New Queens of the Stone Age video for ‘I Appear Missing’

QOTSA reach into the the gory zombie pop art of the ’70s and ’80s, updated with contemporary animation techniques for the new clip:

Cover face off: Azealia Banks ‘Barely Legal’ (The Strokes) vs Solange ‘Stillness is the Move’ (The Dirty Projectors)

Since we’ve been on a major Strokes kick over here it might be worth it to mention this Azealia Banks cover of Is This It album track “Barely Legal.”

Unfortunately, Banks’ take on our favourite New York five-piece is a disappointing turn, replacing The Strokes’ signature gritty sound with busy indie R&B/electro production, while Banks barely breaks a sweat in the vocal department.

For our R&B indie rock cover money, we’ll take Solange’s unfussy yet sensual cover of The Dirty Projectors’ “Stillness is the Move.”

Instant review: The Strokes ‘All the Time’

[/caption]

All the way back last week, The Strokes released their first single off their upcoming album, Comedown Machine. After the jump, Tapedek’s two Strokes fanatics give side by side reviews:

Hear the new Strokes single “All the Time”

Get ready to hear the first single off Comedown Machine, the upcoming album/titled review by The Strokes — or 30 seconds of it anyways.

Hell Freezes Over: The Postal Service announce their comeback

It’s amazing how one measly divorce and a lukewarm reception to a so-so solo album can change a guy’s priorities.

Ben Gibbard has spent years and years telling us that The Postal Service was a bit of one-time magic that he’d never come back to. Well, this week, he proved himself a liar.

The 10th anniversary reissue of the band’s totally ubiquitous and legendary 2003 album Give Up will contain a 15-track bonus disc consisting of remixes, live recordings, one random Phil Collins cover for good measure, and, most significantly, two new, unheard tracks.

But that’s not even the big news. Gibbard will reunite with Jimmy Tamborello for a set at Coachella 2013, and “more dates are in the works” — including the just announced Primavera festival alongside Blur.

For many of us, these dates could be the realization of a decade-old dream: we will finally get the chance to slow-dance with our Grade 12 crush to a live concert rendition of “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.”

You’ve done right by the Millennials, Ben. We salute you

we will finally get the chance to slow-dance with our Grade 12 crush to a live concert rendition of “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.”