​The Head and the Heart Recruit Chad VanGaalen for New Music VideoSeattle

​The Head and the Heart Recruit Chad VanGaalen for New Music Video

Seattle folkies The Head and The Heart kept it in the Sub Pop family with its new music video for “Summertime” from ​Let’s Be Still​. Canada’s lovable lo-fi pop weirdo and fellow Sub Popper, Chad VanGaalen, lent his animation skills to the band for the clip, which finds VanGaalen experimenting with paper cut out animation for the first time. The video features plenty of VanGaalen staples, things like giant mushrooms, vomit, and morphing flora.

​Kairos Release New Single “Dirt & Grit”​

Local omni-present music master Lena Simon (La Luz, Pollens) has released the newest single from her upcoming EP, “Dirt & Grit,” a breezy tune that erupts into a St. Vincent-worthy guitar solo. Kairos’ EP release is on May 19th at the Crocodile with Dude York and Sundries. More details here.

​Decibel Fest Announce First Run of Artists for 2014 Lineup

Seattle’s electro-leaning Decibel Festival has released its first slew of artists, take a gander below:

1979 // !!! DJS // ANDY STOTT // ANNA LUNOE // ATOM™ HD/AV // ATOM™ GND∞ // BATHS // BRAIDS // CHET FAKER // CHRISTOPHER WILLITS // COM TRUISE // DEMDIKE STARE // DERU // DOUGLAS DARE // EFDEMIN // EL TEN ELEVEN // FALTYDL // GREG GIVES PETER SPACES // GROUNDISLAVA feat. RARE TIMES // ISIS GRAHAM // JACASZEK // JOHN ROBERTS // KASTLE // KINK feat. RACHEL ROW // KODE9 // KRADDY // LAUREN LANE // LETHERETTE // LINDSTROM // LUKE MANDALA // LUSINE // MANATEE COMMUNE // MILLIE & ANDREA // MARC KINCHEN aka MK // MiMOSA // NORDIC SOUL // PAPER DIAMOND // RICHIE HAWTIN // RIVAL CONSOLES // ROBERT BABICZ // ROOSEVELT // RROSE // SANGO // SCRATCHA DVA // SHADOW CHILD // SHY GIRLS // SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO // SON LUX // SOUL CLAP // STEFFI // SWEATER BEATS // THE SIGHT BELOW // TOMAS JIRKU // VATICAN SHADOW // VOX MOD // WALDO // WOLF + LAMB+ DOZENS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED