NEW VIDEO FROM ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI: CONTACT HIGH
Krozm directs the very peculiar new video from Architecture in Helsinki for their bleepy dance pop single “Contact High”, off their forthcoming album, Moment Bends. In the video, an androgynous woman/man/ 80’s David Bowie wannabe in a business suit is molested by some retro happy ending furniture with human arms.
NEW VIDEO FROM THE STROKES: UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
Trading chucks for tuxedos, The Strokes premiere their new look and new music video for “Under Cover Of Darkness”, directed by Warren Fu off their anticipated new album Angles today, which was filmed inside the Loews Theater in Jersey City.
You can also stream another surprisingly heavier new album track “You’re So Right” at NME.
NEW VIDEO FROM MILLIONYOUNG:REPLICANTS
“Replicants” video by Millionyoung, from the new album also titled, “Replicants” combines two classic short films by George Pal , “Hoola Boola”(1941) and “South Sea Sweethearts”(1938) with the Floridian bands synthy dance party sound. Check out the video, then grab the track below.
NEW VIDEO FROM JAMES BLAKE:THE WILHELM SCREAM
Alexander Brown directs James Blake moving in an out of focus in a fish tank, in the new video for “The Wilhelm Scream”. A soulful r&b track laid over cold electronica using a looping vocal melody. While the song surprisingly doesn’t contain the original “Wilhelm Scream”, a primal scream sound effect from a 1953 Western film, The Charge of Feather River which has since been used in countless Hollywood films to dub over men getting shot and stabbed, Blakes “Scream” manages to break down some of the same desperation.
James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream from Alexander Brown on Vimeo.
NEW MP3 DOWNLOAD FROM PARTS & LABOR: REST
Grab a new mp3 for the track “Rest” off Parts & Labor’s forthcoming release Constant Future which you can pre-order at InSound. The song perfectly encapsulates the band’s ability to take elements of noise and turn them into a truly infectious pop song. You can also check out the bands cover of No Age’s Life Prowler below:
NEW VIDEO FROM AGESANDAGES: NAVY PARADE
Watch, as AgesandAges singer Tim Perry unburdens his soul to the people he encounters over the course of his day, backed by the campfire sing-a-long track “Navy Parade (escape from the Black River bluffs)” off the bands new album Alright You Restless. The video was entirely shot on location in the neighborhood of St. Johns, Portland, Oregon and Cathedral Park in January of this year by director Alicia J. Rose. Check it out:
CAN THOM YORKE DANCE?
This is a big week for Radiohead! Not only did the band release a downloadable eighth studio album, The King of Limbs, but now you can watch notoriously shy Thom Yorke show off his dance moves and jeggings in the newly released video for “Lotus Flower”, directed by Garth Jennings.
NEW VIDEO FROM THE GET UP KIDS: AUTOMATIC
Tickle yourself emo and watch The Get Up Kids new video for “Automatic” off their DIY reunion album These Are Rules. Directed by Brendan Costello, the video features some watery visuals, described by NME.com as “…a world of distortion, car washes and simplistic beauty.” Check it out below and let us know what you think!
NEW VIDEO FROM AUSTRA: BEAT AND PULSE
Toronto based singer/songwriter Katie Stelmanis’ new sexy synth band Austa, is prepping their debut album, Feel It Break, by putting out a special 12″ and releasing a new video for “The Beat and the Pulse”. Its a brooding, six minute electro fueled track pulsing with propulsive keyboard and topless women directed by Claire Edmondson. Watch the video, grab the download and look for the album to drop May 17th.
MP3 Download: Austra: “Beat and the Pulse”
A VALENTINE FROM YEASAYER
Heres a little Valentine from Discosalt and Yeasayer! Yeasayer had so much fun releasing their live album on Xmas that they wanted to do something else for Valentine’s Day!
1. First, the band has a new video for the heart tug’n track “I Remember” (off the ODD BLOOD LP). The “I Remember” video was directed by dear friend Sophia Peer and fits snuggly with their previous visual efforts. We are in love with it.
2. FREE V-Day Music. The Yeasayer techs set it up so you have the ability to send the “I Remember” digital EP as a small Valentine’s Day gift to a loved/liked/crushed/etc one in lieu of chocolates’n’roses. The “I Remember” EP contains two aphrodisiac-like remixes by Villa and Painted Palms. Yes, “I Remember” is a love song. Just click HERE
You can also grab Yeasayer’s acoustic country cover of Seal’s 1990 classic “Crazy” right here. Ira Wolf Tuton claims: “it’s us covering Rolling Stones covering Everlast covering Pearl Jam covering Seal.”
MP3 Download: Yeasayer – “Crazy” (Seal Cover)
3. To spread the warm tingles further we are pleased to announce a Yeasayer spring tour of the USofA…and some of Canada! Tour dates below.
YEASAYER USA + Canada TOUR DATES
May 21 Solana Beach – Belly Up Tavern*
May 22 Pomona CA – The Glass House*
May 24 Los Angeles CA – The Music Box*
May 25 San Francisco CA – The Fillmore*
May 26 San Francisco CA – The Fillmore*
May 27 Portland OR – Wonder Ballroom*
May 28 Vancouver BC – Commodore Ballroom*
May 29 Seattle WA – Sasquatch Festival
May 31 Aspen CO – Belly Up Aspen*
Jun 01 Denver CO – Ogden Theatre *
Jun 02 Lawrence KS – The Granada Theatre*
Jun 03 Columbia MO – The Blue Note*
Jun 05 Houston TX – Free Press Summer Fest
Jun 06 Detroit MI – Majestic Theatre*
Jun 07 Toronto ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Jun 08 Montreal PQ – Club Soda
Jun 09 Boston MA – Royale Nightclub
Jun 16 Washington DC – 930 Club
Jun 17 Philadelphia PA – Trocadero
Jun 18 New York NY – Terminal 5
*With Smith Westerns
NEW VIDEO AND DOWNLOAD FROM PETER BJORN & JOHN: BREAKER BREAKER
Before you break their hearts, they’re going to break your nose. So sing Peter Bjorn and John on “Breaker Breaker”—the kinda punk, kinda bare, totally infectious album preview for Gimme Some, out in March. We have not seen the sugarpop Swedes rock this hard before, and we are into it, big time. This less-is-more video of the trio speedily pounding the pain away doesn’t hurt, either.
MP3 DOWNLOAD:Peter Bjorn & John – Breaker Breaker
NEW VIDEO FROM THE WRONGGUYS: AWESOME
Check out the new Byran Porter directed music video from Cleveland’s Hip(ster)-Hop up-and-comers The WrongGuys for their first single “Awesome”, ft. Chicago’s Naledge (of Kidz In The Hall). Dope flow and beat along the lines of Cool Kids and Das Racist. Listen after the jump.
Now, just imagine I don’t sound like Sandy Kenyon/ Eddie Murphy doing “Mr. White” when I talk about Hip-Hop. Can’t be done…
MP3 DOWNLOAD: Awesome (ft. Naledge, Kidz In The Hall) – The Wrong Guys
NEW VIDEO FROM NO AGE: FEVER DREAMING
Director Patrick Daughters (Feist‘s “1234”) has a new video for LA noise-punk duo No Age for their single “Fever Dreaming” off last year’s Everything In Between. As the band chills out in a warehouse, the room begins to close in on them.
FREE MP3 FROM SWEDISH ORGAN-DUO, MACKAPER: WHEN ALL IS SAD AND DAWN
Mackaper is an organ/drum heavy band from Stockholm formed from the ashes of the Concretes. A bit old school psychedelic, with influences from krautrock, folk, and a little free form jazz driven by tiny drum machine beats and warm fuzzy Hammond B3 tones . The band has a new album out this month When all is sad and dawn , a puppet friendly video filmed, edited and directed by Henrik Qvarnström and are giving away some free music below:
MP3 Download: Mackaper- Atlantis
MP3 Download: Mackaper- Silver Sands (Michael Rothers Cover)
NEW VIDEO FROM SMALL BLACK:PHOTOJOURNALIST
We are excited to share the first official music video from Small Black’s new album New Chain. While filming the above video for “Photojournalist,” Small Black and director Yoonha Park, played with the idea of photo vs. memory. The band and director spent a full day shooting with one actress and followed up a few weeks later with a different actress, attempting to recreate the exact same shoot from memory without referring to the older footage. The band is on tour with Sun Airways, Cults, Toro Y and hitting South by Southwest this year. Check out the video and tour dates below:
TOUR DATES:
02/08 Morgantown, WV- 123 Pleasant Street
02/25 Brooklyn, NY- Knitting Factory w/ Sun Airway, Arches
02/26 Haverford, PA- Haverford College- Lunt Basement w/ Liam the Younger
03/10 Chapel Hill, NC- Local 506 w/ Cults, Sun Airway
03/11 Atlanta, GA- Drunken Unicorn w/ Cults, Sun Airway
03/12 Birmingham, AL- Bottletree w/ Cults, Sun Airway
03/13 New Orleans, LA- The Saturn Bar w/ Cults, Toro Y Moi, Sun Airway, Cloud Nothings
03/14 Baton Rouge, LA- Spanish Moon w/ Cults, Sun Airway
03/15 Houston, TX- Fitzgerald’s w/ Cults, Sun Airway
03/16 Austin, TX- South By Southwest
03/17 Austin, TX- South By Southwest
03/18 Austin, TX- South By Southwest
03/19 Austin, TX- South By Southwest
NEW NOIRISH VIDEO FROM SLEIGH BELLS: RILL RILL
Last year,the Brooklyn electro crash pop outfit Sleigh Bell’s topped some of our top 2010 albums of the year with Treats. Now the buzz-worthy band has a stylish new noirish road trip video for “Rill Rill” from director John Watts. Watch as Alexis Krauss tosses bandmate Derek Miller from a moving car, then heads back to highschool to pose for some strange yearbook photos. Grab some freebies, then check out the hype after the jump.
MP3 Download: Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill (mp3)
MP3 Download: Sleigh Bells – “Ring Ring” (Demo)
NEW VIDEO AND A FREE iPHONE APP FROM THE SUZAN: HOME
Japanese all-girl noise punk buzz-band,The Suzan, first jumped on our radar with their cover of The Strokes “Take it or (R)eave It”. They have a new sweetly funky, hard-to-pin-down pop track called “Home” and a kaleidoscopic video directed by Pomp&Clout to perfectly captures their colorful, kinectic approach to music.
You can also check out the bands free, interactive iPhone / iPad app, that allows users to play with the kaleidoscope speed, position, angle and more themselves, while the Suzan knock out their xylophone riffs, surf guitar, and tom tom grooves. Just click HERE
NEW VIDEO FROM HOLY F*CK: RED LIGHTS (A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS REMIX)
Brooklyn based trio A Place To Bury Strangers have a new video for their Holy fuck Remix of “Red Lights”. The video was made by director, Thomas Smith, who fell in love with the song and felt compelled to make a video. Like the original, this is the jam…even though, I kind of miss the cat.
NEW VIDEO FROM TENNIS: PIGEON
While most husband-and-wife indie pop duos can induce nausea, Denver’s buzz band Tennis deliver effortless lo-fi beach pop that is as romantic as the nautical adventure spawning the duos collaboration. Frontwoman Alaina Moore said she wrote “Pigeon”, the third single from Cape Dory, to be played at middle school dances but the Scott Laidlaw and Jeremy D’Souza directed video shows a darker side to this sweet waltz.
NEW VIDEO FROM DESTROYER: KAPUTT
Leggy women, a whale, a thirsty desert traveler and a runny nosed geek all get busy in the new video for “Kaputt” from Dan Bejar’s side project, Destroyer. The video was directed by Dawn Garcia and the track comes off the new album by the same name on Merge Records this year. What does this all have to do with chasing girls and cocaine? step out of your toga and into the ocean. Wait, what?
