ERIKA SPRING - " Hidden " ( Official vVideo ) HD

OFFICIAL VIDEO a brand new video from Erika Spring, a member of New York dream-pop trio Au Revoir Simone.

"Hidden", from her upcoming self-titled EP out July 10 via Cascine.

Soko - "Destruction Of The Disgusting Ugly Hate" (Official Video)

The French singer Soko has been responsible for some remarkable music videos in the last year, and her latest self-directed effort, for “Destruction Of The Disgusting Ugly Hate,” is a harsh and occasionally surreal look at self-inflicted pain. It’s not exactly an easy watch, but it does go to some unexpected places. "Nylon"

The Indecent - 25 Steps [Official Music Video]

The triplets are frickin epic!! © 2012 WMG "25 Steps" by The Indecent from 'Her Screwed Up Head'. This was shot in NYC @ the Cutting Room where the band was recording. The video is directed by Noah Hutton

Goldroom - Fifteen (Official Music Video)

KRISTEN STEWART X BALENCIAGA
GOOD LISTENER
WANNA DYE
BEST DRESSED: LOUIS VUITTON x YAYOI KUSAMA
LOCK STAR

music video: goldroom
Road trip through LA with Aussie singer Chela!








Goldroom says, "There are days, when you're fifteen, where literally nothing happens. You might run around all day trying to make something happen, but in the end, you just aimlessly wander, doing nothing. Its the type of amazing day that can only happen when you're that age. I think the video really captures that spirit, especially with a different side of LA as the backdrop. That feeling was a big part of actually writing the song in the first place."

Foxes - Home

Foxes comprises Loui and guitarist/co-writer Sam Dixon, a set-up akin to the likes of La Roux and Daughter. Indeed, her past demos shared many a similarity to the latter with a heartfelt acoustic sound. No longer though as we see from January's debut Foxes single, which came out on the home of the hits, Neon Gold.

A-side 'Youth' is built around Louisa's strong vocals, emboldened by majestic widescreen pop production, worthy of The Sound Of Arrows. The b-side, 'Home', goes back to the roots of her previous guise albeit with a slow-burning, night pop twist. A contrasting mix but one which suggests that Foxes won't be struggling for top material when the debut album eventually drops.
"Neon Gold"

OOIOO - UMO

OOIOO ( /ˌoʊˌoʊˌaɪˌoʊˈoʊ/) are an all-female group founded by Boredoms drummer (and sometimes trumpeter and vocalist) Yoshimi P-We.[1]
According to allmusic's Kieran McCarthy "It's next to impossible to describe their sound, because — by design — it rarely follows consistent patterns".[1] Some of their music has been described as having "a majestic ebb and flow that suggests natural wonders"[2] or a "witchy, tribal side".[2] Either way, at any one time it may incorporate chanting and punchy drums,[2] dancey polyrhythms[3] atonal composition[3] or psychedelia.[4] "Wikipedia"

SOKO :: First Love Never Die

Seeing SOKO At the Bottom of the Hill the other night was really really fuckin great. I was of pissed it was so empty, fuckin people get your head out of your ass and see some music that matters

Grimes Heartbeats

Really liking Grimes, vids a little like one by Crystal Castles, but nice song and images

Nikki Lane "Lies" Official Video

It’s not just Nikki Lane’s raw, Tammy Wynette–style voice that gives her retro-country sound its stamp of authenticity. The South Carolina native, 25, who now lives in Nashville after brief stints in L.A. and New York, also has a backstory that is (to quote Billy Ray Cyrus) as country as country can be.

“While I was living in New York my boyfriend dumped me and moved to Atlanta,” she explained on a recent trip back to the city. “I was heartbroken, and stuck by myself, crying and upset. I’d been talking for years about making a record so I just started writing.” "Vogue"

SAVAGES - 'Husbands'

SAVAGES - 'Husbands'

NME and The Guardian are all over Savages, proclaiming them "the first vocals/guitar/bass/drums band worth caring about for eons." Brits love to overhype bands, but the four London ladies who make up this ferocious post-punk group seem worthy of the praise despite the fact they played their first show in January (opening for British Sea Power). "Husbands" is a fierce and twitchy rocker with singer Jehnny Beth yelping over a dark and driving bass line and near-constant ride cymbal. This is a song that will make you nervous, but also make you dance with reckless abandon. "Nylon"

Beast Make Bomb - Dream Boat

Beast Make Bomb is a pop/punk rock band from Brooklyn. It consists of Ceci Gomez (vocals, guitar), Glenn VanDyke (guitar), Sam Goldfine (bass), and Hartley Lewis (drums). In 2010, they released a free EP called “Skinny Legs“, then followed that with another one, titled “Sour Puss“, in 2011. On April 3rd, they did a cover of Harvey Danger’s most known single “Flagpole Sitta”.
"CrayonBeats"

The Golden FIlter - 'Mother'

goodbye mother it's time mother let go, I know i tried mother the sinking star I'm in too far let go I know mother please lift me upon your throne I break your heart you break my bones and should I live out far beyond mother will you take me home goodbye forever my crime i never released the trigger i cried mother the sinking star I'm in too far let go i know mother please lift me upon your throne I break your heart you break my bones and should I live out far beyond mother will you take me home "YouTube"

Haim "Forever" (Official Music Video)

“We used to do covers of rock songs by musicians like Billy Joel and Santana,” middle sister, guitarist, and lead vocalist Danielle Haim, 22, explains. “Dad played drums, Mom played guitar, Este played bass, and Alana played everything else.” Unfortunately, teenage rebellion comes in many forms (even in the laid-back Haim household) and, growing up in Los Angeles in the late nineties, the sisters were much more interested in what was playing on local pop radio stations like KIIS FM. “I think we were pushing out against our parents a bit,” says Este, 24. “Every Sunday they’d put on ‘Breakfast with the Beatles,’ but we’d always want to switch it over to something like TLC, En Vogue, or Brandy and Monica.”

Eventually the trio decided to break out on their own, and, four years ago, began experimenting with the stripped-back nu-folk–meets–nineties-R&B-pop sound found on their enchanting, recently released debut EP, Forever (currently available as a free download on their website). "Vogue"

Little Boots - Headphones (official video)

“Headphones” is the new single from the endlessly lovable British dance-popper Little Boots, and it’s all about keeping your headphones on when you’re at the club. In the Bullion Collective-directed video, Little Boots and friends throw on headphones and imagine themselves as theatrical disco stars. "StereoGum"

Imaginary Cities - Temporary Resident [Official Video]

Imaginary Cities are Rusty Matyas and Marti Sarbit.

It all started at The Cavern. Winnipeg is known as the “Heart of the Continent.” In this beating heart on the prairies, there is always new music being made: in its clubs and basements, and in between work and life. Imaginary Cities was born in a club called The Cavern, in between sets. "LastFM"

Serebro "Mama Lover" (Official Video)

Serebro (Серебро, Silver) are a Russian trio, formed in Moscow, Russia in 2006. They are also famously known as the band who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with "Song #1". The band was formed in 2006 by Maxim Fadeev, a prominent Russian music producer, and consists of Elena Temnikova, Olga Seryabkina and Anastasia Karpova, who replaced the former member Marina Lizorkina.[1] Serebro is currently one of the most popular Russian bands; they released their debut album Opiumroz on 25 April 2009.[2] The band released three other singles from the album "Dyshi", "Opium" and "Skazhi, ne Molchi". "Wikipedia"

Icona Pop - I Love It

Yes and yes

The Hundred In The Hands - Pigeons

The Hundred in the Hands (sometimes abbreviated as THITH) is an American electropop duo formed in 2008 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.[1] The band consists of Eleanore Everdell (vocals, keyboards) and Jason Friedman (guitar, programming).[2] The band was named after the phrase the Lakota Nation gave to the 1866 Fetterman Battle in Wyoming, in which Crazy Horse led his warriors to a victory that resulted in the death of 100 enemies.[3] "Wikipedia"

Colleen Green - Y Do U Call Me (Music Video)

I know a couple of things about Colleen Green.

One thing that's for sure: she's a songwriting phenomenon. She sings lovely, catchy, fuzzy songs that range from 80s pop goulash to psychedelic drone; from 90s power punk to homemade Sebadoh-style songs of heartache. Think of her as a sort of female Daniel Johnston, with her at home making comics, armed with a seemingly unlimited amount of well-composed songs, her lamentations on out-of-reach love, her self-medication, her bedroom recordings. She proudly displays her musical heroes' influences on her sleeve. She plays live shows alone on stage with only an electric guitar and a drum machine to accompany her. "Hardly Art"

Reading Rainbow: Always on My Mind

I know a couple of things about Colleen Green.

They’re likely not trying to lose their edge here and, at the end of the day, are churning out some incredibly catchy pop music, but you can’t help but wonder if they could be the prototype for the Last Hipster Band, vying for approval among people who love The Vaselines, and people who haven’t the slightest idea about The Vaselines. "The L Magazine"

POLICA - Lay Your Cards Out (Official Music Video)

Poliça's chanteuse frontwoman, Channy Leaneagh, has just emerged at the Depot in downtown Minneapolis. She and and one of her band's two drummers, Drew Christopherson, make their way to a table in the back, stopping briefly to chat with friends along the way. Leaneagh's short, tight-cropped hair is damp from the snow falling outside, and she seems tired—even indecisive—as she deliberates over what to order. At last, she decides on a Jack and Coke. "CityPages"

Loose Heels - White Lung

Frontwoman Mish Way has all the punk rock swagger a band could need - almost always with cig in hand - and drummer Anne-Marie Vassilou is simply put: a badass. Guitarist Kenneth William is the sole male in the group as Grady Mackintosh handles bass duties. Their two-year-old debut It's the Evil contained the killer track "Creep Sleep" and their newest single "Take the Mirror," off their upcoming LP Sorry, is quite possibly even more appealing. The band is signed to Deranged Records - home of Polaris Music Prize winners F**ked Up. Need we say more? "MTV Newsroom"

Summer Camp - Always

One listen to the new Summer Camp song “Always” and you’ll be thinking about new wave heroes such as New Order. It’s a good thing, and certainly a compliment. It may be one of the bands strongest efforts to date. They don’t hold back at all and it results in one hell of jam. "We All Want Someone To Shout For"

Grimes - Oblivion

This one doesn’t draw its power from throwing Claire Boucher into all sorts of unexpected situations, though that is fun. Instead, that power comes from how utterly ebullient Boucher looks in every one of those situations, dancing around looking starry-eyed and unselfconscious no matter who happens to be surrounding her at that particular moment. And in its gorgeous hi-def cinematography and its general all-consuming happiness, it makes the blurpy sidelong electro-jam signify as actual pop music. Salute. "StereoGum"

Zowie - My Calculator

New Zealand electro-pop artist Zowie that we posted her new single "My Calculator" previously here just made a new video for the track that you can check out below. Real colorful poppy affair. This track totally reminds me of early 2000's electroclash, even has that trademark simple hand clap. Real stylish girl. Her debut album 'Love Demolition' is out now in New Zealand. Not sure when it'll be out for the rest of us, hopefully soon. "Off The Radar"

Water To Ice - Ruby Frost

What are the odds that we'd do back to back posts on New Zealand artists? Probably not that likely, but as I was setting up this latest post for Ruby Frost that's what I noticed. We previously wrote about Ruby last year here. Her new single/video for her track "Water to Ice" is pretty sweet anthemic type of jam. Check those out below, plus a remix of the track by Golden Age. Both free for the taking. Her debut album 'Volition' is scheduled for release in the next few months. Be on the lookout. "Off The Radar"

Liz Phair - And He Slayed Her

Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill

Bijou Phillips dances with her manfriend, gazes lovingly at him, and then spreads out a sheet of plastic and chops his body into pieces. Every single limb-slicing here is rendered in vividly tactile style, with every bit of viscera shown in all its glory, to the point where I wondered how this video could’ve been made without any actual decapitations. "StereoGum"

Grimes - Nightmusic ft. Majical Cloudz

New Grimes reminds me of the art institute somehow,

sydney wayser - Dirty Work

Sydney Wayser is a French-American, New York-based singer-songwriter who plays guitar, piano and children's toys. Growing up in Los Angeles with summers spent in Paris, she draws on a wide range of influences and inspirations, from Edith Piaf, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Jacques Brel, to John Lennon, Jeff Buckley, and Sigur Ros Her third album, Bell Choir Coast, has been two years in the making; struggling to express herself creatively in the midst of a miserable New York winter, Wayser decided that if she couldn’t go elsewhere, she’d bring other lands to her. “Bell Choir Coast is about a fictional land that I made up, because I couldn't leave New York and I had to make my record. So I made up a new world in my head that was everything I wanted.” The result is the gorgeous and varied Bell Choir Coast. More than an record, it is an atlas, a map past difficult years and emotional terrain, to a place of self-understanding and agency. Sydney Wayser set about to make an album, and in the end she cleared a path to a world, and in the process she found her tribe and her sound. "sydney's Web Site"

Marika Hackman - 'Here I Lie' #BurberryPresents

I taught myself guitar and when I started making up my own songs, my singing voice just kind of came out! I never really thought about it, and it's completely natural. I don't put any runs in my voice or any weird vocal tricks, because I think that ruins the emotion of your songs. They're so much easier to believe if you're just natural and real. "Nylon"

EMA - Marked (official video)

Did I post this before? Well here it is again, I have seen EMA two times and am wanting to see her again, for me she was the most epic artist of 2011, of course she was in the band Gowns, which was awesome, but she is making some deeply intense tunes here. "Liz Abyss"

Now, Now - Thread

Now, Now, formerly known as Now, Now Every Children and abbreviated NNEC, is an American indie rock band formed in Blaine, Minnesota and based in Minneapolis.[1] The band is composed of Cacie Dalager (vocals, guitar, keyboard); Bradley Hale (drums, backing vocals); Jess Abbott (guitar, vocals), with occasional touring members Britty Hale (keyboard) and Christine Sako (bass). "Wikipedia"

Nee - Pretty Girls

Née is the dance squad at the cool kid magnet school. It is vintage synthesizers and ricocheting drums and poses. Mostly it is Kristin Dennis, who is surprisingly effective at making you feel bad for not dancing. The band emanates from her in every way. If you think bad-times subject matter precludes good-times songs, you obviously aren’t much into songs. The pop music created by Dennis, Synth player Lex Herbert, multi-talented multi-instrumentalist David Beeman and tireless drummer Mic Boshans can make you forget, for a moment, that there is such a thing as tomorrow. Filter Mag

Keep Shelly in Athens - Our Own Dream

Here’s welcoming Grecian downbeat duo Keep Shelly In Athens to Create Spark. Watch their supernatural video for ‘Our Own Dream’ "Create Spark"

Zambri – “Hundred Hearts” (Dir. Milton Ladd)

A mysterious piece of street art causes onlookers to stop and stare, mesmerized, and then to furiously make out with each other. At first, I was hoping the video wouldn’t show the artwork in question, just to keep the mystery alive. But when it’s revealed, the art is suitably freaky, "StereoGum"

Lana Del Rey - Goodbye Kiss in the Radio 1 Live Lounge

Recently, Lana Del Rey recorded a session for BBC Radio’s Live Lounge. Those sessions always include covers, and for hers, LDR took on “Goodbye Kiss,” a song from the inexplicably-still-popular Brit-rock band Kasabian. I like her version better. "StereoGum"

MOOG SOUND LAB: Phantogram, "16 years"

Josh Carter of Phantogram playing the Moog guitar, you can have infinite sustain or mute as you please, the guitars been around a few years, but I hardly see any people playing the damn thing.

The Hundred In The Hands - Keep It Low (download in description, taken f...

The Hundred in the Hands (sometimes abbreviated as THITH) is an American electropop duo formed in 2008 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.[1] The band consists of Eleanore Everdell (vocals, keyboards) and Jason Friedman (guitar, programming).[2] The band was named after the phrase the Lakota Nation gave to the 1866 Fetterman Battle in Wyoming, in which Crazy Horse led his warriors to a victory that resulted in the death of 100 enemies. "Wikipedia"

CHROMATICS "INTO THE BLACK"

I love girls singing Neil Young, fuck ya
I'm really enjoying the "Chromatics"

CHROMATICS "KILL FOR LOVE"

Portland’s Chromatics have released their long-awaited album, Kill for Love. Five years in the making, the epic follow-up to Night Drive features a string of dreamy synth-pop numbers that drown the world out with their hypnotic sound. The band has recently been basking in the success of the Drive soundtrack, which included their song ‘Tick of the Clock’. "YEN"

Keep Shelly in Athens - Just Like Honey by Keep Shelly in Athens

Keep Shelly in Athens - Just Like Honey by Keep Shelly in Athens

Mint Julep - To The Sea

Portland, Oregon husband/wife electro-pop duo Mint Julep that we posted about previously here have a new video for their latest single "To the Sea". Loving the video/track! What's that like two for two, keep it up guys. Their debut album 'Save Your Season' is out now. "Off The Radar"

My Calculator by zowiemusic

New Zealand electro-pop artist Zowie that we posted about last year here just released an excellent new single called "My Calculator". If this track doesn't get your feet moving you might wanna check your pulse, cause you might be dead. Her debut album 'Love Demolition' is scheduled for release April 30th. Can't wait, this girl has star power written all over her. "Off The Radar"

Avril Lavigne - I Always Get What I Want

Always love this song

2:54 - Scarlet

Reminds me of some good times, circa 80's I think, could be wrong, but I think I'm feeling it

Crystal Castles - Suffocation (HEALTH Remix)

I Love Crystal Castles more than White Castles... Word

Noosa - Fear Of Love

this great dreamy pop track "Fear of Love" by NY duo Noosa. Loving their sound! They will be releasing their debut self titled EP sometime in the spring. Be on the lookout for that, in the meantime "Fear of Love" should hold you up nicely. "Off The Radar"

Wild Belle at Echoplex

With over 2,000 bands invading Austin last week all vying for attention, it's tough to stand out in the crowd. But the SXSW competition doesn't faze Elliot and Natalie Bergman, otherwise known as Wild Belle. The Chicago brother-sister duo took to the stage Friday night and confidently captivated the audience with their rhythmic, trippy space age sound. With Natalie slinkily crooning up front and Elliot strumming beside her, this genre-hopping pair is about to break out in a big way. Considering how long they've been playing together, isn't it about time? NYLON Mag

The Pretty Reckless - My Medicine - Official Music Video

I'm liking it more,

AZEALIA BANKS - 212 FT. LAZY JAY

Since hitting YouTube in September, this song's gotten more viral pickup than a Kony backlash video - but now it's starting to hit major radio stations and crowded clubs across the country. Learn the words now before its hook lands in a Jeta commercial... (Although, that would be kind of really cool...) NYLON Mag

Blood Red Shoes - Cold

Brighton duo Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell go totally 'French New Wave' in this new clip which was directed by James Lees and shot in Paris. Their third album ‘In Time To Voices’ comes out on March 26th. NME

Lucy Rose - Middle of the Bed

When Lucy Rose stopped by the NYLON offices the afternoon following her show with Bombay Bicycle Club, the 22-year-old Londoner looked the part of the proper musician, dressed in a Barbour jacket, guitar slung over her shoulder and Jack Kerouac's On the Road in hand. She said she felt like a "total walking cliche" that day, but even with an impressive following overseas, vocal cameos in BBC songs, and a soon-to-be breakout status in America, the singer and songwriter is as sweet and down to earth as they come. Over coffee in SoHo Lucy filled us in on performing with the Bombay Bicycle boys, her superstitions, and her new life on the road (sorry, we had to!). NYLON Mag

Rebecca & Fiona "Dance" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Rebecca & Fiona "Dance" Track produced by: Axel Bauer & Alexander Berg Video credits: Director: Laerke Herthoni Producer: Pippi Olivia Norgaard Madsen DoP: S...
A shared interest in great music brought the two girls together. Rebecca Scheja and Fiona Fitzpatrick not only reign Sweden's club scene, they have become icons for a whole generation of Swedes and represent what hard work combined with talent can do.

The Jezabels - Endless Summer HD OFFICIAL [UNCENSORED]

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Mean guys 0

Meg Myers - Monster

I used to live in the Smokey Mountains of Tennesse / now I live in Los Angeles
I used to be a Jehovah's Witness / now I celebrate my Birthday
I didn't go to high school / instead I built forts
I sing / I play guitar piano and bass
I will always make music-Meg

CHROMATICS "CANDY"

THE FOURTH SINGLE FROM "KILL FOR LOVE"
DIRECTED BY ALBERTO ROSSINI FOR ITALIANS DO IT BETTER FILMS
SHOT AT THE HOUSE ON THE HILL AUTUMN 2011

Imaginary Cities - Temporary Resident [Official Video]

This quintet has already been nominated for a prestigious Polaris Prize (they were beat out by none other than Arcade Fire) and opened for the Pixies last year on tour. So why haven't we heard of them yet? Good question, but at least now we can make up for the lost time. The Canadian indie pop outfit is releasing their debut album in the U.S. this April, and it's chock-full of thrilling guitar solos and enough toe-tapping melodies to last for months. It's tough to peg lead singer Marti's quirky voice- is it a rock version of Nina Simone? It is a Carrie Brownstein vibe? Check out the song and get back to us. LIZA DARWIN

Hanne Hukkelberg - My Devils (official music video)

Hanne Hukkelberg’s latest is a masterclass in sinister soundscapes. Packed with the sort of distorted beauty that spiked St. Vincent’s recent album, and a giddy, gothic edge that Florence would self-flagellate for, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘Blood From A Stone’ is an exquisitely embroidered treasure that, with time, reveals its marred brilliance. Scratching and tugging with prickly precision, ‘Featherbrain’ proves unnervingly jagged, ‘The Devil’ caws in a twisted tUnE-yArDs timbre, whilst ‘You Gonna’’s pounding pots’n’pans stomp like Diane Cluck covering M.I.A.. Both bewitching and berserk, ‘Featherbrain’ keeps its creator comfortably in the shadows. The Fly

Field Mouse - Glass

Field Mouse - "Glass" from stereogum on Vimeo.

The Brooklyn dreampop band Field Mouse, who shimmer like Velocity Girl used to do back in the early ’90s, have a new video for their song “Glass,” and it consists entirely of a long close-up on singer Rachel Browne’s face as leaves and bubbles blow around her. Fortunately, Browne has what I’d have to call a very nice face. StereoGum

Parakeet – “Tomorrow”

A couple of months ago, we heard a cut called “Tomorrow” from Yuck bassist Mariko Doi who dwells under the name Parakeet in this particular solo jaunt. Today, that track has a video, which utilizes two always-effective music video motifs: a nicely-shot performance clip and smoke machines. StereoGum

PURO INSTINCT, "Silky Eyes"

sisters Piper and Skylar Kaplan joining forces with pal Ariel Pink. He’d probably upped and joined the circus by the time they recorded the woozy album track “Silky Eyes.” StereoGum

Porcelain Raft – Unless You Speak From Your Heart

Unless You Speak From Your Heart from Porcelain Raft on Vimeo.

Mauro Remiddi aka Porcelain Raft serves up another amazing, low budget, highly creative video off the new album Strange Weekend.

Grace Woodroofe - I've Handled Myself Wrong

Hometown: Perth, Australia Album: Always Want For Fans Of: Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Cat Power Grace Woodroofe’s voice calls to mind Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone and Etta James—maybe even the weighty, raspiness of Tom Waits. Certainly not a 22-year-old singer/songwriter from Perth, Australia. And if she sounds like someone who’s lived through decades of crucial life experiences, it’s no accident. Woodroofe has already toured with Ben Harper, Cat Power, WIM and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. She first tried her hand at songwriting at age 16, recording demos of the first two songs she wrote. She submitted those songs in a radio competition and sheepishly asked her friends if they would listen. One of those friends was the sister of actor Heath Ledger, and her soulful singing caught his ear. Ledger flew her out to Los Angeles for a recording session. Quickly Woodroofe’s age became nothing but a number. “I think it proves that you don’t need to be a particular age, race or be from a particular place to be able to feel these certain emotions,” Woodroofe says. “It just proves that you can never really know what people are going through, no matter who they are. Hopefully my music gets that point across and people can embrace their emotions listening to [it].” "Llana Kaplan"

The Coathangers - "Trailerpark Boneyard": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist

The Atlanta quartet started out as an excuse to hang out and play parties. Their jokey attitude ran deep, right down to their name--a self-admittedly crude abortion reference for an all-girl group. The whole knowing-how-to-play-an-instrument thing was just a minor hurdle in their musical mission. And to their credit, The Coathangers stormed onto the scene, regardless of the handicap, as a completely unaffected, unpretentious, deliciously sloppy, and totally infectious rock band. What they lacked in formal training they made up for in an innate understanding of how to craft a hook and propel a song forward on sheer charisma. It was impossible not to like them... "Official bio"

Daughter - "Youth" (Live from St Giles in the Fields Church)

Stripped-down folk gets gloomy with Daughter, the North London band comprised of singer Elena Tonra and her boyfriend Igor Haefeli on guitar. They might be young- both are in their early twenties- but the lyrics in their newest single reveal years of raw life experience. ("And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones/'cause most of our feelings, they're dead and gone."). With her pillowy soft vocals, Tonra reminds us of a broody mix between Cat Power, Feist, and Lucy Rose, and clearly we're not the only ones obsessed. The song has been drifting about online for a few months now, but a recent appearance on U.K.'s Skins has upped the audience and now it's a bonafide hit. "Stereogum"

Nelson Can - Apple Pie

First single "Apple Pie" by the Danish indie-rock band Nelson Can.
Wow, you know the now cliché "more cowbell" , let me say right now someday in the future "more whistling" will become a cliché.
Let's run down the whistling songs I love, in no particular order:
"Young Folks by Peter Bjorn & John
Lets see now.....
David Bowie - "Golden Years"
John Lennon - "Jealous Guy"
The Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Lovin' Spoonful - "Daydream"
I'm looking at my list and just realized maybe one or two whistle songs a decade is all we can handle.
There's a remix of Nelson Can's "Apple Pie" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeHi-chu_mE&feature=youtu.be
unfortunately most of the whistling has been left out, the phrase "in my mouth" is not the kernel of the song, pervert, dumb fuck remixer
Liz Abyss

Nightlife - On the Run (Music Video)

I love new music, especially when they come as a recommendation from one of our readers. It's like the circle of sharing is complete. Nightlife is a fine example of that. They are an electro-pop duo from Ann Arbor, MI who were brought to our attention and I am digging the sounds. Minimal electro-pop with pretty female vocals is kinda my weakness (although I have a few). Check out their video/track for "On the Run", plus the EP title track "Radio". She sure is pretty. The kicker is their EP Radio is available as a name your own option on their bandcamp?!?! Yep, might wanna get that. "Off The Radar"

Rhye - Open

Los Angeles-based European duo Rhye. For the visual translation of their latest tune "Open"

Julia Holter - In The Same Room [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

"The most remarkably sophisticated derangement of the senses I've heard in 2011 and although I can't generally stand to say such things, to consider this as anything less than one of the very best albums of the year would be demeaning." "Fact Magazine"

Memoryhouse : Heirloom

Memoryhouse didn’t actually set out to be a band. It took form as a collaborative project meant to serve as an artistic outlet for composer Evan Abeele and photographer Denise Nouvion. Evan, a dedicated student of classical music and a pop-music encyclopedist, intended Memoryhouse to be a multimedia art project, pairing his instrumental compositions with Denise’s photographs and short films. Combining their musical and visual artwork seemed the most promising, and least unhealthy, strategy for battling archetypal adolescent angst worsened by the paralyzing effects of Canadian winter. What they wanted was to test ways to blur the boundaries between genres, to weave a synthesis of music and photography. As Denise explains their collaborative cross-media process, “we start with photos that we want to write around, to give us some kind of aesthetic grounding.” "Sub Pop"

Bad Girlfriend - Tricky

Christian Owens, Brianna Lance, Savannah King, & Lyla Vander!, NYC based sweet

Astrud Gilberto - AGUA DE BEBER - 1965 Stereo!

Astrud was first introduced to the World at large in 1964 through "The Girl From Ipanema", the Grammy-winning recording with Stan Getz and her then-husband João Gilberto (the father of Bossa Nova). The fact that Astrud seldom grants interviews made it possible for many untruthful versions on how her guest appearance in the Getz & Gilberto album came about to be printed here and there, such as that she was "discovered" by Creed Taylor, or by Stan Getz, or yet, by Jobim, when the only truth is that she was invited to participate in the album by João Gilberto, who has great admiration for her singing talents. "http://www.astrudgilberto.com/biography.htm"

You Love Her Coz She's Dead - Leap Of Desire (I) OFFICIAL VIDEO

You Love Her Coz She's Dead are a British electronic music duo formed in 2007 whose music has been compared to acts such as Digitalism, Crystal Castles,[1][2] The Prodigy,[1] and occasionally Daft Punk. The band signed to French record label Kitsuné in 2008, releasing "Wizards" on the Gildas & Masaya – Paris compilation May 2008 & "Superheroes" on Kitsuné Maison Compilation 6 in October 2008 as singles before the release one month later of their Inner City Angst EP, as well as various remixes through that label.[3]
You Love Her Coz She's Dead then appeared playing the single "Superheroes" on the third series of award-winning British cult teen drama television series Skins in "JJ" (ep7) during a drug-fueled fight scene in a nightclub, following in the footsteps of previous featured artist appearances from Crystal Castles & Foals.[ "Wikipedia"

RAIDERS - Owl Eyes [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Melbourne’s Owl Eyes is probably best known for her appearance on Illy’s track It Can Wait but she’s fast carving out her own niche in Australia’s singer-songwriter scene. Somewhere between Megan Washington, Kate Nash and the female-fronted Alpine, Owl Eyes (real name Brooke Addamo) serves up a hefty slice of quirky, catchy, keys-driven pop. Addamo, a former Australian Idol finalist, follows in the path of fellow Idol alumni Matt Corby and Lisa Mitchell by forgoing the big management companies and cookie-cutter radio fodder songs for a more honest, independent path. She’s toured with Darwin Deez, Andy Bull and Lissie on the back of her 2010 EP Faces, and has just completed a tour around the country in support of her new single Raiders. Definitely one to keep your (Owl) eye on. "Digital Pages"

Cat Power - I Don't Blame You (Jools Holland 23/05/2003)

This is one powerful song by CP, she is amazing wow, This is from 2003, seems very fresh to me.

Gin Wigmore - Too Late For Lovers

Virginia Claire Wigmore, more commonly known as Gin Wigmore, was born in Auckland, New Zealand to Peter and Adrienne Wigmore. Wigmore has two siblings.Lucy Wigmore, who is a professional actress who is well known for starring as Justine Jones in the long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street and a role in "Underbelly: Razor" Wigmore also has an older brother Olly.
While she was in Argentina at age 16, her father died of cancer. Upon her return to New Zealand, she articulated in song the pain of losing her father. One of those early songs, "Hallelujah", won the US-based International Songwriting Competition in 2004,[4] when she beat 11,000 songwriting aspirants from 77 countries to become the youngest and only unsigned Grand Prize winner in the history of the ISC. "Hallelujah" was also featured in the season 6 finale of One Tree Hill. "Wikipedia"

New Look - The Ballad

“We’ve felt a little jaded for the last few years; it’s a hard business doing art,” Ruba says. “But as far as coming through in my vocals, that’s not intentional. I’m not sitting at the mic with a mad look on my face thinking, I hate life. It’s more a stylistic thing.”

In fact, Ruba goes on to reveal, she got her start singing in front of big-band jazz outfits while still in high school (“It was the only game in town at the time,” she explains), and it’s probably this experience, the polar opposite of withdrawn experimental pop, that gives the album its odd moments of sultriness and sometimes soulful frisson. "Vogue"

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down "Body" directed by Dianna Agron

Thao with GLEE actors

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Bag of Hammers

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 Lisa Schonberg (drums). Frank Stewart (lead guitar, production) and Willis Thompson (drums) are former members of the band. "Wikipedia"

Little Dragon - Little Man [NEW SONG - ALBUM VERSION HQ]

Tashaki Miyaki / Somethin is better than nothin

We first crushed on Tashaki Miyaki last month when the California boy-girl twosome slid across our radar for their foggy brand of dream pop. Now they're gearing up to release a new 7" of covers, including their amazing take on "All I Have To Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers- which is actually the song that introduced us to the band in the first place.

They also work their beachy dark magic on Bob Dylan's strummy 1970 hit "If Not For You," and we have your first listen here. So if you haven't already, fall under the Tashaki Miyaki spell and download it below.
-- LIZA DARWIN

Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth (Gotye - Cover)

Walk off the Earth and Sarah Blackwood perform a cover of Gotye's "Somebody that I used to know" using five people on one guitar.

Moullinex & Peaches - Maniac

Here’s the video for Moullinex & Peaches’ cover of Michael Sembello’s ‘Maniac’ (yes, that ‘Manic’, from Flashdance!).

Rebecca & Fiona - Luminary Ones

A common interest in great music brought these two electric souls together. Rebecca Scheja and Fiona FitzPatrick. They are devout musicians who spend more time carving out loops in basement recording studios than sloshing about champagne in fashionable nightclubs. 'Luminary Ones' is the title to both their first single and EP. ":. MusiqTrend .:"

Girls' Generation 소녀시대_THE BOYS_Music Video (KOR ver.)

How could 30 million views be wrong? Oh, they hail from Korea, did I mention I'm half Korean, sweet

M A U S I - sol.

Mausi is a 4-piece band coming out of Newcastle, UK but they're described as "Anglo-Italian". Siblings Daisy and Thomas are the Italian half while former classmates at Ben and Benji provide the English heritage. 'Sol' speaks to this mixed heritage as Mausi plays with the precision we've come to expect from British bands as well as the sexual energy Italian music and culture exudes. I began listening to this song without headphones through the somewhat decent speakers of my 4-year-old MacBook. That was a mistake. The devil is in the details. "ALTSounds"

'I FINK U FREEKY' by DIE ANTWOORD (Official)

If Die Antwoord videos have taught me anything, it’s this: People in South Africa have some severely fucked-up faces. This group gets bagged-on a lot now that everyone knows they’re a conceptual art-school stunt rather than some true expression of a mysteriously zonked-out culture, but that art-school pedigree sure does serve them well when they’re making videos. And this video, one that renders mud-caked squalor as pure attraction, is yet another example of a demented but fully-developed visual sensibility. "Stereogum"

Die Antwoord - Rich Bitch

Yolandi is so sweet, yeah baby

The Dø - Too Insistent (Official Video)

The Dø is a French/Finnish indie pop band founded in Paris in 2005. The band is Olivia Merilahti (singer and musician) and Dan Levy (multi-instrumentalist).

Wildflowers by Evokateur

Evokateur are a London based ElectroPop duo who are gearing up for the release of their début single ‘Wolf Girl’. Set for release in March the single sees this Mexican/English twosome walk the thin line between a strong 80’s European SynthPop influence and contemporary production techniques. Too rich sounding and Poppy to be ColdWave, yet too dark and brooding lumped in with any kind of Electro-House or Dreamwave styles of ElectroPop, this is what I imagine the true inheritance of the original SynthPop Futurists’ sounds like (ignoring the 90’s Modern SynthPop scene). Full, thick, electronic production that maintains a slightly cold edge, tempered by Sarah Villaraus’ smokey vocals, make the single instantly accessible, but with a hint of danger.

Carina Round - The Last Time Directed by Scott Rhea

Carina Round is a British singer/songwriter from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. Comparisons are frequently drawn to PJ Harvey[citation needed], though Round would contend that she is more directly influenced by Patti Smith.

Handsome Furs - What About Us (uncensored)

Handsome Furs - "What About Us" from stereogum on Vimeo.

Couple from Canada, sweet, oh shit, the lead singer is a dude, fuckin a oh well I'm letin this one go, sweet

Friends - I'm His Girl from Lucky Number Music on Vimeo.

a quintet of multi-instrumentalists fronted by Samantha Urbani and Lesley Hann (friends, fittingly, since 2nd grade) and forged last summer when a bedbug infestation forced multiple Friends to shack up for a week. This is how bands form in Bushwick.

Rebecca & Fiona - Jane Doe (Official Video)

Rebecca & Fiona are well-known in Sweden thanks to national exposure on TV via a docu-series on Sveriges Television, where fans got a behind-the-scene glimpse of their lives producing music and touring the country (the duo has opened for homegrown talents like Robyn). While some critics have dismissed them as dilettantes, others believe they just might usher in a new wave of young female DJs in a scene currently dominated by men.

Sleigh Bells - Comeback Kid [Official Music Video] [MTV]

It;s Friday and here's some new music from Sleigh Bells

Buke & Gass - Page Break

Brooklyn-based BUKE (byook) & GASE (gace) are Arone Dyer on the "buke" (a self-modified six-string former baritone ukulele) and Aron Sanchez on the "gase" (a guitar-bass hybrid of his own creation). Dyer's supermelodic vocal lines weave through the beautiful yet unwieldy musical matter, balancing light and dark, calamity and control. less

San Cisco - Awkward

San Cisco is an Australian four-piece indie pop band, which formed in 2009 as King George in Fremantle, Western Australia. The band consists of Jordi Davieson (guitar, lead vocals), Josh Biondillo (guitar, vocals), Nick Gardner (bass), and Scarlett Stevens (drums, vocals). All members except Stevens share duties on keyboards. In November 2011, the band were signed by Albert Productions.[1] The label describes San Cisco's sound as "rough, low-fi garage pop" mixed with "bright catchy hooks".[2] From Wikipedia

The Pipettes | Pull Shapes (Official Video)

JHC how could I have missed this the first time around, the 60s are alive and well

Saint Etienne - He's On The Phone

Sarah Cracknell! and the boys, sweet, I know I know it's a few years old. but still fuckin great, and new album out soon

Saint Etienne - Tonight

Tonight is the first single from the forthcoming Saint Etienne album.
To download the track visit the official website at http://bit.ly/SaintEtiennewebsite or the facebook page at http://bit.ly/SaintEtienneFB

Tennis "Cape Dory" Video

Miami Horror - I Look To You (ft. Kimbra) (official HD)

STARS-Ageless Beauty [Official Music VIdeo]

Lanu - Beautiful Trash feat Megan Washington

The Grates - Turn Me On

Maribel- Jezebel Jive

Veronica Falls - Bad Feeling

Indie pop band which formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009. The band consists of Roxanne Clifford and James Hoare both on vocals and guitar, Marion Herbain on bass guitar and Patrick Doyle on drums and back vocals. The members of the band were formerly in the bands The Royal We and Sexy Kids. The band released several singles in the United Kingdom and the United States throughout 2010.

Origin: London, England

Genres: Indie pop, Alternative

Years active: 2009–present

From Wikipedia

Giant Drag "Stuff to Live For" official music video

LA band, I love, Annie Hardy lead and writer, new album sometime soon

Mazzy Star - Common Burn

New Mazzy Star! sweet Hope Sandoval so cool

Purity Ring - Belispeak (Music Video)

Belispeak is the new and infectious track of Megan James and Corin Roddick (Gobble Gobble) fututistic canadian pop duo mainly influenced by hip hop and R & B, but beautiful tunes that manufactures electronic ghostly voices modified in pitch... yes! partners is a dazzling and hugely infectious Southern hip-hop influenced song that showcases the duos respective musical abilities more than ever....AWESOME!
from youtube

Blouse

I recorded this performance on the old iPhone at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco. It's a great space to see a band like this, got there and parked next to the stage. They played about 30 - 40 minutes, sweet.

Beach House - Norway

Heavy rotation since release, sweet sweet

Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Dala - Levi Blues

Voluspa

The Golden Filter

Tamaryn - Love Fade (Official)

The Pierces - Come As You Are (Nirvana Cover)

Secret - Official Video by The Pierces

Pretty Little Liars, sweet

Lisa Hannigan - Little Bird (Official HD Video)

Lisa Hannigan - What'll I Do (Official HD Video)

Appaloosa -The Day (We Fell In Love)

CALLmeKAT - My Sea (from the album "Fall Down")

Field Mouse - Dirt vs. Grass

Seapony - Where We Go

Vanity Theft - Anatomy

The Good Natured - Video Voyeur

The Good Natured ' Your Body Is A Machine ' [ Official Video ]

Beach House - Lover of Mine (Official Video)

Blouse Into black

The Kills: The Last Goodbye on Nowness.com.

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour Heart Attack (New Single 2012)

Seeing em at the Independent February 15th sweet

Le Butcherettes - Henry Don't Got Love (Music Video)

Adanowsky & Teri Gender Bender - Don't try to fool me

POLICA - Lay Your Cards Out (Official Music Video)

Amy LaVere -【stranger me 】- Damn Love Song

Great "Fuck You" song

Flip Grater - I Am Gone (official video)

Phantogram "When I'm Small"

I know this is old, by now, but a really great song and video, sweet

Wildflowers by Evokateur

North Highlands - Sugar Lips

Plastiscines French Made w/Amber Tamblin, Aaron Paul

Plastiscines - French Made

PLASTISCINES | Myspace Video

THE NARCOLEPTIC DANCERS "RASTAKRAUT" / OFFICIAL VIDEO / DIR. RAMON & PEDRO