This video is not new. It’s of my favorite Bruce Springsteen song: “Highway Patrolman” from the seminal Nebraska, originally released in 1982. The video was directed by Sean Penn, made of clips from his writing and directorial debut, The Indian Runner, from 1991, which is based on the slim narrative outlined in Springsteen’s song. The film stars David Morse (St. Elsewhere’s Dr. Jack Morrison and Treme’s Lt. Colson) and an early Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn from LOTR, among many many other roles you’ve seen him in). I was only 8 years old when this amazing album came out, but I didn’t discover it until about 5 years ago. I was only a junior in high school when this movie came out, so it’s no wonder it never hit my radar until just now. But here we are, thirty years since the release of the album and twenty years later since the movie, and my interest is piqued. It’s safe to say it’s going to be a disappointment, because of my love of this musician, this song, and these actors. Fingers crossed it’s actually pretty good.

I’m going to try and not read too much into this Memento-esque video for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs first release from their upcoming new album, Mosquito, due out April 16.

Here’s Thom (Yorke) and Nigel (Godrich), two fifths of Atoms for Peace, doing a live DJ / video show at Le Poisson Rouge. What I would give to have been at (or to see in the future) this show.

A couple years late to the party on this one. Boy, an über-cute hipster duo from Switzerland and Germany, released their all-english album Mutual Friends in 2011, and it only saw it’s US release in February of this year. “Little Numbers,” above, is from that album. Here’s to hoping the album is full of good little songs like this.

mmmm, Jenny Lewis. Rilo Kiley haven’t released any new material since 2007’s Under the Blacklight. And while the new song shown in the video above, “Let Me Back In,” may sound new, it’s actually part of a new rarities and b-sides compilation the band is releasing on April 2. No new material, but still… something. Maybe they’ll go on tour, realize they never should have broken up, and write some new material.

I’m gonna put this right here. Decades, with “Tonight Again.” Not sure what to think of it, but this definitely sounds like something I’m going to want to hear again later.

I love Noah And The Whale more than I probably should. Their new album (and apparently a movie of the same name created by lead singer / auteur Charlie Fink) called Heart of Nowhere comes out May 6.

Sigur Rós have a new album coming out on June 17/18, 2013 called Kveikur. Above is the first video from the new album, for a song called “Brennisteinn.” Always excited about new Sigur Rós. Enjoy.

Hadn’t heard of Biting Elbows, and I’m not a huge fan of this song, “Bad Motherfucker.” But this video, called “Insane Office Escape 2” (I have not tracked down version 1, if one exists) directed by the bands lead singer Ilya Naishuller is amazing. Don’t let the lead photo throw you. Those women appear on the screen for all of 2 secs. It’s the blood and killing that you should be prepared for more than bikini-clad women.

I’ve never been a Tegan and Sara fan, and this particular song isn’t really going to win me over, but the video is super cute, so I felt the need to share. You can see the full story of the video over at http://herecomesthespark.com.

A new song from The Knife! “A Tooth For An Eye” is from their new album, Shaking the Habitual, which comes out April 9 in the US. According to Pitchfork, the new album will be 98 minutes long. 98 MINUTES!

Not sure whether the hashtag should be #superfan or #stupidfan (probably both), but I just acquired one of 100 hand screen-printed (by Thom himself) Atoms for Peace Judge Jury and Executioner 12-inches.

You may not know it, but you’re already familiar with Steve Earle. You’ve seen him in HBO’s The Wire (as Bubble’s sponsor Walon) or Treme (as Annie’s guitarist friend Harley Watt). And you’ve probably heard his hit “Copperhead Road,” which came out in 1988 and was clearly influenced by other country-tinged rock & roll at the time, like Bon Jovi. The video above is the first single from his new album, The Low Highway, due out April 16.

Here’s another music video featuring Thom Yorke dancing, this time for Atoms For Peace’s “Ingenue.” Yorke isn’t necessarily a bad dancer, but when paired up against a professional, Random Dance Company’s Fukiko Takase, his moves become less “I love when he’s crazy” and more “that’s just terrible.”

Kathleen Edwards is one of those artists that is always one degree away of my active listening. I’ve heard good things about her from reputable sources. I’ve enjoyed songs in which she has had a less-than full part in. I was even supposed to see her perform, if the plumbing at the Triple Door hadn’t gone busto during the sound check.

All that is to say that the video above, for her song “Chameleon/Comedian,” from last year’s Voyageur, may be the first song I have heard and can now identify as a Kathleen Edwards song. The supremely whacked-out video was directed by Noah Pink, who made his debut appearance on this blog just two weeks ago.

Simply watching this video has given me much more reason to like Kathleen Edwards, showing some deep interest in creating something other than just the norm. Now to start the listening in earnest.

Here’s another video from David Bowie’s forthcoming album The Next Day, due out March 12. The song is called “The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” and I quite like it. The video stars Tilda Swinson, but it’s still every bit as weird — moreso even — than the last video.

By my count, “twitter famous” John Roderick, with his ever-shifting band the Long Winters, have released a total of two new (non-Christmas-themed) songs since 2006’s Putting the Days to Bed. Long-time fans like me have been satiated through various solo and makeshift group live-show appearances, along with other non-musical endeavors. And while I could probably subsist on a never ending line of shows with just John and a guitar performing the same great songs and covers over and over and over again, I still have a strong desire to hear something new.

And that’s where the video above comes in. While participating in last week’s JoCo Cruise Crazy 3, John performed a third new song, never before heard, on stage for the lucky people on the ship with him. When I first listened to this song, I didn’t expect the reaction I had. The song was new, but it wasn’t. It had John’s buttery voice and common Long-Wintersian chord structures, but it had new lyrics, a new story to tell. And it felt so familiar and unexpected, I didn’t know whether to cry or smile. It was the kind of emotion I find myself feeling more and more since having become a father. In the end, I sat motionless for just over three minutes, relishing every moment of it. It was beautiful. It was moving. It was home. And I don’t ever again want to leave.

Frightened Rabbit’s newest video, for their song “Backyard Skulls” from their newly released album Pedestrian Verse, is a tad on the funny side.

Been listening to this song for a while now, and only now, having seen the video, did I realize they were saying “backyard skulls.” I love how music works.

I’m not quite sure I am still equipped to handle the extreme hipster-dom that is Darwin Deez, but I can definitely get behind any video that takes bad stock video, edits it together in a way to show aging in the treacly light that only stock can give you, and then inserts Darwin into each shot. Presenting the video for “You Can’t Be My Girl” in all its glory.

Thom Yorke and company’s Atoms for Peace are streaming their debut album, Amok, set to release next week. Listen above, or go check out the crazy full-window player if you dare (and if it actually loads).