• anti-

    The Locust – Sever the Toes from TurnStyle Films on Vimeo. The music video above, which was put together by the good people at TurnStyle, is a promotional for the new Locust compilation. The comp features a mess of hard-to-find and out-of-print songs. Anti- has seen fit to give all this

  • 2012

    First Torche and now Black Lips? What’s up with all these insane, sport-themed music videos? Eh, at least this one’s got a bit of a historical background to it. A bit. This track comes from Black Lips’ last album, which is pretty great, Arabia Mountain. Find it on

  • album

    Torche drops some entertaining visuals for one of the best tracks from the Florida band’s latest album, Harmonicraft. The video here takes a humorous approach toward depicting a game of America’s greatest pastime: Kickball. There’s love, triumph, matching outfits, and concussion-induced hallucinations. This video’s got everything!

  • 2012

    Indie electronic duo Crystal Castles drops a new song that I’m guessing will show up on the next album they release, which should be out later this year. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    Here’s to the green screen: The most failsafe way to make a tolerable music video for a song you want to attach visuals to on a relatively thin budget. Jokes aside, this is a pretty fun video from longstanding indie electronic outfit Hot Chip. Have you checked out their

  • 60s

    Tame Impala drops a new track from its forthcoming album, Lonerism, which is looking at an October 9th release in the US right now via Modular People. The Australian band’s throwback sound feels incredibly punchy on this new track titled “Elephant.” The guitars keep a steady, rock hard groove

  • 2012

    shizune. by shizune Shizune is an Italian post-hardcore band with really nicely recorded debut 7″ that’s available now on Bandcamp. Lotta passion coming from the handful of short and aggressive tracks on this release. No wonder they’ve landed shows with the likes of La Dispute, Loma Prieta, and

  • Purity Ring’s approach to synth pop on Shrines blurs the line that separates dark and cute. While it brings the new LP some unique qualities, the overall experience of these eleven tracks is a bit one-dimensional. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    Canadian indie electronic duo Crystal Castles have a new track out titled “Plague.” Stream or download it via the widget above. While I’m not completely in love with the track, I do like it more than the first song the project dropped from its last album. I wonder if

  • 2012

    Hooray! The Mountain Goats has dropped a new track from the longstanding singer-songwriter project’s next album: Transcendental Youth. It’s no secret that John Darnielle and co. have been incorporating more and more instrumentation into the Mountain Goats’ sound, and they’re really acting like it by releasing a