Junior Electronics is the solo work of musician and sound engineer Joe Watson. Joe has played keyboards with Junior Electronics is the solo work of musician and sound engineer Joe Watson. Joe has played keyboards with Stereolab since 2004 and engineered their last three albums. He has also worked with The High Llamas, Monade, Mary Hampton, John Cunningham and others.

Munk & Peaches “You Can’t Run From My Love” (OFFICIAL VIDEO HD) from Gomma Records on Vimeo.

Taken from the “Casablanca Reworks EP”. Original version by Stephanie Mills. Replayed by Mathias Modica & Peaches.

(((MUSIC VIDEO))) THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL “NEW RIVER TRAIN” from The Dustbowl Revival on Vimeo.

Sonnymoon – Just Before Dawn from Plug Research on Vimeo.

While Sonnymoon won’t be out until May 22, we’re getting a preview of what to expect here in the hypnotizing video for lead single “Just Before Dawn.” The dreamy two-part track serves as a soundtrack for hallucination-esque visual effects, which are complemented by the warm swashes of synthesizers, strings, and Anna Wise’s gorgeous voice.

Harlots Web from String Theory on Vimeo.

Harlots Web is a music video featuring music, choreography and film making by LA’s genre bending music group, String Theory.

Momentum is strong and Notic Nastic are propelling into 2011 with FULLSCREEN the fierce follow up to their debut release (it‘s dark but it‘s ok).
Drawing influence from the two vibrant cities they represent, New York and their current base Berlin, this band are not afraid to speak up and they intend to be heard. Chameleon like in nature Notic Nastic do not fit into any general mold.

New Young Pony Club’s Lou Hayter joined Mathias / Munk for this beautiful ballad from the last Munk album. New York photographer Hadley Hudson went to Paris, called up her model friend Bianca O’Brian and together they made this video at Hotel Amour. Hot video. Great song…

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Well, we told you this music is great!  Pitchfork has also chimed in with some reviews.

Check out Pitchfork’s review of The Pallers’ The Sea of Memories on Labrador.  Stream some samples from our 9/27 Pick of the Week.

Check out Pitchfork’s review of Craig Wedren’s Wand.  Stream some samples from our 7/12 Pick of the Week.

From the archives, check out Pitchfork’s review of Lacrosse’s Bandages for the Heart.  Scroll down to Week 137 in our Song of the Week series to hear the epic “We Are Kids.”

Below is the debut release by Bixiga70, a Sao Paulo afrobeat big band. Put together by musicians involved in the Traquitana studio which is based in the Bixiga neighbourhood in the centre of Sao Paulo, a traditional barrio considered by some as the birthplace of Samba. Afrobeat is something which has had a cult following in Sao paulo for a few years now, and I think this can be traced back to when Tony Allen visited here a few years back for a Red Bull Music Academy, since then key names have been name dropping Afrobeat in their influences, leading to now where there are a couple of Brazilian Afrobeat bands playing the live circuit. This is certainly great stuff, funky and groovy in all the right places.

Bixiga 70 (2011) by bixiga70

Tensei’s podcast for Plug Research features music between the years of 2009 and 2011 and is a collection of unreleased songs, remixes and sonic experimentation consisting of live instrumentation and beats.

Look out for Tensei’s official release via Plug Research sometime in 2012.

Plug Research Podcast #14: Tensei by Plug Research