Without a doubt, one of our favorite tracks off the mostly laid back Childish Gambino debut Camp is "Heartbeat," the aggressively dirty bass-heavy banger toward the middle of the disc. The video premieres on BET's 106 and Park in about an hour, but we've got the teaser trailer below to get a feel for the video.

Tonight Alive are kicking the lady-fronted rock genre pretty hard in the nuts, channeling many of our favorite frontladies (especially redheaded Hayley Williams of Paramore). We love Paramore, and we're suckers for a good "band having fun performing and recording" video, so get a little of both with "Breaking and Entering." It's a pop punk appetizer for their forthcoming LP What Are You So Scared Of?, out 2/14.

Spencer Krug's last Moonface offering was a bit of a diversion, a collection organ music (and not vibraphone, like he'd hoped), quite literally named we might add. But this new track is true Krug, a placebo for those going through Wolf Parade withdrawal. "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips" is part of their forthcoming proper LP With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery. Blast it as you head into the weekend.

Jersey power trio Screaming Females are set to release their fifth studio album, Ugly on April 3 via Don Giovanni Records. They've started promoting that album by releasing the lead-off track today titled "It All Means Nothing." The song is pretty awesome and indicates that the entire new album will perhaps, too, be awesome.

Duo of badasses, The Kills, stripped down their electric sound for the tender ballad "The Last Goodbye" last night on David Letterman. The product shows a different side of the band, which turns out to be equally powerful.

Hard Rock pioneers Van Halen have been fragmented from their original line-up since 1984, missing their gloriously insane singer, David Lee Roth. This year, they're coming out with their first album with the original line up (sans original bassist) in 28 years, A Different Kind of Truth. See more info on the tour here.

Al Green cover artist and also President of the United States Barack Obama is a tech savvy man. He has accounts on Instagram and Tumblr, and has a Facebook group called "Pet Lovers for Obama." Now, Obama's team has released a campaign playlist on Spotify, carefully assembling 28 tracks to try to somehow make every single person in the world like him.

As any fans of 90s alt rock should know, back in 1996, the Smashing Pumpkins released a music video for their hit "Tonight, Tonight" which paid tribute to the classic and ground-breaking 1902 science fiction film Le Voyage Dans La Lune directed by French film pioneer George Melies. French electronica duo Air have decided to pay their tribute to this landmark of the silent era with an album, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, named after the film and with music inspired by its story/visuals.

The Grammys air this Sunday on CBS, and most of the modern music world will be watching for a few hot categories-- left-field nominations like Bon Iver will have to contend with the massive favorites (Adele, Mumford and Sons, etc). The Grammys aren't exactly the pinnacle of music recognition. Plenty of categories seem like they are floating handicaps for popular, established artists (like The Red Hot Chili Peppers get a nod for their worst work ever, somehow). However, with performances, reunions, and maybe a provocative gesture or two, it's sure to be something everyone will gripe about on Monday.

It takes stones to cover a song that was one of the most celebrated tracks of 2011, but that is exactly what electronic duo The Knocks decided to do. With vocal help from Mandy Lee, the Knocks took on 2011 anthem "Midnight City" by M83. The cover doesn't quite stand up to the original (where is the epic saxophone outro), but if you're looking for a version of the track where you can actually understand the lyrics, check out this commendable cover below.

Baeble will be unveiling some exclusive footage we shot with piano rockers The Fray, and just last week, we published an exclusive interview with the Fray's vocalist, Isaac Slade. The Fray are continuing their promotion of their newest album, Scars and Stories, (which was released 2/7) and paid a visit to The Today Show's studio to play their new track "Heartbeat." The Fray have toned down the pianos and increased the guitar presence, so even if you weren't a fan of The Fray in the past, you might find something you like now.

If you thought the mixtape couldn't get any more eclectic than our last guest list, think again. Check out this collection curated by Nick Gregg, the bandleader of Mother Falcon, an "ever-shifting flock of classical musicians". Gregg has arranged a strange and wonderful assortment of songs, from Bach to B.I.G. Join us as we pick his brain for musical nuggets.

Last night Philly folk purveyors Dr. Dog visited Conan to promote their new LP Be The Void. Luckily, they filled that void their so fond of with the dulcet sounds of "That Old Black Hole." No gripes about Conan's Basic Cable Band, but this jam definitely sounds ripe for a little Roots backing, doesn't it?

This Tuesday at the intimate Mercury Lounge, Bahamas played a small acoustic set with an incomplete band roster. Leadman Afie Jurvanen sang and played an acoustic guitar with Carleigh Aikins and Felicity Williams singing backing vocals. To strip down songs like this and expose their skeletons would make many bands cower, but Bahamas' blend of surf rock and Americana folk translated beautifully to the small stage.

The critical consensus has been that Georgia freak rockers of Montreal's last album Paralytic Stalks suffered from some cohesiveness issues. of Montreal are known for experimenting with a wide variety of sounds, but Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer, their last album was not. Despite some mixed critical reception, the band played Paralytic Stalks track "Dour Percentage" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and the band simply rocked it. With crazy psychedelic visuals, loads of energy, and a song that was simply fun freak folk at its best, they might have stumbled in the studio but during this live performance, they reminded us why we loved them in the first place.

Cults' self-titled debut came out last June, but Cults are still releasing new music videos for their album's many stand-out tracks. The latest Cults song to get the video treatment was one of the most overtly 1960s Motown girl group influenced tracks, the dramatic ode "You Know What I Mean." Eschewing the Forrest Gump wizardry used in the "Go Outside" video, "You Know What I Mean" gets the more traditional music video treatment pairing singer Madeline Follin and guitarist Brian Oblivion as lovers whose relationship is put to the test when Oblivion, a circus performer, gets horribly burned trying to jump through a ring of fire.

Sometimes, even if for a brief moment, we're treated with a truly unique collaboration between two arts, smelting their styles in solid gold. Recently Bon Iver visited Fallon's studio to play with The Roots (noted Twitter buddies Justin Vernon and ?uestlove were meant to be together). Their funkified version of "Perth" is the best fusion of two styles in recent memory-- a pretty convincing case that Bon Iver can do collaborations, unlike his Grammy performance snub would suggest. This time he gets to pick who and when, and it's magical.

Here at Baeble, we had the chance to catch ex-Ponytail guitarist Dustin Wong as one of the opening acts for Hospitality's album release celebration show, and his looping, psychedelic technical wizardry blew us away. We still don't know what all of those pedals are for. Wong's newest album, Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads, is dropping on 2/21, and here's a look at a new music video for the album's "Pink Diamonds." For all fans of geometry, psychedelia, and Eric Johnson-esque guitar beauty, check out this trippy new music video and the awesome track which cements Dustin Wong as one of the most underrated and original guitarists in the indie world today.

Imperial Teen's newest album Feel the Sound is more a combination of power pop and New Wave post-punk, but whether you're long time fans of these queer alt-rock trailblazers or just hearing about them for the first time, Feel the Sound is a fun escape into the sort of playful and self-aware rock that isn't as popular in today's overly serious indie market.

Amanda Palmer recorded a chilling cover of "Polly" for SPIN Magazine's tribute issue & compilation to Nirvana's "Nevermind" last year. According to lore, Kurt Cobain's original inspiration for the track stems from a newspaper article about the abduction, torture, and rape of a 14 year old girl. In her new video for her rendition, Amanda Palmer and her Grand Theft Orchestra echo the horrific storyline with a gritty set of visuals to play out to the sparse bass lines, banjo picking, tinkling glockenspiel, and Palmer's icy coo.

If 2011 was the year of synth pop and the measuring stick was M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, then 2012 may be the year where everyone tries to recapture the magic of Real Estate's Days and we see a revival of slick pop. Whether it's the jangling guitar hooks of Hospitality, the mellow swirls of Beach Fossils, or now the reverby pleasure of Australian outfit Twerps, electronica may be out and the chillwave guitar revolution may be in. Check out the new music video for Twerps, "Through the Day," below as another act trying to make their mark in this increasingly popular field.

What starts as a lament becomes a celebration, both in song and in the story that plays out to the tune of Tim Fite's "We Are All Teenagers". In the vid, an elderly Fite rebels against his age, impresses a new group of friends, and generally lives while he can. Because, as Fite says in the sentimental centerpiece from his new album Ain't Ain't Ain't, "we may never be teenagers again." Ain't Ain't Ain't that the truth... The album comes out March 6th via Anti-Records.

Jay-Z and Kanye wrapped up their Watch The Throne tour ("Watch The Tour"?) by destroying encores with upwards of seven renditions of "N*ggas In Paris" at the end of every show. The video for the song collects footage from the exponential performances and smashes them together to create a beautiful, kaleidoscopic effect. Or as the disclaimer puts it, "THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY EPILEPSY ACTION TO POTENTIALLY TRIGGER SEIZURES FOR PEOPLE WITH PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY" and "VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED". Watch below!

Scandinavia has been producing some talented up-and-coming acts lately. Whether it was the lovely Swedish twee-folk of First Aid Kit or the Danish electronic dance bliss of I Am Noxious (try to listen to his cover of Black Eyed Pea's "I've Gotta Feeling" and not be bowled over). Well, we've got another act from Denmark making waves. Orchestral pop group Choir of Young Believers have dropped another singe, "Nye Nummer Et," off their forthcoming album Rhine Gold. Sung in English, it may lack the exotic grandeur of a Sigur Ros, but the chamber pop on display here marks Choir of Young Believers as a group of talented Danes to watch.

Converse has teamed up with some pretty big names in the indie music world to promote their iconic Chucks (buying your first pair of Chuck Taylors is like the hipster bar mitzvah). Last time around, they brought together Matt & Kim, Andrew W. K., and... Soulja Boy. Well, it seems like Converse is pulling out all of the stops for this year's promotion because they're going to be laying down an exclusive track from this seemingly impossible trio of Gorillaz, James Murphy, and Andre 3000. The track titled "DoYaThing" comes out 2/23, and in our minds it's going to involve "Clint Eastwood" dropping "Bombs Over Baghdad" while we're chilling with "All My Friends". Or perhaps we'll apply for jobs at "Feel Good, Inc" cause we're so "Fresh and So Clean" even though everyone thinks we're just "North American Scum" (we could do this all day folks).

The goofy-named Earl Sweatshirt has been somewhat of a secret character in the Odd Future gang, despite the resounding response to his contribution to the group's 2010 breakout (his album, EARL, was among the best received). Many news outlets chased Earl's shadow from OFWGKTA's base in LA to Samoa, where he was reportedly locked down at a youth camp. Now it seems Earl has resurfaced (via Twitter and Tumblr) with new material.

Tennessee indie rock outfit Kopecky Family Band made their mark at last year's Bonnaroo Music Festival as well as an exclusive live session that Baeble recorded at Spike Hill. Their continued hard work recently resulted in a live performance at the KEXP studio where they performed four of their most popular songs. Check out the set below as well as our work with the group at Spike Hill.

Unless we're talking Shabazz Palaces or cLOUDDEAD, psychedelia and hip-hop don't seem to be natural partners. Kid Cudi may rap about smoking a ton of weed, but we would never really characterize his music as truly psychedelic. Well, leave it to a small-time hip-hop crew from Alabama to incorporate some subtle but wicked swirling guitars and ethereal waves into a smart and knife-sharp rap tune to create a modern otherworldly number. G-Side, a Huntsville-based duo consisting of Stephen "ST 2 Lettaz" Harris and David "Yung Clova" Williams, are scratching that experimental rap itch that My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy left behind.

Take one listen to Oh, Inverted World or Merriweather Post Pavilion, and you'll hear at least one shared major influence on these two records. I could actually name just about every single indie act with pop sensibilities and point to this shared influence. Of course, I'm talking about The Beach Boys, and specifically, I'm referring to their magnum opus, Pet Sounds. Brian Wilson remains one of the greatest pop songwriters of all time and never was his complex and experimental talents on better display than that nearly perfect LP. The Beach Boys will be performing together (as the whole group) for the first time in decades at the Grammy's, but for reasons that are finally starting to shed light on Bon Iver's decision not to perform, the Grammy's may be screwing up this momentous occasion.

Ingrid Michaelson offered some thoughts on what it felt like being human again (the title of her forthcoming LP, and also her most recent mindset) during her brief set at a Best Buy in Chelsea, but we really feel it with this new track "Fire." Michaelson adds a bit of spice to her usual saccharine repertoire with this footstomper. The fire is almost literal. Check it out below.

Bubbly, aromatic riffs, giddy vocals, and the occasional foray into Foley-level beat creation makes Keepaway's Black Flute the strangest, somehow captivating sonic journey of the year so far. The band earned some buzz with the perfect catchy fusion of electronic goof and indie swagger on "Yellow Wings," which was on just about every CMJ 2010 mixtape, but maintaining that delicate balance of synthetic and organic is no easy task, let alone for an entire LP.

A little while back, J. Tillman announced he would no longer be pounding the skins for Fleet Foxes ("Back into the gaping maw of obscurity I go"), though it doesn't seem he'll be taking any real break from music in general. This May Tillman will be releasing an LP titled Fear Fun under the stoner friendly guise, Father John Misty. He's also already recruited some star power to the cloth, signing up hilariously deadpan actress Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Rec) to play the totally mental (go figure!) central character for a new video to the tune of "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings". It's an odd story with a surrealist ending, but we like it just the same.

Alt-dance siren Nite Jewel (nee Ramona Gonzalez) made a splash when her song "Suburbia" was featured in the soundtrack of indie film rising star Noah Baumbach's Greenberg. Her newest album One Second of Love is coming out this march and we've got a teaser taste with this stream of the single "In The Dark." The song can only be called electro-soul and Nite Jewel's gorgeous voice is paired with some dramatic and expansive ambience.

Occasionally, when one is trying to describe the sound of a band (particularly the heavily niche groups that make up modern indie preferences), you're often required to put together strange strings of words that you would have never thought made sense in context. Synthpunk outfit the Ting Tings is a perfect example of this trend. Synth pop and punk (and reggae and soul) don't seem like they should go together. Yet, on this new track from the Ting Tings upcoming album, Sounds from Nowheresville, they craft these disparate and seemingly incompatible parts to make a rocking whole. Check out the undeniably fun (and lyrically dissonant) "Soul Killing" below.

Ex-XYZ Affair member Alex Feder has started an electronic-pop project called Leonard Friend. Previously receiving some attention while in XYZ for the band's Nickelodeon (c. 1992) cameo filled "All My Friends," music video, Feder is now branching out in hopes of receiving some solo acclaim with a new, cleverly almost self-titled EP Lynyrd Frynd.

Royal Baths slinking and sinister single "Faster, Harder" starts out slow, and by the title you may be able to guess where it goes from there. The video looks like its right out of the 60s Velvet Underground scene from which the San Francisco band derives a lot of its musical influence. The new music video for the song is a cautionary tale: It's usually not a very good sign for your relationship if your significant other is toying with a switchblade, and if you're not careful with that you can get into a pretty unsavory threesome. So look out for that, unless you're into those kinds of things. Which is fine, no judgements here.

Heavy hitting British trio Band of Skulls have just released their sophomore album Sweet Sour. The band's righteous riffs and cavernous rhythm section might be best exemplified by the album's title track, so naturally the band are making sure you hear it, providing some gritty, black and white visuals to help accentuate the single. Here, tiny hooligans trade dance moves and left hooks. It's all very fitting for the track, considering I myself don't know whether to cut a rug or cut someone while it plays out.

90's Irish alt-pop icons The Cranberries are releasing their first album in over a decade (2/28's Roses), and excitement from legions of 90's college rock fans is becoming palpable. To promote the new CD, The Cranberries stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and performed the single "Tomorrow" as well as their classic hit "Dreams" in a web-exclusive session. The group's still got it even if vocalist Dolores O'Riordan's vocals are perhaps starting to get an excessive vibrato to them. Still, it seems like Jimmy Fallon is becoming the easy favorite for fans of good music when you want your late night music fix.

Last Friday, we brought you a single from Brooklyn slick-pop artists Beach Fossils, titled "Shallow" even though the music was anything but. It was the breezy guitar pop that Real Estate has been helping to re-popularize and Beach Fossils has brought us another single, "Lessons," that shows their slick-pop well may be pretty deep. Beach Fossils is making sure they stay on everybody's radar.

As of last week, Jack White is officially a solo artist (and a Johnny Depp wannabe). His solo album Blunderbuss will impact in April, but last week teased with the single "Love Interruption."

Is there an artist out there that's currently making stranger, more captivating music videos than St. Vincent? You'd be hard pressed to find a collection of vids that leave the viewer feeling as uneasy...a quality that fits fairly well with St Vincent's music. In Strange Mercy'ss "Cheerleader" Annie Clark's steady distant gaze is eerily juxtaposed against a chorus rebellion: "I don't want to be a cheerleader no more." Like "Actor Out of Work" and" Cruel", the visuals allow the song to find another deeper context. We won't ruin the surprise of what happens, but it's definitely worth watching all the way through, along with just about everything else St. Vincent does. Directed by Hiro Murai.

Spanish Producer John Talabot is gathering attention with his well-received debut album, fIN, which came out 2/6 via Permanent Vacation. In anticipation of the new release, Talabot created a 73-minute mix for FACT magazine that includes samples from a wide variety of bands like Blondes, African Dreams, Warpaint and many, many more.

Jay-Z is playing two nights at the Carnegie Hall in Manhattan this week, with all profits benefiting United Way of New York City and The Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation.

Chinese Zodiac beasts F*cked Up have been putting out a new 12" single every Chinese New Year as a part of their Zodiac Series, which started in 2006. Today (2/7) they released the single "Year Of The Tiger."

Second City's Holly Laurent has successfully combined two of pop culture's most chatted-about topics, Lana Del Rey and the forthcoming Hunger Games movie. "Hunger Games" matches the singer's grainy aesthetic with footage from the movie trailers, and replaces Del Rey's mushy lyrics with badass Katniss trivia. Even if you haven't read the books, this is just perfect-- and Laurent nails the vocal timbre. Check it out below.

of Montreal, founded by Kevin Barnes, has gone through a bit of a transformation since their/his start in 1996. Beginning as a twee-pop group and cycling through members and sounds until Kevin Barnes' was left to muse his way toward experimental-glamour, of Montreal's newest project, Paralytic Stalks, is a much different approach to their previous style.

Icelandic sextet Of Monsters and Men are about to make their awfully mighty presence known in these parts of the world. All the right critical outlets are beginning to take notice, they've sold out two big, NYC shows 3 months ahead of time, and will no doubt come close to killing themselves on the SX circuit later this Spring down in Austin. We're anticipating big things. So familiarize yourself with their sing along sound now by digging into this beautiful, animated video for "Little Talks".

We're not sure if there are any basketball fans out there in the Baebleverse, and even less sure if that sample includes New Yorkers. But being both here (in some capacity), we've caught a bit of the Linsanity sweeping even the most casual fans of the Knicks. Jeremy Lin, a young unknown player who has elevated to an adored point-guard who inspires chanting in just two short games, has also inspired some fan-sourced tribute music. One such rapper, an unknown who goes by Mega Ran, went above and beyond the call of fandom, took a T.I. beat, and dropped some hilarious knowledge. In case you were wondering who this Lin kid is, or just enjoy a good YouTube amateur theme rap, check these Ivy League drops.

Last night, The Black Keys debuted the new music video for "Gold on the Ceiling" off of their late 2011 release, El Camino. The video follows Dan, Pat and company through their recent world tour and gives plenty of examples of how you're supposed to listen to the song: clap your hands, jump into people and have a lot of fun.

Live concert recordings can be a mixed bag. Some bands thrive on the freeform jam experience, and live recordings of their songs are considered the "definitive" versions. Live/Dead is as legendary as it is for a reason. However, more often than not, live albums simply lack the polish and attention to detail that made the studio records so mesmerizing. When I began The Unthanks live concert recording of beloved tracks by baroque pop artist Antony and the Johnsons and avant-garde jazz musician Robert Wyatt, I was obviously skeptical of pairing these classic tracks with covers by British folk musicians. All readers can leave those trepidations at the door because Diversions Vol. 1: Live from the Union Chapel: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony and the Johnsons is a hauntingly beautiful take on some of the most inherently gorgeous music of the last ten years.

Fort Lean is a musical enigma, playing small, indie-friendly venues but boasting MSG worthy vocals (compliments of Keenan Mitchell) and clean, uplifting instrumentals, all the while remaining unsigned.

In their debut album, The Civil Wars have a song entitled, "Forget Me Not" and it seems, that is the exact virtue the group intends to project. Singers Joy Williams and John Paul White combine acoustic elements and gentle guitar to create a unique and individualized sound. The two, whose voices harmonize effortlessly, met at a song writing session in 2008, recorded their first performance at Eddie's Attic in Georgia, and released their first album in 2011. The name, which Williams says has little to do with the historical reference (in this video interview), alludes to the "small tiny largely unseen battles we have individually or with people that we love or things that we contend with whether it be addictions, our jobs our God or lack of God." These elements that Williams describes seep through every pore of the duo's album, creating a blank canvas for listeners to paint themselves onto.

David Letterman had a special guest last night, Die Antwoord. These South African crazies performed their ghastly but undeniably intriguing new single, "I Fink U Freaky," for an audience that probably immediately regretted their decision to attend the Monday show.

This morning I walked into the bagel shop and saw a bunch of Smash-branded bookmarks stuffed into a box filled with pamphlets for donating to cancer research. Somehow this is the easiest way to describe how annoyingly hard NBC has been marketing this show. Harder than tomorrow's leftover bagels! But it got our attention. TV is full of musical shows (most of them reality garbage), but with the success of Glee and the scripted musical narrative format, we're starting to wonder, is this the beginning or the end of music as an integral part of a fictional television show? So although recapping is an awful business, we're going to be recapping the entire first season of Smash, even if it kills us. INTO THE WOODS!

This mixtape has plenty of guest acts from Waka Flocka Flame to Jadakiss and others. If you've never bought into Atlanta/Southern rap, this mixtape won't do much to change your mind, but for Gucci's loyal followers, this should be right up your alley.

This session is no soggy bowl of frosted flakes. Nor is it a greasy sausage, egg, and cheese from your local fast food counter. What we're serving up is some honest to god nourishment, courtesy of a couple of hip-hop pranksters from the city of brotherly love. Chiddy Bang-- the stars of our latest slice of video cuisine-- has a few years of underground material to their name. But aside from their frustratingly short EP The Preview, the band have been waiting far too long to take their hip-pop hybrids to the masses. This February they'll finally have their chance, releasing a proper full length debut that they've appropriately christened Breakfast. It's a snazzy offering, maybe best exemplified by the soulful, first single "Ray Charles", which you might have caught the band showcase a few weeks back in the first of three video performances recorded for Baeble. Before Chiddy and Xaphoon fly too far into the future though, the duo want to take you back in time with video number two, dusting off a performance of "The Opposite of Adults"the jam that got them on a lot of people's radars to begin with. It may not be from Breakfast. But it's still the most important video of the day. Dig in

Brooklyn electro-psych rockers Bear In Heaven are firm disciples of the synth rock subculture, and currently making their mark in indie music. They recently released the lead single, "The Reflection of You," for public consumption. It's ethereal and spacey synth layers evoked a psychedelic trip (take that word as you will) into the future. And it just got the remix treatment from remix impresario Lovelock.

A new Nicki Minaj track, "Marilyn Monroe," just leaked and if you were hoping to hear more of the Nicki that you saw on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, prepare to be disappointed-- she is taking her sound into even poppier and more mainstream directions. It really is a shame because she could have been one of the best female MCs around.

The Super Bowl was watched by 153 million people, and let's be honest, the majority of those viewers weren't paying attention to the game--and hopefully not the halftime show either. Super Bowl commercials seem to create the most buzz, and for good reason-- Advertisers go on a recruiting frenzy, gathering some of the hottest celebrities and influential people to promote their companies or products. Some of the commercials are masterful and flourish in the realm of comedy or drama. Others miss the mark completely.

The Shins are the quintessential indie rock band. They've managed to put out three solid albums and are most famously known for blowing the musical minds of youth in 2004 when Oh, Inverted World (which came out in 2001) was finally recognized for its two song appearance on Garden State's soundtrack. Now, The Shins forthcoming album Port Of Morrow is set to be released 3/20 and next week they will be releasing a 7" single version of "September,"-- the B-Side to their current single "Simple Song."

After premiering a new, Popeye-inspired music video last week for their track, "Dawned on Me," off of their The Whole Love album, Wilco are keeping their momentum going with an 11 song set on PBS's music program, Austin City Limits. Below is a 20 minute segement of the set with Wilco performing songs from several of the albums in their catalogue, including Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Being There.

While American kids are getting lots of famous indie guest spots on shows like Yo Gabba Gabba! and the larger names on Sesame Street, Canada has their own pool of musicians to pull from for spots on Kids CBC-- public programming for kids by our neighbors to the north. We noticed a familiar face on the program recently (or is it 'programme'?), and thought we'd share his song.

Neon Indian's single "Fallout" got the Adult Swim treatment this week, featuring a pink-haired bombshell in a short skirt. The video plays as an Atari sex fantasy as the chick stuns everyone in sight until her most beautiful feature is revealed at the end.

Since Drake has become famous, he hasn't had much time for a relationship, and it shows in his music. He's admitted that the time away from any emotional development with women is apparent in his music. "I havent been able to write any love songs because I haven't been in a relationship in like three years. When I hear, even going back to [Frank] Ocean, like girls are so endearing and charming... I'm like, damn I can't write like that right now! My music has sex-driven chauvinistic undertones to it." His new music video for "Practice," captures that egoist, sex-crazed, women love/hate mentality."

Leonard Cohen is one of the most prolific and treasured song-writers of the last 50 years, but the average listener probably knows most of his songs based on the more popular covers. The most obvious example is Jeff Buckley's take on "Hallelujah", but whether it's a more recent Cults' take on "Everybody Knows" or The Pixies re-imagining "I Can't Forget," you're more likely to associate his music with a different act rather than the genuine article himself. After filing for bankruptcy in 2005, Leonard Cohen has released his first studio album in 8 years. The appropriately titled Old Ideas finds a 77 year old Cohen looking back on his long life and contemplating death, regret, and the hazy reminiscences of the past. Leonard Cohen's songwriting is as strong as ever, and with subtle and quiet instrumentation, this long awaited album is a study in a man whose skills haven't come close to atrophying with age.

Indie power pop group OK Go are practically the prototypical example of a viral music video rocketing an act to fame. "Here It Goes Again" is a great track on its own merits, but everyone remembers the acrobatics of the treadmill music video more than the song itself. Well, those crazy guys are at it again with a video for their new song "Needing/Getting" that premiered during last night's epic Super Bowl showdown.

D'Angelo is back! The 90's R&B legend recently came out of his self-imposed exile for a live performance, his first in a decade. Electronic wunderkind James Blake is a fan of D'Angelo and remixed the track "Left & Right" off of D'Angelo's seminal album Voodoo for BBC Radio 1. Leave it to James Blake to turn a funky and pure R&B/hip-hop track into something that would have easily fit in on any of James Blake's actual album releases of the last year. D'Angelo fans may not dig this heavily electronic sound but for all Blake believers outs there, it's a bold look at an old track.

Renaissance man Lovett is both a composer and a filmmaker, as evidenced by the cohesion of his combination of the two. His "Eye Of The Storm" short film has really gone places in a year, hitting 150 countries with over 1K views a week, and several International award nominations. Check out some behind-the-scenes footage and get a sense of the work that went into making the video.

February is in full swing and we've scoured the internet looking for some new LPs that you can stream to get your week off right. With some South African rapping from Die Antwoord, to some jangly indie pop with Field Music, and even the French are getting in on the act with a new Air LP, there's something out there for everyone, and here's a little taste of what's coming down the airwaves.

A while back we had Automatic Loveletter visit the Guest Apartment for a little serenading, so you can imagine our surprise when singer Juliet Simms turned up on last night's episode of The Voice. We love that smokey, raspy voice of hers, and so did Cee-Lo and Adam (although Blake looked unconvinced, even Xtina popped in at the end to make her claim). Her rendition of "Oh! Darling" was spot-on with the gruff tenor of McCartney, and it caught the attention of the crowd as well as the button-pushing judges. Check it out below.

IFC favorite Portlandia is quickly filling the void for surreal and absurdist humor that was left in the wake of the sudden demise of Flight of the Conchords. The last episode featured appearances by two beloved indie stars, St. Vincent's Annie Clark and Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock.

This week's Late Night television is chock full of diversity but we can all head to bed a little early Sunday and catch up on our rest (especially after that Super Bowl Halftime show) because old school rapper LL Cool J and Die Antwoord will be starting off the work week. The extra sleep will come in handy, as some of Baeble favorite's The Fray, of Montreal, The Kills, Alabama Shakes and (a personal favorite) The Cranberries will be filling up the rest of the week's late night roster.

With seemingly every Super Bowl Halftime show comes an FCC complaint about some inappropriate gesture during the performance. Following a costly mishap during the 2004 Superbowl Halftime Show where Janet Jackson "accidentally" unveiled her left breast, M.I.A. pulled a stunt at this years dizzying and over-the-top, cheerleader themed production of Madonna's new hit, "Give Me All Your Luvin'."

Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit Hospitality have been on the rise with a fun new music video for their single "Friends of Friends" and a debut album that was one of the freshest debuts since Cults. When Baeble heard that Hospitality was performing at Glasslands in Williamsburg to celebrate the release of their new album, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to see if Hospitality were as fun and endearing live as they were on their album. The answer was a resounding yes, and there is a distinct possibility that Hospitality may begin to garner a reputation as an even better live band than they are in the studio. Not only did Baeble get to see a superb set from Hospitality, the two opening acts, Dustin Wong and Glass Ghost, were nearly as impressive, and Dustin Wong's technical wizardry was a stunning sight.

SNL was pretty alright this week! Host Channing Tatum's stripper-turned-actor career path basically wrote itself into the jokes, but the real highlights of the evening all had to do with the music. Bon Iver put up two stellar performances, and Kristen Wiigs Lana Del defense during Weekend Update was one of the better rebuttals for last week's poor showing. And it's no surprise that Bobby Moynihan worked his way onto our list of besties.

We're pretty fond of Coldplay's last LP, Mylo Xyloto despite the "unchill bro" perceptions of admitting such a preference. Let's face it folks, they write-a the good pop musics! The video for "Charlie Brown" is a pretty standard "band performing with other random action happening" video, with bonus points for anyone who recognizes that the club the band is performing in looks suspiciously like the one visited by Javier Bardem in Biutiful, the scene with which Chris Martin discovered the riff that he later sampled for "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall."

Eleanor Friedberger, 50% of the brother/sister duo Fiery Furnaces, has a distinct weirdness about her. Her straight-faced demeanor about everything makes me think that if she turned out to be a witchcraft practicing, pickpocketing felon, I wouldn't be too surprised. That's what she admits to in her newest video "Heaven," from (last summer's)Last Summer.
Watch as she rolls dice, tosses back whiskey, macks a dude out of his wallet, and gets touched by the hand of death. All set to a uplifting headbopper! The funny, mildly satanic video undercuts "Heaven," proving that a good music video can add a lot to an already great song.

The Magnetic Fields have a knack for writing funny, quick-witted songs that are also deeply embedded with sincerity. Nowhere is this more evident than in the band's newest single. Frontman Stephen Merritt pines over the female alterego as he sings in his signiture flat hum, "I'd sign away my trust fund/I'd even sell the Jag/if I could spend my misspent youth with Andrew in drag."

Although OK Go's antics have ranged in complexity from Rube Goldberg to puppy choreography, the band is continually reinventing the wheel when it comes to inventive music videos. For their next project, they've teamed up with [NOTABLE CAR COMPANY REDACTED TO ANNOY THEIR MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND THE MILLIONS THEY SPENT] to rock yet another musical stunt. Get a sense of what they've been up to in the preview and be on the lookout for the full video set to air on Super Bowl Sunday.

Beach Fossils' sound on their new single, "Shallow," shows improvement and progression from the young band's earlier work. The rhythm section, which really drives the song, is reminiscent of Real Estate's newest, Days. The Melodic bass and a drumbeat that is spare and precise marks growing musical maturity.

French indie rock outfit The Two played their first NY city show (after recently performing at Sundance in Colorado) at the beautiful Joe's Pub. The man (David Jarre)/woman (Ara Starck) duo have been gaining plenty of hype in their native France and their eyes set on increasing their visibility to American audiences. If this show was any indication, they've got the talent to make that happen.

Deerhunter is always expanding their sound to include new styles, concepts and collaborations, and this expansion continues on their latest song, "Curve." This instrumental track is released as part of a forthcoming benefit compilation "to support Japan and its ongoing efforts to heal post-tsunami." "Curve" is a departure from the typically guitar driven music of Deerhunter. The ambient rhythm is calm without being boring, punctuated by Eno-derived bell and feedback noises. Just when the song becomes hypnotic, a slow and swelling beat comes in to bring the song to an abrupt stop.

Rising techno-ambient act Nicolas Jaar released a new music video to add to the library of videos giving Baeble nightmares. With creepier clowns than It, disfigured mutants, and fractured nonlinear narrative, the track "Materials" is a trip into dream-like terror.

Politics and popular music have been mixing since before the Vietnam war, and it seems that The Decemberists are one of the latest musicians to make a political statement. As the NY Times has reported, one of the nation's most prominent advocacy groups for breast cancer awareness, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has pulled its financial support for the branch of Planned Parenthood that provides breast cancer screenings for low-income women, total donations that have reached $700,000 annually in the past. As the most visible abortion provider in the nation, Planned Parenthood had been a controversial thorn in the side of Komen and Komen believed that continued association with the group would cost them valuable donors.

Hey, M.I.A. thanks for coming, sit down. Grab some coffee, there are donuts there for you too. Now focus, this is an intervention. You need some tough love, we do this because we care. It's time to rolling Js on the sides of moving cars. You're a mom now. I know that those Saudi princes down the street are nice, and their Ford Taurus looks like it can go pretty fast, but you can't have it both ways, M.I.A. You can either be part of Fast and Furious 6: Arab Spring, or you can stop hammering the point home of being a bad girl, and maybe spend a friday night ghostriding a tonka truck with your child. Damn.

It's Friday, so here's a guy covering the Jurassic Park theme music on a melodica. We also suspect it might actually be a dinosaur playing the blow-organ. Enjoy!

The Lana Del Rey hype cycle continues, despite the critical panning. Ms. Del Rey visited Letterman, and much to our surprise, didn't inspire the same disgust as previous performances. Perhaps she's learning?

Madonna will be performing at this year's Super Bowl, along with several special guests. Two of whom are presumably only attending to provide the support on this track, "Give Me All Your Luvin'", our first taste of Madonna's forthcoming MDNA album. The video was directed by Megaforce, and takes Madonna's football gig very seriously, hinting at some of the sports-themed choreography we may see on Sunday. This is as nice as we can possibly put it.

By now you've probably heard of Tim Tebow, the quarterback/savior who somehow fumbled his way into leading the Denver Broncos to a playoff berth despite being statistically terrible. But if not, here, let John Legend educate you on the subject with "Extra-ordinary Tebow."

The Groundhog saw its shadow, but we're not worried about the cold ruining our selection of tuneage. When we say "mixtape," this time we really mean it-- a quixotic collection of songs from all ends of the new musical spectrum. Think of it as the Party Mix of tune collections, some crunchy, some cheesy, and all delicious.

When we're younger, it is easy to find Pink Floyd's most accessible and straight-forward tracks as the most enjoyable. "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" may be one of Floyd's most dark and sinister tracks but the chorus of children singing and its catchy lyrics means it's the one Pink Floyd track everyone knows, and before grunge or emo came around, "Comfortably Numb" was the perfect teenage angst anthem. Yet, the older you get, the more fun you can have exploring the psychedelic and ambient side of Pink Floyd where washed out waves of noise flow to create an almost hypnotic soundscape. Singer Lia Ices covered Pink Floyd staple "Wish You Were Here" and with her haunting voice and pitch-perfect ear for the trance-inducing nature of Floyd's most experimental music, Lia Ices provides a deliciously modern take on a classic tune.

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Meet Glassnote's latest roster pick, Daughter, made up of singer Elena Tonra and guitarist Igor Haefeli. The British Folk duo doesn't hide anything in their music, with each song made up of sparse ingredients and intimate lyrics. Tonra's naked voice sits closely to your ear and Haefeli's echoing fingerpicking on guitar is reminiscent of Bon Iver's quieter moments.

There is an inherent difference between incorporating retro sounds into modern music and simply aping the styles of the past. When Cults channeled the girl groups of Motown's heyday, they transformed it into modern electronic pop and breezy almost psychedelic rock. Chairlift has more in common with Duran Duran than Radiohead or Animal Collective (the Collective in turn draws a lot of their sound from trying to capture the harmonious experimentation of Pet Sounds) but they craft a sonic ambience and experimental nature to their re-imagining of the New Romantics. Buzz band Alabama Shakes are obviously huge fans of 50s/60s guitar rock outfits like Jerry Lee Lewis or Janis Joplin but rather than taking that sound and seeing how it can fit within the contours of modern indie rock, they simply wind up feeling like an artifact from the classic rock era with nothing new to bring to the table.

Over the last year, Julia Holter has quietly been gathering attention with her ghostly, slow-moving electronica. Last year's critically acclaimed Tragedy, which is based on the Greek tragedy "Hippolytus," was almost entirely created by Holter and expressed her talent of culling a unique sound without being given very many production resources.

Before this album dropped, we ran a story about the music video for lead single "Friends of Friends" starring Arrested Development star Alia Shawkat. "Friends of Friends" has been getting plenty of spins since it came out, and expectations for this quietly hyped group have been very high. Unlike the train wreck that was Lana Del Rey's debut Born to Die, Hospitality's debut is arguably one of the most fun debut records since the Cults' debut from last June.

It is a favorite pastime of more "serious" music critics to turn their noses up in cynical dissatisfaction at "pop" music. If music can be enjoyed by everyone, can it really be worth listening to? Despite what the Pitchforks of the world might want you to believe, the answer to that question is a resounding yes. Think back to the unbridled wonder and joy you got when hearing "God Only Knows" growing up. It's arguably the most beautifully composed love song and pop song of all time, but it's universally known melodies and lyrics belie an inherent complexity to Brian William's songcraft as a true genius at his prime. Australian electronic pop artist Gotye is more George Michael than Brian Williams, but make no mistake, his newest LP, Making Mirrors is one of the most fun and intelligent pop records in years.

I'mma let you finish (that meme will never die) but Kanye West remains one of the biggest perpetual hype machines of all time. We've heard the megalomaniacal excess and debauchery of Watch the Throne, and we're still waiting for something in hip-hop to come close to topping the trail-blazing My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The 30 minute short film, Runaway, was one of the most bizarre, post-modern, and brilliant things Kanye's ever done, and it seems like Yeezy is up to his old tricks again with a new short film to be shot in the Middle East.

Belgian born (but Australian bred) Wouter de Backer, better known by his stage name Gotye, is shaping up to be one of the biggest things to come out of Australia since Heath Ledger and Savage Garden (but infinitely better than the 90's pop schtick of Darren Hayes). Gotye's last album, Making Mirrors, is a massive hit in his native Australia and has already went triple platinum. Us Yanks are finally getting a chance to hear what all of this international fuss has been about as Gotye made his North American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live performing his smash hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" as well as another fantastic track off of Making Mirrors, "Eyes Wide Open." Making Mirrors is an exceptional album and if these performances are any indication, Gotye is just as passionate and intense live as he is in the studio and there is simply a charisma and joie de vivre to this Aussie that seems to foretell an act who could be selling out American arenas before we know it.

New York indie rockers Cults are a hot property right now. They've made an appearance on Jimmy Fallon's show as well as the fact that their debut full-length, the self titled Cults, was loved by virtually everyone. Leonard Cohen is dropping a new album soon, aptly titled Old Ideas, and as part of a series by indie artists, several groups are covering their favorite Leonard Cohen tracks. Cults decided to tackle 1988's "Everybody Knows." While remaining respectful to the original material, Cults certainly put their own spin on the track that could easily be a hit in its own right. When are these talented youngsters going to start work on their second album? We all know everybody wants it.

Folk act, Bowerbirds are releasing a new album 3/6, the pastorally titled The Clearing, and if the newly released song "In The Yard" is any indication, this pastoral feel will extend to the whole CD. Combining some of the twee-folk sensibilities that we've heard recently from First Aid Kit, "In the Yard" also incorporates some more ambitious sonic elements and an intriguing electric guitar section toward the end of the song. Here are some folksters that aren't afraid to shed that "unplugged" stereotype.

The "Him" half of She & Him and contributor to indie folk super group Monsters of Folk, M. Ward is releasing a new solo album, A Wasteland Companion, on 4/10. There's a new music video for a track from the upcoming album, "The First Time I Ran Away," and it manages to be both inexplicably disturbing and beautiful at the same time. It's a truly inspired video and while the song itself may seem like fairly conventional alt-folk, this video is something else. The fact that it's made with fairly crude animation speaks wonders about the generally unsettling quality of the material.

While we are desperately biting our tongues to not include sarcastic and biting references to a certain old Chappelle's Show sketch involving a parody of "Ignition", we have to give it up to R. Kelly. His new track, "Share My Love," off his upcoming twelfth (that's right, twelfth) studio album, Write Me Back, is the hottest thing R. Kelly has produced in years. It's got that old school Al Green/Marvin Gaye R&B with a catchy up-tempo beat and an absurd number of strings and horns.

Carson is back, but of late he's been sending out camera crews to local shows instead of hosting his own. Who cares! Last night he aired some footage of 80s leaning British rockers The Horrors at the El Rey Theater in L.A. Watch them play "I Can See Through You" and "Endless Blue" off their delightfully washed-out LP Skying.

Cloud Nothings' recently released LP Attack on Memory has been highly acclaimed receiving Best New Music designations from Pitchfork as well as receiving our first five star review of the year. Fader magazine shot an open bar session with Cloud Nothings performing a toned down version of Attack on Memory track "Cut You." It's a simpler and more basic version of the track but Cloud Nothings have been so good lately that it still works.

Post-hardcore act Cursive are gearing up for the release of their latest album, I Am Gemini, which is due out on 2/27. The track below, "Wowowow," is off the new CD. For fans of this heavier sound, it should certainly please the band's fanbase. Post-hardcore has been on the decline ever since The Dismemberment Plan broke up (but they did just get back together. Here's to hoping for a follow-up to Emergency & I and Change!), but this new track from Cursive shows there's still some life in this not quite in vogue genre.

Electronic pop artist Jamie XX from Young Turks Records dropped a new track, "Touch Me," on an Australian radio show. The stream below is for the entire mid-day show but if you're wanting to just hear Jamie xx's new song, fast forward to the 49 minute mark.

Piano rock giants The Fray are dropping their long-awaited third full-length 2/12 on Epic Records. Baeble is going to be releasing some exclusive work we've done with the group chronicling "A Day in the Life of the Fray." We also had the chance to interview lead singer Isaac Slade who graciously answered our questions on everything from the pitfalls of working in the mainstream music industry to the self-doubt that plagued him while working on his first two albums to the frustrations of often being singled out as a "Christian" artist. Laid back and easy going, Slade showed that the sincerity and genuineness that shines through in the Fray's music crosses over into his real-world persona as well.

Only Elizabeth Grant could encompass exactly what her stage name implies. Drawing her forename from equally blonde and voluptuous 1940s actress Lana Turner and combining it with the name of a 1981 Ford Model Car, Lana Del Rey has created a sound that matches her nom-de-chanson perfectly-- her smash single "Video Games," that was digitally released back in October, melds sultry vocals with electronic ambiance to create a tone that is at once sweeping and bleak. Yet, Born To Die cannot flourish from one good single. And with fourteen disconcerted efforts to reach "Video Games" stature, Born To Die is a fifteen track failure.

You might think that Cali-bred Princeton released their newest single "Florida," in lieu of today's Republican presidential candidate election in the state with which the song is titled. You'd know that you were wrong after listening to the song.

In an interview with NPR, Nada Surf's singer Matthew Caws summed up the mission statement the band have tried to put to work for them over the years. "It's never too late for teenage dreams." Perhaps that's how this band of 40-somethings have navigated a road that's lead from initial alt stardom to indie obscurity and back again. Perhaps that's why they have seven albums...the latest which is titled The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy. "When I Was Young" is the band's current single and brings with it a nostalgic visual nod to the teenage philosophy that informs the band.

In the immortal words of Keanu Reeves, "Whoa...". In one of those real-life moments where I'm still not entirely sure I'm not just dreaming, The Late Show with David Letterman has provided the hysterical (and oddly surreal) music moment of the week (which somehow manages to top Bjork's appearance on The Colbert Report). The number one girl band in South Korea, Girl's Generation, performed their hit (in Korea) "The Boys," alongside a stunned Regis Philbin in a ref's costume and a completely nonplussed Bill Murray in a football jersey. The song sounds like your typical JPop track (KPop now I guess) except in English.

A little over two weeks ago, Dinosaur Feathers were the unfortunate victims of a theft. Most of their equipment was stolen from their van in Brooklyn.

As we reported late last week, D'Angelo appears to be readying himself to take back the crown as king of babymaking music. The 90s R&B icon is reportedly almost finished with his long awaited third album, James River, and he's currently on his "European D Tour." Unless you have the super powers to see into the future, or to be European, you'll have to wait to hear his new material.

Just when Colbert Report fans thought it was going to be tough for Stephen to top the a cappella performance of "Lean on Me" with Michael Stipe (R.E.M.), Brian Eno (Roxy Music), and Stephen Colbert himself, eccentric Icelander Bjork made an appearance on the show. Performing "Cosmogony" from her last album, Biophilia, Bjork still has that same ethereal and almost unworldly quality to her voice that has made her such an enigma for the last 15 years. We also got a simply hilarious interview where Stephen question Bjork about elves, licking her apps, and posing the "why art?" query. Bjork gets bonus points for wearing perhaps her most ridiculous outfit since the swan dress for the Oscars.

One-Woman Energy-Machine K.Flay has just dropped her new EP Eyes Shut this week. You can find the free download here.

Any David Lynch and Ingmar Bergman fans in the room can attest that form should follow function. If you're going to tell a fractured and non-linear story, the film's style should be just as fractured and nebulous. Canadian indie rockers, The Luyas, have heeded this advice for the new music video for their song "Moodslayer". An artsy combination of noise rock and modern indie sensibilities (with an intro that pleasantly recalls the breakdown of Radiohead's "The National Anthem") is blended with an avant-garde video full of archetypal images of childhood and random, hectic flashes of images.

The first thought I had when I descended into the venue was "this band sounds really into it." I was a little skeptical when I went to see We Are The Ocean on Sunday night at Webster Hall-- 'Emo' isn't a genre I have much experience listening to, and I usually discredit bands that have fancy, coordinating Bieberhair.

South African, Zef Music 'Freeks' Die Antwoord released a video for their newest, carefully constructed and totally artistically viable single, seriously, we're not joking at all, they are the next Beatles*. The song is titled "I Fink U Freeky," and I fink they're right, if they're talking about themselves, that is. The song is off their third album Ten$ion.

Orlando based dream-pop quintet Saskatchewan is currently working on their full length debut release, with a few digitally released singles available for listening. Their most recent undertaking is a remix they did of The Weeknd's "The Morning."

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. made their late night debut on Conan with their emotionally perceptive "Simple Girl," off of their newest album It's A Corporate World. They reworked the single nicely for a notoriously unruly talk-show-circut stage. Dale Jr. Jr. is backed by a solid rhythm section and a classy live string quartet. Joshua Epstein also makes thrifty use of a land line telephone for backing harmonies. Conan comes in at the end, rightly impressed.