It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another weekly dip into the pool of music news, interviews and videos that I like to call This Week In Music! Yes, in addition to the normal Pick Your Poison mp3s and Soundcloud streams, I like to toss out links to a bunch of other music-related content that I’ve found interesting or worthwhile over the course of the week. I encourage you to check some, if not all of these things out, particularly if you’re looking to waste some time. There’s plenty to see, read and hear:
Music Video: Disclosure – Grab Her
Arcade Fire, Karen O, Pharrell and Owen Pallett all received Oscar nominations for their music
Watch Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden create a beat in 10 minutes using Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Watch Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon sing a “Born to Run” parody song about Chris Christie
Music Video: YACHT – Plastic Soul
Watch ex-Sonic Youth member Kim Gordon in an episode of HBO’s Girls
Music Video: Real Estate – Talking Backwards
Read Beyonce’s essay on gender equality
YouTube Audio Stream: Lily Allen – Air Balloon
Once you’re done with that set of distractions, let me offer up another set via some song downloads and streams. Don’t miss tracks from Gambles, HeadShy, Milagres, Ponyhof, Qiet, and Shy Boys. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Childbirth, Eternal Death, Jenny Lewis, Mas Ysa, School Language, Teen Daze and Twintapes.
HeadShy – The Light That Guides the Blind
Love at First Sound – Nothing’s Changed
PANES – Choice Errors (Lee Gamble Remix)
Ponyhof – Tiger (ft. Will Butler)
Tosca – Looking (Unreleased Tour Version)
Wet – No Lie (Noah Breakfast Remix ft. Spank Rock)
SOUNDCLOUD
Childbirth – I Only Fucked You As A Joke
Eternal Death – Head
Jenny Lewis – Completely Not Me
Mas Ysa – Years
School Language – Between the Suburbs
Teen Daze – Orange
Twintapes – Fast Forward
