Faux Fir's latest album release

Not sure how we missed this. Or maybe I just missed it. But here is the full recording available from their Bandcamp page.

Midlake - "Antiphon"

Going to see these guys on Fri, Dec. 6th ....... Mr. Gosser would you like to join me?

New Real Estate album teaser #2

Son of Dad - "Armon"

Side project of Jackson Pollis, the drummer from Real Estate.

NPR - Transatlanticism Demos (10 year anniversary)

NPR - Transatlanticism Demos First Listen

Mutual Benefit - "Advanced Falconry"

Like a combination of Andrew Bird and Papercuts.

Deer Tick - "Main Street"

Saw these guys last night and it was great!

Deer Tick - "Mr. Cigarette"

New albums coming out in 2013

These are all the artists coming out with new albums for the remainder of 2013. Needless to say, I'm pretty jazzed.

The Field
Real Estate
Four Tet
Grimes
Ducktails (second EP of the year)
Twerps
Cass McCombs
Janelle Monae
MGMT
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Pearl Jam
Sleigh Bells
Arcade Fire
Luke Abbott
Blondes
Faux Fir

Real Estate LP3 Teaser

NEW ALBUM SOON.

Temples - "Shelter Song"

The Walkmen - "Juveniles"

"The country air is good for me; no matter whose side I'm on."

Andrew Bird / Cass McCombs - "Meet Me Here At Dawn"

Cass McComb's original.

And Andrew Bird's cover.

The Preatures - "Is This How You Feel?"

Wild Nothing - "Body In Rainfall"

BONUS EXTRAS!

Dr. Dog - "The Breeze"

New Album!

Four Tet just announced a new album. Today, today is a good day.

In honor, here are some less famous tracks from him. All gems.

Boards of Canada - "Everything You Do Is A Balloon"

I just bought a bike

The Beatles - "Cry Baby Cry"

Steve Gunn - "Water Wheel"

"Quick Canal" - Atlas Sound (featuring Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab)

Grouplove - "Party Hard" (Andrew W.K. cover)

Beach House - "Wishes" (DIRECTED BY ERIC WAREHEIM!)

Jaw, dropped.

Pickwick - "Hacienda Motel"

Generationals - "Spinoza"

Suuns - "Sunspot"

I'm going to see The Field tonight in Chicago.

I'm very excited. It's going to be a very artistic show.

The Luyas - "Channeling"

I'm going to see them with Julian Lynch in Chicago on June 20th. Excited to see Julian—was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked them. (Hadn't heard of them before seeing Julian's concert.)

Majical Cloudz - "Childhood's End"

Emotional synths.

Tame Impala... remixed by Ducktails and The Field!

First, Ducktails:

Second, The Field:

WOWOWOWOWOWOW. I shall be buying the vinyl.

Chvrches - "The Mother We Share"

Here We Go Magic - "How Do I Know"

Janelle Monae - "Tightrope"

Janelle Monáe - Q.U.E.E.N. (Booty don't lie)

Perhaps my favorite single of the year so far and by far the coolest music video I've seen in a while. There is something enchanting about alt-indie black subculture.

Caveman

Fantastic band. Check out both albums.

This is off their first album, an NPR Tiny Desk Concert. "My Time".

And this is off their new album out last month. "In The City".

Okkervil River - "John Allyn Smith Sails"

Faux Fir - "Work Suite" (Made of Oak Remix)

The Street Cleaners - That's Cool That's Trash

El Ten Eleven - "Connie"

 

El Ten Eleven: the poor man's R@@@ ....... or the rich man's White Stripes - which ever is funnier or least accurate.

Lotus Plaza - "Jet Out Of The Tundra" & Deerhunter - "Nothing Ever Happened"

With the first week of good weather here in the upper midwest, I thought I'd post something to get us ready for summer.

This is Lotus Plaza at last year's Pitchfork festival. I thought the name of the song is aptly named for this post as well.

Be sure to make it through the entire song. You'll be happy you did.

(Btw, Lockett Pundt, the lead of the band, is 1/2 of Deerhunter. You may recognize the voice on a few Deerhunter songs, though Bradford Cox is usually the main vocals. As a bonus, here is Deerhunter at Pitchfork. Note how cool Lockett is playing that guitar :-)

Daft Punk - "Get Lucky"

You've probably heard it already, but hot diggity dog this is gold.

Noah and the Whale - Tiny Desk Concert

Tallest Man on Earth - Tiny Desk Concert

Hiss Golden Messenger

Deerhunter - "Monomania"

First single off their new album out end of this month.

Beat Rhythm Fashion - "Turn of the Century" (NZ 80s indie)

New Zealand indie from the late 80s. Some could argue they were the beginning of MBV and Pavement.

Taken By Trees - "My Boys"

Cover of "My Girls" by Animal Collective

POP ETC - "Keep It For Your Own"

Ben Kweller - "Commerce, TX"

I forgot how awesome this song is.

Surfer Blood - "I'm Not Ready"

The Top Secret Drum Corps

Jackson Scott - "That Awful Sound"

A bunch of really good KEXP live performances

Grimes (WOW)

Andrew Bird

Wooden Shjips

Real Estate

Washed Out

Father John Misty - "Do You Realize??"

Real Estate - "Green River"

Stepdad - "Must Land Running"

We Are Scientists - "Impatience"

Jim James - "A New Life"

Van Stee - "When the Hammer Comes"

Heard these guys on a podcast. The song is about the singer losing his dad in a car crash. They're from Minneapolis.

Postal Service - "Tattered Line of String" (this means new album!)

Andrew Bird - "Beyond the valley of the three white horses"

I invited Lauber and Wroble to the blog - just saw them in Omaha. Couldn't resist!

Ducktails - "Under Cover"

Amazing.

Hot Chip - "I Feel Better"

There is a vast chasm between what I assumed the lead singer of Hot Chip looked like and the way he actually looks.

Kishi Bashi - "Manchester"

Going to see this guy in a couple weeks - can't wait!

Postal Service Reunites for 2013

2013, baby.

Confirmed by Billboard that they are going to be touring this year, but no new album is scheduled as of yet. However the possibility is not out of question.

Foxygen - "No Destruction"

Top 2012 Albums and Songs

I wrote up two blog posts, one documenting my top 10 albums of 2012 and one for 10 songs of 2012. Please enjoy!

Top 2012 Albums

Top 2012 Songs

Dr. Dog - "How Long Must I Wait"