed inside
of us all" and also his "attempt to do something as real as
Nina Simone." Visually presented through the excellent new
stop-motion video, written, directed and produced by
Benjael Halfmaderoz/Hylas Film, the "Darkness"
video is the perfect accompaniment to the melancholy message
set forth in this song. So, take a minute, soak in the
"Darkness," read about the video via T: The New York Times Style
Magazine's worldwide
premiere,and then kick
things back up with the rip roaring horn lines, southern fried
guitar riffs and lyrseric melodies of Idle No
More's previously
shared "Born to Die."
