thursday wake up call

Really really awesome (and slightly freaky) video for "Pelican", the first single off The Maccabees' third album Given to the Wild, out on January 9th!

wednesday wake up call

Brand new song by Dead Swans, "Keep Them Shut". From the fourth coming EP Anxiety and Everything Else, out on February 28 through Bridge Nine Records.

tuesday wake up call

Cursive new album I Am Gemini is coming out on February 21, 2012 via Saddle Creek. You can download a brand new song from the album, "The Sun and Moon" for free below!

monday wake up call

Fantastic video for "River" by Snorri Helgason.



"River" is directed by Máni M. Sigfússon, the same dude who directed Sin Fang's "Slowlights", one of my favourite videos/songs of 2011.

sunday wake up call

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this cliché?—"The New Year" by Death Cab For Cutie




...And here’s a song entitled "Happy New Year" by We Are The City, but it has nothing to do with the New Year, but it’s a pretty cool video!

saturday wake up call

"Shed" by Title Fight, from the album Shed, out through SideOneDummy.



Be sure to check out Title Flight's Daytrotter session here.

friday wake up call

"F·U·Y·A" by C2C—one of the coolest videos I have ever seen!

thursday wake up call

Watch this beautiful video directed by Christian Sorensen Hansen for the song "The Cascade"
by Moving Mountains.

my 30 favourite songs of 2011

#30 "The Copper Top" by Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, from Everything's Getting Older




#29 "Surfer's Hymn" by Panda Bear, from Tomboy




#28 "Queen Of Hearts" by Fucked Up, from David Comes To Life




#27 "V.E.N.O.M" by Pulled Apart By Horses, from Tough Love — out on January 23, 2012

wednesday wake up call

"Numbers in Action" by Wiley, taken from 100% Publishing