Watch: Fishing - "Water Sport"

This is one of those breathtaking clips where audio and visual work in perfect tandem with each other. I don't even want to ruin the clip for you, so go ahead and watch. The chilled, electronic sounds of Fishing do fit well, and you can hear more from Fishing by visiting their website or by going to their bandcamp to hear a charming quasi-tropical piece, "OOOO."

Listen: The Coathangers - "Trailer Park Boneyard"

The Coathangers - "Trailer Park Boneyard"
All girl punk band, The Coathangers, are set to release their third album, Larceny & Old Lace, on June 7th, and earlier last week they gave away a taste of it in the form of this fiery charged song, "Trailer Park Boneyard." It's a classic sound that is always enjoyable when done right, and it's definitely done right here.

Watch: Justice - "Civilization"

So apparently we didn't kill off the bison in the 19th century. In fact, it was ancient statues falling from the cosmos. At least, that's what this totally rad video by Justice seems to say. Who'd have thought?

Listen: Ghibli - "Brahman"

Ghibli - "Brahman"
Any artist sampling classical tunes and still keeping some of the integrity of the samples themselves can get a nod from me any day. With "Brahman", hip-hop sampler extraordinaire Ghibli crafts an elegant and textured song, with only the faintest hint that it's supposed to be danceable. His new album, Pythia, apparently dips into the same wealth of samples, so I'm highly interested to hear the rest of the tracks. Pythia drops on the 28th of June digitally, and on casette the next week via Wonder Beard Tapes.

Stream new Cults, Black Lips, Seapony

Cults - "Abducted"
Black Lips - "New Direction"
Seapony - "Dreaming"
Lots of potentially satisfying albums have popped up for streaming this week. First is Cults' debut self-titled album, which promises to have many of summer's anthems. You can hear it through NPR's First Listen. The album lands proper on June 7th via Columbia. Then there's the always rowdy Black Lips with their third LP, Arabia Mountain. That can be heard over at Grooveshack, and the actual album also drops June 7th, via Vice. Finally there's the sunshined twee-poppers, Seapony, and their debut, Go With Me, which is streaming below just after the jump. That one officially hits in just a few days, on May 31st through Hardly Art.

Watch: Saint Vincent - "Kerosene" (Big Black Cover)

Last weekend there was a concert at New York's Bowery Ballroom that featured fourteen current indie bands covering the thirteen seminal DIY bands featured in Michael Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life. Among the highlights is this cover of Big Black's "Kerosene" by Saint Vincent. Watch the video above (which features Dirty Projectors members backing her up), or stream the entire concert over at NPR. Oh, and if you haven't read Azerrad's book, do yourself a favor and borrow/buy/steal it.

Watch: Gidge - "For Seoul, pt II"

It feels as if at any moment, this song could turn into a bumping piece of dance-pop, but luckily it stays within its eerie confines, somewhere between Boards of Canada and music from Blade Runner. Working with ghostly images, the entire video is well-suited for the weather surrounding Arkansas. Perhaps too well-suited, really. Not much info on Gidge. Only thing I can find is their myspace which hosts only one remix and the information that the two men involved, Jonatan Nilsson and Ludvig Stolterman, are located from Northern Sweden. Hopefully more pops up soon.

Listen: Thundercat - "For Love I Come"

Thundercat - "For Love I come"

Thundercat, who up until now has best known for his affiliation with Flying Lotus, is getting his own debut album soon, and earlier this week he gave us a taste with the retro funk cover of Geoge Duke's "For Love I Come". If the rest of the debut, entitled Golden Age of Apocalypse, is anything like this, I'm sold. And with a title like that, I can't help but think of sweet 70's Apocalyptic bass lines that are sure to come along.

AUX ARC

My friend Marshall Trotter has been bursting at the seams with pop gems for years under the moniker Aux Arc. A couple of days ago he finally released a short-player consisting of 6 of said gems for free on bandcamp. "Put It On, Pancakes" should actually be titled "Put It On, In My Brain All Day Long".

New Atlas Sound - "Cherry Incognito"

Because Deerhunter leading man, Bradford Cox, can't go a day in his life without making an album worth of songs, he's going to need to share these songs at some point. At Animal Collective curated festival ATP in England, that's exactly what he did. He starts off by describing the song as "quiet" and "mellow". Which if you've ever heard Atlas Sound, you know to be huge departures from his regular sound. (god I hope you picked up on that sarcasm) It's a nice slow burner of a tune, and I look forward to seeing what it becomes in the future.

Gorilla vs Bear announces music festival

In a fairly surprising announcement, rising Dallas-based music blog Gorilla vs. Bear has announced their very own music festival this summer. Featuring the likes of Shabazz Palaces, White Denim, Pure X, and other smaller acts, it's all taking place at the Granada Theater on July 23rd. Given that ticket prices are just $24, I'm very much thinking about going to this one, if for no other reason than to support festivals that aren't Lollapalooza or Bonnaroo. Buy tickets here.

Catching Up: 7 Favorites from Last Week

Alrright. Sorry about the lack of updates from this side of the Colossal camp. No excuses though. None, in fact. Instead I'm just going to share my favorite finds of the week with the promise that updates will be more consistent in the near future. The following aren't really in any sort of order, although I did save my two favorites for last. Be sure to check out everything, but especially the last. Catch 'em after the jump.

DJ Shadow - "I Gotta Rokk"

Dj Shadow-I Gotta Rokk (LP Version) by oli02

So I think it's universally acknowledged that The Outsider was somewhat lackluster. Which made DJ Shadow's announcement of a new album, titled The Less You Know The Better and slated for a September 5 release, sort of anti-climactic, even after four years of silence. That is, until I heard this, the first single for the record. Let's just say it bodes very, very well for what he has up his sleeve come fall. "I Gotta Rokk" is also being released next Tuesday as part of an EP along with two singles from last summer, "Def Surrounds Us" and "I've Been Trying."

Psychedelic Horseshit - Laced Stream

Psychedelic Horseshit's first album for Fat Cat comes out May 16. The 405 posted a stream of the new album today, and it sounds batshit crazy. "French Countryside" and "Tropical Vision" are the standouts here, but the whole thing's worth a couple spins.

Look at how fucking creepy Thom Yorke looks in this picture

When Thom Yorke looks at you like this, you know gonna get some twitchy lovin'.

Continuing his ongoing electronica identity crisis, Thom Yorke once again played a DJ set last night with Flying Lotus. This is just the kind of stuff that you have to be in the right place, at the right time for, I guess. He spun some records of his and FlyLo, and apparently some Tyler, the Creator as well. I'd really kill for a video of him singing along to Tyler, but this video will just have to do.

Watch: Salem - "Till the World Ends" [NWS]

Admittedly, this one has been around for a couple of days, but because of my lack of getting shit done, I'm just posting it now. Brought to you by Salem, and yeah, Britney Spear, the song, especially combined with the vide, packs a powerful punch. First you get strippers, then real footage of military operations overseas. It all comes together to create something a bit apocalyptic, which is just how I like my apocalypses, filled with strippers and blowing shit up.

Watch: Tyler the Creator Having More Fun Than You

Tyler the Creator's intensely anticipated new album Goblin drops this time next week. Because I can't wait, and even though it may annoy some other contributors (ahem) to this site, I thought I'd share the above video of Tyler hanging out at the XL offices before his European tour. Mainly it just makes me wish like hell I could work for XL.

Prefuse 73 - The Only She Chapters Sampler

Prefuse 73 'The Only She Chapters' Album Sampler by Warp Records

Also streaming over at AOL is the new release by electronica godhead/kingpin/overlord Guillermo Scott Herren. His stuff as Prefuse 73 is hit-and-miss (ranging from absolute classics like One Word Extinguisher to kind of forgettable one-offs like Security Screenings). Upon an initial listen, The Only She Chapters seems to fit solidly into the former category. It features a ton of guest vocalists: Faidherbe, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Trish Keenan of Broadcast (RIP), Nico Turner of VoicesVoices, Niki Randa, Zola Jesus, and Adron.

The Wave Pictures - "Little Surprise"

The Wave Pictures - Little Surprise by moshi moshi music

The press release for The Wave Pictures' new album Beer In The Breakers was just emailed to me, and it uses a quote from a thing I wrote for another site. So the PR people are convincing me to write about these guys with a quote that I've already written about these guys. And goddamnit if I'm not convincing, because here I am. The Wave Pictures are from Wymeswold, Leicestershire (yeah, I don't know either) and they make jangly guitar pop with lyrics that more than a little resemble Morrissey's. "Little Surprise" is the lead single from the record, which comes out today via Moshi Moshi. You can also stream the entire record over at AOL for a limited time.

The Lonely Island ft. Beck - "Attracted to Us"

If you've ever heard the Lonely Island before, you know you already love this song before even hearing it. Andy Samberg and crew have always been good at giving us geeky guys anthems we can call our own, and this might top them all. The inclusion of Beck to the song really ties it up together, and gives it that, you know, musical twist. It's from their sophmore LP, Turtleneck & Chain, and there's a ton of other guests on this album including Snoop Dog and, of course, Justin Timberlake. You can hear the song over at Some Kind of Awesome. The album hits next Tuesday, Math 10th, via Universal Republic.

White Fence - "Get That Heart"

White Fence - "Get That Heart"
White Fence returned earlier this year with their second LP, Is Growing Faith, and here's just a taste of it. Titled "Get That Heart", the song is a lazy (in a good way), jangley piece that bounces along as vocalist Tim Presley sings about our generation with a little bit of nice optimism. Maybe the world isn't screwed? Nah, probably is, but at least there's good tunes. (even if it is kinda old lol)

Stream new Gang Gang Dance, Man Man

Not sure what it is about bands that have repeated words in their name, but a couple of 'em decided this was the day to reveal their new albums. Personally, I'm incredibly excited to hear the new Gang Gang Dance. Gonna be jamming on this while I'm working, so I should hopefully have a review of it up soon. Either way, both bands are wildly creative. You can listen to Gang Gang Dance's new album, Eye Contact, up above, and Man Man's new one, Life Fantastic, can be caught over at Stereogum.

Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Old Yes"

Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Old Yes"

I'll just come right out and say it, I absolutely love the mind melting synth charms of Tobacco and his band, Black Moth Super Rainbow. They truly developed a unique sound, and while that sound hasn't really evolved since their breakout LP, Dandelion Gum, there's still new tricks to be had from it, literally, even. The band is set to release a delux version Dandelion Gum with 14 unreleased songs recorded during the sessions of that album. One of them, above, is "Old Yes", a high pitched synth piece that really embraces that mellow BLSR sound that is so very welcomed after all the grungey abrasiveness that Tobacco has been doing lately. The collection of old songs hits next Tuesday via Graveface Records.