Yelle’s debut album, Pop-Up, has been in the stores for almost a year now so it’s a little odd that she’s just now getting around to releasing a video for “Ce Jeu”.  That’s ok with me though, since the video is tres fantastique.  Nice, colorful candy for the eyes and ears. It occurred to me the [...]

Is there any band more eternally hip than Stereolab?  I mean, you never hear hipsters bitching about how lame Stereolab is.  It’s just kind of an accepted fact that they’re untouchable. Stereolab - Neon Beanbag “Neon Beanbag” comes from Stereolab’s first album of new material since 2006’s EP collection, Fab Four Suture.  Chemical Chords will be released [...]

I’ve been in a pretty mellow mood lately.  With The Dame in the middle of being demolished and no real leads on a new location it isn’t too difficult to get bummed out.  In times like these I’m often drawn to the pleasant melodies of indie pop. Oh No! Oh My!’s tour date announcement today gives [...]

Kind of a slow news day around here so I’m going to feature another group who I feel deserves a little more credit than they’re given…..The Sleepy Jackson.  I suppose I should say “he’s given” since the band is basically Luke Steele and whomever is performing with him at the time.  The story goes that [...]

In a fair world, Bobby Conn would already be a star.  As it is, however, only a select few are in on the secret.  Well, it seems that an old video of his is making the rounds on the net and getting some attention… I’ll let Bobby explain this for himself (taken from Bobby Conn’s myspace [...]

Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham - I Deserve It So, this is good news; The now out of print debut album by Luna’s Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham, L’Avventura, is set to be reissued this September.  I wasn’t aware of this, but apparently Jetset Records (former home of Luna, Mogwai, Arab Strap, Death By Chocolate, The [...]

We don’t get a lot of news about Eurovision here in the United States, but this clip from Sebastien Tellier has been making the rounds.  For good reason, as it turns out.  C’est fantastique! Sebastien Tellier - Divine I’m not sure how exactly Sebastien was chosen to represent France at Eurovision 2008, but it seems to have [...]

Devendra Banhart - Carmensita Yes, that’s the extremely cute Natalie Portman, Devendra Banhart’s girlfriend.  Is that Jon Lovitz in there as well? This video comes at a strange time for me.  You see, in the past couple of days I’ve watched The Darjeeling Limited and El Topo.  It’s kind of freaky how these two movies fit right [...]

Well, there you have it.  The first single, “Fresh Born”, off of Deerhoof’s new album.  Instead of releasing the actual recording, Deerhoof has offered up this piece of sheet music.  They’ve invited you to record your own version and post it up at deerhoof.cashmusic.org for all to hear. Pretty cool idea if you ask me.  Unfortunately, [...]

Ah, Emiliana Torrini.  Coming to Kentucky soon, dear?  Please do. Until that happens, I’ll be content with this track off of her new album, Me And Armeni. Emiliana Torrini - Me And Armeni A bit of a different direction this time around; You’d be forgiven if you thought that you’d mistakenly queued up Lily Allen after those first [...]