Mar
23

Tobacco – Constellation Dirtbike Head

One day, I’d like to see Tobacco make a video where it’s just him drinking beer and hanging out with his friends in a pizza parlor. This is what the former Black Moth once told me was his dream vocation, other than making sleazy technicolor funk for those intrigued by the Mellotron. The video comes… Continue reading »

Oct
28

Tobacco’s Lamborghini Meltdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYc273hUBJ8 Tobacco, not taking the Cam’ron, “blam at your man’s canvas and scramming with your boy’s lamb” route, for the clip from his new EP. Instead, he goes Tales from the Crypt on us — proper ghoulish imagery in honor of all Hallow’s this Sunday.  Yes, I live in an alternate universe where Tom Fec,… Continue reading »

Jul
29

Tobacco – “Grape Aerosmith” Video

Tobacco – Grape Aerosmith (feat. Beck) Official Video from Allen Cordell on Vimeo. When I interviewed Tobacco, he told me that the titles of his songs usually referred to what they sounded like in his own warped mind. Hence, “Creepy Phone Calls,” “Fresh Hex” and “Six Royal Vipers.” When I asked him what “Mexican Ice… Continue reading »

May
21

Wacky Tobacco and Maniac Meat

Tom Fec will never receive the acclaim he deserves. This is to be expected from a man pushing 30 who goes by the name of Tobacco and titles songs  “Lick the Witch,” Constellation Dirtbike Head,” and “Grape Aerosmith.” Then again, that never seemed to stop Animal Collective. What’s different is that Fec refuses to play… Continue reading »