My favorite new song of 2011 has a video (and it co-stars one of my three favorite contemporary Scandinavian actors, Stellan Skarsgård). It’s really well done: The whole terrific album on which this song appears can be found here. Your Thoughts?
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Category Archives: Indie Music
Stream Lykke Li’s New Album, Wounded Rhymes
February 23, 2011 – 1:40 amLykke Li’s debut Youth Novels was one of my very favorite albums of the last few years. Her new one, Wounded Rhymes, drops next week. In the meantime, you can stream it here. A little bit of Lykke Li’s genius from the first album for the uninitiated: Your Thoughts?
Theophilus London And Sara Quin On David Letterman
February 21, 2011 – 11:00 pmIn case you don’t know what Sara Quin’s twin sister Tegan looks like, here’s a heads up: that’s not her with Sara in the video below, Sara is branching out: Your Thoughts?
New Lykke Li Song “Love Out Of Lust”
February 21, 2011 – 9:39 amGood stuff: Lykke Li – Love Out Of Lust by LykkeLi
I Am Interviewed About My Personal (Atheistic) Religiosity/Spirituality
February 19, 2011 – 1:00 pmThrough Facebook, I was recently contacted by an old friend from high school (who was actually the first girl to go on a date with me). She is working on her Master’s in nursing and has an assignment which involves interviewing people about their views on religion and spirituality, for the purpose of thinking about approaches [...]
Decemberists Play R.E.M.’s “Cuyahoga”
February 13, 2011 – 10:28 pmAnd it really sounds as though it was written for them. Just listen. Your Thoughts?
“Who Could Heed The Words Of Charlie Darwin?”
February 12, 2011 – 8:00 pmThe Low Anthem’s sublime song and beautiful video for their song “Charlie Darwin”: I had the pleasure of seeing the Low Anthem a month ago at the Jazz Center at Lincoln Center. They played most of the songs from their new album, Smart Flesh (due out in ten days) and their first album,Oh My God [...]
The Nothing (Neverending Story + Radiohead’s “How To Disappear”)
February 10, 2011 – 1:11 pmYour Thoughts?
I’m Seeing This Brilliant Guy Tonight
January 29, 2011 – 11:36 amSam Beam of Iron and Wine: For wider screen video, watch it here instead. Your Thoughts?
A Little Tegan & Sara And Tom Petty On My Birthday
January 24, 2011 – 11:15 amA couple of the songs that resonate most deeply: Your Thoughts?
Daily Hilarity: Ezra Koenig Vs. The Black Keys On The Colbert Report
January 13, 2011 – 12:00 amThis was one of the most geekily glorious things ever: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> Video Archive And, for the record, The Black Keys rule (and are hilarious even without Colbert involved): The Black Keys “Tighten Up”The Black Keys | Myspace [...]
Camels With Hammers Goes To See The Rural Alberta Advantage
January 12, 2011 – 4:24 pmTonight, Dave Smith (our trusty Camels With Hammers webmaster) and I will be heading to see the Rural Alberta Advantage live! Here’s their awesome music: Their first album is Hometowns. Their next album comes on March 1 and it’s called Departing. They have already released the song “Stamp”. Your Thoughts?
Daily Hilarity: “Intervention” By Tegan & Sara & Margaret
January 3, 2011 – 3:00 pmI had never found Margaret Cho remotely funny before but I love Tegan & Sara just way too much not to find this video incredibly awesome: Margaret Cho – Intervention – featuring Tegan and Sara from Margaret Cho on Vimeo. Your Thoughts?
Menomena
September 29, 2010 – 3:42 amOne of the best bands going and a personal favorite: Their brilliant new album is Mines. Your Thoughts?
“Surveillance”: A Video For The Liars Song “Scarecrows On A Killer Slant”
July 3, 2010 – 8:00 pmLiars’ most recent album, Sisterworld, is simply my favorite 2010 release so far. It is just a great album. Listen to a representatively great song from the album: Your Thoughts?
More New Laura Marling!
July 2, 2010 – 12:00 pmShe has just recorded a new single (in one take!) with Jack White. And here are two new songs also performed in one take (H/T: Twenty-Four Bit, again): And a live Jackson C. Frank cover: Once again, her extraordinary debut album recorded when she was only 17 is Alas I Cannot Swim (Dig) and her [...]
Daily Hilarity: Jeff Tweedy Of Wilco Does Beyoncé’s Single Ladies
July 2, 2010 – 8:04 amThis is classic: Twenty Four Bit provides context: A Jeff Tweedy solo show is something to behold, and the Wilco frontman’s benefit gig at Chicago’s Vic Theatre in March was—by all accounts—a prime example. Tweedy performed a host of pre-submitted audience requests, including “Shakin’ Sugar,” a Wilco rarity that even he had to Google, Radiohead’s [...]
New Recording From Laura Marling & Sneh Ko Marg
July 2, 2010 – 7:39 amI admit I sort of hate the Sneh Ko Morg contributions to the song, but Laura is truly fantastic as always and this is an exciting harbinger of an EP of new recordings from Laura, Mumford and Sons, and Dharohar Project, coming July 5 to I-tunes: If you’re new to Laura, you might want to [...]
"Come Closer Together": The Beatles Mashed With Nine Inch Nails
June 15, 2010 – 11:10 amDJ Zebra’s incredible mash up of two classic songs from a few years back is more than a gimmick, it’s a legitimate work of art in its own right: By the way, Trent Reznor just released his first album not as Nine Inch Nails, How to Destroy Angels. His new group is also called How [...]
Pomplamoose: "Another Day"
May 26, 2010 – 7:59 amA brand new “VideoSong” posted this morning by the charming Pomplamoose: Your Thoughts?
271. Figurines
April 6, 2010 – 6:18 pm[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7XSvZi9Z1E&hl=en_US&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocYRedWheDw&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Your Thoughts?
272. Frightened Rabbit
April 5, 2010 – 11:53 pmFor whatever reason I think of these guys as sort of the Scottish Counting Crows with a little more aggressive emotional frankness. Songs don’t come much more brutally blunt than this one: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ3r2BC7ctA&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Your Thoughts?
280. Low Anthem
March 28, 2010 – 11:55 pmI was instantly drawn to their sublime and gorgeous meditation on Darwin, “Charlie Darwin” with its beautiful video and have enjoyed the album a great deal: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKUo1HHfpUY&hl=en_US&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGxaRpN5Eb4&hl=en_US&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xskNqXmCNs&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Here’s what they sound like in one of the rare cases in which they rock out: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8EqN5VI31Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&] And more sublime meditative stuff: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfoR_PwqR6I&hl=en_US&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeA-jYDrZYQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Your Thoughts?
287. Martha Wainwright
March 21, 2010 – 9:56 pmThe next artist on my 366 favorite artists countdown is the daughter of the last artist on the countdown. I’d say it’s a good chance that that’s only going to happen this once… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNJzRKUk_VE&hl=en_US&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lpcwb2ndmo&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I know what you’re thinking, “what’s next–the same guy’s son tomorrow?” Maybe. I’ve gotta think about it. Your Thoughts?
289. Jesus Lizard
March 19, 2010 – 11:46 pmFor a long time, to my discredit, I naively thought that Nirvana were either a singular phenomenon or a band whose closest cousin was Pearl Jam. Only when I started really listening to music did I realize what different musical universes Nirvana and Pearl Jam really existed in. And coming to this realization took some [...]
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