There’s just so much to like about this Tom Scharpling-directed video of Wild Flag’s “Romance.” 1) Carrie Brownstein complaining about square-shaped pie charts; 2) Janet Weiss vacuuming in janitorial jumpsuit; 3) creepy masks; 4) knocking over all the Merge albums off the shelves; 5) a bucket full of coffee; 6) dreamlike midday work excursions. On top of [...]

I just cannot get enough of this new Wilco album. It seems like every listen reveals something new in a different song, which is something you probably couldn’t say about the last couple records. Anyway, there’s a new video directed by Mark Greenberg for Wilco’s “Born Alone” from their superb new album The Whole Love. [...]

At one point this spring I was probably listening to Wye Oak’s record Civilian multiple times a day every day. It was perhaps a bit much, but it speaks to how great these songs are and how stunning the band is. One of my favorite songs, especially live in concert, is “Holy Holy.” Check out [...]

JEFF The Brotherhood played at the Tiny Desk today at the NPR Music offices. It was loud and completely awesome. One of the songs they played was “Bone Jam” from Heavy Days. After it was over I went to find the song on YouTube and found this no-budget video. I love this video because it’s [...]

All year The Flaming Lips have been releasing special edition, hard to find collaborative EPs with like-minded artists like Neon Indian, Prefuse 73 and now Lightning Bolt. Songs have mostly surfaced in the form of YouTube rips because the physical copies get gobbled up pretty fast by some lucky so and so’s. Hopefully at some [...]

Wilco’s new album The Whole Love is already assured to be among my favorite albums of the year, but it’s also the band’s best since A Ghost Is Born, if not Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. It’s also the first record on their new label dBpm. The band released a 7″ single this summer to celebrate, with [...]

This year the arty noise rockers Deerhoof have been releasing a series of collaborative singles — on which different vocalists sing on instrumentals from their 2011 album Deerhoof Vs. Evil. The latest 7″, “Behold a Raccoon in the Darkness”, features Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy singing over the instrumental for Deerhoof’s track “Behold a Marvel in the [...]

Recently Washed Out performed for Sirius XMU Sessions, during which they performed a short but well-realized cover of Chris Isaak’s lovely 1989 slow jam ballad “Wicked Game,” from his record Heart Shaped World. It’s a great reminder to how amazing the original is.

Check out Isaak’s performance on Late Night with David Letterman (back when he [...]

Sufjan Stevens dropped by WNYC to sing “Pleasure Principle” the last acoustic portion of his 25-min long epic “Impossible Soul,” from his even more epic album Age Of Adz. He’s joined here by The National’s Bryce Dessner and two members of his band, including Kat Martino. Sufjan is ending his so-called touring behind this record [...]

If you heard this new Wilco single “I Might” a few weeks back and thought it showed great promise for the upcoming record, you’re not alone. It’s a great tune. Now I have now heard the new Wilco album The Whole Love, and I can say it’s absolutely great. Totally the album I had hoped [...]