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 party // Panda Bear : “Tomboy”
NPR is streaming the forthcoming Panda Bear 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 . . .
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.
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 videos // Puro Instinct : “Stilyagi” + “Silky Eyes”
Puro Instinct // Headbangers in Ecstasy : Stilyagi
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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.
favorite new musician // Craft Spells
Peter has trouble not liking any band that perfectly encapsulates late 80s brit pop—especially when it’s drowning in a hypnagogic sheen and it soundtracks a video of someone riding a bike.
Craft Spells // Party Talk :
Craft Spells // After the Moment :
new song // Fleet Foxes : “Helplessness Blues”
And they’re back—and as gorgeous as ever. Peter really likes the lyrics to this song—expresses a lot of feelings he’s been having lately. Is Robin Pecknold the Paul Simon of our generation? Sounding a lot like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, too . . .
Fleet Foxes // Helplessness Blues : Helplessness Blues :
new video // Vivian Girls : “I Heard You Say”
Vivian Girls // I Heard You Say
new favorite artist // Autre ne Veut
Peter likes this white boy soul sandwiched between reverb and noisy samples. Some serious subterranean hypercolorisms.
Autre ne Veut // Two Days of Rain :
Chocolate Bobka captured the sound in raw, grainy, flourescent, goodness:
John Maus // “And the Rain” + “Do Your Best”
Just learning about this professor of philosophy who creates music that rivals Ariel Pink‘s in its ability to sound like an old casette and a future transmission from deep space while never losing it’s pop core.
John Maus // And the Rain :
John Maus // Do Your Best :
new song // Dominant Legs : “Clawing Out at the Walls (Altair Nouveau remix)”
Peter really likes Dominant Legs—though he’s strangely not mentioned him here before . . . that will be remedied!
Dominant Legs // Clawing Out at the Walls (Altair Nouveau remix) :
new songs // Toro y Moi : “New Beat” + “Still Sound”
Toro y Moi // “Underneath the Pine” : 2011.02.22 : Carpark
New Beat :
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