Check out the video for Arcade Fire's Ready to Start
Published August 19, 2010 By Kyle Mitchell
Just can't get enough of this album why not get the feeling of actually being at one of their larger than life kind of shows.
New Video: Of Montreal Coquet Coquette
Of Montreal's new album, False Priest is quickly coming up. Their new single, Coquet Coquette, is featured in the video above. The video seems as though it would fit somewhere in the middle of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It's violent, cannibalistic and totally wild. Check out the video, and preorder False Priest here.
Cee-Lo covers Band of Horses' No One's Gonna Love You
Cee-lo "No one's gonna love you" from Starr Whitesides on Vimeo.
My friend Andrew brought this to my attention, it's a fantastic cover of one of my favorite Band of Horses songs.
For the right reasons, I've also included the original after the break.
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DOM plays at Pitchfork Offices
Bochica Impetigo credits Worcester kids (from my hometown) DOM played a live session at Pitchforks Brooklyn Offices. Listen to more DOM on their myspace.
Catch Ra Ra Riot's video for 'Boy'
MTV debuted Ra Ra Riot's video for their newest song 'Boy.' Check the video, or just listen to Boy here. Boy comes from Ra Ra Riot's forthcoming album, The Orchard, which lands August 24th.
Jose Gonzalez sings Far Away, on a rooftop.
Coming from Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption soundtrack, Jose Gonzalez really pumps up the gloom and doom on his song Far Away. As usual, it's a beautiful song, and his voice lends itself perfectly to the lonely emotion the game promotes. Gonzalez will be here in Boston with his band Junip, November 2nd at the Royale Nightclub, Boston, MA
Tired Pony video, Dead American Writers
Tired Pony, if you haven't heard of it, is a side project from Peter Buck from REM, Richard Colburn from Belle & Sebastian, Gary Lightbody and Iain Archer from Snow Patrol, Garret Lee, Scott McCaughey and Troy Stewart. The band also features some back up from M. Ward, Tom Smith, and Zooey Deschanel. So immediately, this is some kind of superband. Their forthcoming album, The Place We Ran From, has been released in the UK, and releases to the US on September 28th. You can pre order The Place We Ran From from Amazon now. Look for a US tour…
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Chief play Night and Day for Watch Listen and Tell
I've posted a video of Chief here before, and actually posted this same song. But this one stands out, it's an acoustic performance in London. The performance is hypnotizing, its a really great song, and sounds so fantastic.
Blitzen Trapper is 'Takin it Easy Too Long'
Blitzen Trapper plays their unreleased track 'Takin it Easy Too Long' a song that I just heard them play live at Newport Folk Festival. The video was recorded at in-studio at thealternativeside.org. Check out the TAS blog which includes a video recording of 'Below the Hurricane' Don't forget Blitzen Trapper is touring with Guided By Voices this November, and will be here in Boston for two nights during that stretch. Check their calendar here.