How about we start with a little stop motion version of
Joy Division. Imagine how many hours it took to make this:
And then let’s talk about how meh this new Gagz (a.k.a
Lady Gaga) song is. Does anyone wonder why all pop music sounds like Euro dance these days?:
And then to cleanse yourself of the whole experience, watch the FlyLo-directed video for
Erykah Badu’s ‘Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long’
over here.
Black Keys have upped the ante with their latest music video. ‘Howlin’ For You’ is a faux-movie trailer featuring, amongst others,
Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges (and also the toy dinosaur from their video for ‘
Next Girl’). Watch it over at
IMDB.
Chaz Bundick aka
Toro Y Moi is streaming his new album
Underneath the Pine over at
Urban Outfitters. Whoever isn’t irritated by the term ‘chillwave’ yet is probably in the minority.
Let’s shake it out with
Rye Rye’s version of ‘Party in the USA’ below and/or her free mixtape called
RYEot powRR:
Speaking of mixes, how’s about this excellently titled
A Heart-Breaking Work of Swagger and G-Ness from a guy called
Jams F. Kennedy (will this current trend of
pun artist names ever stop?). It features songs from a bunch of solid beatmakers like Nosaj Thing, Teebs and of course Kennedy himself:
Looking for some new music? Venezuelan artist
Algodon Egipcio (Spanish for ‘Egyptian Cotton’) makes sun-drenched, reverb-y, laidback indie rock. Go to
CMJ to preview/download the track ‘El Dia Previo’, lifted off his forthcoming album
La Lucha Constante, out March 22 via Lefse Records.
The
Nicolas Jaar podcast over at
XLR8R is really good. Dude is only 21 but already makes solid music awash with emotion and other humanistic endeavors.
There doesn’t appear to be a tracklist for this
Jacques Renault mix, but he is part of Runaway, and Runaway is signed to DFA, and DFA is good.
Another sick producer who shares the same first name as the gent above is
Jacques Greene. He’s 21, signed to LuckyMe, and makes solid house tunes. This is also a mix without a tracklist:
And finally, a live session from when-indie-meets-commercial-success group,
Arcade Fire. Does anyone else think that Win Butler’s ‘ironic jumper’ saves him from looking entirely like a member of the Hitler Youth?: