Listen: Father John Misty - "Bored in the USA"

Last week Josh Tillman shared a new tune from his forthcoming Father John Misty LP, I Love You, Honeybear by the name of “Bored in the USA.” The tune continues down the already fine path laid out in Fear Fun, lyrically focusing on sex, drugs and alcohol.

Video: The Afghan Whigs - "Lost In The Woods"

Following the Western-themed revenge drama of "Algiers" and the kinetic "Matamoros" videos, comes the dream like "Lost in the Woods," the latest visual from The Afghan Whigs' Do to the Beast, once again directed by Phil Harder.

Listen: The Afghan Whigs - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (Police Cover)

When it comes to covering songs Greg Dulli and the Afghan Whigs are definitely one of the best in the business at doing so, usually adding some trademark melancholy to the tune in question. During the recording of their latest LP, Do to the Beast, they toyed around with the Police’s “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” but it didn’t make the final cut. “We sort of made a demo of the song and forgot about it,” says frontman Greg Dulli. Well after a quick re-recording of the vocals the band decided to share the tune today.

Video: The Afghan Whigs – "Matamoros"

You can now watch The Afghan Whigs’ latest video for “Matamoros,” the second single from the band’s new album and first in sixteen years, Do to the Beast. The clip, directed by Phil Harder, was filmed on location in New York City's subway system.

Video: Clipping. “Work Work” (feat. Cocc Pistol Cree)

Although the new Clipping album has been floating around the internet for well over a month I haven't seen much official campaigning going on for the record which is strange because it’s a very good one at that.  “Work Work” will help lead the charge forward; Taken from their upcoming self-titled Sub Pop debut the Carlos Lopez Estrada-directed video plays with ideas of power, control and gender stereotypes. Rapper Daveed Diggs spends most of the video in a compromising position while Cocc Pistol Cree keeps him there. CLPPNG officially drops on June 10th.

Listen: Afghan Whigs - "The Lottery”

As recently reported the Afghan Whigs will be releasing their first new album in sixteen years on April 15th via SubPop.  “The Lottery”, a fuzzy yet characteristically catchy affair from the Cincinnati band, is our second taste of Do The Beast and you can stream it now in full below…

Video: Afghan Whigs - "Algiers"

It’s been sixteen years since the Afghan Whigs, one of my all-time favorite bands,  released a new album. But on April 15 that will all change when the Cincinnati group drop, Do to the Beast, via Sub Pop. Of course we get a great lead single and video to go with the release and you can now check out both below for track number 4 on the record entitled "Algiers". The violent Western movie-themed visuals were directed by Phil Harder, who worked with a band quite a bit between 1989 and 1994, it was shot on location in Agua Dulce California. 

Video: Beach House - "New Year"

Beach House have shared a home-movie-style clip for their time-appropriate  Bloom cut "New Year." The video is made up of time-lapse footage captured by assistant engineer, Manuel Calderon, when the band recorded the album at the Tornillo, Texas, studio Sonic Ranch.

Video: Beach House – “Lazuli”

BeachHouse returns with their latest video and this time it’s for “Lazuli”, taken from the excellent Bloom LP. The video uses what  is seemingly becoming a trend  in music video’s in the last couple of years, ghosts and spirits. It’s a trend I can get behind and the band alongside director, Allen Cordell, do a great job with it.

Download: Poor Moon – Illusion EP (Featuring Members of Fleet Foxes)

Sub Pop will release the Illusion EP by Poor Moon, the Seattle band that shares members  with Fleet Foxes including recently departed drummer and solo artist J Tillman, Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott on March 26th. That 5 track EP is now available to download via the widget below, BUT ACT NOW-- it's only available for two days.  If you are a fan of Fleet Foxes this fits well in their universe.

Listen: Beach House - "Myth"

Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House just posted a new song, "Myth" that will appear on their new album, Bloom, out May 15 via Sub Pop, listen to it below…

Video: Shabazz Palaces - "Are You... Can You... Were You? (Felt)"

Experimental hip hop act Shabazz Palaces  dropped the latest video from their excellent 2011 LP Black Up. The airy, sunshine and flower-filled clip for' "Are You... Can You...Were You? (Felt)" was directed by Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes and saw Futsum Tesgai acting as director of photography, enjoy below…

Video: Mister Heavenly - "Bronx Sniper"

In perhaps one of the strangest cases of cross-promotion I have seen our crazy friends Man Wolf, from our most popular post ever, have retuned in the new music video for Mister Heavenly the indie rock quartet consisting of Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse), Nick Thorburn (The Unicorns/Islands), and Ryan Kattner (Man Man). Check out the wild video for "Bronx Sniper," the opening track on their debut album Out of Love. 

Shabazz Palaces - "An Echo From the Hosts That Profess Infinitum"

Shabazz Palaces are a experimental hip hop act formed by Butterfly, formally of Digable Planets, Their new lp"Black Up" is out tomorrow June 28th on Sub Pop and is well worth checking out.

The production on this LP is sick and is more akin to something on Anticon then classic Blue Note infused Digable Planets.

"Like rich velvet hijabs or gold threaded abayas. Luxury as understood by the modest. Shabazz Palaces. If Bedouins herded beats instead of goats and settled in Seattle instead of the Atlas Mountains, this would be their album. Forward thinkers but nostalgic for a sparer time when ancient astronomers only recognized five planets. Hip hop. Black light uses electromagnetic radiation to eradicate microorganisms, but shabazz didn’t come to kill a sound, just to shine their own incandescent lamp on this. Hear. Hard and clear. Fifty thousand years in the making. Honorable.—palaceer pink gators. Produced by Knife Knights.plcrs at Gunbeat Serenade Studio in Outplace Palacelands. It was recorded and mixed in Lixx-alog by Blood." via Sub pop's bio.

Enjoy one of the many choice cuts from the lp below entitled "An Echo From The Hosts That Profess Infinitum"

Shabazz Palaces - An Echo From The Hosts That Profess Infinitum by subpop

New Washed Out - "Amor Fati"

Photo: Meg Sharp

Yet another "leak" from Washed Out this time the track is  “Amor Fati.”
Look for Within And Without on July 12th on Sub Pop.