1. We get it; our most loved songs will one day become commercials that sell us cars and video games and Jamaican vacations. Sometimes it’s shocking; sometimes it just works. These are current favorites (mostly).

    February 9, 2012
  2. The French rockers formed their band around mutual love for Nirvana and all sounds 90s. Their fourth album, Pursuit dropped late last year.

    February 8, 2012
  3. Here: blow your braincase for a minute with this bizarre-o grindcore clip from Japan’s Maruosa.

    February 8, 2012
  4. Feist’s second video from Metals was shot in Mexico by Martin De Thurah. Feist says: “This video captures glimpses of something human, we get a peek inside something real between people – could be loss, longing and love. A lot of things which is about being a human being. It is told in a way where it opens up more aspects than it concludes.”

    February 8, 2012
  5. Metallica selected the acts for this first year of Orion Music + More where they will perform Ride The Lightning and The Black Album in their entirety. Other performers include Best Coast, A Place To Bury Strangers, Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, F*cked Up, The Black Angels and Liturgy.

    February 8, 2012
  6. In the newest clip from last year’s amazing Strange Mercy St. Vincent’s Annie Clark is an oversized museum piece who wants to break free. Then it all falls apart

    February 7, 2012
  7. The new clip for a standout track from last year’s El Camino. The tour video follows the Keys from their rocking album release show in NYC to the rest of the world on their tour.

    February 7, 2012
  8. This Week: South Africa’s intriguing weirdo rave / rap crew Die Antwoord bring TEN$ION; A darker, draftier Of Montreal; Blondes DIY electronica; Dr. Dog is on album number seven; Sharon Van Etton has guest spots for Beirut, The National and The Walkmen.

    February 7, 2012
  9. Enter to win a reproduction of the original “Le Voyage Dans La Lune” Cannes Film Festival poster & a special 200-page book documenting the restoration of Georges Méliès’ masterpiece. Both signed by Nicolas Godin and JB Dunckel of AIR. Giveaway ends February 14th, 2012.

    February 6, 2012

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