Directed by Jake Davis
Video for The Hold Steady's "Stay Positive" from their LP Stay Positive out on Vagrant Records.
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for Nick Courtright’s weekly first glance at music discovered in the last seven days, whether it be just-released, just-leaked, or some long-lost gem that has remained under the radar. Click here for other recent editions of Hot Off the Press, featuring acts such as Deerhunter, TV on the Radio, Deerhoof, Cold War Kids, of Montreal, Juana Molina, Crystal Stilts, Final Fantasy, Peter Bjorn & John, White Denim, and Grizzly Bear.
Midori Hirano – Klo: Yuri
released October 14th on Noble Japan
Report Card: B
Midori Hirano feels like what happens when all the nerds in school get together and try to make pop music. It might not always be pretty, sometimes it’s just plain awkward, there are instances of pleasant surprise, but in the end, at least they’re giving it their best shot. And Klo: Yuri, Midori Hirano’s sophomore release, feels like the progressive culmination of all this, as its gathering of music theory books and computer savvy results in an academic and sometimes brutally modernist approach to post-classical music. And if you ignore the fact that Midori Hirano is a well-educated and worldly Berliner from Japan, picturing her as the leader of a band of clumsy Americans isn’t a huge stretch.
Directed by Matt Daniels
Video for Damien Jurado's "Caskets" from Caught In The Trees out now on Secretly Canadian.
Music video for "Closer Still" by Robert Gomez, from the album Brand New Towns. Released in 2007 by Bella Union.
Robert Gomez plays Mohawk on Saturday, November 29. Get your tickets at the door.
Music video for the Rosebuds song "Border Guards" off the album Life Like. Released in 2008 by Merge Records.
The Rosebuds play Mohawk on Saturday, November 29. Get your tickets at the door.
Music video for Blitzen Trapper's "Wild Mountain Nation" off the record Wild Mountain Nation, self-released in 2007.
See Blitzen Trapper at Mohawk on Wednesday, November 26. Get your tickets here.
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