Tame Impala's New Video for "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" is Everything You Want It to Be

   

Tame Impala out of Perth, Australia have one of the best albums out this year. It's called "Lonerism"; a pop-oriented but dedicated rock experimentation into soundscapes that easily rival their breakout album "Innerspeaker." Their video for their new single "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards," which has been also covered by the likes of Staten Island's PS.22 choir, takes a cue from early morning kindergarten specials on PBS that seemed to be put together with an unlimited arts and crafts supply from Michaels. A little construction paper and glue can go a long way.

The Avett Brothers Choose a Winner in the "Live and Die" Cover Contest

     

Corcord, North Carolina's Avett Brothers announced the winner of their "Live and Die" cover contest today, handing the award to Toronto-Montreal-based threesome Honeyman and the Brothers Farr. The band was chosen out of hundreds of submissions via YouTube for their warm three-part harmonies that seem to twist and turn the Avetts' original into something that is beautifully vine-like and skillfully layered. As the winners, the band will receive a Martin D-35 acoustic guitar, the same Seth Avett has been playing for over 10 years. Watch the video above of the band's award-winning cover. Congratulations, guys.

Dropkick Murphy's Are Back with "Rose Tattoo"

According to RollingStone, Boston sons Dropkick Murphy bring back their brash brand of Irish scally-cap punk with a new video for their song "Rose Tattoo" off their eighth studio album, "Signed and Sealed in Blood." The video, probably their most attractive out of the catalogue, is more an homage to life long D.M. fans who have brandished their own dedication to the group through some of their own ink. With a pleasing black and white aesthetic, the boys are seen on what seems like another Saturday afternoon in Southie: poker, cigarettes, pints, mandolins, and yes, tattoos.

Titus Andronicus Lead the Punk Patriotism Movement

Lead singer Patrick Stickles, Titus Andronicus

There seems to be a new movement undergoing the youth of America (the youth being an outstretched age range between 18 and 30). This isn't your Dad's patriotism--this "punk patriotism" as it is being called--reverts back to the history books; the nostalgia for what America was at it's infancy and at the turn of the century; Civil War-era values; entrepeneurialship for simple goods for simple people; an appreciation for the hard workers and eloquent talkers. These lessons and values taken from those who came before us, are infused today into men's fashion, literature, art and design and, the most effective, music. Titus Andronicus, one of Fell In Love With a Drummer's favorite bands, has led this burgeoning movement since the success of their second studio album, "The Monitor," through songs infused with Lincoln speeches, Civil War imagery, and the greatest of all, bagpipes. But it's this form of patriotism that has helped escort a certain number of youths to this idea of what freedom is, regardless of age, class or political agenda--almost an amalgamation of rock and roll in it's essence.

Stereogum's Liz Pelly has written an incredibly interesting and attention grabbing essay observing this semi-philosophical ideaology. Fantastic read, Liz. You knocked it out of the park. Check it out here.

New Dumbo Gets Mad: "Radical Leap"

    Dumbo Gets Mad is an Italian duo lead by Luca Dumbini who create psychedelic soundscapes via 30 years of transferred U.S. pop under a Mediterraenean sun. Dumbo have some of the most fuzzed out, texture-laden vocals and guitar parts this side of the Atlantic, but that's the problem: no one hardly knows them this side of the Atlantic--which is a problem. With their last album, "Elephants at the Door," Dumbo became part of a burgeoning scene of international groups whose love for nostalgia seemed to pay off in regards to successful albums and catchy songs. Today, Dumbo have released a new song off their sophomore album, "Quantum Leap" called "Radical Leap." I give it five years before these guys end up with a flagship song on an iTunes commercial.