music video of the day: "Office Sluts" by Odonis Odonis

Hazy summer come at me already. I'm so ready to dive in.
The dude Dean Tzeno directed this puppy. Such a splash.
Odonis Odonis are gonna be on tour this April with Ice Balloons. Check em out...

04/12 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
04/13 Allston, MA @ O’Brien’s Pub
04/14 Philadelphia, PA @ Black Box
04/15 Raleigh NC @ Neptune’s Parlour
04/16 Athens, GA @ Caldonia
04/17 Atlanta, GA @ 529
04/19 New Orleans @ LA, Saturn Bar
04/20 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
04/21 Dallas, TX @ Three Links
04/22 Memphis, TN @ Murphy’s
04/23 Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox
04/24 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
04/25 Detroit, MI @ PJ’s Lager House

There both bad ass and totally chill 2014 LP Hard Boiled, Soft Boiled is out now on Buzz Records.
Here's a photo I took of them at Iceland Airwaves 2014. Good dudes.

music video of the day: "REALiTi" by Grimes

New Grimes track. Kate Bush 2.0 vibes. Grimes explains the track...

This song was never finished. its a demo from ~ the lost album ~, recorded early 2013. i lost the ableton file, so its not mixed or mastered. i tried to doctor the mp3 into a listenable state, but it was poorly recorded in the first place and never meant to be heard by anyone, so its a bit of a mess haha.

Well bless this mess then. It is exactly what I needed. Gonna try and stay calm in times of chaos and float away to realiti now.

music video of the day: "Wanderlust" by Bjork

Because by some magic I made it into her sold out Carnegie Hall show with ARCA this afternoon.
Some silly rich people left half way through and gave me their tickets. Their loss.
There was a string section. So many strings.
I cried. It was beautiful. 
Set list below.

music video of the day: "Actin Crazy" by Action Bronson

Off to NY for a few days. In the airport doing work and getting hype. Happy Friday y'all!

music video of the day: "Blessings" by Big Sean ft. Drake & Kanye West

Cus I'm feeling blessed. 

music video of the day: "I Love Our World" by Ramona Lisa

Caroline Polacheck is the stunning voice you probs recognize from Chairlift. She also has her own solo project called Ramona Lisa, in which she often paints a second set of eyes on her face and I want to steal that look. Last year she released her self-produced album Arcadia and today the Piano Versions is out via Terrible Records. As the title implies, it's an EP of piano versions of Ramona Lisa songs. Check out "Walking in The Cemetery" below. 

music video of the day: "A Message" by Kelela

This girl. This song. The vibe. My god. Intense and raw and sexy and smooth all at once.

On Arca, Kelela says:

I met Alejandro [Arca] on a boat in August of 2012. We sought one another out across a dance floor and within 5 minutes agreed to meet each other as soon as possible to collaborate. I had one song released to my name and had just heard one of his mixes, but we knew we’d found something in one another. We spent the next three days, 14 hours a day talking about our artistic visions and how it intersected with our personal lives, making songs that reflected that while dancing around the room to let it all out. About 5 or 6 demos were born out of these three days.

“A Message” is one of the demos that came from those sessions and it speaks to the despair that I was experiencing at the time. The initial version of the song spilled out of us in about 25 minutes. Since then, it’s been like a sculpture that I’ve come to and refined over time, adding a lyric here, refining a melody there, adding a bridge, etc. It’s a process that is now finally complete with its release and I’m so happy that I finally get to share it with all of you.

Here's a photo from when I met Kelela outside a club in Chicago after Pitchfork Fest 2014. I asked to take her picture and she said "only if you're in it" cus she's a bad ass. She looks so chill. Meanwhile, my QT wink face didn't turn out as good as I thought it would. I like that we have matching nails though. 

music video of the day: "Fletcher" by Bry Webb

The video was directed by Nadia Tan who has the following to say about its origins...

 I have always been fascinated with photographing strangers, especially the unremarkable people - the older generation tending to their gardens and sitting on their porches, the labourers who become a part of the landscape - the people who form the backbone of our world, yet often go unseen.

To me, Bry Webb sings about these people in his songs, there is a longing for a simpler time and a simpler world; he sings about people who work with their hands and who wake and sleep with the rising and setting of the sun.

A few years ago, I discovered some of the postwar housing communities in Ontario and became enamoured with the simple beauty of these boxy white clapboard bungalows. I thought this would be the perfect setting for the video for Fletcher. Our cinematographer Greg Biskup and I traveled to some of the these communities and captured a series of portraits of strangers going about their everyday lives.

Super stunning stuff if you ask me.

music video of the day: "Down To Earth" by Flight Facilities

Indeed, Sam Rockwell knows how to rock well.

music video of the day: "Tidal Wave" by Beliefs

Because they're playing Johnny Jackson tonight alongside Greys, Teenager and Fake Palms. Party.

music video of the day: "Left Alone" by Zoo Owl

Off to Smiling Buddha for THIS right now cus it's Friday let's get into some shit.

music video of the day: "Summertime" by clipping.

Because I fucking love clipping. and I fucking miss the summer.
Also because this is very fucking cool.

music video of the day: "Couch Paranoia" by WIN WIN

That strange space that is both calm and crazy. Sink into it.
 

music video of the day: "All We Need" by ODESZA ft. Shy Girls

Because director Kevan Funk did a hell of a job. Trippy man.

music video of the day: "Land Gone" by Novella

Love that british shoegaze girls with guitars.

music video of the day: "Everything Is AWESOME!!!" by Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island

Because the Oscars were kinda lame but at least I wrote some fire tweets.
Also I guess I gotta watch the LEGO movie now cus everyone keeps telling me to. 

music video of the day: "Salty Tear" by Mozart's Sister

Outside it may be snowing and colder than Mars but it's still Saturday baby. Get up and dance.

Her album Being is out now on Paper Bag Records.

music video of the day: "A New Wave" by Sleater-Kinney

These babes. These babes right here.
I guess I need to start watching Bob's Burgers.

music video of the day: "Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)" by Father John Misty

Because I'm going to tonight's sold out show with my little sister - who is my honey bear.

music video of the day: "The Surge" by Castle If

Currently falling in love with this Toronto (via Saskatoon) experimental synth artist. She apparently has a forth-coming sci-fi concept record titled Sector 03 - but you should check out her bandcamp in the meantime. Castle If is playing March 24th in Toronto at Cinecycle w/ ANAMAI & Twist. Mark if off in you calendars now.