okkervil river’s i am very far is set to be released may 10th, and you may remember this little ditty from their performance on fallon a few months back. i’m also expecting to hear it performed next weekend in austin’s sxsw. so here for you is the album version of “wake and be fine.” download it off the widget after the jump.
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jj does what jj does best today – gave away free wispy electro pop music. the song “the end” we’ll call it (no official title) is tons of autotune and a bit of rap. in swedish, no less. check it out below.
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for the new video for “under cover of darkness” from the upcoming angles (march 22), the boys of the strokes trade their faded denim and iconic chuck taylors for bow ties and lapels. everyone but ol’ julian, who’s still stuck in his ol’ ways, trashing posh smoking rooms and doing that mic-stand javelin move we’re so fond of. check it out above.
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the strokes – under cover of darkness
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yeasayer are apparently all about the valentine’s day love. in addition to the trippy new video (they all are) for odd blood track “i remember,” the gents havev a three song ep available for free download. just head over to their website and surrender an email addy.
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it’s been a good long 5 years since a new album from the strokes. even longer since we’ve heard the oft-imitated strokes sound of yore. “under cover of darkness,” the new track from the new york garage pioneers’ forthcoming album angels (out march 22, or so says valensi) is a call-back to those is this it days, a bouncy guitar-driven track that combines the best of 70′s analog recordings with casablancas’ familiar pabst blue voice.
download the song at the strokes’ official site for the next 48 hours (now 24),
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the strokes – under cover of darkness
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the super duo jenny lewis and johnathan rice do what you’d assume most adorbz couples do: frolic about and blow eachother all manner of kisses. and then there’s the blood. a lot of it. enough to write on the walls with. check out the bloody good time in the “big wave” video from the duo’s i’m having fun now.
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hit the jump to download the fuzzy garage title track from dum dum girls’ upcoming gets me high ep, and i know i’m not going to be the only one who says this, but the track sounds oddly reminiscent of the romantics’ “what i like about you.” clap-clap-clap!
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2010, come back to me so i can indulge in this overlooked gem of an album. spain’s crystal fighters share a french label with bloc party, hot chip and the whitest boy alive and play a carefree kind of, and i don’t use this word often, folktronica. check out their sweet and springlike video for “at home,” off their debut star of love above.
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crystal fighters – at home
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performing “conversation 16″ from their fantastic album high violet, the national brought with them arcade fire’s richard reed perry on 3rd guitar too add to their melodious melancholia. i love the line “i was afraid i’d eat your brains” a concern i’m sure everyone can sympathize with.
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the national – conversation 16
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taken from the forthcoming young silence 12″ ep (out v-day), topeka, kansas’ echo lake have just released this neat video for the title track. ghostly projections will test your limits of uncanny valley-ness. you’ve been warned.
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bye bye lyrics video. r.e.m.’s got an actual moving vid for their collapse into now track “mine smell like honey.” the clip plays like a flipbook with stipe doing his best prone position as he’s tossed up a flight of stairs.
collapse into now is out march 8th, but don’t expect a tour anytime soon.
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r.e.m. – mine smell like honey
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matthew vasquez of middle brother fame has a full time project called the delta spirit apparently. joke. the san diegans (or is it san diego-ites?) brought their song “white table” from their album history from below to jimmy kimmel live. the track ticks gently at first, then mushrooms into a percussive a-bomb. watch them explode all over the jimmy kimmel: live stage up above.
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an idyllic autumn day shot in kodachrome (the olderst brand of color film) sets the tone for the thermals’ earnest “never listen to me” from last year’s rousing personal life.
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the thermals – never listen to me
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memory tapes has contributed a track, the sparkly “today is our life,” to london label something in construction’s free compilation celebrating their 100th release. you can grab the track below or download the whole compilation, entitled love sic over at the guardian.
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memory tapes – today is our life
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indie’s boy wonder has returned with the bright eyes moniker and is set to release the people’s key feb. 15th. head over to spinner, and for the mere price of an email addy you can download the new “haile selassie” from said album. and yes, it’s that haile selassie.
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