Kishi Bashi is one of my favorite new discoveries I’ve had while binging on music in anticipation of this year’s SXSW, I first heard Kishi Bashi on this week’s All Songs Considered, playing “Bright Whites” on his latest album 151a.
Here he is in a gorgeously shot video from Holy Cow Films playing “Manchester” [...]

Chromatics are getting ready to put out their first album in five years. To tease a little, they’ve released this reworked cover of Neil Young’s “Hey Hey My MY,” titled “Into The Black.” It’s nice and moody. Also dig this retro, split screen video.

In case there was ever a) confusion about what Bruce is singing or singing about; or b) a desire to see him jam out on rooftops and in what looks to be an abandoned industrial meat freezer, Bruce Springsteen has released a video (annotated with lyrics) for his single “We Take Care Of Our Own.” As [...]

A slightly abridged version of the songs that came up on shuffle on my iPod during my morning commute. A few I skipped over, but otherwise, here it is.
1) ARCADE FIRE, “Lenin” from Dark Was The Night
2) THE NATIONAL, “Lit Up” from Alligator
3) THE BEATLES, “Because” from Love
4) RADIOHEAD, “Idioteque” from Kid A
5) GROUNDTRUTHER, “Jupiter [...]