The beloved Seattle based band, Fleet Foxes, have released a new music video for the song "Grown Ocean" off of their upcoming album Helplessness Blues. The song definitely caters to the more folksy side of their sound, while the video enhances the self-described psychedelic aspect of their work. The clips in the video review a montage of footage they took during the filming of Helplessness Blues, which will be released on May 3rd, and if this video doesn't make you want to pursue a tundra-land adventure whilst wearing wooly sweaters, then I don't know what will.

Nothing like a little batch of outtakes to go with an original National-penned song. Add guest vocals by GA visitor Sharon Van Etten and it's win-win-win. Speaking of which, Win Win is a movie starring Paul Giamatti, and the original tune "Think You Can Wait" was constructed by Berninger and the boys for the soundtrack. See an original video of them and Sharon performing, cut in with scenes from the movie (including a few blooper moments).

Baeble favs The Lonely Forest fired off their second album Arrows on Chris Walla's new label Trans Records last week. A spectacular collection of well devised vocal melodies, soaring electric fret work, and open-ended storytelling, the album (like our somewhat recent Guest Apartment Session) is an exceptional showcase of one of the most promising young bands out there. Now the band have dropped some somewhat gloomy visuals that help explain why the forests in their native Washington State might be so lonely: Because they murder children!

Navigating through the cavernous depths of music blogs for video content that diverges away from the frightful trends (ie Ms. Black) is a daunting task. Here at Baeble, we consider ourselves professional stumblers, and our goal is to alleviate your surfing anxiety. After a brief hiatus (sorry, we took a Texas holiday), our Roundup is back in action. Our latest collection of grandeur includes a video by Fleet Foxes, which unfortunately fuels the insatiable desires for their upcoming release. Chk Chk Chk's Nic Offer gets his Beck on at a SXSW barbeque, and The Dodos partner their percussive muscle with bare knuckle beat downs in "Black Night". Craig Finn assists The Mountain Goats at Bowery Ballroom, and Fitz and The Tantrums seal the deal with a video for the infectiously catchy "Money Grabber".

Borrowing stylistic odes to Pee Wees playhouse and Robot Chicken, Mixel Pixel unleash their latest batch of techni colored indie pop in the form of this video for "Haze for Days". Directed by Lindsay Kovnat.

We've got a love/hate relationship with New Jersey (love the Boss, hate Sammi Sweetheart, love Liberty State Park, hate the Jersey Turnpike), but The Gaslight Anthem and their fist-pumping bar-tunes are one of those things we love. Watch them jangle their way through "Bring It On" last night on Kimmel.

Earlier this week our own Matt Howard gave you the scoop on his new infatuation with a globe trotting, lounge lizard named Alex Hungtai, and his strange musical output under the name Dirty Beaches. Now we spice things up with some grainy, black and white visuals, courtesy of this video for "Lord Knows Best".

Seven Saturdays is the name by which Jonathan Haskell floats his slow blooming, instrumental compositions to the public... most notably in the form of his 7 song debut, The Snowflakes That Hit Us Became Our Stars. Like a wealth of mostly electronic endeavors, the record was ripe for a remix...or six in the form of the Secret Things EP. Teen Daze, who I last remember getting their mits on a pretty righteous Local Natives track, give Saturday's "True Romance" a whirl, pairing Benjamin Gauvain Hoste directed visuals along with the revved up version of the track.

This week, Baeble is excited to introduce you to Work Drugs, the group that calls themselves "Philadelphia's premier Bat Mitzvah and Quinceanera party band", according to their website. The three member band made up of Benjamin Louisiana, Thomas Crystal, and Joan Wellfleet throw together calming beats that would be great lava lamp theme song music, or perfect for your Seth Cohen inspired contemplative boat trip to Tahiti. On April 1st, the band will be releasing a double album debut in the form of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. In anticipation to this release, we are providing an mp3 stream and a couple of music videos from the band for you all to check out.

Concertgoers at the New York City show for The Mountain Goats at Bowery Ballroom received a treat as The Hold Steady frontman, Craig Finn, took to the stage and performed with the band. Finn lended his vocals alongside The Mountain Goats' lead singer John Darnielle for the song "This Year" off of their 2005 studio album, The Sunset Tree. The energy of live music is rarely so tangible than when it is captured in true front row fashion, so check out a fan-recorded video from the actual crowd to take a passionate, unedited look at the on-stage collaboration.

During their visit to Conan last night, Panic! At The Disco depart from the circus-inspired presentation that they have become famous for in the past, and instead dressed themselves up in fitted suits and suspenders. The band played their new single, "Mona Lisa", off of their third studio album Vices and Virtues, which was released on March 22nd. This is the first album that the band has released following the departure of their bandmates Ryan Ross and Jon Walker. As Ross was a major contributer to the lyrical direction of the band, fans had been worried that the songs may face dramatic change, but this performance seems to present a promising loyalty to the intriguing sound that Panic! At The Disco fans originally fell in love with, even if it means less eyeliner.

The things you are slated to promote when you make the transition from hard-knock rapper to Law and Order actor and movie star may not have been fully explained to Ice-T and Ice Cube. I mean, I think they should have expected to do a little low-budget work in order to keep it real. Just because you now enforce fictional law doesn't mean you can be a sell out! As an act of loyalty to their given names (that they gave themselves), they are now the face of your local fountain soda dispenser!

It has been a hectic week for Chris Brown. First, he released his fourth full length album, F.A.M.E., which debuted at number one on the US Billboard Top 200. Then he went on Good Morning America and got asked some Rihanna-related questions that he knew were coming, but decided it annoyed him and throw a chair at a window backstage. After this event, Brown took to the freezing cold streets of New York City without a shirt, as you do. His outburts received a lot of backlash, but Dancing With The Stars decided to continue with his scheduled performance for this week. So, last night, Crazy Chris Brown took to the stage and we must say, even though he is ethically questionable, his high kicks and back flips made for a rather entertaining performance.

Following the winter appocalypse that most of the country experienced this year, we might finally be able to remember our previous lives of warmth and happiness. The promise of spring concert festivals are looming into tangible reality and give us an exciting future to look forward to. Take for example the weekend of April 15th through 17th, when an impressive list of artists are scheduled to perform at the three-day-long California based Coachella, held at Empire Polo Field in Indio. Incredibly (or not, considering the high demand for this event), the tickets all sold out only within one week after they became available. The exhuberant anticipation for this festival has grown rapidly ever since it began back in 1999, and has a history for hosting the stage of defunct-bands' reunion performances. Some big name acts include Kings of Leon, the Strokes, album of the year Grammy winners Arcade Fire, Kanye West, the Chemical Brothers, Cee Lo Green, Interpol, Neon Trees, Jimmy Eat World, Cold War Kids, the National, and the 2011 reunion no one can wait for: Duran Duran! While, yes, we are kidding about the enthusiasm, sadly we are not kidding about the facts. Duran Duran will indeed be performing. Either way, here are five acts in particular that we at Baeble are excited about:

Iconic country-music magnate and noted bud-enthusiast Willie Nelson may be 78, but the man is still touring like it's '68 (with a sh*t-ton of weed). When caught with six ounces of that sticky green stuff in his tour bus, Nelson was staring down a $2000 fine and 180 dollars in jail. Luckily, the prosecutor happened to be a fan; Nelson has avoided jail time in Texas in lieu of a $100 fine and performing the tune "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" at the courthouse where he was sentenced. Famous people get all the perks.

On Sunday night's Juno Awards, Arcade Fire performed the track "Rococo" off of their highly acclaimed album The Suburbs, which has proven to be an award magnet. The band and their third studio album continued their winning streak on Sunday, bringing home the awards for Album of The Year, Group of The Year, Songwriter of The Year, as well as Alternative Album of The Year. The band donned some spruced up outfits with a slightly less dramatic Panic! At The Disco feel during their performance of the jarringly hypnotic song, and showed the Juno Awards why their seamless fusion of eclectic taste and genuine talent has been so highly rewarded.

A Lull are a windy city based septet, and the sound they introduce with their video for "Weapons For War" is one that takes queues from the likes of Animal Collective and Jonsi. The inventive video for the track was directed by Anthony Ciannamea, and features a pair of creative creatures making their way along some indefinable journey.

Ark Music Factory might be the SPECTRE of the entertainment industry. Festering somewhere beneath the surface of well known Music Industry rogues gallery producers like Dr. Luke and RedOne is Ark, the evil organization of super villains behind Rebecca Black and other recent mindless child exploitation.

Originally a teaser for those willing to jump the gun and pre-order The Strokes newest album Angles, this video for "Call Me Back" was created by Albert Hammond Jr and feels a bit like diving into a pool of your favorite carbonated beverage...oh, and there's a really hot girl just hanging out at the bottom of it.

We've got a soft spot in our hearts for Figurines. Last time we saw the Danish band they were busy staring in one of our very first concert shoots. And though they apparently nearly called it quits a few years back, looks like they settled for a refreshing, four year hiatus instead. Hooray for that!

There's a musical bout of sorts brewing in the folds of Dodo's third full-length record No Color; one so apparent our own Matt Howard recently declared listeners can't help but subconsciously elect a superior band member.

Indie rock veterans, Obits continue to disregard mid-life crises with their latest release, and second full-length, Moody, Standard, and Poor. Rather than pulling a "Bowie" and camouflaging themselves in order to relate to progressive, musical ideals, they opt to reinforce their traditional meme. Their identity stems from their garage punk musical heritage. The product of disbanded groups like Pitchfork, Edsel, and Shortstack (to name a few), Obits makes another attempt at perfecting a musical movement that was established around sonic imperfection.

tUnE-yArDs is set to drop new album W h o k i l l, and to tease it's release put together a choreographed video cut to the tune of first single, "Bizness".

When our space-children are learning from their teach-pods about this 21st century phenomenon known as "indie", I'm sure one of the more enduring tales will be of the rock musicians Death Cab For Cutie. Although many incorrectly attribute their success to "sell-out" status, Plans only landed via Atlantic Records when Gibbard had deemed the band's success at an appropriate level to maintain creative freedoms. Thus today's song, "You Are A Tourist", off the forthcoming LP Codes and Keys, represents an evolution of Death Cab steered only by the original drive behind the band. That being said, you could probably write a better imitation of a Death Cab song (but you'll never recreate that iconic Gibbard croon). Check it out below.

There's a certain sentiment that is gained when you first experience a band through a live performance. When you stumble on their set by unintended fortune, these emotions are enhanced. My latest case of this marvel came from an accidental, early arrival to the Dum Dum Girls' show at the Bowery Ballroom. After only hearing about the show's opener, Dirty Beaches, through the bloggy grapevines a week prior, I was awe-struck by the simple, yet cavernous qualities of Alex Hungtai's solo set.

Baeble wrapped up its stay in Austin, Texas with an epic closing roster, including The Rural Alberta Advantage, Datarock, Matt Nathanson and more. Check out a sneak peak at the action below and stay tuned for full videos of all 24 participating acts.

The first in a string of singles from F*cked Up have hit the internets. "The Other Shoe" presents a frank guitar riff and accompanying rhythym so alluring that it's nearly calming, but is cleverly contrasted with the roughness of vocalist Damian Abraham's strained screams, making for an all around compelling track.

Femme Fatale, an album of hypnotic dance tracks from this generation's original sex kitten, has a cozy landing among the auto-tuned, attitude-struck, unashamed pop vixens of today. Essentially, the quality of the album has everything to do with the perspective with which you approach Britney Spears. If you can't get past the vacancy of Spears' presence or lack of introspection, Femme Fatale is not going to change your mind about the pop star. But, frankly, Britney is doing a fine job of what she does best. She purrs flirtatiously and proclaims bold desires with the precision of someone who has spent the past ten years perfecting her ability to tease with every syllable. What the album lacks in originality, it makes for in rhythmic seduction. Femme Fatale slides into mainstream circulation with as much provocative delivery as her most recent full length release, Circus, but the reception's strength threatens to quiver because this time around, we aren't hoping for her to succeed; we're expecting her to.

B.o.B surely has a screw loose to release diss track "No Future" attacking TWELVE member, hip-hop prodigies Odd Future. The rapper/singer, who's reputable for teaming up with tough guys like Bruno Mars, is squaring up against a ferocious crew of street kids. But hey, who doesn't love a good rap-feud? I mean, they all end pleasantly. Right?

As an exciting element of their newly released self titled album, Sublime are offering a contest to win a canvas print of the Sublime Freedom Sun from their 1992 debut 40 Oz. to Freedom album artwork.

As March comes to an end, the musical guests on late night television seem to be dominated by seasoned stars rather than introductory bands. Snoop Dogg takes over Letterman on Tuesday night, or you can check out Jimmy Kimmel Live to see if Britney Spears might actually sing live for once in her life. Duran Duran take a trip through their time machine to perform on both Wednesday night's Kimmel and Thursday's Fallon. A few of the mainstream pop punk bands of the past ten years will also be performing this week, so watch Conan on Tuesday for Panic! At The Disco, Wednesday night's Leno for Good Charlotte, and Kimmel on Thursday to see Sum 41. And don't miss The Strokes on Wednesday night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon! To see the remaining artists for the week, check out the full list below.

Baeble flew on down to Austin, Texas last week to capture 24 bands in 4 days. We'd like to show you some of the action. Check the third day of shows, including Jamie Woon, 1,2,3, The Sounds, and more.

Baeble rapped on down to Austin Texas last week to capture 24 bands in 4 days. We'd like to show you some of the action. Check out the second day of partying, with a focus on emerging hip-hop, including SIMS, The Knux, and much more.

Before everyone's brains officially begin to melt, Baeble has deemed it necessary to offer up a list of songs about the fifth day of the week for all of you as an alternative to The-Song-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named.

Syracuse, NY's Ra Ra Riot brought their violins, guitars, and tambourines to last night's Last Call With Carson Daly from The Music Box. They performed "Too Too Too Fast" from their 2008 album The Rhumb Line, and also gave us a live look at "Too Dramatic" from their most recent release: 2010's The Orchard. Take a look at the lightly ecclectic rock and check out the two performances below.

There really isn't much else to say except that this is what happens when you do too much LSD before Nick At Nite.

It started as a humble endeavor. Michael Fitzpatrick, the lanky leader of LA outfit Fitz and the Tantrums, purchased an old church organ from a neighbor and immediately set out on his lonesome to craft some sort of soulful ode to the bygone days when Motown and Stax Records ruled the radio dial. Fitzpatrick would later turn to friend/collaborator James King for a little bit of help, and eventually a fire-breathing, seven piece rhythm and blues section for a whole lot more.

Two competing visions of solitude inhabit Akron/Family's newest video for "Island". To breezy blasts of pastoral pop humidity, the video's subject finds herself alone in two settings; one hectic, man-made and highly pressurized. The other is a more natural setting, comfortably shot somewhere by the seaside. Which would you prefer?

The debut of Jessie J's musical career as a solo artist, following her song writing work on radio hits such as "Party in the USA", came to a screeching halt as an army of critics stood lock-armed in front of the line of acceptable music, refusing point blank to allow her access to any genuine credibility. To put it kindly, Jessie J is simply a girl with a talented voice and some misdirected attitude, who has allowed today's idea of image marketing swallow her whole. She seems to have studied the appeal of today's biggest pop stars and thrown these ideas together with an indistinct direction. Her demeanor includes Rihanna's illusion of edge, the promiscuous contents of Katy Perry's closet, and music that is softened by adding a vaguely whimsical background like that of Natasha Bedingfield. The girl's only unique quality seems to be that she is British, and for some, this makes Jessie J just one pop star too many.

Equally as exciting as becoming friends with all of these amazing, indie artists, is witnessing them pal up with each other. We were thrilled to hear that our acquaintances Pepper Rabbit and Miniature Tigers would be touring together. And now, a week after hanging out with the Submarines at our SXSW showcase, it was announced that theyd be supporting Pepper Rabbit on the latter half of the tour.

Although Adele's sophomore album has been knocked off the top spot during its fourth week on the U.S. charts, the 21 LP remains number one in Britain, a position it has now held for eight weeks. If the album remains there by Sunday, it will be the ninth consecutive week that 21 has remained number one on the U.K. charts, placing Adele in the company of history-making acts such as Madonna and The Beatles.

The Daily (Rupert Murdoch's iPad newspaper) has a few heavy hitters on its music team, like the indelible Sasha Frere Jones (of The New Yorker) and Zach Baron, formally of The Village Voice. The hive music mind can come up with anything, including this graphic breaking down the many intricacies of everyone's favorite band.

Shocked that "shizophrenia" isn't in there, even once!

When I came up with the idea for Baeble Music's T.G.I.Mixtape series, I never thought it would ever flourish the way it has in the two year's since the first mixtape was put together. It started out as a way to get the word out about all the great music that comes into the Baeble office on a daily basis and has just taken off in the years since with tons of amazing music and guest curators from bands like Of Montreal, Stars, The Dandy Warhols and more. Since I am now once again back in my hometown of Montreal and a lot has changed here since I put out the first Montreal Edition of the T.G.I.Mixtape series, I have decided for the 100th edition to again pay homage to the city that has so greatly influenced me in my life. Here are 10 songs from 10 great up and coming Montreal bands that if you haven't heard of yet, will be hearing a lot more from in the near future.

Want to see a music video with Rainn Wilson performing on stage with Blitzen Trapper? Too bad, you can't. Because by the end of this video, real-life Dwight Schrute has individually killed each member of the band. However, you can still watch his creepy, dramatized solo performance!

English singer/songwriter, Jamie Woon, was a featured guest at our SXSW showcase. The nearly 28-year-old Londoner swooned the female attendees with his spellbinding, R+B, vocal prowess. Although an atypical, male musician, Woon will surely take the US by storm with his forthcoming, first full-length, Mirrorwriting.

Julian Casablancas, atypically animated, performed with the rest of The Strokes last night on Letterman to further promote the release of Angles. Their treat to the audience was Angles' track, "Taken For A Fool". As always, Dave awkwardly thanked his musical guests with clumsy humor, and Casablancas returned the praise with a quick, "we're not worthy", bow.

Google Talks has uploaded yesterday's interview with Lady Gaga, in which they discuss her career and showcase the presence of her music and shoulder pads in our world. Though the video begins with a somewhat cheesy internet montage pulsating to "Just Dance", it quickly becomes admittedly impressive as it reviews the alarming impact of Lady Gaga's fame. We are taken through the ever-rising number of hits her music videos have received, shown photos of her endless array of bizarre outfits, and presented combined YouTube clips of her song covers, including the video of Greyson Chance singing "Paparazzi", which single handedly shot the then twelve-year-old boy to fame. Greyson Chance, who has a surprising amount of talent for his modest demeanor and young age, now is an artist in his own right all thanks to his cover of her song. This is the perfect example to remind us just how much of an effect the girl once known as Stefani Germanotta has made, and is further dissected in this Google Talks interview with the Lady herself.

Baeble shuffled on down to Austin Texas last week to capture 24 bands in 4 days. We'd like to show you some of the action. Check out the first day of parties in pictures, including snaps of Lovett, The Lonely Forest, The Holidays, and more.

Justin Vernon let it slip to Rolling Stone that he is planning to release a new Bon Iver album, and the internet is going apricots! Rolling Stone reports that Vernon's untitled sophomore album is due sometime in June, and contains tracks titled "Perth", "Minesotta Wisconsin" and "Beth/Rest", which is "definitely the part where you pick up your joint and re-light it." Ha. Stay tuned for leaks and such.

During their Tuesday night performances for IFC at last week's SXSW, The Kills previewed a new song entitled "Baby Says". This song will be one of the tracks to come with their fourth full length album, Blood Pressures, out on April 5th.

Angles is less of a Strokes record and more of a compilation of their solo ambitions with the original lineup supporting each member, but so what? The five rich kids from New York City never really said anything too complicated in their sex-and-boredom opus Is This It, so why expect it ten years later when they have money and no incentive to impress? Back then they wrote fun songs and didn't care, and they were called a scrappy bunch of geniuses who reinvented rock n' roll. Today, their trademark indifference is met with the post-Kid A snark of pens scratching out their street cred. Julian "phones it in", the lyrics are "simple" and "tired". Have any of you even listened to Is This It? The beauty of lines like "Last night/she said/oh baby I feel so fine" is that they don't need to mean anything but "we drink a lot" and "f*ck you". Angles isn't brilliant or game-changing, but it's a hell of a lot more fun than most uber-famous rock bands are after four albums of hating each other.

On Tuesday, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno received a visit from Rebecca Black, the girl who has dominated YouTube, Twitter, and your nightmares for the past week thanks to her music video, "Friday". Unless you have never been introduced to the internet, you have probably seen or at least heard of the song that contemplates life's difficult challenges, such as which car seat to choose, and masters lyrical excellence by rhyming "bowl" with "cereal". Take a look at Black's appearance on Leno to watch her discuss this sudden fame, smile a lot, and end her sentences with high pitched hilarity the way all thirteen year old girls can't seem to help doing.

There's been quite a flood of reports on nasty incidences at SXSW in the wake of the annual barrage of bands, BBQ, and apparently way too much beer.

Does this make Usher some sort of mad scientist? Because it supports my theory that his nickname is actually proof he is a real life Mega-Man X villain #nerdblog

Still waiting for proof that Rebecca Black is an alien from the future come to dilute our intelligence for when her people invade, starring John Cusack and Megan Fox.

In the grand tradition of BBC Radio One premieres, Zane Lowe dropped another track off Fleet Foxes forthcoming Hopelessness Blues. "Battery Kinzie" reinforces our suspicions that yes, this record will sound a lot like Fleet Foxes have always sounded; pastoral and floaty and mountain-y.

It's always reassuring to know that we have the same taste in tunes as Aaron Dessner. Sharon Van Etten, pegged for a Guest Apartment, is prepping a new LP with Dessner producing. Here is a new track from the forthcoming record. "All I Can" was recorded at Etten's set at SXSW, during the IFC showcase.

A couple of weeks ago we announced we were giving away a pair of tickets to see American Idiot on Broadway. We're happy to announce the guys giving away the tickets have picked a winner!

A quick note on our nifty Web-based Baeble video app: we've updated the model to be slicker, quicker and much more useful for use across all browsers (although it's officially a Chrome tool). The freshening includes a nice new visual layout and increased functionality across a variety of platforms.

Minneapolis' Tapes 'n Tapes recently took up residence in The Guest Apartment in support of their latest album Outside, and to celebrate the release of that video, we're giving away a slew of prize bundles.

Our latest session in The Guest Apartment scoops Tapes 'n Tapes; the venerable, guitar wrangling outfit from Minneapolis who first stirred attention when the call of their album The Loon became one of the first to be picked up by something dubbed the blogosphere back in '05. In conversation the band weave past exploits into their present, discussing the role a once weird phenomenon played in helping shape the band's current, musical pursuits. Those endeavors consist of their own self-run record label (Ibid) and a brand new third album titled Outside. So it's an interesting story that recently brought the band to our doorstep. Learn a bit more about Tapes 'n Tapes, in this, our latest segment of The Guest Apartment.

We were lucky enough to catch blues aficionado, Seasick Steve at SXSW. After signing a one-album deal with Third Man Records, he was a performing passenger on their nomadic, Austin stage. The bearded, Bo Diddley beat enthusiast grabbed our attention with his addictively catchy, melancholic tales.

The Antlers previewed their forthcoming Burst Apart by performing it in its entirety at SXSW. The follow up to 2009's Hospice was first heard at NPR's showcase at the Parish.

The comparison alone is irreverent, but maybe it says a little about whom we idolize today. Luckily, in 1912 they were uninformed that the "kill shot" came from a tilted Glock.

Hey kids! Which of these fine fellows is a Rough Rider?

On their latest effort, Does It Offend You, Yeah? do their best impression of the audio equivalent of an epileptic seizure. Like the urban myth of eating pop rocks and drinking soda, the combination of loud, aggressive dance beats with pop rock tendencies should make your head explode, but Don't Say We Didn't Warn You doesn't quite achieve that level of carnage (it's at least definitely fizzy and enjoyable). DIOYY specialize in what I like to call the twisty-distorted riff, an effect somewhere in between a siren and Diplo pushing buttons for Major Lazer. The T-D riff anchors nearly all of their tracks, and if you haven't enjoyed some combination of strobe lights and substance abuse enhancing your enjoyment of "dance music", this may not be your flavor. Bon Iver, this is not. But if you'd rather party than contemplate, look no further.

Radiohead's surprise release of King Of Limbs was only the first item on Thom Yorke's agenda. Now, a month after the day-early album release, the rumors of a Yorke collaboration with Four Tet and Burial are proven valid. The vinyl-only single will be released through Four Tet's Text Label.

Now that SXSW is over, we're happy to be back on our couches (and not on anyone elses). Our nights, recently filled with BBQ and boozing, are also happy to revert back to late night TV and actual sleep (for a few days, at least). Let's see what the personalities have to offer this week.

Baeble took our talents to Austin last week, for a week of shoots at the chandelier clad-club called the Phoenix. We shot 24 bands in 4 days, running on beer and taco-truck, as a couple thousand people rolled through to see everyone from Suuns to Matt Nathanson to a couple guys from Hieroglyphics. We definitely had variety! Next to infamous Austin hot-dog shop Frank and the Third Man Records pop-up truck, The Phoenix was an excellent midday stop for many South By goers to check out one of the most eclectic day shows of the fest. And even if you didn't have the time or the dough to get down to the actual events, all 24 shows will eventually be making their way to the Baeble site and our channels on Roku, Boxee, Google TV and more. But first, some of our favorite moments!

The latest product of alternative, indie-rockers, The Dodos, is their fourth studio album, No Color. The popularity of indie music has provided listeners with unfathomable amounts of experimental projects. Although many unique, sonic explorations continue to surface, we experience countless instances of imitation. The Dodos, however, exemplify musical innovation with their instrumentally alternative means of creating meticulously constructed tunes. The duo's second album, Visiter, was the earliest indicator of their investigative, instrumental techniques. Kroeber's speedy, percussive brilliance was highlighted throughout the album. In their third album, Time To Die, the group receded away from their prior brilliance. No Color, once again, provides listeners with The Dodos' extraordinary deviance from the norm.

Cult followed comedian, Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Tom Goes to the Mayor), partnered with composer, Davin Wood, and tapped into his musical roots with his new singer-songwriter project Heidecker & Wood. The duo's first album, Starting From Nowhere, highlights Heidecker's interest in 70s smooth jams. While his typical sonic endeavors were outrageously funny, oddball spoofs (see Puss-Whip Bang Gang), Heidecker & Wood is a perplexing reverb of the sunny 70s. Heidecker is a contemporary Andy Kaufman with his ambiguous humor that unsettles many viewers. It's difficult to determine whether the musical project is intended for comedy, but the cheesy, Chicago-esque tunes are pretty catchy.

New Orleans' indie-rockers, Generationals, equipped the March 29 release of their second full-length, Astor-Caster, by introducing a music video for the album's opening track, "Ten-Twenty-Ten". The single holds a sonic resemblance to Setzer, and its video is equally nostalgic to the early years of MTV (Way back when they had videos). Catchy, vintage string chords are complimented by the static montage of acid-washed rollerbladers.

Spike Jonze assisted in making Arcade Fire a household name when Max and his monsters danced to "Wake Up" in Where the Wild Things Are. Jonze also contributed by directing the music video for the Grammy-winning album's "The Suburbs". The director, most recently, teamed up with Win and Will Butler to write and produce Scenes From the Suburbs, a 30-minute short film. The film will fill in the empty narrative spaces that Jonze and Arcade Fire baffled with in "The Suburbs" vid.

Okkervil River's sixth studio album, I Am Very Far, is set to release mid-May. In preparation, they've released the album's first single, "Wake And Be Fine". A jolting symphony, "Wake And Be Fine" is complimented by Will Sheff's powerful vocals.

Yuck's "Get Away" doesn't seem like the likely combination of monikers for an aesthetically awesome video, but damned be the man who judges a band by their cover (save for a few notable exceptions). These guys are poised to win big this week at Southby, so we're psyched to be flaunting their kaleidoscopic take on performing, hanging out with babes, and reading cat magazines. Get lost in a world of 90s scuzz below.

We last met with The Postelles during CMJ, and we're told they are finally gearing up for their debut album to hit in June. Meanwhile, they are busy spiking the punch at a school dance in their video for the very Postelles-y cut, "Fell Asleep On The Dancefloor", featuring the talents of a few retro-hipsters partying in a local gymnasium.

Cee Lo Green is touting his stellar The Ladykiller disc with another video, combining the words-as-art of his "F*ck You" video and Hype William's trauma inducing "All Of The Lights" visuals. It's a fun outing into the world of sights and sounds of a neon wasteland, despite some pretty mediocre lines from featured rapper Khalifa. "We make bread/so we toast". Cahhhm ahn!

I would say that this video speaks for itself but I think that it actually SEXES for itself. Stay in it at least fifteen seconds or you'll be disappointed.

Soulive puts on one hell of a live show, and their Friday performance, part of their 10-day residency at Brooklyn Bowl, was no exception. Brooklyn Bowl was packed and they must be extremely happy to have a band that can draw every single night. You don't see many short and extensive residencies like this, but it looks like the Bowl has the clout, space and equipment to keep the audience fresh and the performers happy.

It's being described as the worst song ever, and somehow this is making it the most popular. The overnight sensation of humiliation, 13-year-old Rebecca Black's "Friday", was viewed nearly six million times on Youtube in only five days.

A few weeks back, we posted a mp3 for Luke Rathborne's "Dog Years", which provided a sample of his double EP, I Can Be One/Dog Years. Using a live recording at L.A.'s Three Clubs, Rathborne created a music video for the track. The melancholic realism, that he lyrically and musically boasts, is only enhanced as the black and white video allegorically references Middle American, open road as the "Dog Years".

Now a much lauded button-masher, Jamie XX took to the knobs to rehash Gil Scott-Heron's spoken-words on I'm New Here into an entirely new album of poetic beats (smugly dubbed We're New Here). Directors JJ Medina and AG Rojas took the loose narrative of "I'll Take Care Of U" and set it to a Bronx tale.

Shara Worden, the musical heroine of My Brightest Diamond, released her latest album, Letters to Distant Cities, on March 1. Worden, who is renowned for her electrifying vocals, has taken an alternate approach on her latest work. Partnered with musical composers, Mustafa Ziyalan and Rob Moose, Worden recites poetic verse throughout the album's tracks.

Baeble and MOG are joining forces with cap-makers New Era to present a unique day of Hip-Hop at the Phoenix Ultra Lounge, Wednesday March 16th (tomorrow), as a part of our SXSW day party plans. SXSW is sometimes woefully lacking in a diverse offering for the genre, and we're hoping to resolve that issue with a combination of fresh rhyme-smiths and old pros. We're putting together sets from artists all over the spectrum of hip-hop, like Cadence Weapon and The Knux, as well as Opio, Casual, and DJ Toure of the legendary Hieroglyphics. Check out the full list of performers and set times below, and take a break from the heat to catch the action.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart include a proclivity for nice guy status, so it makes sense that the band bearing the same name (a bunch of foot-watchers from Brooklyn) would be so kind as to stream their third effort, Belong, in its entirety on their webspot.

Last week we hit you all with a taste of the frenetic crunch of The Royal Bangs and their new LP, Flux Outside, due 3/29 on the white-hot hit-makers known as Glassnote. The next prickly bit of tuneage to emerge is even better; "Fireball" moves at the speed of light and feels like the beginning of something spectacular. Soundcloud it up below, and make sure you wear your tennis shoes.

Conor Oberst has spent the better part of the last decade trying to break out of a box...or, a lonely, teenage bedroom. It's the place he sourced inspiration for his earliest albums... Letting off the Happiness, Fevers and Mirrors, in some cases laying down unpolished tunes to his four-track, calling it a day, and sending them out into the world for love. And boy did his fans love, myself included.

The major networks return this week with a little too much Avril Lavigne and not enough Jimmy Fallon. Perhaps all of Fallon's musical appearances have not yet been announced, but his show seems to feature more of his star guests this week than musical ones, with Tiger Woods on Wednesday (yikes!) and only Howard Stern listed for Thursday. But Carson picks up the slack, as the lover of indie bands gives us interesting musical performers from Tuesday through Friday. In fact, we get two musical guests from him on Wednesday with both Matt and Kim, as well as Screaming Females. The Young Dubliners bring some festivity to Jimmy Kimmel's Thursday show to help celebrate St. Patrick's Day that night. Conan O'Brien, the most Irish of them all, however, has this week off so don't get your hopes up at finally hearing how he managed to stretch himself into a giant leprechaun. It will remain a myth!

Nine Types Of Light is finally seeing an official MP3 release (after we posted up the now MIA bootleg of slow-jam "Will Do"). "Caffeinated Consciousness" (kind of sounds like most of my mornings) is a bolt-infused bumper, blending the bands kinetic grooves with mellowed choruses. As usual it sounds like it took a few cups of coffee to achieve the always admirable chunky complexity of TVOTR's solid sounds (well, a few cups of something).

It's that time of the year, where thousands of people flock to the breakfast-taco capital of the world to partake in two weeks of tech and music showcases. Between beers and applying copious amounts of sunblock, we'll be throwing four days worth of events at the Phoenix Ultra Lounge. Baeble Takes On Texas 2011 (Sponsored by Lexus, Roku and MOG) will have us filming 24 acts across four days. Sample a few of them below and join us for the real thing!

The Kills are continuing their Blood Pressures with another new track. "DNA" is more gritty, gut-busting bass riffs and a bit reminiscent of Mosshart's other project (the one where she punches Jack White in the face on stage every night). "Satellite" was kind of like that too. Bad-assery is kind of her flavor.

Three years after its intended release, Acid House Kings' fifth studio album, Music Sounds Better With You, is finally being unveiled on March 22. Sweden's indie-pop phenoms are providing a free download of the album's track, "Would You Say Stop?". After previewing four of the forthcoming, they gave their fans the choice of which new song would be released as a free mp3.

Though the utter insanity that is the Charlie Sheen debacle has been referenced to death this past week, did you really think we would be able to resist throwing in some commentary as well? Of course not. We gave you some clips from last week's SNL, in which Bill Hader provides the second best Sheen impression after Jimmy Fallon, and now there is more! We can always trust the Gregory Brothers (otherwise known by their street name, the G. Bros) to autotune the latest ridiculousness to sweep the technological world, and the Charlie Sheen "winning" streak is no exception. In fact, it is pretty much the perfect candidate for their famous videos, so watch below for the 411 on musical tiger blood.

We like music videos. We like lists. We like reminiscing. The Roundup is our way of celebrating such things. While perusing the internets for instant audio visual satisfaction this week, we learned a few things. 1. SIMS sees through the "green" veil in "One Dimensional Man". 2. Ponytail takes us to Coney Island in "Easy Peasy". 3. Junip pays homage to a band members father. 4. The Strokes gave a live preview of Angles on SNL. 5. Pee-Wee Herman explained the meaning of Lent on Conan. To The Roundup!

Austin Texas is known for a few important things: breakfast tacos, warm weather, and a little gathering known as South By Southwest, a meeting of music and technology for a week-long party consisting of thousands of bands playing hundreds of shows every day across the city. Last year we took Texas with one day, and this year, we're claiming four. Our day parties will feature performances from the likes of The Sounds, Datarock, The Submarines, Hieroglyphics, Matt Nathanson,The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Boxer Rebellion, The Lonely Forest and many many many more (see the list after the jump).

The National have premiered the new music video for their song "Conversation 16", from fifth studio album High Violet. The video combines sadness, drama, and power, into an odd array of Presidential and Secret Service romantic fantasies that would appear comical, if it were not for the morbid seriousness of the song itself.

Today in "cool stuff that kind of comes out of left field and you're like huh? I thought it was going to be a boring day! Come on! Neat, though!": someone thought it prudent to combine all of Pitchfork's top ten songs of 2010 into one super smash-up. If you remember 2010 as fondly as I do, you'll love it! Check it out below.

The country based soft rockers, Drive-By Truckers, stopped by the Conan show on Tuesday night to perform their song "Everybody Needs Love". This track is a touching lullaby of rock, ready to transport you to an imaginary rocking chair on a breezy front porch somewhere that exists in a time continuum of perpetual sunsets and smiles, but with a side of blunt truth. It echoes the simplistic nature of the love-driven lives we lead, but does so without slipping into the sugary sweet perspective that can doom songs about love into cliche categories.

Apparently, there have been a few articles recently that quoted Phil Collins as a bitter, ho hum chum in terms of his retirement from music. Not one to be misrepresented, Collins himself took to his website to clear the air.

Last week, Baeble caught up with 1/3 of the pop rock wonders, Hanson, to discuss the newest developments in their fifth studio album Shout It Out, learn about their experiences creating their own independent label, and discover the benefits and challenges of their time in the music business. Hanson have always held a unique position in the music industry, balancing a continuum of decades, success, and independence within their optimistic direction.

SIMS' Doomtree sanctioned album Bad Time Zoo is a favorite 'round the office, and with the release of a new video for "One Dimensional Man", the Minnesota based MC is nudging his way in even closer to our hearts. Here, our man questions the roles of profiteers and consumers of the green movement alike, dropping lines like "You switched up now you're buying all organic/Screaming save the planet/But you won't even save your neighbor damnit".

Say Hi's Eric Elbogen signs a deed with the devil in this hiliarious video for "Devils". The track is from the band's most recent album Um, Uh Oh, out now via Barsuk.

Die Antwoord are known for their subtle, artful musings on the triumph of the human spirit. #oppositeday

Hipsters make the best faux-collar workers. They forgot "Earphones in, listening to Altered Zones mix" and "Gets off early to attend Queens based house party/BBQ/chillgaze show"

Katrine Ottosen insists that you call her Kat, so much so that she performs her eccentric, airy pop under the moniker CALLmeKAT (with caps on purpose). Her tunes have already made waves in Europe, starting with her native Denmark and rumbling through neighboring countries on word of mouth (with no international releases). With two EPs under her belt, and a follow-up in the wings (recorded in the Catskills here in New York), we're expecting to hear much more from Kat's musical menagerie. The first creature: a melancholic appeal called "Bug In A Web". Check it out below.

Musicians often release remixes of their more notable tracks. Most commonly, the act is performed for hip-hop and dance music. But as indie music has entered a synthesized revolution, remixes are becoming a regular staple of the genre. One of the most notable groups of remix artists, RAC (aka Remix Artist Collective), released their second compilation album, RAC VOL. 2. The 9-track album, which is available for free, digitally, includes profound re-touches of popular hits by Surfer Blood, Ruby Coast, and Phoenix.

The fourth studio album to come from Avril Lavigne, entitled Goodbye Lullaby, strips down past years' theatrics and focuses primarily on the emotional origin of the musical content. Because of Lavigne's need to express the personal journey she has undertaken since 2008's The Best Damn Thing, her musical growth is left overlooked as the acoustic-based instruments take a back seat to her powerful vocals. The title Goodbye Lullaby is definitely an accurate depiction of the album's tone both instrumentally and lyrically. Almost every song reveals a desperate attempt at holding on to something that is no longer in her life, and consequently describes the loneliness and forgone magic of losing relationship security. These seem to be obvious reflections of the personal losses that she has experienced within the last few years during her divorce to Sum 41's Deryck Whibley. With this knowledge, one is slightly more inclined to forgive the repetitive theme and mediocre lyrics within most tracks, and rather embrace the emotional honesty of a girl who so rarely lets down her guard.

Sometimes the world has a go at you...for no apparent reason. That seems to be the subject at the heart of The Black Angels latest visuals. From their third album Phosphene Dream, the video for "Haunting at 1300 McKinley" was shot in Paris, France, and was directed by Phillip Andelman.

The hypnotic fuzz that encases Junip's third Fields single "In Every Direction" meets a trippy montage of visuals in the song's dedicated video. The piece serves as a tribute to drummer Elias Araya's father, Kent Karlsson; an artist and sculptor whose work makes up a majority of the video.

Rihanna better watch her back, because Willow Smith is slowly proving to be a pint sized version of the Good Girl Gone Bad, not to mention that Willow also has the combined blast of surprising talent, the prodigy phenomenon, Will Smith, and Scientology on her side. I would say that Rihanna has Jay-Z to back her up, but - uh oh - Willow Smith does too. Following young Smith's first single, the legendary "Whip My Hair", the track "21st Century Girl" has been released.

The dream team of James Mercer and Dangermouse (known as Broken Bells) had a few leftovers in the fridge from recording their eponymous debut. Not quite b-sides (and still fresh), these remainders were recently nuked for release on the Meyrin Fields EP, due on 3/29 via Columbia Records. You can hear the first bite, entitled "Windows", courtesy of NPR.

The attendees, who were "fashionably late" this past Friday at the Bowery Ballroom, were absent from the evening's greatest attractions. The Ballroom welcomed a four-band lineup of Dirty Beaches, Minks, Frankie Rose and The Outs, and Dum Dum Girls (performing in that order). I was once a member of these act-opener neglectors, but after an accidental, early arrival on Delancy, Friday night, I have forever abandoned this nihilistic mentality.

After a string of highly praised EPs and singles, including last year's excellent Klavierwerke, 23 year old British singer/producer/DJ wunderkind James Blake is ready for his close-up. On his eponymous debut you'll be hard-pressed to find a fully fleshed out verse-chorus-bridge song. Some contain only one verse, like "I Never Learnt To Share," in which Blake simply repeats the lines "My brother and my sister don't speak to me/But I don't blame them" over fluid, shifting musical landscapes. When other electronic artists skimp on structure, it can feel lazy. One of the reasons Blake gets away with it is that unlike his many contemporaries from DJ culture, he can really sing.

This week, Hannah Montana hosted Saturday Night Live. Poor, little Miley Cyrus. The 18-year-old girl is destined for a lifelong struggle of "Hootie" syndrome (I'll constantly flip name reference, Total Recall problem). Her appearance on SNL, at least expanded her demographic, as an audience outside 12-year-old girls or 40-year-old men tuned in. Montana was luckily accompanied The Strokes, who performed songs off their forthcoming album, Angles.

Wild Beasts have announced the May 9 release of Smother, which will be their third, studio album. They've also provided the first single of the album, "Albatross". The band is best known for the vocal prowess of band members Haden Thorpe and Tom Fleming. Their powerful operatic voices are interchangeable in excellence yet differ in tone.

It's spring break for all of the major networks this week, as every late night show will be airing reruns. We thought we'd let you know some highlight performances anyways, in case you missed the original shows the first time around or would like to re-watch any of them. However, being unceremoniously shunted over to TBS (all hail the CoCo!) did not provide Conan with any time off, so all of his shows this week will be live. Be sure to watch Conan's show on Monday to see Travis Barker, or on Thursday for a performance from Lykke Li. While Monday is an exciting night of reruns for you late night fans, the rest of the week kind of dwindles with only about one or two good performances each night (get out of your caves).

Monday came out SWINGING. Gwyneth Paltrow, best known in the music world as "why is she performing at The Grammys? That one stint on Glee?" is in talks with Atlantic Records to release a country album. I know our teachers/parents/guidance counselors always told us "dream big", and "you can do anything you put your mind to" and "get a job", but it feels slightly diminutive to people with actual dreams when famous rich people get to be both mediocre AND successful. Why can't I be the sixth Stroke who just plays the tambourine? Nevermind, let's just think of a bunch of names for her album!

Austin Texas is known for a few important things: breakfast tacos, warm weather, and a little gathering known as South By Southwest, a meeting of music and technology for a week-long party consisting of thousands of bands playing hundreds of shows every day across the city. Last year we took Texas with one day, and this year, we're claiming four. Our day parties will feature performances from the likes of Datarock, The Submarines, Hieroglyphics, Matt Nathanson,The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Boxer Rebellion, and many many many more (see the list below).

This spring, our favorite gentry rockers Mumford and Sons are mixing with the underclass. Along with Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show, they'll be touring the countryside exclusively in vintage rail-cars, making stops in the American Southwest for about a weeks worth of outdoor events (six to be exact).

In addition to a new album announcement, British band Art Brut has released an extra mp3 for us all. The song, "Unprofessional Wrestling", is introduced by a slowly strummed deep bass with notes vaguely reminiscent of the Jaws theme song that my brother used to play on the piano to scare me out of the room. But don't be scared guys, because the fun begins a few seconds as the track revs through a not-so-subtle description of the kind of unprofessional wresting that takes place outside of the gym (hopefully).

Death Cab for Cutie's seventh studio album, Codes and Keys, is set to release May 31, a perfect seasonal setting as their albums are best experienced through the speakers of an open-windowed sedan. Their most recent album was Narrow Stairs in 2008, and the Death Cab-faithful are eager to explore the past three years of Ben Gibbard's melancholic mind.

Ponytail has announced an April 12 release of their forthcoming, third album, We Are Free. Its first track, "Easy Peasy", is a precise, vocal representative of the acid-laced carnival of an album cover. Ponytail has a blatant, experimental approach to artistic, musical creation.

In her sophomore full length, 21, Adele shows the world of pop how talent is crafted as she sings through raw emotions with a soulful drive and unashamed openness. Impressively, the title of 21 represents the age at which she wrote the album, yet despite her youth, Adele seems to exude more of a timeless truth within every chord and cleverly expressive lyric. She effortlessly represents a wisdom that travels far beyond her years through a dissection of pain and both emotional and musical growth. This talent is undeniably present within the album, which lives up to her Grammy award winning debut 19, with the acoustic simplicity of ballads, jazz-infused grooves, and an admirable devotion to love within each track's every lyric.

I have a distant, yet lucid, memory of my father returning home from his first experience of a Rolling Stones reunion tour. Finally, I have gained an appreciation of how the 40-year-old man could become so giddy with nostalgic excitement. The Get Up Kids' performance at the Music Hall of Williamsburg similarly affected the eclectic assortment of attendees. A quick glance of the sardine-packed venue provided an enlightening image of the profound influence that The Get Up Kids had on today's music. As the music scene has ferociously evolved, individuals have separated themselves into particular scenes. The eager crowd on March 3 had such an intense level of diversity that labels became ambiguous. Everyone shared a mutual adoration of The Get Up Kids' role in shaping their favored, contemporary genres.

Last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the King of giggles and enthusiasm hosted Lykke Li as the show's Thursday night musical guest. The eclectically talented Swede performed the song "Get Some" from her album Wounded Rhymes, which was released earlier this week on February 28th. With this performance, Lykke Li proves (once again) that she possesses the ability to give an exciting show full of tambourine dance moves along with an impressive studio-quality sound.

My Morning Jacket has sidelined their abundant, side projects to release their sixth, full-length, studio album, Circuital, this spring. Jim James and crew are offering six weeks of free tunes to freshen our audile palettes. For those of you absent from their near legendary, five night occupancy of Terminal 5 in October '10, the first five tracks provided will be luscious, live recordings. The band dedicated their stay to perform full sets of each of their five albums. The sixth, and final freebie will be the first-released track of Circuital.

It wasn't even two years ago that Adam Lambert lost American Idol to season eight winner Kris Allen, making the amount of accomplishments he has achieved during that time undeniably impressive. Though a controversial artist, Lambert has certainly benefited from the media coverage, and luckily had the talent to back up this attention. He became the first ever Idol contestant to follow his time with Peaches and the gang (that would be Ryan Seacrest's new nickname, for those of you who don't watch the show) with a world tour promoting his debut album. He returns to the Idol stage next week on the Thursday March 10th show, to perform an acoustic rendition of his song "Aftermath" with over 1 million records sold and a Grammy nomination to his name.

In life there are many uncertainties. When you lose your favorite hat, is it deserved? When you find twenty dollars on the ground, is it karma? When a video of Pandas dancing to Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How To Dougie" somehow winds up in your eyeballs, huh? What's happening? Where am I?

The newest signing of The Control Group, The Deer Tracks are David Lehnberg & Elin Lindfors, both children of the little Swedish town of Gvle. This Johan Stolpe directed video for "Ram Ram" is the first taste we've had of the duo's misty hybrid of glitch electronica and more folk oriented songwriting. The band will be making their US debut at SXSW later this month.

Though The Wombats have flown a little under the radar Stateside since they first emerged a few years back, the skittish, Liverpool based trio will be placing a mighty push on the US market this April when they release their sophomore album This Modern Glitch.

Fun fact about "98": it's the highest number an NHL player can wear in regulation, as Wayne Gtretsky's '99' has been permanently retired as a playable number league-wide. That has nothing to do with today's mixtape. Enjoy!

Ladytron, our epitomical, synth-pop group of the last decade, are set to release Best of Ladytron: 00-10, on March 29. Though their most recent, studio album was '08's Velocifero, we were all provided a glimpse of the upcoming with their single, "Ace of Hz". The band has included a new music video to complement the track.

The Digital Underground of the 21st Century, nine-member, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, otherwise known simply as Odd Future, has managed to grasp the music world's attention. They first gained a cult following primarily within the hip-hop community, but they are continuing to gather mainstream attention. Like every skate-crew hanging around the corner store, OFWGKTA maintains the "anti-establishment" mentality. This crew, however, has established a prominent voice and has minimal qualms in explicitly expressing their disapproval of the music industry. Their hijacking of Fallon was only the beginning of Odd Future's revolt against capital oppressors.

All right, world. It has happened. Kim Kardashian has found yet another way to infect the media and cash in by recording a single. Yes, you read that correctly. A MUSIC single. Produced by The-Dream, "Turn It Up" offers... well, pretty much nothing. Even Paris Hilton's attempts at a musical career had more redeemable moments than appear in this song. To be fair, we should have seen this coming, and frankly I am surprised that it took Kim this long to release this mess upon us.

We like music videos. We like lists. We like reminiscing. The Roundup is our way of celebrating such things. While perusing the internets for instant audio visual satisfaction this week, we learned a few things. 1. The Strokes let loose, Victorian-style, in "Under Cover of Darkness". 2. Gold Panda provided a video for his electronic lullaby, "Marriage". 3. The Walkmen needlessly reminded us that winter sucks, but that it can also be beautiful in "While I Shovel The Snow". 4. Kermit does a great James Murphy, and Animal still rocks hard at 60. 5. Odd Future are a force to be reckoned with, and Paul Sheer looks great in a Macgyver wig. To The Roundup!

Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman takes to a breezier bit of lo-fi pop for her solo project La Sera, and enlists Har Mar Superstar to play the role of the devil in her video for "Devil's Hears Grow Gold".

Thanks to the stalk-ability of Facebook, we have recently learned better than ever that we are all connected in many more ways than we think. The same is true for the music industry, as Seattle music extraordinaire Rachel Ratner discovered for her city. It only began as an interesting dissection of how many artists around the area had worked together, but quickly blossomed into a community effort of discovery. The list grew into an official map of interconnected music and was soon brought onto the web, allowing this map to continue its growth with visitor submission links. This is definitely an interesting look at how much influence musicians and bands have on one another and what can grow from this. In fact, this map is actually a rather touching portrayal of the bond shared by the music community. Expect expansion, as Ratner has admitted that this map cannot possibly contain the limits of Seattle, considering how widespread artist collaboration has become.

Brother and sister duo Dag for Dag turn to The Shout Out Louds' resident auteur Ted Malmros to direct this black and white cut for "Hands and Knees".

If you've got an iPhone, download a QR Code scanner and use it to decipher the jumble above. It will lead to you something really cool, we promise.

The Enya of electro-pop, Glasser, appeared as the Monday night musical guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, performing her song "Mirrorage" from the debut album Ring. Though this was Glasser's first appearance on American television, the woman behind the music, Cameron Mesirow, delivered quite a show.

After being on tour for over a month, Air Waves' lead singer Nicole Schneit let the crowd know at their Friday show that it felt great to be back in New York City for their Brooklyn performance at 285 Kent Avenue. The show at Kent was part of a four-night run of shows in NYC in support of their debut LP Dungeon Dots.

The Strokes continue to amp up the excitement for their forthcoming album, Angels, by releasing the music video for the LP's first single, "Under Cover of Darkness". Unsurprisingly, The Strokes maintain their status as the epitome of cool in this video, as the band members nonchalantly play their instruments through different stations of a grand concert hall and/or mansion. Vocalist Julian Casablancas, ever the rock star, sings along while sitting back on a leather couch, draped head to toe in black from his sunglasses to his edgy jacket and skinny jeans. He pours wine from a goblet onto a deck of cards, he throws around a mic stand, he does what he wants!

An eclectic electronic artist from Essex, UK, Gold Panda began leaking his creations to various labels, blogs, tastemakers, etc...with enthusiastic results. Folks took notices, peers desired remixs (Little Boots, Telepathe, Bloc Party, Simian Mobile Disco, HEALTH), and his album Lucky Shiner was born. "Marriage" is it's third single, and brings with it this globe tripping video was created by Israeli artist Ronni Shendar on location in India, Germany and Israel.

Loud, crunchy Nashville rockers The Royal Bangs first got their break with The Black Key's Patrick Carney, signing to his old Audio Eagle label. Now they are releasing their third LP on current 'it' label Glassnote, right after SXSW, and the timing seems right for them to make some splashes.

A couple of weeks ago we mentioned the joy of INDIE HULK and his music-centric Twitter tirades. Now he's got his own column on The Daily Swarm and it's the best music writing since Hipster Runoff. PITCHFORK SMASH.

The Low Anthem, our friends from Providence, Rhode Island, wooed indie-folk fans with their New England pastoral aesthetics. Artists like Sam Beam had previously revitalized the rustic sound causing an unconscious association between the folk genre and Southern, country life. The Low Anthem's second album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, augmented our folk palettes, as it provided a new found appreciation for the land of autumn leaves. While I'm often scorned by the statement, "Labels are for soup cans," it's difficult to avoid recognizing The Low Anthem as the archetype of indie folk. The quartet's output includes attributions from such a wide array of emblematic, folk instruments often disguising them as a complete orchestra. Additionally, the band self-released their two, earliest albums, dumpster diving to collect materials needed to produce album sleeves. Although they are now members of Nonesuch Records, The Low Anthem's latest album, Smart Flesh, embodies the self-assembled grit of passionate music making.

The release of her latest track, "Born This Way", sent Lady Gaga minions into a rabid craze. The song was surrounded by a heated debate concerning its relation to pop icon, Madonna's, "Express Yourself" and "Vogue". The song's assumed meaning involving acceptance of diversity, however, blinded the Gaga-faithful. She has just released the video for "Born This Way", directed by Nick Knight, and it only intensifies the critics' arguments.

There is a reason some bands keep at it for so long. There's an overriding belief...in the work and in those who have given their livelihood to artistic creation. Such is the story of The Boxer Rebellion; a London based quartet who have stuck together for three albums, and the better part of a decade. Through tiresome day jobs and busted record labels, The Boxer Rebellion have persevered and now seem poised to reap the payoffs their newest album The Cold Still is sure to produce.

An album of unquestionable thought and introspection, The Boxer Rebellion lay much of The Cold Still's dramatic weight on the placid, vocal presence Nathan Nicholson fronts the outfit with. Through ten heart wrenching songs, Nicholson leads compositions that climb stratospheric heights at times, and plunge off the peaks into quiet pools of solitude at others. It's dramatic stuff, and it's part of the reason our get together with the band in The Guest Apartment is so very perfect.

Joined by bassist Adam Harrison, Nicholson puts very little between you and The Boxer Rebellion's most powerful instrument in this session, revealing songs that carry a variety of emotional gravity in the process. Completely depressed? Blissfully happy? We'll let you figure it out. Just don't be surprised if these acoustic renditions of "Cause for Alarm", "Doubt", and "Organ Song" have the tendency to touch on both polar states of being. After all, that's what great songs do, finding listeners of all emotional dispositions. What better time to find The Boxer Rebellion than in this stirring segment of The Guest Apartment.

Yesterday we offered you a snowy slice of solitude in the form of The Walkmen's Jake Davis directed video for "While I Shovel The Snow". Today we're offering you a sunnier set of visuals in the form of the Bruno Levy directed "Orange Sunday". The video provides imagery of that which we all long for, a temperate island, far from frostbitten reality. While scuba diving may not be on all itineraries, gently flowing surf and the warmth of a tropical sunset is irresistible.

Australian indie-pop group, The Holidays, debut album, Post Paradise was an award winner in their native land, and now they're invading the US, armed with their hypnotic, tropical tunes. The track, "6am", transports listeners to the temperate beaches that they call home. Post Paradise treats listeners with a transient glimpse of hibernation's demise. Daiquiris are yet to be in season, but "6am's" Buffet-esque guitar's upbeat tone will deliver a brief sensation of warming sunrays.