Alsatian Darn

Animal Collective member, Panda Bear, has a new video for Alsatian Darn off his latest solo album Tomboy.

Rainbow of Arabia

L.A. psych-pop outfit Rainbow Arabia just put out a video for the infectious track Without You, off their upcoming debut LP, Boys and Diamonds due out March 1st on Kompakt.

Tracklist:
01 Boys and Diamonds
02 Without You
03 Nothin Gonna Be Undone
04 Blind
05 Papai
06 Jungle Bear
07 Hai
08 Mechanical
09 This Life Is Practice
10 Sayer
11 Sequenced

Also check out an older vid for Omar K.

Panda Bro

My favorite member of Animal Collective, Panda Bear, has just announced the release date for his upcoming album Tomboy. The album will come out April 19th on their label Paw Tracks. Below you can check out a skate tape backed by Atiba Song, one of the tracks from the upcoming album.

ATIBA EVANS Panasonic GH2 Skate from skatefairy on Vimeo.

You Are Freaking Out... Man

London's Alessio Natalizia, an Italian transplant, who goes by the moniker Banjo or Freakout has been building up to his much anticipated self-titled full length debut, due out early 2011. The first single, 105, was released on December 5th on Memphis Industries. The slow burning dream-pop ballad is typical for his ethereal, ghostly style of folktronica. Peep the vid which follows a hot, irreverent teen as she goes about her day, stealing booze and tagging graffiti.

Banjo Or Freakout - 105 from Ibrahim Serra-Mohammed on Vimeo.

Check out the video for my favorite BoF tune, Upside Down, a track off the 2009 Upside Down EP from Half Machine Records.

Natalizia is probably best know for his re-workings and remixes, including an incredible cover of LCD Soundsystem's Someone Great. His blog is a great place to find demos, covers and remixes.

Bermuda Triangle

Philly native Rebecca Huston is the woman behind Bermuda Bonnie, an unsigned psych-pop band that now operates out of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Bermuda Bonnie released her self titled debut last year which you can download on Last.fm for free or you can shell out the 8 bucks over on her Bandcamp page. While you're there grab the free remix of Invisible, and make sure to watch the vid produced by Rebecca's sister Kim Huston below. But def check my favorite track on the album, Houseboat, a slow, soft, daydream about getting away from it all.

Phantom Of The Trip-Hop-era

New York trip-hop duo, Phantogram, put out their debut LP, Eyelid Movies, in February 2010. The album is a psych-pop masterpiece, cobbled together using samplers, tapes, synths, drums and strings.  Mouthful of Diamonds is highlighted by Sarah Barthel's saccharin sweet, breathy vocals over squeaky beats and piano keys. Check the vid below.

And here is a fan-made video for Running from the Cops, a spooky, droning, track.