Stay Useless - Cloud Nothings

I know that there isn't a real video for this one, but I haven't been able to stop listening to this cut from their new LP for a month straight. The Cloud Nothings decided to take a much more aggressive approach on the most recent album, and to their credit it worked magnificently. The pop-punk aspect of songs like Stay Useless appear throughout Attack on Memory, though much of the album is focused on more brutal, deep, percussion lead, beats which de-emphasize the role of the choruses in keeping a song together. While Stay Useless seems to deviate from that trend by using such a simplified, catchy chorus, it allows the Cloud Nothings to show their creativity in the bridges, letting their hooks sink in deep enough to keep you coming back for more. Personally, I can't wait to see how these guys continue to develop. While their sound might come off as a bit messy at first, a few listens will have you realizing just how well these guys know what they're doing and yearning to get into a pit and dance your ass off.

Check it out right HERE

In the Mountain, In the Cloud - Portugal. The Man

If you are reading this and don't have yourself a copy of this album, get it right now. I was worried about Portugal after last year's underwhelming "American Ghetto", but they have proved once more that they can rock out and despite spending only a year in incubation, this album sounds quite polished. Whether or not the production is due to Portugal's move to Atlantic records, or if it is just a new direction chosen by the band itself is a bit of a mystery. Either way, this is one hell of an LP.

Since all of the mediafire links are down I can only suggest you check Pirate Bay or something of the sort.

Until then, check out the album's closer, Sleep Forever, right HERE

Rabbit Song - Boy & Bear

A very happy, very poppy song by Australian Indie outfit, Boy & Bear. Sounds like they got some Fleet Foxes in 'em too, but who am I to complain? Lots of sing along oooo-ing which for some reason gets me in the mood for Madder Red. The costume design in the actual video is what makes it though. Enjoy all the indie-folksy happiness, and as usual...

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Night Drive Pt II - A playlist

For all of those late, lonely, night drives. Hopefully I'm not the only one who finds himself on an empty highway at 2 am. Give yourself some contemplation time with this playlist:

Rosyln- Bon Iver and St. Vincent
Lump Sum- Bon Iver
Your Hand in Mine- Explosions in The Sky
Canvas- Holly Miranda
Heavy Water/ I'd Rather Be Sleeping- Grouper
Sodom South Georgia- Iron & Wine
Red Right Ankle- The Decemberists
Casimir Pulaski Day- Sufjan Stevens
Southern State- Bright Eyes
Hallelujah (Acoustic)- Jeff Buckley
Gust of...- The Album Leaf
I Want the Wind to Blow- Microphones
Hands Away- Interpol
Night Time- The XX
Wake- The Antlers
Fake Empire- The National