In which High Highs continue to remind me of Radiohead (this time, “These Are My Twisted Words”) and continue to be terrific. This is from the group’s SXSW 2011-closing set at the Velveeta Room during the festival’s final moments earlier this year. The group’s debut EP is out now on Small Plates.

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Rawkblog chamber-folk heroes Pepper Rabbit have a sophomore album coming out this summer. Here’s a live take on one track that should make the set, the anthemic “The Annexation of Puerto Rico,” from the band’s set at our Waynestock party on Thursday.

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New York’s Ravens & Chimes spent their appearance at our Waynestock party previewing upcoming sophomore album Holiday Life. Here’s “Past Lives,” which bears a striking resemblance to the Manic Street Preachers’ classic “If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next” (right?).

More photos/videos of Coachella 2010′s non-musical side after the jump.

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Footage and photos from the rare non-musical moments of my week in Austin for SXSW 2010. More after the jump.

Backstage at Malverde, 3.17.10

Home Slice Pizza

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One Rose Melberg band covers another (the one which happens to be my favorite of all time) at the Slumberland 20th Anniversary show at the Echo on Sunday. Kids, dreams do come true! Apologies as usual for the camera phone video.

From the band of Los Angeles cosmic Americans’ August 22, 2008 reunion show at the Echoplex. Princes of California country, every one of these gentleman.

Previously: Live: Beachwood Sparks at the Echoplex, 8.22.08

The Vimeo migration continues. Here’s Grizzly Bear at UCLA’s Kerckhoff Grand Salon three years ago (time flies!) on February 2, 2007. There’s a photo somewhere of me and Ed Droste palling around after this gig, which was totally worth skipping that Romantic Lit class I ended up dropping for.

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