SONG OF THE DAY: Metric — “Youth Without Youth”
Synthetica is Metric's fifth studio album and will be released on June 12 on the band's own label. Justin Broadband created the precise and disorienting images for the album artwork.
SONG OF THE DAY: Finn Riggins — “Benchwarmers”
Finn Riggins met at the Univ. of Idaho and formed as a three-piece, and then eventually relocated to the biggest city in Idaho (you guessed it!): Boise. Benchwarmers was released…
SONG OF THE DAY: Mountain Man — “Soft Skin”
"Soft Skin" is from their debut album, Made the Harbor, released on Bella Union / Partisan in 2010.
SONG OF THE DAY: The War On Drugs — “Baby Missiles”
"Baby Missiles" is from their glorious album Slave Ambient released on Secretly Canadian last year. They are based out of Philly and are playing Sasquatch and Bonnaroo this summer, so try…
ALBUM OF THE DAY: GASHCAT — “REUNION!”
The whole album is really great from start to finish, but be sure to check out the songs "Melanie" and "I Build Machines," which has some excellent lyrics. They…
SONG OF THE DAY: Girls — “Honey Bunny”
Girls are a rock pop outfit based out of San Francisco, and Honey Bunny is from their most recent release, Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther, 2011). They have a…
SONG OF THE DAY: Pearly Gate Music — “Daddy Wrote You Letters”
This video is a live performance at SXSW 2010, and if you like the melody/words be sure to take a listen to the record, which is quite pared down and…
SONG OF THE DAY: Menomena — “TAOS”
TAOS is from Menomena's most recent release, Mines (2010, Barsuk Records). They hail from Portland, OR and their namesake is a combination of the words men and phenomena (not this, which is…
SONG OF THE DAY: Wye Oak — “Fish”
Wye Oak is based out of Baltimore and is comprised of Jen Wasner and Andy Stack. Wasner sings and plays guitar, and Stack drums and plays bass simultaneously (?!) using…
SONG OF THE DAY: St. Vincent — “Cheerleader”
The video was directed by Hiro Murai and Strange Mercy was released on 4AD. If you like this, be sure to check out St Vincent's eerie video for the…