March 2012
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OFFICIAL VID: Alex Winston - Fire Ants
Fire Ants is a very fun and funky bluesy pop track from Detroit indie singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex Winston. The single will be on her debut album King Con which comes out later this year. I’m very curious to hear how the rest of that album will be. I shared her La Blogotheque video and another song from her titled Choice Notes several weeks ago. Check ‘em out...
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Alright, this is a new Death Grips song. That...
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There’s so much good dream pop floating...
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Acidic Noel Gallagher
There was a ton of noise this past year due to the excitement over Noel Gallagher’s post-Oasis project High Flying Birds. The self titled debut album produced a lot of buzz in 2011. Mr. Gallagher also continued to produce endless buzz himself via dramatics and theatrics. In the meantime, he promised yet another album, this time a collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous. Here’s the...
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Tanlines’ Brothers was a very catchy and...
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OFFICIAL VID: Geographer - Kites
Sweet! One of my all time favorite Geographer songs, Kites, now has an official video! I fell in love with this song a couple years ago when it was only in existence on the Animal Shapes EP. It is now the closing song on Geographer’s new full length, Myth, a critically acclaimed and long awaited release. It doesn’t surprise me at all that Kites is one of the lead singles off the...
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OFFICIAL VID: Mouse On Mars - Polaroyced
Oooh this is a great electronic track from Mouse On Mars, titled Polaroyced. The video is absurdly epic too with its dancer in a wrestling mask and floating puppies. Polaroyced is a VERY brilliant track filled with spacey bloopiness from the German duo off their new album Parastrophics. The music is textured and not repetitive at all for an instrumental electric tune. These guys have been making...
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OFFICIAL VID: Parakeet - Tomorrow
How about some indie noise rock? Who can resist some good, grungy guitars? The tune Tomorrow is from the band Parakeet, which consists Mariko Doi (bassist from Yuck) and James Thomas (The History of Apple Pie). Their side project is sounding pretty good so far with this track, and here’s the brand new music video.
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OFFICIAL VID: CSL SX & I Break Horses - Violent...
Mmmm here’s a nommy new video and tune from CSLSX and I Break Horses for their song Violent Sea. I’m not at all familiar with CSLSX, but I am with I Break Horses, another great Swedish indie duo. You’ll like this if you’re a an M83 fan. It’s very sweeping synthpop and extremely dreamy. You can just let your mind drift away with the textured music on a journey. I,...
February 2012
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WatchMwahaha. You will never get away from Video Games. Evarrrr! Just when it seemed to quiet down in regards to Lana Del Rey Video Games remixes and covers, London producer Joy Orbison decides to throw us a music video for his trippy, garage remix. The video doesn’t really have anything new to it, it’s more of a “remix” video.
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OFFICIAL VID: Gorillaz feat Andre 3000 and James...
The Converse three artists one song project released the Gorillaz, Andre 3000, and James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) collaboration DoYaThing the other day. When I shared, there were those that hated it and those that loved it. Yes, indeed, it’s not the best Gorillaz track and the songs from this Converse project haven’t been top notch, but it’s still a decent song and it’s...
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ALBUM STREAM: Bowerbirds - The Clearing
Here’s some folksy music for you to wax nostalgic. It’s perfect for a quiet evening and some introspective thoughts. Stream Bowerbirds’ The Clearing below in full. This is their third album, and it’s the one I mentioned previously as recorded partly in Bon Iver’s studio. The three piece hails from North Carolina. The Clearing drops on March 5th on independent record...
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OFFICIAL VID: Access Royale - Hide
Access Royale is a uniquely formed band from Los Angeles. The alt rock outfit found each other via Craigslist early last year. All hail, the great and mighty Craigslist! Actually, I’m sure there are a lot of bands grabbing bits and pieces of their group from Craigslist, but this is one of the first times I’ve seen one such mosaic featured on NME. Their single Hide is a very decent...
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OFFICIAL VID: ScHoolboy Q - Druggys WitH Hoes...
Dang, this is really wonky and wacky. It’s actually pretty good, and the lyrics are very nasty. You’ve been warned. I’m not the biggest hip hop and rap fan, so I’m always a little cautious when I check out new tracks, but there’s something about this ScHoolboy Q ditty that I do like. I’m very picky with my hip hop. I just have to ignore how foul the language...
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The Drums B-side
We already know that Days is the next great single from The Drums off of album Portamento with the release of the video the other day. Along with the single will come a brand new B-side titled I Don’t Want To Go Alone. It’s a less pop rock track than normal for The Drums, and a lot more sultry, synthy, and drawn out.
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WatchI’m switching back to heart breaking, tragic, earnest music with this new video from Girls for My Ma, the third single off their 2011 album Father, Son, Holy Ghost. The video was debutted on Conan O’Brien’s website. Just listen to the guitar plucking on this. How wistfully beautiful the track is…
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The Pains of Being Pure At Heart remixes
Record Store Day is not too far away in April, and it is most definitely a day to celebrate as it has become more and more popular with each passing year. The stupendous limited releases, both original tracks and remixed re-releases, are cause for excitement. There have already been a number of awesome announcements for the upcoming date, and today gives us the preview of a remix EP titled Axid...
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OFFICIAL VID: Morgan Page - Body Work ft. Tegan &...
Here’s the video for that collaboration between Morgan Page and Tegan & Sara. Body Work may not count as the higher quality work from Tegan & Sara, but it’s still wonderful to see new material and new footage. The song isn’t bad at all though, it’s a great, fun, catchy tune with huge growth potential on repeat listens. I like it. It’s very similar to dance...
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New Keane album
I’m pretty excited about this. Yes, I am. I will try not to set my expectations too high. For a long while now, a new Keane album has been rumored to be in the works. It’s official now. Strangeland will be released on May 7, 2012. I miss Keane. Here’s the trailer for Strangeland. The snippets in it sound promising and hint at a possible return to earlier Keane. I believe their...
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OFFICIAL VID: Gotye - Easy Way Out
Fresh off the HUGE success of Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye had a high bar set for himself in regards to cool videos. His latest one for Easy Way Out does not disappoint. Though his video with Kimbra is probably going down as one of the best of this time period, Easy Way Out is a very entertaining, artsy video too. I love that animated cat at the beginning. The song itself is good, but...
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New Marina And The Diamonds!
Marina and the Diamonds previewed a new track titled Homewrecker, and here it is below. I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite indie pop track from her, but it’ll probably grow on me over time. It seems a little more on the shallower side of pop than normal for the talented Welsh singer songwriter and doesn’t really stand out much. The song also sounds similar in dance-y...
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OFFICIAL VID: Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?
Arctic Monkeys have a present for us today too. Their latest video is for R U Mine. They seem to churn out those videos pretty quick, it doesn’t feel like too long ago that they gave us singles and B-side videos. This one differs from the past few with less of a theatrical production, more of a raw, authentic footage presentation. Hello there, Alex Turner! Very nice shades! They will be on...
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OFFICIAL VID: Bon Iver - Towers
Quieting it down with the beauty of Bon Iver. Today, Bon Iver announced a new official video for Towers. Though no incredible Icelandic Holocene video, it’s filled with great, rustic cinematography. Anybody know where this was filmed? The ocean scenes are breathtaking, or is it all CG? Those things in the water are obviously not real.
Bon Iver - Towers (Official Music Video) from Bon...
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Courtesy of Rolling Stone, you can download and...
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Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) + Michael Kiwanuka
You read that right. Blues rock master Dan Auerbach, lead vocalist and guitarist for The Black Keys, teamed up with the red hot emerging soul artist Michael Kiwanuka on a track titled Lasan. There’s definitely a bluegrass feel to the folksy, country track. It has a lot less of Kiwanuka’s usual soul flavor, but it shows that his sound can be versatile.
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Ugh, I need something electric and upbeat for my...
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The English Riviera remix album
Metronomy’s wonderful 2011 album The English Riviera will have a remix version coming out on March 6th which consists of covers and mixes by some very talented musicians. The original album is definitely up there in my top of 2011 list. The album art plays on the original The English Riviera cover and it’s tres cool. Today, we get to preview one track off the remix album, Benoit...
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WatchNew video for School Of Seven Bells first single off upcoming album Ghostory, Lafaye! This one really grew on me since I first heard it previewed. The vocals on this are absolutely beautiful, and the music is dreamy synthy as expected. Turns out, Ghostory is a concept album about a girl named Lafaye who can interact with ghosts. Now I’m curious to delve deeper into the story of (gho)story of...
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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:
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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...