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The Stranger Dance — the 14 minute black and white video is as mesmerizing as you’d expect. Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes fame) singing at various venues while on solo tour with Joanna Newsom is definitely worth watching, especially with some nice camera work. For f... read more »

The Stranger Dance — Our friends over at The Bay Bridged are proud to announce their second annual fundraiser, Regional Bias. This Friday July 23rd Thao Nguyen, John Vanderslice and others will take the stage at the Verdi Club in Potrero Hill to celebrate independent... read more »

The Stranger Dance — From the start, Dark Night of the Soul was different. See, when a group of well-established music-makers get together for those mightiest of collaborations known as ’supergroups’, the result is usually either an unbaked mush of ideas (goddamn Chi... read more »

The Stranger Dance — It’s been a while since Aloe Blacc’s single “I Need a Dollar” hit the interwebs to much acclaim (it was the only saving grace to HBO’s lackluster new series, How to Make It in America, aside from Luis Guzman). But finally we have a release date f... read more »

The Stranger Dance — Deerhunter is set to release Halcyon Digest on September 28th via 4AD. Tracklist: Earthquake Don’t Cry Revival Sailing Memory Boy Desire Lines Basement Scene Helicopter Fountain Stairs Coronado He Would Have Laughed read more »

The Stranger Dance — “Slow Motion” is the b-side to Panda Bear’s new single Tomboy and if I do say so myself it outshines the feature track. Thank god we’ve got a full album of this goodness coming our way in the Fall. Prediction: this song gets remixed and mashed to... read more »

The Stranger Dance — It’s summertime, and the good people of America demand their relaxation music, their road-trip music, their so-sunny-your-eyes-fry, feel-good music. With their sophomore effort Disconnect from Desire, the joyful trio School of Seven Bells clearly... read more »

The Stranger Dance — AT&T is the latest to mine Nick Drake’s commercial-friendly catalog, choosing “From the Morning” for their new “Rethink Possible” series. The final song on Drake’s masterpiece Pink Moon, “From the Morning” now joins the album’s title track, wh... read more »

The Stranger Dance — Or, America: Fuck Yeah Jimi Hendrix – “Star-Spangled Banner > Purple Haze” [Live] Marvin Gaye – “The National Anthem” [Live] The Impressions – “This Is My Country” Chuck Berry – “Promised Land” [Single Version] Grateful Dead – “U.S. Blues” [L... read more »

The Stranger Dance — Berekley’s Morning Benders sat down for an acoustic session on a London street before a show in the European tour. [DIY TV] <object width="490" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K1CWuQ4L9gg&amp;hl=en_US&... read more »

The Stranger Dance — We all knew the Roots had decided to create their own version of Monsters of Folk’s “Dear God” for their upcoming LP How I Got Over, but did we think they’d play it live with a full orchestra and Yim Yames on Jimmy Fallon? No, but we should have k... read more »

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The Stranger Dance — Being from Seattle,Shabazz Palaces is my hometown favorite du jour. I caught wind of this little known and mysterious act in early March and have been spinning the two mini albums Of Light and Shabazz Palaces regularly. And yet, I am just now full... read more »

The Stranger Dance — I’ve never been a die-hard electronic fan… especially the live version. But, with tickets to the see the first of two sold out Caribou shows at the Independent and Swim dominating a few trindie charts right now I would say my expectations were hi... read more »

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The Stranger Dance — The second album of Oxford five-piece Foals plays like a ‘Best Of’ sampler of the past twenty years of British alt-rock, one of those candy boxes with only the good flavors, none of that weird pistachio-black licorice shit. It’s got the silvery g... read more »

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The Stranger Dance — Near the tail-end of the first track of The Dead Weather’s second album, Sea of Cowards, Jack White intones us with the urgent knowledge that he wants to “leave a trace”. With a work ethic like his — three major projects, playing drums, guitar an... read more »

The Stranger Dance — Mark Kozelek, the Bay Area singer/songwriter best known for his rise to fame as frontman for Red House Painters, has released the first taste of his upcoming Sun Kil Moon effort Admiral Fell Promises. If you like solo acoustic feel of “Australian... read more »