Sunday, May 30, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
"Holy Holy Holy Moses" by Alec Ounsworth
From the solo album, "MO Beauty," of the frontman of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
"Love Comes Close" by Cold Cave
Art Boonparn directs Cold Cave in their video debut for the title track off their latest album Love Comes Close.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
"New Fang" by Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures is a rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2009 by John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme.
"Half Asleep" by School of Seven Bells
School of Seven Bells (often just SVIIB) is a three-piece band formed by Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines, together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, formerly of On! Air! Library!. The band is named after the School of the Seven Bells, a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.
"Palpatine's Dream" by Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra is the moniker of singer Susanna Karolina Wallumrød (born 1979), and keyboard player Morten Qvenild (born 1978). This track is from the album 3.
"Temazcal" by Monsters of Folk
Monsters of Folk is an American supergroup, consisting of Jim James from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and M. Ward.
"11th Dimension" by Julian Casablancas
From lead singer of The Strokes' solo effort, Phrazes for the Young.
"When We Swam" by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down is a San Francisco, California-based (formerly Falls Church, Virginia) alternative folk rock music group. It consists of Thao Nguyen (vocals, guitar), Adam Thompson (bass guitar), and Willis Thompson (drums). Frank Stewart (lead guitar, production) is a former member of the band.
"First Born" by J. Tillman
J. Tillman, a member of Fleet Foxes, is based in Seattle, Washington. This is from the album Vacilando Territory Blues.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
"I'm Not Your Toy" by La Roux
La Roux (pronounced /lɑːˈruː/ in English, French: [laˈʁu]) is a British electropop and synthpop duo made up of singer Eleanor Jackson (born 12 March 1988), and synthesizer player, co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid.
"While You Wait for the Others" by Grizzly Bear
From the critically-acclaimed 2009 album, Veckatimist.
"Funeral Singers" by Califone
Califone is a critically-acclaimed experimental rock band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, an audio equipment manufacturer. This single appears on their album, "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers," released October 6, 2009 on Dead Oceans.
"Swimming" by Little Dragon
Little Dragon is an electronic music band, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consists of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion) and her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Källgren Wallin (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards). This song is from their release, Machine Dreams.
"Year of the Dog" by Sufjan Stevens & Osso
Tune from a re-make of Sufjan Stevens' album "Run Rabbit Run", this time performed by the string quartet Osso.
"Walkabout" by Atlas Sound feat. Noah Lennox
From the second Atlas Sound release, Logos. Atlas Sound is Bradford James Cox (Deerhunter).
"I Start to Run" by White Denim
White Denim is a three part rock band hailing from Austin, Texas. Their music draws influence from garage rock, dub, soul, alternative rock, country, post-punk, blues, psychedelic rock, experimental rock with home-based recording, intense looping work and unusual song structures. This tune is from their third full-length release, Fits, which was released via Full Time Hobby on June 22, 2009. The record was initially released in Europe only, but after signing their first US record deal with Downtown Records on July 10, the band released Fits on October 20, 2009.
"Hearing Damage" by Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke, lead vocalist of Radiohead, appears with this song on the soundtrack of "Twilight: New Moon."
"Bury This" by Amy Millan
Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. This song is off her second solo album, Masters of the Burial, which was released by Arts & Crafts Records in September 2009. Her partner is Stars bandmate Evan Cranley.
"Northern Lights" by Bowerbirds
Bowerbirds are an American folk band, formed in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2006. The group comprises Phil Moore (vocals, guitar, hi-hat/tambourine), Beth Tacular (accordion, bass drum, vocals), and Mark Paulson (drums, violin). Allmusic writer Stewart Mason places their sound on "the dividing line between the freak folk contingent led by Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom and the more straightforward sunshine pop of Lavender Diamond." "Northern Lights" is from their second album, Upper Air, and was released July 7, 2009.
"When I Grow Up" by Fever Ray
"When I Grow Up" is a track by Fever Ray, an alias of Karin Dreijer Andersson of the electronic duo The Knife, from her self-titled album.
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