Christopher Anthony

Video Premiere: My Dead Air – “Easy To Believe”

My Dead Air is the moniker of musician Dan Ballard which was a member and guitarist of the band Until June. The group had success overseas with a #1 hit in Europe but never strummed the right chord here in the US. Ballard would like to change that with My Dead Air as he now is 100% committed to his once side project.

Today’s video premiere is for the track “Easy To Believe” which is off of his new self-released album The Thief Who Knows My Name. As you will see, the live in the studio video works for My Dead Air’s soft delivery as the laid back track shows his influences that include My Morning Jacket, Harry Nilsson, Glen Campbell and Bon Iver.

“Easy To Believe” really is the perfect beginning of a late night soundtrack that comes complete with low lighting and the occasional out of focus camera shot. Ballard’s effortless playing here is highlighted by his hypnotic vocal and the top end quality of musicians he has surrounded himself with as each individual artist here has a small solo moment within the song.

The Thief Who Knows My Name already hit the streets on August 14th so if you like what you hear (and see) make sure to support My Dead Air with an album purchase!

My Dead Air Website
My Dead Air Facebook

Cayucas: “Hella”

Twin brothers Zach and Ben Yudin released their sophomore album, Dancing at the Blue Lagoon, as Cayucas earlier this summer via Secretly Canadian. Here is the catchy second single “Hella.” The video for this song, was directed by Owen Schwartzbard. You can catch Cayucas live at the dates below.

CAYUCAS TOUR DATES:
Mon. Sept. 14 – London, UK @ Sebright Arms
Tue. Sept 15 – Liile, FR @ Peniche
Wed. Sept. 16 – Paris, FR @ Pop Up Du Label
Thu. Sept. 17 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Fri. Sept. 18 – Tilburg, NL @ Incubate
Sat. Sept. 19 – Hamburg, DE @ Kleiner Donner
Mon. Sept. 21 – Leipzig, DE @ Taubchental – Club
Tue. Sept. 22 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
Wed. Sept. 23 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Forum Freies
Thu. Sept. 24 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix

The Dead Weather: “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)”

The Dead Weather have released an explosive live performance video of their first single, “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)” from the new record, Dodge and Burn, due out September 25. The clip was shot at Third Man Records and edited by Brad Holland and Jack White.

Dodge and Burn – the band’s third album and first full-length release in five years – is available for pre-order now, with all digital pre-orders receiving an instant grat download of “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles).” The track is also now on sale at digital retailers worldwide.

Car Seat Headrest: “Something Soon”



Matador Records has announced that it has signed Car Seat Headrest and will release Teens of Style on October 30, with Teens of Denial to follow soon after in 2016. This prolific artist (né Will Toledo) comes to Matador having already crafted an 11-album catalog of staggering depth, all self-released on Bandcamp, which has gained him an obsessive following and over 25,000 downloads.

Car Seat Headrest has also dropped its first-ever official video for single “Something Soon,” directed by Jason Reid. The video features Toledo and his bandmates in an abandoned house on Bainbridge Island, WA, acting out variety of skewed domestic scenes: lightbulb microphones, destruction of household appliances, bathtub nudity, and the burning of a cargo box coffin.