Rolling Stones To Headline Coachella 2013?
I didn’t watch the 12-12-12 The Concert For Sandy Relief in real time, but I did follow it on my Facebook newsfeed, and I literally LOLed when the following three updates popped up — posted by three...
View ArticleThe Gummy Awards: Your Top 10 TV Shows Of 2012
Our Gummys reader poll reveals continue today with your top ten TV shows of 2012. Since television (and movies and trampoline accidents) is the domain of our sister site Videogum, head there now to...
View ArticleThe Killers – “Here With Me” Video
The Killers clearly are trying to flush their video vaults before the new year, as this is their second one this week alone. Are there tax implications to carrying over completed music videos into the...
View ArticleHear Stephin Merritt Cover Beck’s “Old Shanghai” From Song Reader
As James Jackson Toth noted in our Premature Evaluation of Beck’s new Song Reader, lots of musicians (as well as some of us for whom the name “musician” is truly too generous) are performing,...
View ArticleVÃ¥r – “The Boy Or The Boot”
Iceage’s sophomore album, You’re Nothing is at (or very near) the top of my own list of 2013′s most anticipated releases, but till it arrives, a new song from Vår will serve as a fine stopgap. Vår is...
View ArticleThe xx – “Chained (John Talabot & Pional Blinded Remix)”
Barcelona’s dank Balearic beat maker John Talabot and countryman/house producer Pional have already collaborated to great effect twice this year — see “Destiny,” from Talabot’s murked-out afterhours...
View ArticleDan Deacon Brings “True Thrush” And His Smartphone App To Kimmel
Like DIIV, Dan Deacon made his network television debut last night. Unlike DIIV, Dan’s been around years, a veritable vet of the eclectic set. So his stop at Kimmel with America‘s “True Thrush” was...
View ArticleWatch Jeff Tweedy And Mavis Staples Cover “Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)”...
On Wednesday, Stephen Colbert signed off his show with an old timey Christmas carol, “Good King Wencesles,” joined by Michael Stipe and Mandy Patinkin. Last night, he signed off his entire 2012 season...
View ArticleBurial – “Truant” &“Rough Sleeper”
Many commenters were surprised and upset that we didn’t include Burial’s fantastic Kindred EP in our list of the Top 5 EPs Of 2012, and I want you all to know: I voted for it! Alas my vote was not...
View ArticleSky Ferreira – “Everything Is Embarrassing (Unknown Mortal Orchestra Remix)”
At the 12.12.12 concert the other night, Brian Williams panned over to his tank of phone operators, previously filled by the celebrity likes of Whoopi Goldberg, the SNL cast, and Mark Messier, now...
View ArticleWatch DIIV Do “Doused” On Letterman
Fresh off of walking away with this year’s Best New Artist Gummy Award, DIIV made their network television debut last night with a “Doused.” Dave gives DIIV a “Fantastic.” Watch it below. (via The...
View ArticleWatch Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples & Sean Lennon Cover âHappy X-Mas (War Is...
On Wednesday, Stephen Colbert signed off his show with an old timey Christmas carol, “Good King Wencesles,” joined by Michael Stipe and Mandy Patinkin. Last night, he signed off his entire 2012 season...
View ArticleWatch Tegan & Sara Cover Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time”
The sisters Quin embrace full-on synth-pop with their latest single “Closer” so it’s not a huge surprise to learn they love Cyndi Lauper. “We were lifetime fans and she was always an influence,” Tegan...
View ArticleWatch Ryan Adams Play Conan
Ryan Adams has been getting some mileage out of “Shine Through The Dark,” a song he originally recorded for the 2011 benefit comp Live From Nowhere Near You and re-recorded for the soundtrack to Judd...
View ArticleThe xx – “Last Christmas” (Wham! Cover)
Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is one of the all-time great cheesed-out holiday songs, but it’s got a simple, heart-heavy longing at its core, and so maybe it’s not such a shock that the xx would consider...
View ArticlePeaking Lights – “Beautiful Dub” Video
Earlier this month, Wisconsin production duo Peaking Lights released Lucifer In Dub, an album of dubbed-out versions of tracks from their already-trippy 2012 LP Lucifer. “Beautiful Son,” the married...
View ArticleDownload Spaceghostpurrp B.M.W. Mixtape
When Florida rapper/producer and evil old-school fight-music revivalist Spaceghostpurrp released Mysterious Phonk, his official debut album, earlier this year, a lot of the chatter revolved around how...
View ArticleThe Gummy Awards: Your Top 10 Movies Of 2012
We continue the unveiling of the 2012 Gummy Award winners today with your favorite movies of the year. All of Hollywood sits at the edge of its seat, occasionally mopping sweat from its furrowed brow....
View ArticleJessie Ware – “Sweet Talk” Video
This video is really adorable, casting this year’s British soul phenom Jessie Ware as a sweet little kid in the studio. It’s particularly apropos since Jessie possesses some childlike affability and...
View ArticleToro Y Moi – “So Many Details” Video
Home-studio memory-manipulator Toro Y Moi releases his new album Anything In Return next month, and now the awesomely squirmy plastic-soul first single “So Many Details” gets a video. In the...
View ArticleSunglasses – “Swim” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
We first heard Sunglasses’ “Swim” back in May, when it was the B-side of a cassette-only release. Last month, though, the duo (who have relocated from Savannah to Brooklyn) dropped their debut...
View ArticleDownload Young Jeezy It’s Tha World Mixtape
Atlanta rap giant Young Jeezy released a full-length’s worth of free music into the world today. His new tape is called It’s Tha World, and it’s got appearances from 2 Chainz, E-40, Birdman, YG, and,...
View ArticleWatch Michael Stipe, Mandy Patinkin & Stephen Colbert Sing “Good King...
Michael Stipe pulled double duty yesterday in NYC, hitting MSG to duet “Losing My Religion” with Chris Martin at the 12.12.12. Concert after doing this bit of Christmas caroling on The Colbert Report....
View ArticleWatch Jack White’s Winter In Portlandia Cameo
On Portlandia‘s special holiday episode, there was a sketch in which Fred Armisen played a nervous, vintage-gear-obsessed studio engineer who uses the phrase Pet Sounds over and over, like a tourettic...
View ArticleFrightened Rabbit – “The Woodpile”
The video for “The Woodpile,” a swollen and emotional song from braying Scottish rockers Frightened Rabbit’s forthcoming Pedestrian Verse, is a single-shot tableau of a bloody scene in a New York...
View ArticleWatch Cat Power’s Funny Or Die Sketch
You know Chan Marshall has made some mental progress if she’s moved from mortifying onstage freakouts to making fun of herself for all those mortifying onstage freakouts. In a new Funny Or Die sketch,...
View ArticleMNDR – “Feed Me Diamonds” Video
If you watch RuPaul’s Drag Race, you’ll recognize the queen getting gussied up then taking the stage to perform MNDR’s yearning “Feed Me Diamonds” as Raven. And if not, then meet Raven! She’s on...
View ArticleWatch Grizzly Bear Play Letterman
As they did for Colbert and Jools, Grizzly Bear used their opportunity to interface directly with a nation’s insomniacs/next-morning-video-embed-watchers with a performance of “Yet Again” from...
View ArticleHere’s A Cello Remix Of The Antlers’ “No Windows”
As a thank you to fans, the Antlers just posted a pretty new version of Burst Apart‘s “No Windows” by Brent Arnold, a friend of theirs who took Peter Silberman’s vocal stems and set them to string...
View ArticleThe Gummy Awards: Your Top 20 Indie Rock Crushes Of 2012
21 Photos » GUMMYS WEEK CONTINUES. So we’re all on the same page, let’s recap the results to date. Your Best Track is Japandroids’ “House That Heaven Built,” your Best Video is M.I.A. and Romain...
View ArticleWatch A$AP Rocky Debut “Long.Live.A$AP” On MTV
A$AP Rocky’s Long.Live.A$AP is one of Q1 2013′s most eagerly awaited albums, and probably the most anticipated hip-hop record since Good Kid m.A.A.d. City, and with its release imminent, the blitz is...
View ArticleParquet Courts – “Stoned And Starving”
Parquet Courts are a breath of fresh air, and their Light Up Gold was one of the best, most relatively slept-on records of 2012. (It did claw its way onto our Top 50 list, thankfully.) In posting the...
View ArticleRa Ra Riot – “When I Dream”
Ra Ra Riot’s Beta Love is out next month. They’re a four-piece now, and the loss of Alexandra Lawn’s cello has ushered in an apparently synthier sound. We’ve heard the buoyant title track, and today...
View ArticleRa Ra Riot – “When I Dream”
Ra Ra Riot’s Beta Love is out next month. They’re a four-piece now, and the loss of Alexandra Lawn’s cello has ushered in an apparently synthier sound. We’ve heard the buoyant title track, and today...
View ArticleWilliam Tyler – “Cadillac Desert”
It’s been a good week for fans of envelope-pushing guitar wizards: Two days ago we got the scoop on a new Marnie Stern record, and today — on the less frenetic end of the spectrum — a new song from...
View ArticleMcCartney & Nirvana Members – “Cut Me Some Slack” Studio Version & SNL...
In one of those bizarre and unforseeable titans-clashing musical events, Paul McCartney linked up with the surviving members of Nirvana, reunited for the occasion, to play a few songs at last week’s...
View ArticleThe Presets – “Promises” Video
The new video for Aussie dance-rock duo the Presets’ new single “Promises” is a propulsive stream of disconnected images — some CGI, some flesh-and-blood. Special Problems direct. Watch it below. The...
View ArticlePeaking Lights – “Beautiful Son”
The married Wisconsin dub duo Peaking Lights will drop their new album Lucifer next month, and we’ve already posted the early track “Lo Hi.” The latest track we’ve heard is a blissed-out six-minute...
View ArticleWatch Grizzly Bear Play StePhest Colbchella ’012 RocktAugustfest
6 Photos » Last night was Grizzly Bear’s time to shine as part of Stephen Colbert’s StePhest Colbchella ’012 RocktAugustfest, and the group showed up to play three songs. Also, they did a highly...
View ArticleDownload Sufjan Stevens Chopped & Scrooged Mixtape
Oh boy. Oh jeez. We can do this, everybody. We can get through this. The fact is this: Sufjan Stevens has just released a mixtape. Of rap songs. About Christmas. It’s called Chopped & Scrooged. It...
View ArticleJessie Ware – “Night Light” Video
Jessie Ware’s elegantly smooth debut album Devotion is one of the great surprises of 2012, and she’s starting to look just as assured onscreen as she sounds on record. Her new video for the album...
View ArticleWatch Grizzly Bear Play Jools Holland
Grizzly Bear’s media takeover tour continues! The band showed up on the most recent episode of the BBC’s Later With Jools Holland, playing the Shields single “Yet Again” and sounding as lush and...
View ArticleMarching Church – “Throughout The Borders”
Elias Bender Rønnenfelt is probably best known for being the vocalist and guitarist of the excellent Danish post-punk band, Iceage, and probably second-best known for being the frontman for Vår (née...
View ArticleThe xx – “Chained” Video
In the xx’s new video for “Chained,” one of the standout songs from their new album from Coexist, we see the group’s three members as they plunge, in extreme and near-fetishistic slo-mo, into a giant...
View ArticleBlood Orange – “Neptune” (Lemonade Cover)
“Neptune,” the R&B-dazed early-2012 track from Brooklyn dance-rockers Lemonade, might be the best thing that group has ever done. And now their friend and fellow Kings County polyglot Dev Hynes,...
View ArticleDan Deacon – “True Thrush” Video
For the video for his song “True Thrush,” Dan Deacon, along with co-director Ben O’Brien, recruited a whole cast of wacky individual to play a sort of skit-based game of telephone. All the videos...
View ArticleFat Creeps – “Daydreaming” Video
In September, we introduced you to Fat Creeps, a Boston three-piece who match dark garage-rock guitar riffs with dissonant harmonies for some of the catchiest ’90s-inspired pop songs we’ve heard all...
View ArticleWatch Dirty Projectors Hi Custodian
Earlier this summer, Dirty Projectors announced the existence of their Hi Custodian short film project, a 20-minute, Dave Longstreth-directed clip that’s basically the Dirty Projectors’ “Runaway.” The...
View ArticleFucked Up – “Inside A Frame” Video
The brand-new video for “Inside A Frame,” one of the prime ragers from Fucked Up’s great 2011 album David Comes To Life, mostly takes place at a tough-kid dance-crew choreography practice, and it’s...
View ArticleWatch Big Boi And Kelly Rowland Play The View
Big Boi seems to exist entirely in the indie-festival universe these days, so it’s nice, every once in a while, to remember that he’s totally famous, that he has a bunch of hits to his name, and that a...
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