fair Maida // Fleet Foxes perform new songs
Fleet Foxes performed 8 songs (6 new!) on Zane Lowe’s BBC show.
Listen to Bedouin Dress below and click through for the rest.
video // John Maus : “Believer”
Professor Maus never quits with the killer jams. This is like listening to Echo & The Bunnymen playing from a hilltop through heavy fog.
John Maus // We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves : Believer :
coming soon // Neon Indian : “Heart:Attack”
A teaser video for Neon Indian’s forthcoming album.
daytrottin’ // Small Black
Small Black hit the Daytrotter studios for some superb takes on several of their songs from New Chain.
listen parties // The Feelies + Cass McCombs
The Feelies‘ subtly gorgeous (as usual) new album Here Before is streaming in its entirety on Spinner.
Cass McCombs‘ subtly gorgeous (as usual) new album Wit’s End is streaming in its entirety on this site.
listen party // Panda Bear : “Tomboy”
NPR is streaming the forthcoming Panda Bear album in its entirety here.
new favorite musician // When Saints Go Machine
Danish mysteriousness crossed with a fresh update on the soft new romantic sound developed by bands like Talk Talk and Tears for Fears make Peter really like this new band from Denmark—When Saints Go Machine.
the Mexican Morrissey // new video : Twin Shadow : “At My Heels”
Enjoy the insightful director’s commentary covering such topics as the blogosphere and a special effects technique known as “twin shadowing” . . .
listen party // Dirty Beaches : “Badlands”
Spinner is streaming the forthcoming Dirty Beaches album in its entirety here.
new video // Fleet Foxes : “Grown Ocean”
Pretty impressive song and video by one of the favorites around these parts—Fleet Foxes.
video // Young Dreams : “Young Dreams”
Peter likes this Young Dreams song. Peter really likes this video. Peter really, really likes this house.
Peter wants to take a floor nap in the sun . . .
listen party // Vivian Girls : “Share the Joy”
NPR Music is streaming the forthcoming Vivian Girls album in its entirety.
Vivian Girls // Share the Joy : 2011.04.12 : Polyvinyl Records
the Wavves that never quite was
Peter really liked the direction Nathan was going with Wavves when he was jamming with Zach Hill, but was surprised nothing ever seemed to come of it—instead scrapping the project to make the utterly lovable King of the Beach album.
His beachy highness, though, did just share some more tracks from those Zach Hill sessions—they don’t have quite the same elegance as the jams on King of the Beach, but did we fall in love with Wavves for elegance?
listen party // Cold Cave : Cherish the Light Years
Is this really the first time Peter’s posted about Cold Cave? Cuz Peter really does like Cold Cave . . . must not’ve mentioned it before. Silly Peter . . . Silly ol’ Peter . . .
Cold Cave // Cherish the Light Years : 2011.04.05 : Matador
Stream the new album in its entirety here.
new song // Fleet Foxes : “Battery Kinzie”
Sounding more and more like Simon and Garfunkel (which, in hindsight, also makes their other song released from this album sound more like S&G and less like CSN&Y.) And that’s not a bad thing. Peter likes it.
Fleet Foxes // Helplessness Blues : Battery Kinzie :
Wolfram x Hercules and Love Affair
A rare case of a remix being as good or better than the original.
Hercules & Love Affair // Blue Songs : Painted Eyes [Wolfram remix] :
new song // Ford & Lopatin : “Emergency Room”
The artists formerly known as Games—whose ep “People Play” was one of Peter’s most-liked eps 2010—now go by the more straightforward Ford & Lopatin (their last names) moniker. And they’re released their first single under this handle: Emergency Room.
It’s incredible!
Ford & Lopatin // Emergency Room :
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2011/03/23/mp3-new-ford-lopatin-emergency-room
new favorite video // Blouse : “Into Black”
Perfect. Just perfect.
Peter is beginning to really like Blouse.
Further evidence:
Blouse // Firestarter :
new videos // Puro Instinct : “Stilyagi” + “Silky Eyes”
Puro Instinct // Headbangers in Ecstasy : Stilyagi
Vodpod videos no longer available.Puro Instinct // Headbangers in Ecstasy : Silky Eyes
from the rooftop // don’t look down : Kurt Vile
A fairly subdued, but nevertheless compelling, performance by Peter’s latest obsession—Kurt Vile—on some NYC rooftop.
Click here to watch all four songs.
yourstru.ly x Miniature Tigers = prismatastic
yourstru.ly captured this performance by Miniature Tigers in a perfectly prismatic setting.
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