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Video: Cults – “Go Outside”
I love Cults. Not in a creepy way, of course. More in a “this song is my jam” kind of way. So when I saw that “Go Outside”, the same song that launched the duo onto everyone’s radar last year, finally received a music video, I was incredibly excited to check it out. The video was directed by Isaiah Seret and contains footage from Jim Jones’ religious cult, Peoples Temple. For the first time, the band’s name and the word “cult” merge, and it’s awesome. Check out the video below.
Weezer Cruise
Weezer frontman, Rivers Cuomo, has announced a 4 day cruise that starts at Miami and ends at Cozumel. This odd, but luxurious cruise includes free 24-hour room service, a casino, hot tubs, pools, gourmet dining and more. Weezer will be joined by Dinosaur Jr., Wavves, The Antlers, Yuck, Free Energy, Keepaway, Boom Bip, Gene Ween, Dave Dreiwitz, The Knocks and more. Watch a video below of Rivers Cuomo announcing the cruise.
Video: Shabazz Palaces – “Bop Hard (Live at KEXP)”
Sub Pop-signed avante-garde rap group Shabazz Palaces unleashed a brand new song, “Bop Hard”, while making a stop at Seattle’s KEXP radio station the other day. The song features lush instrumentation and Palaceer Lazaro’s thought-provoking rhymes. If you aren’t already familiar with the group’s catalog, now would be a good time to check out their newly-released debut album, Black Up, out now via Sub Pop. It’s been hailed by many to be this year’s greatest rap album.
Check out the live performance of “Bop Hard” below.
Panda Bear and Sonic Boom Perform On Fallon
Noah Lennox, more famously known as Panda Bear of Animal Collective, made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, performingTomboy‘s opening track “You Can Count On Me”. For someone who claims he is terrified of performing on stage, Noah seemed incredibly calm as he performed the song with Sonic Boom, complete with a stunning light show from ODDSAC director and Animal Collective imagist Danny Perez. Ooh, pretty!
Check it out below, via The Audio Perv.
Hoodie Allen Details ‘Leap Year’
New York-based rapper Hoodie Allen has announced that his forthcoming Leap Year mixtape will be released on July 26th. Like his previous mixtape, Pep Rally, Hoodie will be releasing it online for free download.
Hoodie tends to incorporate many indie samples into his work, including the works of The Black Keys, Beach House, and Gil-Scott Heron & Jamie xx in the past (just to name a few). His new work should be no different, as is shown by the brand new Leap Year trailer below. Excited? You should be.
Hit the break to see Hoodie’s upcoming tour dates.
Video: The Dangerous Summer – “War Paint”
Hopeless Records have released a brand new music video to “War Paint”, the opening track from The Dangerous Summer‘s forthcoming album War Paint. The fantastic album is set to be released on July 19. You can preorder from Hopeless Records here.
Radiohead from the Basement
More and more clips of Radiohead‘s The King of Limbs From the Basement are showing up, and the newest is of the opening track, “Bloom”. The performance shows the beauty of this band’s music and the electronic bliss of their new album. You can watch the video below.
Video: The Dean’s List – “Dear Professor”
The Dean’s List have released a brand new video for their song “Dear Professor”, a standout from their mixtape The Drive In. In it, the three-piece attempt to prove that they haven’t changed because of their recent buzz and are still kids at heart. But really though, who throws eggs at the homeless?
Watch: Drake – “Marvin’s Room”
Drake‘s drunk-dial ode “Marvin’s Room” has received the video treatment, with a brand new music video making it’s appearance on Drake’s October’s Very Own blog. With a number of ephemeral shots, the video is a dizzying, hazy, but altogether quite fitting video companion for one of this year’s smoothest songs. Drake’s second studio album Take Care will be released on October 24, 2011. Check out the video below.
The Wonder Years Nervous Energies Session
The Wonder Years have recently done an acoustic session with Nervous Energies for the new album, Suburbia I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing. You can check out the band play “Local Man Ruins Everything” below. Go to Nervous Energies here to also check out acoustic versions of “Don’t Let Me Cave In” and “Woke Up Older”.
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