Can you feel the music video renaissance?! We can. In this episode of video roundup, St. Vincent plays a feminist book store, Broken Bells (Shins/Danger Mouse collab) wander around a dark highway, Beach House shows us a world dominated by silver people, and Taken by Trees retreats to nature for a cover of Animal Collective’s [...]

Teen Dream, the long-awaited third release from Beach House proves the Baltimore duo’s still got it. A noticeably different release, the new album sounds like they’ve emerged from their signature sinister, attic-dweller sound, providing us with an added upbeat dimension we’re not yet familiar with, but will soon know and love.

Beach House – “Norway”
“Norway” is the first taste we get of Beach House’s upcoming LP, Teen Dream. Due out January 26th, anticipation is high for the Baltimore-based band who joined the Sub Pop roster after 2008’s Devotion was met with high praise from critics. In fact, we gave it the #12 spot on our list [...]

It’s that time of year again — the turkey leftovers are long gone and we’re hearing Christmas music in every store in town, so it must be time for best-albums-of-year lists.
After screaming matches, insults and a fist fight or two, the dust has settled and the Stranger Dance staff stands before you united with our [...]

Pitchfork.tv debuted the other day, and it’s pretty damn impressive. The quality is so good it makes you realize how bad youtube is immediaitely crystal, and they’ve got great exclusive content (Radiohead, Liars, Beach House, Jay Reatard, etc.).
Says Pitchfork:
“The first-ever music video channel dedicated to documenting independent music as it happens. As a visual extension [...]

I’ve included tracks from two of our most anticipated albums of 2008, Cat Power’s Jukebox and Beach House’s Devotion. While Jukebox is already out, Devotion isn’t scheduled for a proper release for another month although most songs leaked onto the Internets in December.
Cat Power – Jukebox
The eight years following Chan Marshall’s last covers project has [...]