Mark your calendars for Thursday, July 3rd - 9pm.

80s HEAT - Costume Contest at the Belly Up

Buy Tickets $9.00 / $11.00 day of show

I’ve been dying to check out Belly Up’s 80’s Night. Has anyone been?

The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go

I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve had She & Him in heavy rotation lately. I love the combination of indie hottie Zooey Deschanel’s voice mixed with indie folkie M. Ward’s guitar playing. Its a nice, fresh throwback to Dusty Springfield, Nancy Sinatra, and maybe even a little Linda Ronstadt.

They performed on NPR’s World Cafe’s Lillywhite Session on Wednesday. Listen here.

They’ve been making the rounds lately on the late night circuit :

On Conan with Yo La Tengo - “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here”

On Craig Ferguson - “Change is Hard”

Zooey looks a little stiff, but I bet with time she’ll get comfortable. She’s adorable. Can’t wait to see them live.

Thom and Jonny backstage
St. Louis 2008
thanks to Colin @ w.a.s.t.e. central

(Via Brooklyn Vegan)

Sigur Ros has put up their entire new album for streaming here. The album is entitled Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (in English: “With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly”).

Their new album will be available for purchase on June 23rd, but you can pre-order it here.

Check out “Ara Batur,” which was “recorded live in one take with the London Sinfonietta and London Oratory Boy’s choir, a total of 90 people playing at the same time.”

Ours - Mercy

Ours is back with their third full-length album after 6 years. This album is beautiful and dark. They’ve picked up right where they left off. All hail the dark Jeff Buckley!

Ours - Ran Away to tell the World (video)

Spritualized - Songs in A&E
This is Pierce’s first record in over 5 years. The delay partially due to the fact that he caught double pneumonia and nearly died. I really thought that maybe Spiritualized had peaked, but this is their best album in years. The album is entitled Songs in A&E (in England, the ER is called the Accident & Emergency ward - get it).

Spiritualized - Soul on Fire mp3

Wolftron - Flesh & Fears

I know what you’re thinking. Do we really need another band with wolf or tron in the name? But forget all about that, this band is great. This is Kenny Choi’s (frontman of Daphne loves Derby) pet project. His voice is beautiful and peaceful. His songwriting talents are better tapped in his solo efforts. Embrace the acoustic/indie/folk goodness.

Wolftron - Uglybird (video)

“All You Need is Me” - 4/28/08

“Irish Blood, English Heart” 4/29/08

If you practice really hard, you might someday be as good a dancer as Nathaniel is…

(Via Stereogum)

It looks like every single video that was on You Tube has now been taken down. Sorry.