wednesday wake up call

"Warm Night Home" by Hands is a simple, but fantastic video filled with beautiful overlaying footage and projection.

tuesday wake up call

Really love the new single from Apologies, I Have None for the song "Clapton Pond"!



"Clapton Pond" is the second single off of the band's upcoming record, London, set to release on March 19, 2012 via Household Name Records, pre-order it here.

...and while you are at it, check out "60 Miles", another great track from London.

monday wake up call

"Hands" by Bridge and Tunnel, from Rebuilding Year, out now on No Idea Records.

sunday wake up call

Really cool futuristic video created by WINTR for Niki & The Dove "The Fox":

saturday wake up call

Watch Joyce Manor's full set at last year's Sound & Fury @ the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara, CA:



The band is set to release a follow-up to last year's amazing debut with Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired, out on April 17th through Asian Man Records.

Hear the first single—"Violent Inside"—from the new record over at Altpress!

friday wake up call

Check out this animated video by Lam Ho Tak for Ólafur Arnalds' "Near Light"; from the album Living Room Songs, out now on Erased Tapes Records.

thursday wake up call

MUST SEE! Josh Ritter's "Love Is Making Its Way Back Home", created by Prominent Figures using over 12,000 pieces of construction paper with no added effects, is hands down one of the most creative and impressive music videos I have ever seen!



"Love Is Making Its Way Back Home" is featured on Bringing In The Darlings EP, get the vinyl here.

pop. 1280: the horror

Out of the two dozen records I've heard in this young year so far, Pop. 1280's debut, The Horror is the one that stands out for me. Pop. 1280 plays a very atmospheric type of music—not dreamy and calming atmospheric like Grouper, but rather the opposite. Pop. 1280's The Horror is moody like a nightmare-ish soundtrack, think David Lynch's Lost Highway. The finest moments come from "Nature Boy", "Bodies in the Dunes" and "West World"—those are dark, sinister and chaotic noisy tracks... they add to the fascinatingly unique experience of The Horror! If you ever wonder what a louder and faster version of Suicide + Joy Division would sound like, this is it.




Here's an older version, from Pop. 1280's The Grid EP



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Stream The Horror over at Spin
Buy The Horror here

wednesday wake up call

"Limelight" by Glass City Vice



Buy the "Limelight" single via iTunes here.

tuesday wake up call

Here's a video of The Front Bottoms performing "Looking Like You Just Woke Up" @ Mayo Hall in Michigan State University:



The album version of "Looking Like You Just Woke Up" is from the band's incredibly catchy S/T debut, out now Bar/None Records.