Monday, July 1, 2013

Decemberists


This may not last for long, but here are The Decemberists performing on Austin City Limits.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Beach House vs. Grimes


Beach House's new video for Wishes is the best sports-themed clip since Grimes' Oblivion.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Radiation City


Radiation City stopped by the Oregon Public Broadcasting studios to play from their newly-released sophomore record, Animals in the Median. According to OPB, "It's an assured, confident collection that finds the Portland quintet perfecting and expanding on the indie-bossa-soul sound they introduced on their 2011 debut-- we talked to them about its recording, their disparate influences, and music as make-up sex."

Meanwhile:

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Local Natives

Cell-phone shot of Local Natives at the godforsaken Masquerade, May 2010



Local Natives remix of their own Wooly Mammoth.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

More Cronin


Here's an in-studio performance by Mikal Cronin at WNYC's Soundcheck.  As described on the Soundcheck website:
"After years playing bass with lo-fi rocker Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin is stepping into his own spotlight and has proven he's more than a singularly talented sideman.  The San Francisco-based songwriter plays practically every instrument on MCII, a power pop record driven by layers of crunchy guitars and earworm hooks so singable they can be difficult to get out of your head.  That said, Cronin's real strength is his ability to write deeply personal and introspective songs that can still rock hard."