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Lost Lander, Bright Moments

redryder is proud to welcome LOST LANDER and BRIGHT MOMENTS to the roster.

Friday evening with Sharon van Etten

On the strength of her excellent, just-released album, Tramp, Brooklyn's Sharon Van Etten performed today on NPR's World Cafe Live. She played eight tracks from the record; stream the performance here.

Jagjaguwar also points to the below live set from La Blogotheque, filmed earlier this year in Paris. Accompanied by Broderick, Van Etten performed an acoustic set that includes "Give Out" and "All I Can" from Tramp, plus "One Day" and "Love More" off her 2010 record Epic.

raa nominated for 2012 juno awards

The Rural Alberta Advantage have been nominated for two 2012 Juno Awards, in both the New Group of the Year and Video of the Year categories (the latter for the awesome Jose Lourenco-directed "Stamp" video).

The Magnetic Fields, Andrew in Drag [VID]

 

Andrew Bird, Sharon van Etten, NPR, NYT

The War on Drugs: Brothers [Video]

Last summer's Slave Ambient, the second album from Philly rockers The War on Drugs, was kind of like an old-school Americana lesson in snazzy twelve-song form. So it makes sense that the visual for "Brothers" goes back to the American basics: a cowboy, two firearms, some strategically placed duct tape. (There might even be a hostage involved.) "We kept picturing it as the soundtrack to a dark Western, like Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid or Unforgiven," explains Brewer, the directing team behind the video. "That is where the deranged TV cowboy character came from." But does the crazy cowboy win his standoff?! No spoilers! Check it out below.

The War on Drugs - Brothers from Secretly Jag on Vimeo.

Great Lake Swimmers: video premiere

redryder odds and sods, news of week

1] Andrew Bird Break It Yourself video preview, PASTE Magazine

redryder artists are the best ...

A smattering of "Best of 2011" nods for the redryder squad:

Carter Tanton - Fake Pretend [video]

From CoS : Singer-songwriter Carter Tanton's first appearance in music was under the alt-country moniker of Tulsa. When that project ended, he went on to produce for Twin Shadow and Drug Rug, was welcomed as a member of Lower Dens, and played guitar for fellow Bostonian Marissa Nadler. Earlier this year, Tanton released a solo record, Freeclouds, under his own name, which led to a national tour with The War on Drugs. The album is a showcase of his diverse abilities and experiences, taking bits of styles from all that have crossed his path before.

For a sample of those styles, have a gander at the psychedelic video for his new single “Fake Pretend”. By far one of the more ambient and electro-pop heavy cuts on Freeclouds, Tanton's warm tenor is bolstered by the dreamy vocals of Nadler, returning the favor by guesting here. Director Jeff Maksym follows the fuzzy guitar reverb and beating drums with layered mirrors of lights and color over (and through) Tanton walking in a vast field. Think sort of Field of Dreams on acid. A moody pop number with trippy visuals, the video can be seen below. Carter Tanton's solo debut Freeclouds is out now on Western Vinyl.

Fake Pretend - Carter Tanton (feat. Marissa Nadler) from jeff maksym on Vimeo.