Chilling retro indie

Via ElectricMustach as pretty much always

indie music

This video makes not one lick of sense to me.  I think the point is that the band doesn't really need that dorky guitar player to do live shows, so they made a video to let him know how superfluous he was and to shame him for playing army men all the time.

That's my take anyhow.



Via Electric Mustace

Trippy Animal Collective Indie

Are you one drugs?  You should go somewhere and come down, because this video may make you come unhinged.  The song is pretty good, but the video... well the video makes me feel like I just tripped the light fantastic.





source ElectricMustache

Cameo's are the new indie

I wasn't sure if I cared to post this video or not, but the two dudes that they flash to repeatedly that made me laugh tipped the scales to yes.  So here you go Cameo's by a "Comedian/Musician", an actor and a model.  If you saw anyone else let me know. Hat tip as always ElectricMustache blog

Indieriffic cover

Damien Rice came out with the song Volcano in February of 2002, (don't get your hopes up too high the rest of the album isn't quite as good as this song) around the time that I personally mark as the start of the folk singer revival we have (The Head and the Heart, The Decemberists, Mumford and Son's, The Lumineers, Group Love, Bon Iver ect.) anyhow Bears Of Manitou decided to post this cover on twitter (which is arguably the first good use of twitter since it's inception) Hat tip ElectricMustache

Damien Rice original on Youtube






As a bonus, I also found this live version of The Lumineers - Ho Hey on the tubes so I threw that one in as a freebie.

I is for Indie

Well the day has come, and it's time to put those fake synths down for a second and listen to some organic real life music.  So you beat junkies hold off on your next mdma infused hit and hear what music is supposed to sound like.

Bass Drums of Death - I wanna be forgotten


Wye Oak - Civillian


Jack White - Love Interruption

Super lazy

Goodness I didn't post yesterday and it's approaching noon here and I still haven't posted anything for today.  Well yesterday I was oddly busy as I helped a new sales manager get settled in and pick out a new laptop, and scrambled to purchase Backup Exec under some promotional pricing.  The wheels of industry turn very slowly in a government agency so it doesn't matter that it is more than 1/2 off the sticker price and expires today, I couldn't get the PO pushed through.  I'm off on a weekday for the first time that I can remember in a long time.  So I've been emailing around to try and get this purchase finished before the deadline.

My wife and I are off today and planning on taking the little one to the pool today, and a few other chores that are hard to pull off during the weekend but mostly just hanging out.  I made it to Spinning class in at least 5 months and then I slept in and made breakfast for the wife and I.

Hope everyone's Friday is pretty chill, and here is some chill music to slide into the weekend with




International version  - as always ignore the video, it's just odd.

Bon Iver - Skinny Love from Sale on Vimeo.

What the Hell Jake?

Music video for sure, but really it's music video mangnum opus.  Jake you scary, scary bastard.  Happy weekend people.




International version as well


The Shoes 'Time To Dance' from Somesuch & Co. on Vimeo.

New indie music game

This is exactly the type of crap that makes people like me frustrated with indie music. There are six douchebags in this here video, see if you can spot them all.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Strangers Are Strange from Pharm on Vimeo.

Random indie

So this came up today from a blog I don't follow yet, pretty fun and chill.




International version ignore the video it's a fan made one.

The Submarines, "1940" (Amplive Remix) from SARAH ADAMS on Vimeo.

Miike Snow

Alright Miike, I barely tolerate you on a normal day, but if you're gonna put out weird ass videos we are going to have to fight.  Provided with only the commentary that I just don't get it.





International version

Miike Snow - Paddling Out from Furlined on Vimeo.

Trippy indie

Maynard James Keenan you crazy singing bastard.

I give unto you unwashed masses the current distraction of the Tool front man Puscifer

What in the holy f*ck indie?

ElectricMustache is messing with me today.  I cannot say how I feel about this song because the video was so filled with wtfbbq that I cannot imagine the song without the video.  I whole heatedly apologize for what is about to happen to your brain as it leaks out your ear holes and puddles on your desk.  Grab a towel and don't panic.

Cloud Nothings - "No Future / No Past" Official Video from Urban Outfitters on Vimeo.

Ugh videos kill it

So I was going to do a post on the music of Karen Elson, because she came up on my last.fm station and I somewhat enjoyed the sound of her voice and then I watched a video of her and thought better of it.  Then I thought even better and decided to post the videos anyway so you all can see the amount of crap I have to crawl through for a quality post of indie music.  Without further ado I give you garbage steampunk-esk video's.
The Ghost that walks

Truth is in the dirt


International version
The Ghost that walks
Sorry couldn't find an embeddable (totally a word by the way) version so you have to tolerate a commercial to watch this garbage.

Truth is in the dirt

Karen Elson - The Truth is in the Dirt from Karen Elson on Vimeo.

Original Vs the Cover

So I heard the cover first and that my have set my bias for it, but I thought I would post here to see which version others preferred.

The original is from Beirut (the band not the place) and I heard it recently on the nighty night Last.fm station of indie music I listen to with my son. The seed artist is The National and I like them but seriously Bon Iver, Iron and Wine, Beirut e. al ad nauseum put me straight to sleep with their slow pace and muted vocals. But I digress the song is Postcards From Italy and the song is a nice little ditty.


Then there is the cover by Florence + The Machine that dominates this song into sweet oblivion.(an additional note to all bands adopting web/im/text speak for band names that make for really dumb typing and hard to find you on the internet so they eventually change their name ala Panic! at the Disco now known as Panic at the Disco stop it, seriously)


International versions below

Beirut version

Beirut - Postcards from Italy from Fulanito Sutano on Vimeo.


Florence + The Machine version (feel free to ignore the video here, it was the best audio quality version that I found but the video is some weird hipster bs)

Pichidangui 2011 from Camila Rubio on Vimeo.

Music streaming or otherwise

The article that started this thought is ancient by any standard, but I remembered it when I was looking for more music recently.  There is the standards of course with Pandora, and for me Slacker, Turntable.fm, Last.fm, straight up youtube and vevo, tumblr (if you follow someone that posts music often) ect.  Most of this just promotes what is popular, and doesn't really help you with "discovery"  The article mentions Soundcloud which has come on like gangbusters since the article was written, it mentions the now defunct but previously awesome LaLa.

My trouble is I feel like I'm in a funk.  Radio top 40 BS isn't doing it for me, and most of my streaming services either don't really help with discovery or are so fine tuned that very few new songs come up.  I follow a very select few indie music blogs, but they are either loosing steam for interests elsewhere, or have gone defunct in the case of Woxy.  My slacker radio station has turned into a Manchester Orchestra fan station (the seed artist was the Dead Weather) and it's only Manchester Orchestra because I had to ban The Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's.  Don't get me wrong I love Karen O (seriously check out the Immigrant Song cover she did with Trent Reznor for that movie coming out soon), but she can be super annoying after like 6 songs in a single listening session.

Anything really stoking your fires lately?  Also for giggles if you accidentally search for radeo because you're tired and cannot type it gives you interesting results.

Compare and contrast

I heard the Ghostland Observatory song today, and swore it was a cover of a Queen song. I heard Freddie Mercury in there so loud and clear, it was startling. I don't know if this guy has the chops for it in other ways, but tell me if you hear it too.

Ghostland Observatory, sad sad city



Queen another one bites the dust



For the international set
Ghostland

Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City (Official Music Video). Watch more top selected videos about: Ghostland Observatory

Queen

Another one bites the dust- Queen from Franco Belharch on Vimeo.

Arcade Fire

I think this qualifies as another just ignore the video type of song, but I think the song is pretty solid.  Infact just ignore the youtube version and check out the international version, that video is sick




International version

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II from marina i on Vimeo.

Karate, appropriate anytime

If you don't get why this is so damn hilarious, well you have no sense of humor.



International version hopefully

Band of Skulls - The Devil Takes Care of His Own (Official Video) from Vagrant Records on Vimeo.

international version 2

Band Of Skulls - The Devil Takes Care of His Own by BangOn

Indie I promise

The preview thumbnail made me very suspect of this video, but it was indie music lurking on the song.




International version for you.

Brown Bread and Von Holt-Why Are You So Damn Agreeable - Click here for more amazing videos