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05/13/2015
Janice Headley
Spoon // photo by Dave Lichterman (view set)

  • Frontman Britt Daniel lurks inside and out in this video for the Spoon track "Inside Out," off their latest They Want My Soul. The clip, directed by LeBlanc + Cudmore, shows a slow span over surreal scenarios like a robbery, a birthday party, a dancehall brawl, all while Daniel emotes from the background. Watch: [Under the Radar]

  • How is it that Canadian electro-pop artist Mas Ysa (real name: Thomas Arsenault) hasn't released a debut album yet? That all changes on July 24th: the celebrated producer/songwriter releases Seraph on Downtown Records. Today he shares the track "Margarita," which Arsenault explains in a press release is "named for my mom who’s also on the cover art of everything I do. It deals with the trauma of becoming your own autonomous person and that person when you see your parent as a fallible person. It’s a complicated thank you." Stream the track below, and check out his 2014 KEXP in-studio here. [Consequence of Sound]

  • Northampton, MA band Speedy Ortiz share another video from their latest album Foil Deer: watch the clip for "Raising The Skate" starring frontwoman Sadie Dupuis as the horror film trope The Final Girl. Speedy Ortiz will be live on KEXP on Wednesday, May 27th, and playing Barboza later that night. [Stereogum]

  • Remember José González's cameo in that Calexico video featuring the giant worm? Of course you do. Today, the saga continues in the clip for "Open Book," a single off González's latest full-length Vestiges & Claws. Watch director Mikel Cee Karlsson's story unfold below. González plays the Sasquatch Music Festival this Memorial Day weekend on Sunday, May 24th. [Under the Radar]

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