MP3: Fleet Foxes – “Helplessness Blues”
MP3: Fleet Foxes – “Grown Ocean”
Sean Pecknold, brother of Fleet Foxes pack leader Robin, directed and animated “The Shrine/An Argument,” the latest video from the band’s sophomore album Helplessness Blues. Continue reading
Canadian chanteuse Feist has released a video from her newly minted fourth album, Metals. In the video, the O&B Best of 2007-winner flaunts her ankle-length mane of hair, writhes in a dark forest, and seemingly commands the elements as she poses the song’s titular question.
Feist also performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last week, so if you prefer videos of the live performance variety, you can watch that below. Continue reading…
MP3: Picastro – “Skullduggery”
Stream: Picastro & Nadja – Fool Redeemer EP
Toronto experimental trio Picastro has released four full-length albums since its 2002 formation, the latest of which is 2009’s Become Secret. This year, the band collaborated with fellow Canadians Nadja on a split called Fool Redemer. Unlike a traditional split album, with side A featuring tracks by one band and side B by another, members of both groups contributed to each other’s songs, creating a tour de force of atonal experimentation.
Picastro will join Scout Niblett at the Soda Bar on December 5; in anticipation of the show, band leader Liz Hysen sent us a list of her influences. Continue reading…
MP3: James & Evander – “Constellating”
James and Evander‘s Adam Myatt and Glenn Jackson (nobody in the band is named James or Evander) are known for crafting subdued synth-pop songs influenced by Dntel-style techno, chillwave, and contemporary pop. Although the Oakland-based duo has released several instrumental efforts, their recent EP, Constellating, finds them adding vocals for the first time. It was a good idea.
James and Evander are currently recording an LP, set for release in early 2012; they finish up a SoCal mini-tour at the Tin Can Ale House tonight, November 14.
Listen: Tennis – “Tell Her No” (Zombies cover)
Listen: Tennis “Is it True?” (Brenda Lee cover)
Just last September, the seafarers in the Denver band Tennis had to cancel their scheduled San Diego date due to tourmate/Vaccines frontman Justin Young’s “vocal cord issues.” Continue reading…