Category: this week in music

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Music Video: HEALTH – New Coke

Audio Stream: Spoon – Inside Out (Fabrizio Moretti Remix)

Music Video: Iron & Wine – Everyone’s Summer of ’95

Watch Mac DeMarco’s goofy video about the making of his forthcoming mini-LP Another One

Music Video: Killer Mike – Ric Flair

Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Go here to learn more and help.

Music Video: Built to Spill – Never Be the Same

Watch Beck perform Lou Reed’s “Satellite of Love” live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction

Watch a behind the scenes clip on the making of Chance the Rapper’s “Sunday Candy” video

Watch the War on Drugs perform “Under the Pressure” on Ellen

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Take a behind the scenes look at the making of Kendrick Lamar’s “King Kunta” video

YouTube Audio Stream: Blur – My Terracotta Heart

Watch Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon perform Spoon’s “Inside Out” by himself on an outdoor piano

Music Video: Owen Pallett – The Sky Behind the Flag

Explore Abbey Road Studios with a new Google interactive tour

Music Video: Arca – Sad Bitch

Watch SNL’s Vanessa Bayer give some “Sound Advice” to Chromeo

Music Video: Ariel Pink – Jell-o

Music Video: Caribou – Can’t Do Without You

Music Video: Courtney Barnett – Kim’s Caravan

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Watch Haim and Jenny Lewis perform a new song called “Girl On Girl” in concert

YouTube Audio Stream: The National – Sunshine On My Back

Watch Beck play hide and seek with Jeff Goldblum and Reggie Watts on The Late Late Show

Music Video: Waxahatchee – Under A Rock

Stanley Donwood, artist for Radiohead and associated bands, will have his artwork on display at a gallery in Sydney, Australia later this spring

Music Video: Blur – Lonesome Street

David Bowie is reportedly helping write a musical based on The Man Who Fell to Earth

Music Video: Sia – Big Girls Cry

Watch a clip from the upcoming Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck

Music Video: Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Watch Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard perform a cover of Guided By Voices’ “Tractor Rape Chain”

Stream the song “Confusion” by Capital Punishment, Ben Stiller’s punk band from the 80’s

Music Video: Built to Spill – Living Zoo

YouTube AUdio Stream: Jamie xx – Loud Places (ft. Romy)

Music Video: Run the Jewels ft. Zack de la Rocha – Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)

Check out the Lollapalooza 2015 lineup

Music Video: QT – Hey QT

Mykki Blanco is quitting music to pursue investigative journalism

Music Video: Tink – Ratchet Commandments

Music Video: FKA twigs – Glass & Patron

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Nick Cave has written a book using airplane sick bags

Music Video: Modest Mouse – Lampshades on Fire

Robyn has launched a festival promoting women in technology

YouTube Audio Stream: Blur – There Are Too Many of Us

Watch Chance the Rapper star in the short film Mr. Happy

Watch Tobias Jesso Jr. perform “Without You” on Conan

Check out Modest Mouse’s “Linguistic Remix Generator”

Music Video: Earl Sweatshirt – Grief

Watch the “moving album cover” for Bjork’s song “Family”

Stream/download Tinashe’s new mixtape Amethyst

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Music Video: Death Grips – On GP

Watch the 30-minute Iron & Wine short film “Dreamers and Makers Are My Favorite People”

Watch Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein interview Kim Gordon about her new book

Music Video: Bjork – Lionsong

Sharon Van Etten surprised a New Zealand news anchor superfan

Check out Kanye West’s new fashion zine Season

Interactive Music Video: Azealia Banks – Wallace (use Google Chrome)

Watch a trailer for the Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck

YouTube Audio Stream: Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better

Watch SNL’s Vanessa Bayer give “Sound Advice” to Sleater-Kinney

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Music Video: Kelela – A Message (ft. Arca)

Buy limited edition Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney) drumsticks

YouTube Audio Stream: My Morning Jacket – Big Decisions

Watch Ryan Adams and Natalie Prass cover Patrick Swayze’s “She’s Like the Wind” in concert

YouTube Audio Stream: Modest Mouse – Of Course We Know

Music Video: Courtney Barnett – Depreston

YouTube Audio Stream: Tobias Jesso Jr. – Without You (ft. Danielle Haim)

Listen to St. Vincent interview Gang of Four’s Andy Gill on The Talkhouse Podcast

YouTube Audio Stream: Tanlines – Slipping Away

The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde will be releasing a memoir this fall

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Watch Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig guest on “The Jack and Triumph Show”

Music Video: Best Coast – California Nights

Watch Class of 2015 artist Tobias Jesso Jr. perform “How Could You Babe?” on “The Tonight Show”

YouTube Audio Stream: Warpaint – No Way Out (Redux)

Watch “Motorcycle Jesus” a 30-minute short film by Boots (ft. new music from El-P)

Watch Father John Misty cover Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on the Wire”

Starting this summer, Friday will become the international release date for all new albums

Music Video: Django Django – First Light

Watch Class of 2015 artist Natalie Prass perform “Bird of Prey” on “Last Call with Carson Daly”

Watch the trailer for Love and Mercy, an upcoming Brian Wilson biopic starring Paul Dano and John Cusack

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Music Video: Sleater-Kinney – A New Wave

Arcade Fire’s Will Butler will be writing original songs each day next week based on stories in The Guardian

Music Video: Toro y Moi – Empty Nesters

Watch Stephen Malkmus cover Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” at a concert for kids

YouTube Audio Stream: Blur – Go Out

Watch Chvrches cover Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me A River” for BBC Radio 1

Music Video: Jack White – That Black Bat Licorice

Watch Father John Misty cover Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man” live in concert

YouTube Audio Stream: Passion Pit – Where the Sky Hangs

YouTube Audio Stream: Modest Mouse – The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

Read Jack White’s tour rider, which includes a NO BANANAS clause and guacamole recipe

Music Video: Gang of Four ft. Alison Mosshart – England’s in My Bones

Read selections from Kim Gordon’s autobiograph (out Feb 24th)

Music Video: Inventions – Springworlds

Watch Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis cover Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You” on Late Night With Seth Meyers

Music Video: Natalie Prass – Why Don’t You Believe in Me

Watch Class of 2015 artist Jessica Pratt perform “Game That I Play” live on Pitchfork Radio Also watch her perform “Moon Dude”

Watch Run the Jewels talk to kids about political issues

YouTube Audio Stream: Modest Mouse – The Best Room

Music Video: Mew – Satellites

Every Friday, instead of sharing downloads and Soundcloud streams, we take a quick look back at the many other music-related things that happened this week in a segment that’s appropriately called “This Week in Music.” If there was a great or noteworthy music video that was released, it’ll be featured here. If an artist gave a particularly noteworthy interview, that might pop up in the links below. The same goes for interesting articles related to music, documentaries about bands, and just generally whatever might strike my fancy. If you’ve got something fun or important related to an artist that you think should be mentioned here, shoot me an email! All the information you need is in the sidebar on the right. So here’s this week’s wrap-up. Click the links below, and you’ll be off!

YouTube Audio Stream: Burial – Temple Sleeper

Music Video: Ex Hex – Don’t Wanna Lose

Stream an 80-minute set from Panda Bear, recorded last May at Brooklyn’s Warsaw

Music Video: Interpol – Everything Is Wrong

Jack White is getting his own Topps baseball card

Music Video: Viet Cong – Silhouettes

David Byrne is staging a color guard show ft. performances from St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, How to Dress Well, Kelis, Dev Hynes and more

Music Video: The Weeknd – Earned It (NSFW)

Watch an interview between Sleater-Kinney and the girls of Broad City

Music Video: Charli XCX ft. Rita Ora – Doing It

Read Killer Mike’s essay about Martin Luther King Jr.

Music Video: Modest Mouse – Coyotes