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  Expensive Looks “Vanishers” (Video)

  Expensive Looks, aka New York-based producer Alex Feld, just released his debut album Dark Matters on January 17th via Group Tightener. In his video for “Vanishers,” a young boy copes with his parents’ impending divorce by imagining he’s friends with a giant panda (read: adult dressed in a panda suit). They go to the fair, [...] (read more)

  Posted: Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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  Miike Snow “Paddling Out” (Video)

  Words cannot quite explain what exactly happens in this new Miike Snow video, but here goes: some slobbish guy puts on some dancing shoes and is abducted by some kids from outer space. They take him on board their spaceship and undergo some brutal cosmetic surgery. The result is pretty drastic: big nose, black bob, [...] (read more)

  Posted: Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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  Beach Fossils “Shallow” (MP3)

  Brooklyn’s Beach Fossils have returned with a new 7″ single of cloudy jangle pop set for release on February 21st via Captured Tracks. “Shallow” will be backed with “Lessons” and available on limited edition green vinyl. Expect a new album from the band some time this year. (read more)

  Posted: Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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  Bradford Cox “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy” (Video)

  As we mentioned the other day, Columbia has assembled an impressive group of musicians to cover their favourite Leonard song as part of “Old Ideas with New Friends.” Bradford Cox of Atlas Sound and Deerhunter has contributed his favourite, 1969′s “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy.” About the song, Cox says, “Ever since the first time [...] (read more)

  Posted: Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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  Neon Indian “Fallout” (Video)

  Wow. There is no limit to what you can say about the innuendo within the new Neon Indian video. So let’s just have creators Adult Swim do the talking… When we heard “Fallout” from Neon Indian’s new record, Era Extrana, we knew we had to do something with him. So we tracked his ass down [...] (read more)

  Posted: Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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  M.I.A. “Bad Girls” (Video)

  We started the week with the audio for M.I.A.’s new single “Bad Girls.” Now we end the week with the video. Directed by Romain Gavras, the man behind her controversial “Born Free” clip that saw a nation of gingers get wiped out, the Moroccan-set “Bad Girls” follows its motto of “live fast, die young, bad [...] (read more)

  Posted: Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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  The Wedge Playlist For January 25th

  For the week of January 25th, we played videos from Sleigh Bells, Santigold, The Kills, Real Estate, Death Cab For Cutie, Howler, The Big Pink, Bruce Peninsula, Arctic Monkeys, and Jay Retard. SLEIGH BELLS COMEBACK KID (3:00) MOM & POP/SONY DIRECTORS: DEREK E. MILLER, GREGORY KOHN SANTIGOLD BIG MOUTH (3:13) ATLANTIC/WARNER THE KILLS THE LAST [...] (read more)

  Posted: Thu, Feb 02, 2012
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  The Wedge Playlist for February 2nd

  For the week of Februrary 2nd, The Wedge featured videos from Best Coast, Cloud Nothings, La Sera, Bleached, Feist, Eleanor Friedberger, Hospitality and Luyas. BEST COAST BOYFRIEND (2:29) MEXICAN SUMMER/ADA DIRECTOR: DANIELLE HINDE CLOUD NOTHINGS NO FUTURE/NO PAST (5:02) CARPARK/F.A.B. DIRECTOR: JOHN RYAN MANNING LA SERA PLEASE BE MY THIRD EYE (2:29) HARDLY ART DIRECTOR: [...] (read more)

  Posted: Thu, Feb 02, 2012
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  Heavy Hawaii “Super Bowl XXIX” (MP3)

  Seems like the perfect time to drop a song dedicated to the Super Bowl. But if you look at the Roman numerals, you’ll notice that San Diego’s Heavy Hawaii aren’t interested in this Sunday’s big game, but the one that took place on January 29, 1995. On that day, the band’s home team the Chargers [...] (read more)

  Posted: Thu, Feb 02, 2012
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  Download Pitchfork,tv’s ‘Selector Mixtape Vol. 1′

  Pitchfork.tv’s Selector series features rappers like Curren$y, Lil B, Danny Brown, Big Boi and A$AP Worldwide freestyling over production by Gold Panda, Mimosa, Joker, Crystal Castles and Nurses with some surprising results. The site has now put together a free mixtape full of the 12 freestyles previously featured, as well as two bonus cuts by [...] (read more)

  Posted: Thu, Feb 02, 2012

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