Throwback Track: 1982: Eurythmics: Love is a Stranger

Look+Listen: Rhye: The Fall

Beautiful (and a bit heart-wrenching).

Director: Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen
Starring: Carsten Bjørnlund, Marie Boda & Marijanna Jankovic.
Via pitchfork.

Icons: Françoise Hardy, Thomas, and Eames. Circa 1973.

Françoise Hardy, Thomas, and Eames. Circa 1973.

Also see this previouslovely photo of her on her Eames Lounge.

Via Modern Love on Facebook and City-Furniture.

Listen: Glass Candy: Warm in the Winter (Live for Balenciaga)

From a live performance excerpt from Balenciaga's Fall Winter 2012/2013 show.

Watch: Flying Lotus: Until the Quiet Comes

Watch Kahlil Joseph's brilliant short film, featuring music from the Flying Lotus album.

This is art.

Via Union LA.

Directed By – Kahlil Joseph
Cinematography by – Matthew J. Lloyd
Produced By – Omid Fatemi
Underwater Cameraman / 1st AC – David Edsall
Edited by – Luke Lynch
Steadicam by – Dana Morris
VFX by – Josh Foster @ Synapse FX
Additional FX work by - Andy Curtis
Color by – Sean Coleman @ Company3
Titles by – Stephen Serrato
Styling by – Elizabeth Birkett-Gibbs
Music by – Flying Lotus
Production/Camera Assistant – Marcus Reposar
Location Manager – Big Flip

Featuring – Solomon Gibbs, Storyboard P, Ishmael Gibbs and Edwin Marcelin

Special Thanks to – Laura Tunstall, Chris Gibbs, Alan Algee, Rodney Passe, Patrick O’Brien-Smith, Panavision and the community of Nickerson Gardens

Filmed on 35mm in Los Angeles, CA

Flashback: 1987: INXS: Need You Tonight / Mediate

From their 1987 classic album KICK.

Listen: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Baby

A sweet and soulful cover of a Donnie and Joe Emerson song from 1979.

Listen: Friends: Mind Control

Enjoy this hot funk-infused disco jam, from Brooklyn's Friends.  Am I crazy or do I hear a little bit of Glass Candy in there?

Listen: Late Night Alumni: This Is Why

A lovely tune for a rainy day, featuring the enchanting voice of Late Night Alumni's Becky Jean Williams.  From the  2011 album Haunted.

Look+Listen: Beach House: Lazuli

From Pedestrian:

When we asked Victoria Legrand about what she imagines when she listens to music she said: "It's always intense. It’s like moving photographs. When I hear music I see moving photographs. There’s always colour and there’s always some kind of scene but it doesn’t have to make sense."  That's basically the premise for this Allen Cordell-directed video for 'Bloom' standout "Lazuli". Insert cosmos-spanning mind journeys, exploding eggs and the smoke monster from Lost and you're halfway there.

Listen: Chromatics: I'm on Fire

A sleepy, pretty cover of a Springsteen classic.  Ruth's voice will melt your heart.

Farewell: MCA

Heaven just got a lot radder.

Via pedestrian and Marieke Hardy.

Listen: Ladyhawke: Cellophane

WOW.  Click here to listen.

From the upcoming album Anxiety, releasing May 28.

Listen: John Maus: No Title (Molly)

Via stereogum.

Look+Listen: Nicki Bluhm + The Gramblers: I Can't Go For That (Hall + Oates)

I have a sudden urge to go on a road trip. Thanks David for the link!

From the Van Sessions: http://www.nickibluhm.com/

Listen: Beach House: Myth

A melodically enchanting, beautiful song.  From their forthcoming album Bloom.

Via pedestrian.

Look + Listen: Grimes: Oblivion

Grimes is both adorable and infectious, in this great first video from the album "Visions" (purchase the album at iTunes).  I just can't get this song out of my head.

Directed by: Emily Kai Bock
DOP: Evan Profofsky

http://www.grimesmusic.com/
https://twitter.com/#!/grimezsz
http://www.4ad.com/
http://www.arbutusrecords.com

Thanks Charlie & Lee!

Look + Listen: Smokey Robinson + the Miracles: Cruisin'

Just good music.

Look+Listen: Justice: On'n'On

Directed by Alex Courtès
Produced by DIVISION
Editing at Home Digital Pictures
Compositing & SFX by Mathematic
Label: Ed Banger Records

Via Pedestrian.

Look+Listen: DJ Brace: Synesthasia

Taking it to a whole new level, DJ Brace gives us a sample from his second album, Synesthasia.

Part of the concept for Nostomania was the idea that sound can pull up long neglected memories. Synesthasia is something like a crossed wire in the brain where one sense connects with another;
a color might have a certain smell, or maybe you can taste a sound.

Filmed and edited by Bill Acheson on Vimeo.

Synesthasia available through
iTUNES / itunes.apple.com/ca/album/synesthasia/id397786614
FAT BEATS / fatbeats.com/products/dj-brace-synesthasia-cd
BANDCAMP / nostomania.bandcamp.com/album/synesthasia

and NOSTOMANIARECORDS.com