Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean

All I have to say is, I AM CRAVING AMERICA.

Feist - My Moon My Man

Just a Feist kind of day.

Alexander - A Million Years

To tell the truth, I heard his other song "Truth" on a French station in Germany and was reminded of this song, "A Million Years." Sometimes the world works in funny ways. Enjoy!

Noah and the Whale - Life is Life

Much like this video, I am exhausted from a long run. Enjoy Noah and the Whale's "Life is Life"!

Bon Iver - Calgary

Heads up, Bon Iver released a new album, Bon Iver. Really worth a listen, here's one of the album's staples "Calgary". Enjoy!

Tidelands - Holy Grail

A great animated video for Tideland's "Holy Grail". The duo is out of San Francisco and have developed a very unique sound, very American. It almost reminds me of a folk version of Interpol. Their debut album If... will be released on July 26th. Enjoy!

Yuck - Rubber

Just a London shoegaze day for me. Enjoy the drone of Yuck's "Rubber".

Cults - Go Outside

A little older entry from the Cults, but when I found this homemade video set on Maui for the song "Go Outside", had to post it. Enjoy!

Miike Snow - Black and Blue

An older one, but a great one. Enjoy.

Timmy Curran - Nordic Monster

Timmy Curran is a stellar indie artist. Whatsevenmore is that he provides the majority of his music for free. So, if you enjoy "Nordic Monster" of of his 2011 album Options, head over to his website and download it for free. Heck, download the entire album.

P.S. Iceland surfing sounds masochistic.

Memory Tapes - Yes I Know

Great song by the Memory Tapes off of the 2011 album Player Piano. The video is kinda creepy though.

Sia - Academia

Enjoy this typographic ode to Sia's "Academia." Very St. Vincent-esque.

Cold Mailman - "Time is of the Essence"

Okay, time is all off at the moment. Enjoy Cold Mailman's "Time is of the Essence" whilst I get my barrings. Seriously. Like serious.

Yesayer is saving me in lab.

Turn it up all the way, drives away any tiredness. Will resume normal positing tomorrow, whatever tomorrow means.

I Break Horses - "Hearts"

In the tradition of other dream pop bands such as Air and School of Seven Bells, there appears I Break Horses. It actually took a little more effort than usual to find out about this Swedish shoegaze band. In reality, it is a duo, Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck. You should check out there website, it gives a sense of the overall personality of the band, in their own words, diminutive transformed into "a shit kicker in high-fidelity."

The song "Hearts" (off of their debut 2011 album Hearts) is a stellar outing into the shoegaze genre. At times it feels like a hybrid between an updated "Girls" by Death in Vegas (famous for being on Lost in Translation, see below) and a sped-up/unporcessed "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis. However, I Break Horses is able to put their own flavor of sound onto the shoegaze genre. From the brilliantly captured video and well designed website, I believe that they will be a good group to follow in the future.

Woodkid vs. Cut Copy

Woodkid's most recent release "Iron" versus Cut Copy's "Need You Now". Again, guess the theme.

Dan Deacon vs. Etienne de Crecy

Above is Dan Deacon. Below is Etienne de Crecy. Guess the similarity from these two disparate artists.

School of Seven Bells - I L U

They always produce beautiful music. Their 2010 album Disconnect from Desire is out now.

Esmerine - Why She Swallows Bulletts

Esmerine produces a beautiful composition in "Why She Swallows Bullets" off of their 2005 album Aurora.

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - So Bloody, So Tight

A Sunny Day in Glasgow is a Philly based band that oddly toured through Ithaca, NY last year. They sound quite like a less refined, more gritty, less confident School of Seven Bells (see video below). But, any band that is brave enough to play in the Wildfire Lounge here in Ithaca (where the guests basically sit on top of you while you play) deserves a listen.

Plus, the video is quite cool with painted people. Enjoy!