Damien Jurado Performs Two Songs off New Album for i-D Magazine

In this new i-N session, Damien Jurado performs “Museum of Flight” and “So On, Nevada” off of his soon-to-be-released album, Maraqopa. It’s Damien as we know him best; no frills, just man and his guitar. i-D Magazine writes,“Incredibly capable of creating music of varying art forms, from rock and roll to country, he is the unsung, underground acoustic artist of our generation.” We couldn’t have said it better.

Out on February 21st, you can pre-order Maraqopa now.

Watch Exitmusic Perform “The Hours” Live for MTV Hive

Exitmusic stopped by MTV Hive recently to play “The Hours” for the First Take series. As expected, it’s another solid performance for the husband-and-wife led group. The song is interlaced with interview clips; Aleksa and Devon talk about meeting for the first time and where exactly their songs grow from. It’s a neat take you’ll definitely want to see.

The band hits the road in March for a serious slue of tour dates. Catch them live with The Joy Formidable, A Place to Bury Strangers and School of Seven Bells in a town near you! See full list of dates HERE.

Watch: New Video for The War on Drugs’ “Brothers”

The War on Drugs – Brothers from Secretly Jag on Vimeo.

The War On Drugs are excited to share the brand new video for “Brothers,” one of the many highlights off their stellar Slave Ambient. Following the more kaleidoscopic videos for “Baby Missiles” and “Come to the City,” the “Brothers” video, which premiered this morning via New York Magazine’s Vulture, definitely takes a different approach with its bleak western narrative. More on the “Brothers” video from the director team of Brewer, a pair of brothers (Ben and Alex), actually, is below.

“We kept picturing it as the soundtrack to a dark western like Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid or Unforgiven. That is where the deranged T.V cowboy character came from. We wanted the video to feel like the most exciting five minutes taken out of a longer movie. The biggest challenge in the filming was how to make the old cowboy (played by David Weindel) seem threatening, and how to make the nurse (played by Tallie Medel) seem like she was dealing with the situation the way a normal person might really handle such a nightmare.”

In case you missed it, The War On Drugs played a pretty damn perfect performance of “Baby Missiles” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon a couple of weeks ago for their late night TV debut, complete with two drummers, including special guest, ?uestlove, and dueling keyboards. After five solid months of touring, and several more on the horizon (full schedule HERE), this domination by the ‘Drugs was by no means a fluke!

The War On Drugs’ “Come to the City” 7-inch single is available this week on Secretly Canadian. Listen to the b-side, “Don’t Fear The Ghost”-HERE.

Watch: Porcelain Raft’s New Video for “Unless You Speak from Your Heart”

Unless You Speak From Your Heart from Porcelain Raft on Vimeo.

Earlier this morning, Fader premiered the new Porcelain Raft video for “Unless You Speak from Your Heart.” Trailing the release of Strange Weekend yesterday, Mauro Remiddi brings us a video featuring himself and two friends acting as alter-egos. Remiddi directed the video, which was shot in New York. Watch it above! If you like this one, check out other Porcelain Raft videos at VIMEO!

Download Damien Jurado’s “Museum of Flight” – Maraqopa Pre-Order With Bonuses Now Available

This morning RCRD LBL premiered the mp3 for the great “Museum of Flight” – the second single from Damien Jurado’s upcoming record, Maraqopa. “The track turns desperation into something quite beautiful with patient strumming, elegant piano stabs, strong melody and a wash of expert guitar lead.”

Damien Jurado “Museum of Flight” by DOJAGSC

Today Marqopa is available for purchase at SC Distribution. We have three bundles described in detail below, and all come with an instant download with your order.

Several great songs from the Maraqopa sessions did not fit on to the album, so Secretly Canadian is releasing six of them via special 7″s that will come with pre-orders of the record. 7″s will be randomly inserted into the regular edition bundles, but the deluxe edition will include all three 7″s. What songs you receive will be a surprise, unless you decide to buy them all!

Blue 7″ “Wyoming Songbirds” / “Ghost of David (The Return)”
Red 7″ “Clouds Beyond” / “Let Us All In”
Yellow 7″ “Diamond Sea” / “Pentagrams”

Click here to pre-order Maraqopa and receive it via instant mp3 download!