10 Awesome Music Videos From Last Month
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March 5, 2014
1. Angel Olsen – “High-Five” There needs to be a replication of that closing shot for every woman in the world. 2. Chet Faker –
1. Angel Olsen – “High-Five” There needs to be a replication of that closing shot for every woman in the world. 2. Chet Faker –
Coke Weed, Beverly, Truthers @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10) You already know we’re big fans of Beverly. Tickets here.
Sharon Van Etten will be releasing her third album this May. Are We There is the sequel to her excellent sophomore album Tramp, which came out in 2012. Are
Lushes is the compelling and moody brainchild of James Ardery and Joel Myers, and like their homophonic moniker (see: “luscious”), their debut album, What Am
Tyler McCauley and Tara Chacon are Soft Lit. “Ocean King” is the first official release by the band. The 7-inch will be released soon on
Fugazi: Instrument @ Nitehawk Cinema 9:30pm ($11) The classic Fugazi documentary is screening at Nitehawk for one night only! Tickets here.
The concept of Robert Alfons, a.k.a. Trust, naming his second album Joyland is a little bizarre on first blush. His first album, TRST, almost felt like the logical
‘Happy Go Lucky’ on Netflix I promise tomorrow night you can go out, but first you gotta watch Mike Leigh’s Happy Go Lucky. Sally Hawkins
‘Home Movies’ on YouTube No, not those kind of home movies. For the uninitiated, Home Movies is one of the best TV shows Adult Swim
‘As I Lay Dying’ on Netflix “Ambitious” and James Franco are synonymous at this point. Does his adaptation of the Southern gothic novel by William
Known as top-tier puppet masters of the ’90s indie-pop retro-vival, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart seemed to be slowly drifting away from their
Indie pop duo Slow Club dip into a smooth and subtle R&B jam for their latest single, “Tears of Joy.” Strategic space, a leisurely tempo,
Ski Lodge, Starlight Girls, The Belle Game @ Glasslands 8pm ($10) If you haven’t read our interview with Ski Lodge, read it here. We are
Hassan Hajjaj’s “Kesh Angels” @ Taymour Grahne Gallery 4pm (FREE!) Every week we tell you to get off work early and every week you say,
Dance-punk veterans the Faint recently announced their next album, Doom Abuse, will be released on SQE Music on April 8th and that a subsequent tour
As we previously reported, Cloud Nothings have a new album coming out in April. Here and Nowhere Else consists of eight tracks and was produced by John
EMA’s The Future Void is slowly creeping up on its release date. It’s the follow up to her excellent Past Life Martyred Saints, released in 2011. Her
The social media megaverse is currently abuzz with all things Haim. Yesterday, the LA-based sister act dropped a new video for “If I Could Change
Released on the heels of a lengthy, six-year hiatus and billed as a “companion piece of sorts” to his lauded, intensely personal eighth studio album, Sea
Neighbors, Incan Abraham, Cultfever, Cold Fronts @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10) Neighbors first caught our attention with the video for the equally as attention
Four piece Detroit rock act Protomartyr are releasing their second album in a just a few short months. The album will be released in early
St. Vincent’s eponymous fourth album has been hotly anticipated by, well, everyone, for quite some time now, and it does not disappoint. 31-year-old Annie Clark, with
Dead Leaf Echo, Dinowalrus, Autodrone, The Harrow @ Union Pool 8pm ($8) Dead Leaf Echo is one of my favorite shoegaze-y bands and lord knows
Wild Beasts’s career has been one of consistency. They’ve been able to churn out endearing synth rock for more than eight years, over what is
Excepter, Zs, Lushes @ Baby’s All Right 10pm ($10) We are really stoked for Lushes’s new record and they release it tonight. Come rejoice with
Yuck has been through a lot in recent memory. In spring of last year they lost their lead singer Daniel Blumberg, who now makes music
Perfect Pussy have made a name for themselves with their guerrilla attack gigs and one-two punch singles. They aren’t pulling any emotional brawn with the
‘Loving’ @ BAM Rose Cinemas 9:30pm ($13) Loving is screening as part of BAM’s series focusing on Polish cinema. More from the BAM website: Thirty-something couple
Widowspeak, Jessica Pratt, Porches, Ponyhof @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar 6pm (FREE!) Widowspeak’s lovely “Minnewaska” inspired me enough to make sure I could stop by the
Coming to you from Northern California, Happy Diving delivers noisy punk with a splash of a pop, feeling almost reminiscent of the signature moodiness of
Le Rug, The Dirty Nil, Weird Womb, and Phone Home @ Shea Stadium 8pm ($8) Le Rug is playing a show. You must go. Details
You may know the music and art project Young & Sick more for their artwork than their music. This includes well known cover art for