The first official video for The School’s retro-pop stunner Loveless Unbeliever. So candy-striped and Down With Love-ready I’m surprised Ewan McGregor doesn’t pop in for a guest vocal. (P.S. Down With Love: a movie that still rules.)

Previously: First Look: The School – Loveless Unbeliever

The legendary former Beach Boy himself piles his band into a black cab to perform a Lucky Old Sun tune as well as a mind-boggling bit of the Katy Perry-annihilating “California Girls.” I love you, the Internet. Watch it on Vimeo.

“Cowards / we gotta unite,” Miles Kurosky sings to open “The World Won’t Last The Night.” The Desert of Shallow Effects is often a record cast in shadows, with the former Beulah frontman grappling with medical distress and existentialist panic — but one shouldn’t forget that Kurosky’s clever as hell, and the video for “The World Won’t Last The Night” lightens its very real darkness with Tron lasers and Carly Fiorina demon sheep. Two words: so awesome. Watch the Rawkblog world premiere above.

(The Desert of Shallow Effects is out now)

Previously:
Interview: Miles Kurosky
Live: Miles Kurosky at SXSW 2010
First Look: Miles Kurosky – The Desert of Shallow Effects

Wilco goes nova with the second most glorious song from Wilco (The Album) for La Blogotheque, a sequel to the “Country Disappeared” performance the site released in March. Nels Cline tears it up, although the camera man goes a lil’ overboard on his depth of field.

Previously:
Bootleg: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett
Live: Wilco at the Wiltern, 6.22.09

Breaking up might have been the best thing the Pipettes ever did. Rose Elinor Dougall’s latest, “Find Me Out,” finds the singer going unexpectedly melancholic, applying her strident voice to a Yo La Tengo-esque ballad. As with all her post-Pipettes stuff, it’s excellent — and in more good news, Becki Stephens (formerly RiotBecki) has started a new group, The Projectionists, whose MySpace tracks sound similarly promising. (Both tips via Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good)

Previously:
Rose Elinor Dougall – “Third Attempt (Version)”
Video: Rose Elinor Dougall – “Leave”
All Rose Posts

Dreamy. Still spinning/enjoying the bed-headed L.A. band’s new EP.

Note to America: This is what a crowd singalong looks like. Thom and Jonny played a surprise set at the Glastonbury Festival today, with no new songs from Radiohead’s almost-done LP8 but — considering the response — still obviously a treat. This is the first video; we’ll update if we see more. (Today’s Twitter rumor is that Thom has magically made it across the Atlantic to New York’s Vice-sponsored Creators Project with M.I.A., Sleigh Bells, etc., but I’ll wait for the YouTubes.)

Previously: A half-dozen Radiohead/Thom/Thom and Jonny Bootlegs

Tokyo Police Club – Breakneck Speed from momandpopmusic on Vimeo.

Good to be back, good to be back, good to be back. Tokyo Police Club’s Champ is fast becoming my most-listened to album of the year. I saw and enjoyed them at Coachella, but my memory of that afternoon is a bit, ahem, hazy; at any rate, it’s the Rob Schnapf-produced album itself that’s grabbed hold of my ears and held tight with bro hugs. Recommended if you like the Strokes, Harlem Shakes, feeling great about life.