My Top 5 Favorite Michael Jackson Songs (Will's Used Music Picks)

Videos (LA[Heart]SF Edition): Flying Tourbillon Orchestra, The Monolators, French Miami, Kissing Cousins, The Damselles

You can see all of this fine acts at our next LA[Heart]SF show happening Thursday, July 16, at the Echo in Los Angeles...

The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra - "Strings" (live at Little Radio)


The Monolators - "Don't Dance" (live at Detour Fest)


French Miami - "God Damn Best"


Kissing Cousins - "First in the Fire" (live at Silver Factory Studios)


The Damselles - "Just One Look" (live at Little Radio)

New Video: Kid Mud - "Federated"

The first video from Kid Mud's Now They Shut Us Down is for "Federated" and was directed by Rick Dillwood. Dillwood, incidentally, also plays on the album.

Kid Mud - "Federated" (mp3)

If you would like to purchase a copy of Now They Shut Us Down, you can buy a cd here. If you prefer mp3s, we suggest buying the album from Bandcamp, but it is available at all major services including iTunes, Amazon and Emusic.

Please let us know what you think of the video.

Videos: Crystal Stilts, Tigers Can Bite You, The Strokes

In my college days, one of the many film classes I took was in found footage. The late great Bruce Conner was a pioneer of found footage films, and his shorts laid the groundwork for many a music video that has followed. The new video from Slumberland recording artists Crystal Stilts, entitled "Love is a Wave," is built entirely around found footage.

Crystal Stilts - "Love is a Wave" (mp3)

If you watch closely at 0:10, you will see the same footage that was the foundation of Tigers Can Bite You's 2008 video, "Taking and Running Away."

Tigers Can Bite You - "Taking and Running Away" (mp3)

And while we are on the subject of found footage, here is my favorite found footage video - "Hard to Explain" by The Strokes.

Video: O+S - "Permanent Scar"

Video: The Mae Shi - "Lamb and the Lion"

Video: Shiloe - "Gone"(live at Silver Factory Studios)

Shiloe - "Gone" (mp3)

Video: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Young Adult Friction"

Video: The Boy Least Likely To - "When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade"

If you listen to the Boy Least Likely To's new album, you find a kind of interesting battle between good and evil. You have songs of self-doubt and loneliness clashing with songs with positive messages about overcoming obstacles. Their new single falls under the latter ... a pleasant reminder that when life hands you lemons, you should make lemonade. Hang in there through these tough times.

Videos: Three Legends at Coachella - Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Morrissey

Leonard Cohen - "Hallelujah"


Paul McCartney - "Got to Get You Into My Life"


Morrissey - "Black Cloud"

Video: Silversun Pickups - "Panic Switch" (live at Rasputin, Berkeley, CA)

Video: Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye" (live at Rasputin, Berkeley, CA)

Video: Papercuts - "Future Primitive"

MP3 - "Future Primitive" - Papercuts

Video: Silversun Pickups - "Panic Switch"(live at the Glasshouse, Pomona, CA)

Swoon - the new album from Silversun Pickups is out today on Dangerbird. Read reviews at Buzz Bands and Classical Geek Theatre.

Video: Michael Zapruder - "Ads For Feelings"

From Michael Zapruder's new album, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope - out now on Sidecho Records.

MP3 - "Ads For Feelings" - Michael Zapruder

Video: U-N-I - "Hollywood Hiatus"

Video: Robotanists - "Wait A Minute Here" (live on KXLU)

In case you didn't know, "Wait a Minute Here" by Robotanists is amazing.

Video: Silversun Pickups - "Panic Switch"

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Video: Silversun Pickups - "Panic Room" (live)

"Panic Room" is the first single from the Silversun Pickups' forthcoming album, Swoon. The song is quite fabulous, and this video simple does not do it justice.

Video: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - "Young Adult Friction" (live at Spaceland)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart played Spaceland last night for their first LA show. As we reported, the band released a new 7" this week for "Young Adult Fiction." Here's a clip we found of that song being performed last night.