Dum Dum Girls Share Album Trailer
Dum Dum Girls are really hitting up the media channels as H&M previewed their first single “Lost Boys and Girls Club” and now V Magazine is hosting the trailer for their album Too True,…
Damien Jurado Shares Video for “Silver Timothy”
Mystery shrouds Damien Jurado’s video for single “Silver Timothy” from the upcoming album Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son. An accident prompts a man to flee the scene, but only to discover what?…
Julianna Barwick Shares Video, Launches Tour
Ghostly, serene, beautiful, and fluid are all words that might be used to describe Julianna Barwick’s new video for “The Harbinger,” and in fact, her entire newest effort Nepenthe, out now on Dead Oceans….
Austra Shares Video for Single “Forgive Me”
As a follow up to Austra’s most recent effort Olympia, the group will release a single for “Forgive Me” that also features two new tracks, out digitally on November 26th. This week, the band…
Lake Shares New Video for “Perfect Fit”
Lake is one of indie pop’s best kept secrets. At times, a swelling buzz of attention will surround the band, but it always seems to inexplicably fade. The Olympia born group has changed…
Shearwater Shares Video for “I Luv the Valley OH!” (Xiu Xiu Cover)
I love Shearwater, and Shearwater loves Xiu Xiu. A bizarre love triangle only made more confusing by the fact that that I love Xiu Xiu. The love affair between the bands began with a…
Nadine Shah Shares Video for “Aching Bones”
We’re big fans of Nadine Shah’s austere songwriting, as evidenced by our review or her excellent new album. This week, the songstress shared a new video for album track “Aching Bones” featuring visceral…
Video: Destroyer – “Bye Bye”
We’d like to state officially that we, Pop Press International, believe it an unwise usage of time to attempt to determine what Destroyer’s Dan Bejar will do next. If you guessed that the…
See Creepy Goons Hunt Down Ty Segall In New Video
In the new video for Ty Segall’s song “The Man Man” a car full of creepy, dystopian goons hunt down an understandably paranoid Ty Segall. See what happens when they find him–watch the…
Dum Dum Girls Announce Third Album, Share Video
Austere dream-pop (nightmare pop?) act Dum Dum Girls will issue their third album, Too True, through Sub Pop on January 28th, and have shared the video for album track “Lost Boys and Girls Club.”…
MGMT Share Bizarre New Video, Play Fun Fun Fun Fest
MGMT has taken things to a whole new level of weird in their new video for “Alien Days,” which was the first single to be released from the bands latest album. The video…
Moonface Shares New Video for “Barbarian”
Moonface released their new album “Julia with Blue Jeans On” today on Jagjaguwar. The former Wolf Parade member finds himself constructing an album of deeply moving tracks as exhibited in the new video…
Dirty Projectors Share Video for “Impregnable Question”
The Dirty Projectors’ latest album Swing Lo Magellan is nothing short of a masterpiece, and Dave Longstreth and co. have provided a rich context of visual components to support the album–short films, a…
The Starfolk Channel 90s Indie Rock in New Video for “Into the Clouds”
Minneapolis indie rock outfit The Starfolk released their self-titled album last month and have recently dropped a video for album track “Into the Clouds.” Moving between isolated minor chords strumming patters and soaring…
Video: Soft Metals – “On A Cloud”
Just in time for All Hallow’s Eve, there’s some witchy magic brewing in Soft Metals’ new video for “On A Cloud,” culled from the band’s Capture Tracks released album Lenses, which dropped this summer….
Stream Arcade Fire’s Reflektor In Its Entirety Here
Do we need to say more? We’re working out the full album review and will certainly comment on it shortly. But below you can stream the masterpiece that is Arcade Fire’s latest album, Reflektor.
Beach Fossils Share New Video, Play Fun Fun Fun Fest
Beach Fossils’ reverb-laden sound and surfy guitar lines certainly feels contemporary, akin to many other like-minded indie rock bands, but there’s a certain element that reminds me of Joy Division, and that’s a…
Hopitality Share Album Trailer for Sophomore LP
We completely adored Hospitality’s perfectly crafted indie-pop on their eponymous debut, which is why we’re thrilled to get a preview of material that will be featured on their sophomore effort Trouble, out January 28th…
Video: Moon Honey – “Self-Portrait Beneath Woman’s Mask”
We all know that Louisiana excels in creating exquisite cuisine, but the same vitality of life and melding of cultural influences that affects their food seeps into every aspect of culture. Baton Rouge’s…
Dog Bite Shares New Video for “Cold Weather” from LA EP
We’ve been fans of Dog Bite since the beginning, and even invited them to play our SXSW day party earlier this year. Following the release of their LA EP, the group has released a…
Video: Besnard Lakes – “Color Yr Lights In” (NSFW)
Okay, this video is completely creepy and terrifying. Shot in slow motion and directed by Montreal aritsts the Sanchez Brothers, the video depicts a man struggling with mental illness as he roams through…
Arcade Fire Shares New Song “Afterlife”
Arcade Fire is one of the best bands making music today. Their fierce pursuit of vital and original art has not been swayed by increasing mainstream success. As much as independent music fans…
Weekly Rundown: Poliça, Crystal Stilts, The Couch, Kurt Vile, Besnard Lakes
We’re back with our second edition of Weekly Rundown. It always takes a few rounds to figure out if you like a new idea or not. We liked the final product last week,…
Lake Shares “Do You Recall?” Video, Plays The Owl October 30th
Lake’s video for “Do You Recall?” opens up with bright colors and slowly rotating camera shots. The video’s imagery feels like 70s documentary footage, and the music serves as an apt soundtrack. We…
Hear Music from Damien Jurado’s Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
Damien Jurado’s new album Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son won’t drop until next year, January 21st to be specific, on Secretly Canadian. But there’s plenty to be actively anticipating about the album….
Video: Pink Frost – “The Difference”
Chicago based dream rock band Pink Frost just released their debut album and this week have shared the first video from that collection of songs. The video for “The Difference” features a montage…
Video: Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders – “Song for a Future Phoenix”
As with any music blog, we receive a tremendous amount of unsolicited emails and submissions. However, perhaps none have been so adorably strange or earnest as those we sometimes receive from Matthew Squires….
Kendl Winter Shares New Video for “Rosie”
Earlier this month, banjo plucking folk songstress Kendl Winter released her new album It Can Be Done on stalwart imprint K Records. Yesterday Winter released a video for album track “Rosie.” The video features…
Nite Jewel’s Ramona Gonzalez Sings Her Own Karaoke in Video for “This Story”
Nite Jewel released One Second of Love more than a year ago, and we’ve previously written about the video for “Memory Man,” culled from that album. Now, Nite Jewel has released a new…
Julianna Barwick Shares New Video for “One Half,” Stream of LP Nepenthe
Listening to Julianna Barwick is like discovering that beauty exists in a raw form. As an element. Or as some crystalline structure unearthed from the soil that shimmers, translucently, with sunlight. We wrote…
Two New Videos Released from Those Darlins’ Forthcoming Album
On October 1st, Those Darlins will release Blur the Line via Oh Wow Dang. The first two official videos to surface come for the songs “Optimist” and “Oh God,” which tell widely different stories of…
Watch Califone’s New Video & Donate to Bassist’s Medical Costs Fund
Califone’s new video is an impressive, interactive, and dreamy stream of photos culled randomly from a series of selected blogs across the web to create a unique visual experience each time it’s played….
Watch Volcano Choir’s New Video for “Byegone”
Volcano Choir, the Justin Vernon / Collections of Colonies of Bees joint venture, will release their second LP Repave on Jagjaguwar on September 3rd. The album will be a follow up to the critically…
CocoRosie Shares Video for “Child Bride”
After being somewhat lukewarm on CocoRosie’s debut album years ago, the group won me over with the haunting and infectious song “Werewolf.” Increasingly, the duo proves able to create thematically rich, beautiful yet…
Lightning Dust Releases Video for “Loaded Gun”
Last month, Lightning Dust released Fantasy on Jagjaguwar, and now they’ve created a video for album track “Loaded Gun.” The dark pop song constructs heavy synth lines around crisp snares while the video utilizes…
Watch The Julie Ruin’s First Video – “Oh Come On”
We already told you that we loved the first single to emerge from Kathleen Hanna’s new band The Julie Ruin, and now the group has a released a video for the track. All…
Video: DIANA – “Perpetual Surrender”
Jagjaguwar recording artist DIANA has released a video for “Perpetual Surrender,” the title-track from the band’s forthcoming album, due out August 20th. Directed by Jesse Yules, the video creates kaleidoscopic visuals by using folded…
Watch: Brazos Shares New Video for “Long Shot”
“Long Shot” is an elegant and stripped down guitar and piano track from Brazos’ recent album Saltwater. The video, created by Brazos frontman Martin Crane, features black and white drawings that shift and merge in…
Soft Healer Releases Video for Haunting Experimental Pop Track “Ghost”
All of Austin is pretty pumped for the resurgence of experimental pop band Soft Healer. We recently caught the release show for their new EP, out now on Monofonus Press. We hadn’t been…
Watch Future Bible Heroes Video for “Living, Loving, Partygoing”
We adore all things Stephin Merritt and Claudia Gonson. Yes, we beat ourself up every day because our review for their most recent and excellent album Partygoing still isn’t up yet. But we are…
Kitten Forever Shares Video, Announces Album, Tours
Kitten Forever is a Minneapolis garage pop trio. The all-female band plans to release Pressure, their second full-length album in late July on Guilt Ridden Pop. The first single to emerge from the album,…
Justin Timberlake Shares NSFW Video for “Tunnel Vision”
Justin Timberlake has released a pretty consistently and overtly NSFW video for his song “Tunnel Vision.” I guess JT’s crooning, just makes the clothes fall right off the laides. But I guess we…
The Pixies Release First Song in Almost a Decade
The Pixies were among three or four bands that got me through high school. I’ve probably listened to Doolittle as much or more than any other record in the history of music. Today’s release…
Video: Hausu – “Kool Off”
Hardly Art Records artist Hausu has garnered high praise for their recently released album Total, which incorporates elements of post-hardcore and post punk into blistering eruptions of sound. The video for “Kool Off” exhibits…
Seattle’s Tea Cozies Share Trippy Video for Psych Pop Track “Cosmic Osmo”
Seattle rock band Tea Cozies have dropped an incredibly ambitious and visually stunning video for their song “Cosmic Osmo.” The band is at work on a new album, although details for the time…
Interview: Hardly Sound’s Chris Kim Talks Season Two and Storytelling
If you haven’t seen Hardly Sound yet, you’re mistreating yourself. The show is a documentary television series that airs on KLRU, Austin’s PBS channel. Hardly Sound claims to focus on Texas underground music, and it does….
Video: Majical Cloudz – “Bugs Don’t Buzz”
We gave Magical Cloudz new album Impersonator a great review, but we’ve fallen deeper and deeper in love with the band since then. Our upcoming review of their show at NXNE will certainly reflect…
Watch: Dana Falconberry’s Breakthru Radio Session
Dana Falconberry just turns us into mush. We’re completely enamored with the songwriter and her incredibly talented band. Breakthru Radio always puts together a solid studio session video, but few have sounded as…
Royal Forest Shares New Video Filmed Inside Submarine
Holy shit, this is simply one of the best videos we’ve seen in a long time, along with Radiation City’s new video, making last week pretty profound in music video news. In true…
Radiation City Shares Awesome Video Filmed at Austin’s Cathedral of Junk
If you missed Radiation City’s recent show in Austin, that’s incredibly unfortunate for you. Luckily, you’ll be able to see them performing in Austin forever, as they recently released an amazing video recorded…
Video: Father John Misty – “Funtimes in Babylon”
We will say it for probably the 10th time: Father John Misty’s Fear Fun was our most listened to album of last year. So, even thought it has been a while since its release, we’re…
Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders Shares “The Heretical Physics,” Launches Kickstarter
Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders new video for “The Heretical Physics,” which is directed By John Valley and produced By Tyler Speicher, Cordelaine Kline, and Max Kruemcke, features delightfully whimsical stop-motion animation….
Video: Good Field – “These Dreams”
If you read Pop Press International with any regularity, you likely know that we completely adore Austin band Good Field. We listen to their self-titled, debut LP constantly and had the band play…
Video: Caged Animals – “Cindy + Me”
We wrote previously about the 80s synthy goodness in Caged Animals’ new song “Cindy + Me.” Now, the electronic pop project has released a video for the track which appropriately spins the concept…
Washed Out Announce New Album, Share Trailer
Ernest Greene’s project Washed Out has announced a new album, Paracosm, set for release on August 13th in the US via Sub Pop Records. The album was produced in Georgia with Ben Allen, who…
Lightning Dust Shares Video for “Diamond”
Synchronized swimmers do their watery dance to Lightning Dust’s song “Diamond” in the band’s new video, directed by Helen Reed. Although the video begins with a group of average, almost bored folks hanging…
Brazos Shares New Video for “Charm”
After an incredibly creepy introduction that I thought was taking viewers down an irrevocably disturbing path, the ensuing video for Brazos’ newly released song “Charm” is rather whimsical in moments, operating on the…
Video: The Blank Tapes Performing on Breakthru Radio
Breakthru Radio has put out a couple of great sessions by artists we really like lately. Eternal Summer, who will play the Mohawk on Saturday (win tickets here) are one, and Pop Press…
Julianna Barwick Shares Track “Forever” from Nepenthe in Album Trailer
A press release from label Dead Oceans explains that nepenthe was a magic drug of forgetfulness used to wipe out grief and sorrow in ancient Greek literature. The title is fitting for the newest record…
Mikal Cronin Releases Video for “Change”
If you read our review of MCII, you know that we are huge fans of Mikal Cronin’s recently released effort on Merge Records. The album is full of perfectly balanced and gorgeously distorted power…
Scout Niblett Shares “Gun” Video Ahead of Upcoming LP
Scout Niblett will release “It’s Up To Emma” on May 21st on the Drag City imprint. “Gun” is the opening cut from the album, featuring sparse and haunting guitar and vocals. Whimsical and…
Ty Segall Shares Trailer for New Album
The simple acoustic chords that eventually float forward over scenes of Ty Segall sleeping in various locations in the trailer for his newly announced and forthcoming album come as something of a surprise. Will Sleeper,…
Bouquet Shares Video for “Falling”
With every post we write about Bouquet, we have to say from the start that we’re superfans plain and simple. We first saw the band under the most perfect conditions imaginable, splayed out…
Pageants Release Live Performance Videos for “Chai” and “Deep Ring”
It’s no secret that over here at Pop Press International we’re huge fans of Pageants, the indie-pop project fronted by Rebecca Coleman of Avi Buffalo fame. The trio performed at our SXSW day…
Superchunk Announces New Album, Tour, Releases Teaser Trailer
Quintessential power pop band Superchunk has announced a new album and tour dates for the summer and fall. After a decade of inactivity, the band released Majesty Shredding in 2010 and will follow with I…
Video: Daft Punk Releases Album Teaser Preview
Secretive and mysterious electronic duo Daft Punk have released an album teaser preview video in advance of their forthcoming record Random Access Memories, due out on May 21st. As is common with the band,…
DIANA Signs to Jagjaguwar, Announces LP, Video, and Tour with Austra
Dream pop group DIANA has signed to Jagjaguwar while simultaneously announcing a self-titled debut full-length, new video, and late summer string of tour dates with art-pop band Austra. The psychedelic, neon video is…
Austra Shares New Video for “Home”
We wrote previously about the forthcoming album and single from art-pop group Austra. “Home” was released in advance of Olympia, which is out June 18th on Domino. Today the group released a video for…
Thee Oh Sees Release Video for “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster”
Dark and sinister psych rockers Thee Oh Sees have released an aptly dark and sinister video for their song “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster” taken from their most recent effort, Floating Coffin, which was…
20 Bands to See at Austin Psych Fest
Tomorrow night Austin Psych fest will kick off with a pair of pre-parties at the Mohawk and Red 7, both with incredible bills. The weekend that follows will feature performances by some of…
Video: Youth Lagoon – “Mute”
Youth Lagoon’s Wondrous Bughouse is among the finest albums of the year, and “Mute” is one of that album’s highlights. While we’re citing “bests” and notable achievements, last year’s video for Youth Lagoon track…
Video: Paul White feat. Danny Brown – “Street Lights”
Rapper Paul White has released a video for the Danny Brown collaboration track “Street Lights.” Creatively and impressively animated by Plastic Horse, the video includes a series of visual representations for the song’s…
Video: Small Black – “Free at Dawn”
Small Black’s Limits of Desire will see release through Jagjaguwar on May 14th. In advance of that release, the band has a new video for the album’s first single, “Free at Dawn.” Directed by…
Video: Carmen Villain – “Easy”
Carmen Villain has released a video for the swirling, dissonant pop track “Easy” from her cold, stark indie-rock album Sleeper, which dropped earlier this year on Smalltown Supersound. The video is comprised mostly of…
Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders Release Video for “Arcade”
Austin’s Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders have released their first video, a stylized, adorable, and absurdist walk through the mind of the band’s creative force. The video and song are both as…
Video: Doldrums – “Lost in Everyone”
A collaborative project from Angus Borsos & Airick Woodhead, starring the latter and shot by the former, “Lost in Everyone” is the visual accompaniment for the song by experimental rock group Doldrums. In the…
Video: Leah Nobel – “Ride the Butterfly”
Austin songstress Leah Nobel has released a video for the title track from her new EP, Ride the Butterfly. Nobel’s music revolves around her impeccable voice as she weaves delicate and beautiful folk…
Eleanor Friedberger Releases New Video Ahead of New Album
As one half of the Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger constructed some lasting and hard hitting jams alongside brother Matt. Now, two years after the release of her first solo album Last Summer, Friedberger…
Night Beds Announce Summer Tour Dates
Elegant, country-tinged band Night Beds have announced a summer tour that will include a date in Austin at the Mohawk on June 6th. The band recently performed at SXSW following the release of…
Iceage Release “Morals” Video Featuring Piano, Tour U.S.
Iceage’s praised punk album You’re Nothing dropped earlier this year in February, and the band has just released a video of album track “Morals,” performed live and with the addition of a piano….
The Beets Share Video for “Doing As I Do” to Encourage Donations to Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
Pop group The Beets will emerge after an extended period of silence to tour the U.S. In advance of the tour, the band has released a video for “Doing As I Do,” a…
Two New Videos from Akron/Family, “Until the Morning” and “Samurai”
Experimental psych folk band Akron/Family have released a new video directed by Brian Sowell, which features a simple, sparse set from which frontman Miles Seaton delivers the song’s lyrics. The slow pulsing of the…
Haerts Releases Video for Single “Wings”
Haerts is one of those bands currently taking indie-rock by storm. Their debut song “Wings” has received widespread buzz in recent months, and now the song will be officially released as a 7”…
Video: Majical Cloudz – “Childhood’s End”
The video for Majical Cloudz’ immaculately produced, low-pulsing single “Childhood’s End” features Kenneth Welsh of Twin Peaks fame and was shot in stark black and white by Emily Kai Bock. The video follows the elderly…
Video: Still Corners – “Berlin Lovers”
Still Corners’ new music video for album track Berlin Lovers focuses on a young couple at a roller-skating rink juxtaposes playfulness with darkness. The video opens with a shot of a leather jacket…
The Besnard Lakes Release Video for “People of the Sticks,” New Album Out Now
Two days after the release of their new album Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO, The Besnard Lakes have released a new video for album single “People of the Sticks.” In the video, mentos-like pills…
New Track: Malaikat Dan Singa – “I Create In the Broken System”
Arrington De Dionyso is legendary for his wild, experimental free jazz songs as Old Time Relijun. De Dionyso has kicked around with the likes of Ian Svenonius and a slew of folks from…
Video: Flaming Lips and Bon Iver – “Ashes in the Air” (NSFW)
The Flaming Lips have released a video for the collaborative song they did with Bon Iver on last year’s The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends. In the video rainbow-patterned visual noise distorts the image…
Blank Tapes Release “Coast to Coast” Video, Embark on Tour
Pop Press International faves The Blank Tapes have released a new video via Filter for track “Coast to Coast” from their forthcoming full-length Vacation, out on May 14th on Antenna Farm Records. Directed by…
Lana Del Rey Covers Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel No. 2”
Pop chanteuse Lana Del Rey has released a video and cover of Leonard Cohen’s impeccable “Chelsea Hotel No. 2.” The video features dark, stark shots of Del Rey singing into a microphone and…
Video: Phosphorescent – “Song for Zula”
It’s no secret that we adore Phosphorescent here at Pop Press Intl. We gave their newest effort Muchacho a ‘Pop Press Picks’ status and wrote about two of their sets at SXSW. This week…
Marnie Stern Releases Video for “Immortals,” Announces Tour
Yesterday we ran our review of Marnie Stern’s excellent new record Chronicles of Marnia, which dropped last week on Kill Rock Stars. Today, Stern released a video for album track “Immortals.” Cinematically stunning,…
Video: Generationals – “Put A Light On”
For “Put A Light On,” the second single from Generationals’ upcoming album Heza, the band has released a video that celebrates their hometown of New Orleans to the tune of their echoing, jangly…
Video: Wolf People – “All Returns”
Stalwart record-releasing force Jagjaguwar will issue British group Wolf People’s new album Fain on April 30th. The group has previously released track “All Returns” from that record, and have now issued a video to accompany…
Video: Telekinesis – “Ghosts and Creatures”
In advance of the bands forthcoming album Dormarion, Seattle-based indie-pop band Telekinesis have released a video from their song “Ghosts and Creatures.” The album drops on April 2nd from Merge Records, but the piano-driven…
Video: Pop Press INTL.’s SXSW Day Show w/ Dog Bite and Good Field
We’re pleased to bring you footage of each of the 14 bands that played our SXSW Day Show at the New Movement. We picked the bands because we love each of them, but…
Hundred Visions Video “Where Do I Sign” + SXSW Shows
Austin’s Hundred Visions has quickly become one of the most talked about bands in town. It’s easy to see why–the band creates high raw, high energy post-punk full of hooks, and in a…
Video: Brazos Performs “How the Ranks Was Won” Live at Braund Sound
Famed Brooklyn studio Braund Sound has released an excellent live recording of Dead Oceans artist Brazos performing “How the Ranks Was Won,” the lead single from their forthcoming album Saltwater. As a bonus, you…
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper Shares Video for “The Nothing Part II”
After just dropping a brand new and very solid effort, Aly Spaltro (aka Lady Lamb the Beekeepber) has released a video for album track “The Nothing Part II.” Like the song itself, and…
The Zoltars Play a Birthday Party in New Video “All My Friends”
Lo-fi punk outfit The Zoltars play a children’s birthday party in the fun and colorful new video for their song “All My Friends.” The song is a single that precedes the release of…
