Local Natives’ Gorilla Manor is amazing. Let me know if that requires any further explanation. The latest from the L.A. indie outfit is a video for my favorite track off the album, “Who Knows, Who Cares.” The video provides some feel-good visuals for the feel-good track as the band and friends frolic in the sunny countryside. Would have been nice if this was released a couple months ago though — rest in peace summer. If you were lucky enough to get tickets, make sure to check out Local Natives at their sold-out 9:30 Club show tonight.
Stepdad’s “My Leather, My Fur, My Nails” is a wacky 8-bit anthem packaged and ready for pop domination. The Grand Rapids trio takes electro-pop to the extreme, backing infectious but biting lyrics with some fuzzy, light-hearted synths pulled straight out of Kirby’s Dreamland. The band recently released a visual treatment for the jam, rivaling MGMT’s “Time to Pretend” as the most delightfully trippy video ever. If Windows ’98 stayed out in the desert for a few more days after Burning Man, you’d get the mesmerizing video posted above. If you like what you hear, don’t forget to download the band’s Ordinaire EP for just a buck here.
It’s been only five months since the release of Foals’ Total Life Forever and the band is alreadyfivevideosdeep. The Oxford math-rockers channel Napoleon Dynamite in their latest video for the album opener, “Blue Blood,” only in a far more adorable and awesome way. If this kid was on Dancing with the Stars, I’d be watching.
It’s hard to believe that the Young Veins were birthed by former members of Panic! at the Disco. The California five-piece strays far from the carnival pop-punk of its predecessor and instead draws from the tried sounds of the Beach Boys and brit-pop of decades past. It isn’t anything groundbreaking, but it’s fresh and damned catchy. Check out the new 70’s-inspired video for the title track and latest single off of their debut album, Take a Vacation!, above.
Can somebody tell Portugal. the Man to take it easy? At the rate they’ve been popping out albums, you’d think these guys were the biggest Catholics in the game. Since the release of their utterly amazing debut album, Waiter: “You Vultures!”, back in 2006, the band has released six full-lengths and a handful of EP’s. To top it all off, the recent Atlantic signees already started writing new material back in May of this year, only two months after releasing their latest album, American Ghetto. With all that said, this post doesn’t have anything to do with new material. In fact, it’s a video the band just released for “People Say,” the first track off of 2009’s The Satanic Satanist. Check out their comically disturbing take on tech support above.
Tera Melos’ transition from abrasive math-core to a strangely infectious brand of experimental pop-rock is impressive, not only because of the vast difference between those two sounds, but for the amount of praise they’ve gotten since that change. Not a day has gone by without me hearing some acclaim of the band’s latest album, Patagonian Rats. I’m a fan either way and glad that Tera Melos are finally getting the attention they deserve. Check out the eerie pill-and-ground-meat-laden video for the album’s latest single, “Frozen Zoo,” above — perhaps you’ll find yourself unexpectedly hooked. Patagonian Rats is out now on Sargent House.
I wish I had gotten into Crime in Stereo sooner. This year’s I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone turned out to be their last and final album following the announcement of their disbandment back in August. It’s a shame — the Long Island five-piece truly embodied the post-hardcore ethic, staying true to their underground punk roots while accepting an evolution towards a darker, melodic sound. The band recently released a video for “I Am Everything I Am Not,” an introspective collection of tour footage from this year. Savor this, because unless you’re one of the lucky few who’ll be around for their final Northeast shows, it’s the last you’re going to get. Crime in Stereo is dead. May they rest in peace. I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone is out now on Bridge Nine.
Back when music television provided what its name implied, this was the kind of video I waited hours on end to see. Steel Train’s treatment for their latest single and ATG favorite, “Turnpike Ghost” is, to put it simply, fun. Watch as some five-year-old’s dish out an adorable rendition of the song to a boozing late night talk show host. Jay Leno could take some pointers from this guy. Steel Train is out now on Terrible Thrills.
Fun., one of my favorite bands of the past couple years, have released a trippy little video for their unbelievably infectious single, “Walking the Dog.” We’ve featured the song here on ATG before, but if there’s any band that deserves mention of their every move it’s these guys. Besides, the video does the song a hell of a lot more visual justice than that Expedia commercial. Check out the video after the jump.
I don’t think I need to say much about Sargent House guitar demons and ATG favorites Fang Island. The dudes tore up this year’s SXSW and since then everyone and their mother has been raving about them. The band just released a video for “Careful Crossers,” another song off the prog-pop-rock masterpiece that is their self-titled album. Not quite sure what’s going on in this claustrophobic strobe and silly string orgy, but I want in on it. Check out the video after the jump.
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