Watch Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend perform The Moon Song from the Her soundtrack at last night's Oscars.

Here is Bear in Heaven's "Sinful Nature" with one of the most bizarre music videos I have seen in a long time

Graham Ulicny of Reptar brings us his side project, Thick Paint

Shakey Graves - Doe Jane

Shakey Graves' own explanation of the song, "Doe, Jane was written while I was holed up in Los Angeles waiting for the phone to ring. It is about the process of becoming domesticated and the fears associated with being tied to another. 
The name actually comes from The Wire (which I was knee deep in at the time) and refers to the tag on an unidentified dead woman's toe."

Geographer-Night Winds

 

Throw it on the study playlist...along with everything else from Geographer

And while we are on the subject of Athens' bands, here are Futurebirds