February 2012
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Right The Stars and Karmina cover of Gotye
Looks like I missed a Gotye cover a few weeks ago. How’d THAT happen? I’m always on point when it comes to Somebody That I Used To Know and Lana Del Rey covers, aren’t I? ;) At least the good ones anyway. Here’s a quiet, slower, softer version by Right The Stars featuring Karmina. It’s a lot less angry and possibly even more Phil Collins-like/new wave-esque than the...
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OFFICIAL VID: Exit Earth - No Light Sense
I always love it when bands are not world superstars just yet, and they come up with these low budget, raw videos for their songs. Back in November I did a little introduction to indie rock band Exit Earth and posted their collection of tracks from soundcloud. Check that post out here. Their music is a healthy, satisfying dose of grungy guitars and rock. Below is their lo-fi video for No Light...
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OFFICIAL VID: Curren$y - What Da F*ck/#Cruiselife
To get in the spirit of the just passed Mardi Gras, here’s the joint video for New Orleans New Underground rapper Curren$y’s What Da F*ck and #Cruiselife. The footage in the video is awesome. Did I ever mention I love New Orleans? I’ve only been there once so far, but I fell in love with that Crescent City in just a few short days. If you love art, music, architecture, culture,...
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OFFICIAL VID: Islands - Hallways
The video for Canadian band Islands’ indie pop tune Hallways is very quirky and filled with skeletons. But don’t worry, it’s far more goofy than scary. And it’s more adorable than creepy. These skeletons know how to shimmy and rock. Keep watching for a dose of dark comedy. It’s cute! Isn’t it?
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OFFICIAL VID: Willis Earl Beal - Evening's Kiss
Evening’s Kiss is an acoustic, vintage, lo-fi gem from Willis Earl Beal off upcoming album Acousmatic Sorcery. The Chicago singer songwriter is multi-talented. He drew and created this animated video himself. I’m liking the feel of this very much, and the song is charming.
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OFFICIAL VID: Beirut - Vagabond
Beirut’s dreamy Vagabond now has a music video directed by Sunset Television. The outstanding song is off of the even more outstanding 2011 album The Rip Tide. There’s something so romantic about Beirut’s music… the strings, the horns… Just can’t help falling in love with it.
Here’s what Sunset Television had to say about the video:
‘Vagabond’...
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OFFICIAL VID: The Shins - Simple Song
Finally! For the past 2-3 days, the new video for The Shins’ brilliant track Simple Song off album Port Of Morrow has been “exclusive” to iTunes and has NOT been available any other way. Trust me, I’ve been checking. I don’t use iTunes, so I was screwed out of a real treat. Well, here it finally is on Youtube. I already heard that the video was as Wes Anderson-like...
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Time for something folksy yet sweepingly beautiful...
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New 2:54 track
British dream pop rock band 2:54 previewed a new song today titled You’re Early. It’s certainly heavy on some satisfying guitars and very shoegazy. Here’s my previous post about the indie noise duo with some of their other tracks that impressed me before.
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ALBUM STREAM: Geographer - Myth
Geographer’s sophomore album Myth is now streaming over at Paste a week before it releases. It’s definitely one of the more anticipated indie albums of late. I first saw Geographer at BFD a few years ago (a summer music fest in the SF Bay Area). I subsequently caught them at Bottom Of The Hill, where, in that tiny venue, my friends and I had the pleasure of briefly hanging out with...
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Mmmmmm. Yummy. Along with the release of...
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Impressed!
Wow, Sinead O’Connor performed her new single The Wolf Is Getting Married live a few nights ago, and she totally blew my expectations! It’s been a VERY tumultuous few years for her, in particular the past few months and weeks with a lot of strange stuff going on. My previous short visits to her more recent live performance footage showed a much weaker voice and someone who was...
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Bonus Grimes track off Visions
Angel is a short bonus track off Grimes’ acclaimed new album Visions. Apparently, it only comes with the digital version. Guess who is seeing Grimes live this very evening at a red hot super sold out show as part of San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival? ;) It’s a co-headlining show with oOoOO, of whom I’m also very fond.
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Mos Def, I mean Yasiin Bey, is still DOPE
Saw this floating around the past day or so, and I finally got around to checking it out. Thank goodness I didn’t let this slip through the cracks. Again, I’m still not used to calling Mos Def by his newer name Yasiin Bey. I almost want to call him Brother Sam instead (Dexter reference for any Dexter fans out there). But WHATEVER you call the man, this guy is DOPE and can still flow...
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Gorillaz + James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) + Andre...
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The Smiths vs Lana Del Rey
Breaking evening silence to bring you this The Smiths vs Lana Del Rey mashup titled This Charming Video Game. It’s haunting and sad. The mashup is by another talented mashup team The Reborn Identity, who, along with The Hood Internet, are some of the best mashup artists of recent internet popularity times. The mashup takes a dub version of Video Games and uses Morrissey’s vocals from...
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OFFICIAL VID: Crystal Castles - Suffocation
It’s OUT IT’S OUT IT’S OUT! The new video for Crystal Castles’ Suffocation is OUT! Time for a fresh dose of Ethan and Alice! ‘Nuff said. Wait.. Alice with nice makeup and a dress… what’s going on? Ahhh… this is why:
In collaboration, Vs. Magazine and Crystal Castles are proud to present the first ever fashion video featuring singer Alice Glass,...
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Nada Surf NPR/KEXP live set
These guys have been around two decades, and they’re still so dang good. I’m waiting for my copy of their new album eagerly. Check out their 46 minute live set for KEXP on NPR… I’ll paste the description and set list below.
It’s hard enough to believe that Nada Surf has been making great music for nearly 20 years now. But with the vigor and vitality of its new...
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OFFICIAL VID: Saint Etienne - Tonight
Let’s go back to some vocal infused and upbeat Brit dance pop with the new video for Saint Etienne’s Tonight. Such a catchy song with so much club potential. I wonder how the rest of their comeback album will be. I have a feeling I’ll enjoy certain remix versions of this more than the soft, not quiet fast, not quite slow original. Bring on the remixes!
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Oooh, I like this! Bright Moments is the solo...
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ALBUM STREAM: School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Well lookie here… we have the opportunity to listen to highly anticipated third album Ghostory from School Of Seven Bells before it drops next week! Stream the entire album below!
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OFFICIAL VID: OFWGKTA (Odd Future) - Rella
Warning, lots and lots of dirty language, as expected from OFWGKTA. Warning, lots of wackiness in video and pew pew sounds in the music, as expected from OFWGKTA. Warning, possible feelings of floating out of your body, again, as expected from OFWGKTA. Here’s the new video for Rella off upcoming Odd Future album OF Tape Vol 2., their second album together as a group. How do they have time...
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New Santigold!
Here’s another track off Santigold’s upcoming sophomore album Master Of My Make-Believe. It’s a grimy, less explosive than usual, but great track titled Disparate Youth. In my opinion, it’s better than previously previewed lead single Big Mouth. I really like this. It’s a little similar to some Charli XCX and Lykke Li stuff that seems to go well with the...
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OFFICIAL VID: Lower Dens - Brains
Baltimore indie band Lower Dens dropped a mirage like video to accompany their brilliant, shoegazy, indie rock track Brains. The song is the first single off upcoming album Nootropics.
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Going with the growing tradition of amazing...
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Blur is back!
And will be one of the closing bands for the London Olympics this year!!! Along with New Order! EPIC. Here’s a new song Damon Albarn performed with Graham Coxon at a show on Sunday night. Sounds so goooood. Welcome back, Blur! It’s nice to listen to Albarn crooning away to more traditional sounding alt/pop stuff again. What a voice.
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Little Dragon remixed Grouplove!!! An odd pairing,...
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WatchSome Nights (Intro) is the new single and video from rising Fueled For Ramen label stars “fun.”. The video premiered on IFC for some reason, maybe due to the theatrical quality of the well directed dramatic video. Is it just me or is the audio on this very low quality though? How odd. Well, enjoy anyway. These guys have only the brightest road ahead of them. They’re practically...
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New Charli XCX
Charli XCX recorded a new song for a Red Bull Catwalk Studio fashion show. Here’s I’ll Never Know, which is pretty different from our past exposure to the talented songstress so far. It’s a breezy, islandy track. Charli XCX is continuing her strong rise to the top buzzing talents this year.
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Jessie J on BBC 1 Radio Live Lounge covers Rihanna
The latest Jessie J single off her album Domino will be the title track. Here she performed a great rendition on BBC 1 Radio’s Live Lounge. She also did a great cover of Rihanna’s We Found Love. This woman can SING. I like her version more than Rihanna’s. As you can see, she’s grown her hair out and got rid of her signature hair cut. Looks good and makes her seem...
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OFFICIAL VID: The Knocks ft Mandy Lee - Midnight...
I caught a very sweet cover of M83’s Midnight City the other night while out for the Cassian, Poolside and Aeroplane Popscene. I had to look it up right after. Here’s the cover by The Knocks featuring Mandy Lee. Good stuff. The Knocks have definitely been putting out some great, fun music.
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OFFICIAL VID in 360-degrees: Tanlines - Brothers
That’s right, thanks to the technology of Go Pano, a 360 degree video was filmed for Tanlines’ single Brothers off their upcoming debut album Emotions out in March. The indie electronic pop duo hail from Brooklyn. Feel free to use your mouse to drag the video around. You can use your arrow keys too. Pretty cool, eh? Oh yes, the song is very good too. Now I’ll have to learn more...
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Sisi BakBak = Thom Yorke?
What? Well, rumor has it (or rather logical deduction has it) that Thom Yorke has taken up a new nickname, Sisi BakBak. I tried digging for the truth in this, and it wasn’t easy. But the logic behind it seems pretty solid. During its on air preview, it was said by the radio host that the remixer will be playing a certain huge venue soon. Radiohead is due to play that venue in April. Also,...
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Never too late
The first time I heard Wild Beasts was when they graced the Panhandle Stage at Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco around two years ago. It was probably 2009? Or maybe it was 2010. I was just passing by and was immediately drawn to their sound. Since then, I’ve listened to their songs online, but it isn’t until now that I finally popped their 2009 album Two Dancers in for a...
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OFFICIAL VID: Chromatics - Lady
Chromatics have a another new video, this time for their original track Lady. It will be on upcoming album Kill For Love, which is definitely sounding like a very promising album. Yep, I just may have to venture out next Friday to catch Chromatics and Glass Candy live for some great synthpop and italo disco!
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Whoooo...
After getting stuck watching through the whole 25 minutes of Bon Iver magic, I had a VERY hard time clicking on anything else. I had to sit in silence for awhile. I looked at the browser tabs of music material I had open and finally decided to click on the Iman tab I had open. And I am NOT disappointed. Check out my previous posts about the UK musician. This is her new song Build It All Back,...
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Bon Iver 4AD/Jagjaguwar session
Haven’t watched this in full yet, but I’m saving it for some detailed appreciation later. I can gamble on this being an amazing 25 minutes of music magic since it is BON IVER (or should I say, BONNIE BEAR?). I’m now always tempted to call Bon Iver “Bonnie Bear” after all the tweets and buzz after the Grammys when clueless people misheard “Bonnie Bear”....
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OFFICIAL VID: The Sounds - Yeah Yeah Yeah
Whoa, there’s a good number of delicious treats today indeed. Swedish indie rockers The Sounds threw out this new video for Yeah Yeah Yeah, a track off their 2011 album Something To Die For. It’s mainly made up of tour footage. Tell me this doesn’t make you want to start singing “yeah yeah yeah”! It’s FRIDAY! Yeah (yeah yeah), buddy! Still loving lead vocalist...
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OFFICIAL VID: YACHT - Shangri-La
Title track off YACHT’s incredible album Shangri-La is the latest single with a cute video to go with, featuring footage of Claire and Jona. They’re always so adorable! Awww. The track is definitely one of the least dance-y, more demure and soft tracks on the album.
YACHT - Shangri-La from Jona Bechtolt on Vimeo.
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OFFICIAL VID: Rise Against - Ballad of Hollis...
New Rise Against! And it’s a great one! They did an incredible cover of Dylan’s Ballad of Hollis Brown with a very well made documentary video to go with. The rocking, raw cover is a stark reminder of the harsh lives many people lead to making a living and get by in the US. The track is for charity for Amnesty International, and it’s on the four disc Chimes For Freedom charity...
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OFFICIAL VID: Skrillex - Bangarang
Title track off Skrillex’s latest EP now has a video. Here’s Bangarang. I wonder how Skrilly is feeling about all the personal stuff in the news these days. Welcome to the world of superstardom, Sonny! Paparazzi ain’t going to leave you alone anymore, shaved head, bangs, dorky glasses and all. Wobble away!
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Guess who I'm catching live tonight in an intimate...
Here’s a 7 track set they did the other day for KCRW. Sold out show!!! Jelly? ;)
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Austra covers.. Robyn?
Canadian band Austra covered Robyn’s None Of Dem on Australia’s Triple J radio. It’s a much more choir-like, goth-tinged, baroque version of the dance pop track. The approach makes it more somber for sure. Wait till you get to the chanting part… so dark! Austra definitely made the song their own.
For comparison, here’s the original cut of the song by Swedish pop...
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OFFICIAL VID: Michael Kiwanuka - I'm Getting Ready
If you liked and follow my facebook page, I shared an article this morning off of Yahoo about the talented Michael Kiwanuka and promised to post the new video Mr. Kiwanuka presented today. The Yahoo article talked about Michael Kiwanuka’s music and how the retro-soul quality of it is immensely comparable to classic work by legendary artists like Bill Withers and Otis Redding. Very strong...
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OFFICIAL VID: Minor Sick & Abby Lee Tee -...
I feel like something atmospheric and relaxing, how about you? Is it still not Friday yet? Here’s the textured, chill, ambient SundayDay from Austrian producers Minor Sick & Abby Lee Tee. It would be perfect for a rainy Sunday morning. This is another one that probably warrants a listen through high quality headphones. It sounds very… watery and zen. I can picture water droplets...
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Garbage PREVIEW!
As most of you probably already know, the awesome alt/industrial rock band Garbage hasn’t had anything out in many years, but are working on a new album. The new album will be titled Not Your Kind Of People. Today, they gave us a short preview of new song I Hate Love. Yea, buddy. Sounds pretty cool. Can’t wait to hear new Garbage songs in full! This makes me want to revisit some of...