Dave Matthews Band – “Gaucho”

Posted on 19 May 2012 | 1:44 am
Here’s a new socially conscious tune complete with kids’ chorus from Dave Matthews Band called “Gaucho,” played for the first time tonight at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Texas, and slated to appear on the band’s forthcoming Steve Lillywhite-produced fall LP. The song’s now been released as a free download to members of the DMB [...]

Watch Beach House Play Letterman

Posted on 19 May 2012 | 12:24 am
Promoting their highly acclaimed Bloom released earlier this week, Beach House dropped by the Ed Sullivan Theater yesterday for a Letterman segment that aired earlier tonight. The played “Myth” and, according to the band’s Facebook, “Paul Shaffer has some great synths you can’t see on TV and they played a Depeche Mode song too.” Watch: [...]

Kindness @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, NYC 5/17/12

Posted on 18 May 2012 | 4:57 pm
Adam Bainbridge and his cadre of soulful post-disco/house/dance revelers turned up on these shores this week, and the Village’s (Le) Poisson Rouge door last night, for their first-ever show in NYC. This wasn’t their first American show, mind — there was that series of gigs in Austin earlier this year during which Kindness introduced his [...]

Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments

Posted on 18 May 2012 | 4:51 pm
Almost everyone who entered our Dirty Projectors caption contest got a thumbs down! Yeesh. As eldave put it, “Tough room.” In gentler news, this week we heard a heartwarming hitchhiking story, speculated on Centipede Hz, and probably saved RubberJohnny‘s vision. So without further delay here are your highest and lowest rated comments of the past [...]

Waka Flocka Flame – “Lurkin’” (Feat. Plies)

Posted on 18 May 2012 | 4:30 pm
Waka Flocka Flame’s new album, Triple F Life, showcases some new looks and song structures for Flocka, but the just-dropped “Lurkin’” is a gritty, bubbling banger akin to those found on the great, game-changing Flockaveli. Florida party rapper Plies shows up and gets some high-energy shouting in, too. Fifth Ave., watch out below — my [...]

Premature Evaluation: The Walkmen Heaven

Posted on 18 May 2012 | 3:28 pm
If the Walkmen were a basketball player, they’d be Tyson Chandler: Charming, erudite, handsome, and smooth, but not flashy or self-aggrandizing. Like Chandler, they bring a fundamental intensity to just about everything they do. Chandler has his muscular low-post moves, and the Walkmen have drummer Matt Barrick, who never overwhelms the songs he plays on [...]

Gucci Mane – “I’m Up” (Feat. 2 Chainz)

Posted on 18 May 2012 | 2:58 pm
ATL trap music icon Gucci Mane will put out a new mixtape next week, and today he released the title cut, “I’m Up,” a lurching Drummer Boy production that features the ubiquitous 2 Chainz. Drumma Boy gives these dudes a softball — it’s unspectacular in the sense that it’s one of those “right-in-the-wheelhouse” tracks that [...]

Perfume Genius – “Rusty Chains”

Posted on 18 May 2012 | 2:42 pm
“Rusty Chains” has been in the mix during many of Perfume Genius’s recent live sets, and today he put a studio version of that release out there for the masses. It’s a elegant, longing ode to a former lover who has died, and Hadreas does a splendid job of communicating that heartache. Download below: Perfume [...]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse – “Clementine” Video

Posted on 18 May 2012 | 2:20 pm
Americana, the new record of reworked American standards by the reunited Neil Young & Crazy Horse, comes out this summer. We’ve already heard their blown-out takes on “Oh Susannah” and “She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain” and now comes their hard-rocking take on “Clementine.” Watch the video, featuring some good old archive footage, below. (via [...]

Does This Volkswagen Ad Rip Off Beach House?

Posted on 18 May 2012 | 1:56 pm
Just kidding! This British Volkswagen ad obviously totally and completely rips off Beach House! Specifically, it rips off “Take Care,” the song that ends Teen Dream. Beach House have already issued a statement about the ad on their Facebook, and it sure sounds like they have a case in just about any court: The ad [...]