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If you didn’t dig on the animated video, here’s a slightly more meatspace take on the catchy tune, Bag of Hammers. It also helps to confirm that Thao is indeed female, if you were wondering.

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“Three Women”, the infectiously poppy new Stereolab video over at Pitchfork.tv, is a crash course in psychedelic animation. This is the first single off the band’s forthcoming Chemical Chords LP due out August 19th on Too Pure. Pitchfork also recently spoke with guitarist Tim Gane about the band’s first new album in four years and [...]

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I’ve been reading some ho-hum impressions of Scarlett Johansson’s debut single, “Falling Down”, and, after listening myself, I must say I’m sort of surprised by the complaints. It’s nowhere near as meh as people are saying. I was expecting it to be horrible based on some of the hyperbolic headlines. Granted, it’s not great. It’s [...]

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After weeks of sold out shows in Europe, Damon Albarn’s opera, Monkey: Journey to the West, makes its way stateside for a brief run at Charleston’s Spoleto Festival May 22 - June 8. Tickets range from $25 to $65 and the opera will be held at the Sottile Theater at the College of Charleston.
Here’s a [...]

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Pas de chat! Ok, it was on BoingBoing, so I’m sure everyone’s seen it, but I couldn’t not post it.

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This is my favorite song off my favorite record of the year so far (Foals’ Antidotes). No matter what else I get my hands on, I keep coming back to (and consequently cannot stop listening to) this record. I know the post-punk/dance-punk flavor is wearing thin for many, but Foals just do it exactly right. [...]

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“and I never cared about Ian Mackaye…” It’s silly, but amusing.

(via coudal.com)

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Get Better, from Re-Arrange Us. (For Pat D.)

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In honor of the re-release(s). I went through a Replacements phase about 15 years ago. I think I’m ready to revisit their oeuvre.

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Because it’s Monday.

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(Via Coudal.com)

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The video is about a guy who has to drive across the country from Los Angeles to New York simple enough. So to create the video, they shot it on 16mm film, shooting one frame every second, and then one frame every 10 seconds at night. The overall effect is really awesome, compressing a seven [...]

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Hailing from Cardiff (home of Young Marble Giants, btw), Los Campesinos! deliver a raucous recipe of indie pop stew. Of course, they’re on Arts & Crafts.

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Granted, it is a pretty bad ass song for a Nike commercial, but still. SAUL?! What gives?

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I still can’t believe I panned Tiger Bay in ‘94. It became one of my favorite Saint Etienne albums.

Post inspired by a sliver of Saint Etienne caught in Almodovar’s Volver the other day.

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To coincide with yet another compilation, Morrissey has released this new single as the featured track on his new Greatest Hits record. I haven’t the faintest idea how this compilation differs from all the others, but have no doubt that Morrissey knows how to milk a market share (”reissue, repackage…”, never mind). His star has [...]

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Stumbled across a link to Huggy Bear’s early demos and Peel sessions on Idolator the other day, which made me nostalgic for this song. 1994 was a bad ass year. This clip is from a 1994 UK zine documentary “Getting Close to Nothing.”

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