New video: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Beck

Here’s a great video from actress/singer Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck for the new song Heaven Can Wait.

Heaven Can Wait (feat. Beck) – Charlotte Gainsbourg

MV & EE is trippy with a dose of Neil Young

MV & EE (Matt Valentine and Erika Elder) are a pair of freak folkers who worship at the church of Neil Young. Their new album, Barn Nova, is cool, throwback stuff with a lot of guitar (and help from J. Mascis, who also plays drums). Check out the 11-minute tune Bedroom Eyes.

The pair just played a free show at Empty Bottle this past week. I’m hoping they make another trip back soon.

Bedroom Eyes – MV & EE

Kid Sister says get your Right Hand Hi

Here’s a video to get your Friday night party going.

Chicago’s Kid Sister finally saw the release of her debut album, Ultraviolet this week. The single Right Hand Hi has been out for awhile and is very, very catchy.

She’s playing with Flosstradamus (featuring her brother and DJ J2K) at House of Blues the day before Thanksgiving (Nov. 25). The video is from a show in Los Angeles last month.

Right Hand Hi – Kid Sister

A Debaser Andalou from the Pixies

The Pixies opened their Los Angeles shows this month by playing Louis Bunuel’s 1929 surrealist film Un Chien Andalou. The movie inspired Debaser, the opening song on the classic Doolittle (played in its entirety for three shows at the Aragon starting Thursday).

Check out this mash-up of Un Chien Andalou and Debaser.

Manta Ray – Pixies

Debaser (demo) – Pixies

Monkey Gone To Heaven (demo) – Pixies

Pixies bring Doolittle to Chicago for three nights

When Pixies played four nights at the Aragon during the first reunion tour in 2004, the band played a number of  “Doolittle” songs (of course). Knowing how bad these reunion shows can be, I was blown away by how good the band sounded after all the years.

Pixies bring the “Doolittle” tour to Aragon Thursday for a three-night stand. The band performs its 1989 masterpiece in its entirety and throws in some outtakes to fill out the show.

The tour opened in Los Angeles this month and hits nine U.S. cities. The video below is from a show last month in Dublin. The songs are from one of the 2004 Aragon shows.

Dead (live) – Pixies

Debaser (live) – Pixies

Wave Of Mutilation (live) – Pixies

Tame (live) – Pixies

Hey (live) – Pixies

Here Comes Your Man (live) – Pixies

Them Crooked Vultures debut album

Given all the hype, I’m not sure Them Crooked Vulture’s album (out Tuesday) lives up to the fuss. But it definitely has its moments … and that killer rhythm section.

The single “New Fang” is one of the highlights.

New Fang – Them Crooked Vultures

Animal Collective video: ‘In the Flowers’

Animal Collective has a good, new video for “In the Flowers.” Enjoy.

In The Flowers – Animal Collective

Grizzly Bear releases video for ‘Ready, Able’

Grizzly Bear made a really interesting claymation-style video for “Ready, Able.” By my count, that’s the third official video from “Veckatimest,” although there have been some cool fan-made videos, too.

Check out more videos, including the fan-produced ones, on Grizzly Bear’s Web site.

Ready, Able – Grizzly Bear

Chilling with Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking

What can I say?

Discuss.

The Antlers song set to very cool fan-made video

Here’s a great fan-made video (actually a photo gallery) set to The Antlers’ “Kettering.” Excellent pairing.

Thanks to Muzzle of Bees for finding this little gem.

Kettering (Daytrotter) – The Antlers