Robin Hilton

First Watch: Sam Amidon, 'As I Roved'

Robin Hilton — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:34:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCHcH2xCBlE

First Watch: Exitmusic, 'White Noise'

Robin Hilton — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:09:00 +0000

Exitmusic's Passages was one of 2012's darkest and most arresting ambient rock albums. Now, the band returns with an equally transfixing new video for one of the album's standout tracks, "White Noise."

The Gothic, gorgeously shot video shows Exitmusic's Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church as they slowly drift and turn in a dark pool of water. "'White Noise' is such a visual song," Palladino and Church write via email.

First Watch: Telekinesis, 'Empathetic People'

Robin Hilton — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:29:00 +0000

In the latest video from Seattle-based pop masters Telekinesis, for the song "Empathetic People," frontman Michael Benjamin Lerner ambles into an abandoned record-pressing factory and gets it running again.

Question Of The Week: Do You Hear Music When You Dream?

Robin Hilton — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:44:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oxb4LayC7A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQXCELBPI6Q

How Are Your Music Tastes Changing As You Get Older?

Robin Hilton — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:53:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExLKJU0_bqQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhmvbywbAo4

Watch The Flaming Lips Perform 'Yoshimi' Live

Robin Hilton — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:24:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1SAwnU64Pc

First Watch: Yellow Red Sparks, 'A Play To End All Plays'

Robin Hilton — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:30:00 +0000

The songs of Yellow Red Sparks, a folk-pop trio based in California, are twisted tales told through cinematic, often epic orchestrations. In the group's spectacular and creepy new video, for the song "A Play To End All Plays," a couple's failed relationship is acted out like an old circus sideshow before a finger-wagging audience.

What Are Your Top Five Album Covers?

Robin Hilton — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:52:00 +0000

This past week we lost one of the greatest album cover art designers of all time. Britain's Storm Thorgerson, who died last Thursday, was just 69 years old. He'd spent more than 40 years designing and orchestrating some of the most iconic album covers of all time. Even if you don't know the name Storm Thorgerson, you know his work. That prism on the cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon?

NPR Is Relocating: What's The Best Song About Moving On?

Robin Hilton — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:52:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ddD9efO1Hc

First Watch: STRFKR, 'Beach Monster'

Robin Hilton — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:21:00 +0000

The new video for STRFKR's song "Beach Monster" is an absolute horror show disguised as a breezy day at the sea. The band members, decked out in matching Buddy Holly suits and glasses, play against an blank blue background while staring blankly into the camera.