Pat Carney, The Black Keys drummer, has teamed up with Pulitzer Prize–winning author Art Spiegelman, for an animated short video showcasing Spiegelman's latest book, Be a Nose! Carney has created what Pitchfork calls "a mordant psych-groove instrumental" for Spiegelman's animated drawings. "Vintage-sounding breakbeats you might expect to find sampled on some lost trip-hop or abstract hip-hop record help soak up guitar fuzz, heavy bass, and droning organ."
Pat Carney, The Black Keys drummer, has teamed up with Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and illustrator of Maus, for an animated short video showcasing Spiegelman's latest collection, Be a Nose! Carney has created what Pitchfork calls "a mordant psych-groove instrumental" for Spiegelman's animated drawings. "Vintage-sounding breakbeats you might expect to find sampled on some lost trip-hop or abstract hip-hop record help soak up guitar fuzz, heavy bass, and droning organ," writes Pitchfork's Marc Hogan. To watch the video, visit pitchforkmedia.com.
For Be a Nose!, published by McSweeneys, Spiegelman has assembled works from his private sketchbooks, giving a rare glimpse at his secret scribblings. For more on the book, visit mcsweeneys.net.
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