Some Days Are Better Than Others is a movie coming out which features Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney and James Mercer from the Shins. The thing is, it looks pretty darn good. Check out the trailer here.

Mew is straight-up awesome. And they, too, can act.

Fool’s Gold released a video for “Suprise Hotel” a while back, but have a newer version that is way more fun.

The Röyksopp video for “This Must Be It” is… well, you can pick your own adjective. But it features Karin Dreijer Andersson and despite the loincloths, is a pretty badass track.

If you haven’t picked up In And Out of Control by The Raveonettes yet, quit being a silly-billy and get on that.

Here’s a video from Asobi Seksu for “Transparence” from the Hush album released early this year.

Sally Shapiro’s “Miracle” has really got that 90’s shoegazing sound and I like it.

Clues features members from Arcade Fire and the Unicorns. They also have a video for “You Have My Eyes Now” starring Tim Heidecker of Tim & Eric fame. And it is grand.

Tim also directed Aimee Mann’s Christmas Carol last year and the video for “You Don’t Know Me” by Ben Folds. I hope he keeps it up because I have enjoyed his video work so far.

The modelling industry has been described as “cut-throat”, and is demonstrated in the Silversun Pickups‘ video for “Substitution”. Fierce.

Throw Me The Statue’s “Hi-Fi Goon” sounds like it could have easily been a Built To Spill song. I like Built To Spill though.

Music Go Music is a bit odd. They have posted a series of videos of them performing “live” on a 70’s show that was never a real show. But I like their music, and what’s so wrong with oddballs?

(500) Days of Summer was a really cute, super-sweet film. I’m pretty sure anyone who wasn’t already in love with those two sure is after seeing it.

Julian Plenti, (who is actually Paul Banks from Interpol,) tag teams it with Emily Haines for “Games for Days”.

The Very Best did a damn catchy tune with Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend called “Warm Heart of Africa”. And you know you’ve got a catchy song when lots of people remix it. So far, I’ve heard Metronomy, Architecture In Helsinki and Theophilus London all over the internettery and while they are good remixes, it stems from the fact that the original is so solid.

Heath Ledger sure left a nice parting gift for us in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

I’ve been super into The Big Pink. Their debut album, “A Brief History of Love” is awesome.

Remember Dan Deacon? He of Drinking Out of Cups fame? People might not know he’s an actual musician, for real.

Here is a lovely tune from O + S.

Some facts about Ben Lee: He’s released seven solo albums. He is married to Ione Skye. He dated Claire Danes. He had a record deal at 14 with Noise Addict. Noise Addict has their first new album in 14 years for free download at their website.

Since it’s Hallowe’en, here’s the video for “Die Slow” from Health.

Let’s do some math. Wes Anderson + stop motion + Roald Dahl + Owen Wilson + George Clooney + Meryl Streep + Bill Murray + Jason Schwartzman = Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Passion Pit was on Jimmy Fallon this past week. Of course, I can’t link to it since it’s on that dipshit Hulu,(lucky you, if you’re in the land of America,) but here’s their video for “To Kingdom Come”.

You’ve probably heard by now, but MCA from Beastie Boys has cancer. Hot Sauce Committee Part 1, which was supposed to be released on September 15th, is being pushed back and they’ve cancelled shows while he has surgery and starts treatment. He says it’s very treatable, but scary shit, man. Hear it direct.

8-bit Weezer of varying eras. I am glad to see Tugboat doing “El Scorcho”.

Yes, Bobby McFerrin did a song that was so catchy you hate it, (with a video starring Robin Williams and Bill Irwin). BUT, he’s a pretty cool and clever guy.

What do you get when you put together an 80’s compilation and a silent film? Well, this:

This lovely couple from Idaho had a Katamari Damacy wedding. Nerdy, but pretty darn cute.

The second Flight of the Conchords album, titled “I Told You I Was Freaky”, will be released on October 20th. That song about balls is going to be on it.

If Andrew W.K. was my local weatherman, I would actually watch the news. REGULARLY.

Strangely, I really love the Octopus Project, yet really don’t like actual octopuses. Either way, here’s their new vid for “Wet Gold”.

Eee! New Echo & the Bunnymen!

People who are knocked up or have gotten someone knocked up and don’t plan on fleeing like a pansy-ass, read up and learn a lesson or two from W.N. Kellogg. Do NOT raise an ape alongside your baby!

This would not work on trash cans in Hawai’i, since they say “Mahalo”, but at least there’s always Bachelor Party to help up cope! Mahalo for that!

Yeah, I’m pretty excited about this.

Toronto, you lucky stinkers. Broken Social Scene all got together and did a FREE show for you bastards. Three of the songs are tidily collected here, but I’m sure you can find more all over the interwebs.

Um… this was unnecessary. VERY unnecessary. The synchronized head banging is like watching some fucked up boy band gone horribly, horribly wrong.

See Jenny Lewis! See Fernando!

MGMT have been doing a cover of “Voices Carry” by Til Tuesday. I’m not linking to any of the vids of it, because most of them are pretty crappy live stuff – from far back with lots of chatter from people and whatnot. In addition to that, some have labelled it as a “new song”, which unless we have time travelled to 1985 without me noticing, it is not. They do it pretty much note for note, so not super exciting or anything. Nice that they’re paying homage though.

Death Cab played at Pacific Coliseum on Thursday night. Ra Ra Riot and the New Pornographers opened. The show started exactly on time, which is so rare these days and much appreciated by old-timers like me. Ra Ra Riot did a great set, despite there not being much of a crowd there at the time. I’m pretty sure they picked up more than a few fans.

The New Pornographers are hometown heroes, so of course they were well received. Though I am a fan of their off-shoots, I have never been a huge fan of them. There was no Neko Case this night, but they were still tight as hell. Between songs, A.C. regaled the crowd with his memories of shows he had attended at Pacific Coliseum in his youth. Rod Steward and KISS were mentioned, (twice on the KISS count – both with and sans makeup,) and he seemed to be pretty stoked to be playing where he had grown up seeing acts of that calibre. It was nice. Dan Bejar looks like one of those guys that you would consider crossing the street to avoid, but he could also be one of those guys who’s so genius he just looks like you should cross the street to avoid him.

By the time Death Cab took the stage, the kids had all packed up to the front. I really don’t understand how girls go to shows with general admission floor tickets, wearing heels and carrying clutch purses. I realize this makes me sound like an old lady but seriously, what the hell happened? When I was that age, did I have no common sense or practicality? I’d like to think not. Anyhow, they opened with “The Employment Pages”, which I always find a nice opener before they break into something more upbeat. The setlist for the night was comprised of mostly newer, (Transatlanticism and beyond,) stuff which was kind of disappointing for me, being a fan from way back. Before the show, I was a bit unsure how I would feel about seeing them in such a big venue. While we were waiting for the doors to open, I had been talking about this with my friend, Rob, and telling him how the first time I saw Death Cab was at the Starfish Room with Pedro the Lion, and I was close enough to touch them. At that show, Chris flipped over a generic grey trash can to use as a stool while he played keyboards, so it was weird to see them now that they’re so huge. Funnily enough, at one point in the show Ben talked about the first time they met the New Pornographers and how it was after that show at the Starfish Room, and they accidentally drank all of their beer. It was nice that they remembered that show too.

These days, Ben comes off as more “Hollywood” in his demeanour, but this might have something to do with spending lots of time with Hollywood-types and attending the Grammys and the like. I also hear he’ll be relocating to ol’ California since he and his lady will be getting hitched. (I really hope this isn’t going to be their Yoko Ono moment.) What happened to “Why You’d Want to Live Here”? Anyhow, he’s lost so much weight, it troubles me. Even his stage movements seem “Hollywood”, if that’s something you can imagine. Nick has also lost a good deal of weight and is still sporting that fine beard, but he looks FANTASTIC. He looks like he’s taking good care of himself and probably has something pretty impressive hiding under all those black tees. Chris Walla never seems to change – always the musical genius behind the scenes, not wanting for the spotlight and just focused on making really good tunes. Even his hair doesn’t change and still effortlessly comes to a point at the front as he hangs his head forward, or sweeps to the side when his head is up. Jason, as always, is still just getting shit done right and does it with ease. I love this band as a whole and also as individuals, but I have to say that I really miss the days before they blew up and hipster TV got a hold of them. They are still fantastic and put on a wonderful live show, but I miss that intimacy.

The backdrop was one that is quite popular these days – a series of lit panels that would display various pixelated images. Some of it complemented the music well, but for the most part the show could have done without it. They closed the main set with “Marching Bands of Manhattan” and then came back and did a three-song encore, closing the show with “Transatlanticism”. This is a wonderful show closer because of the slow-build of the song in the same way that “Only in Dreams” is a great closer for Weezer shows.

Overall a good show, but I’m not a big fan of large-venues so not the highest ranked of all the Death Cab shows I have seen.

Jens Lekman has contracted H1N1! What???

Video made by a fan. On a Mac. Nicely done, fan!

I’m going to have to go with the word “fuckingawesome” on this one. A bit scary how old the boys are looking these days though.