For what feels like the first time in forever, the endlessly fired-up Welsh twee warriors Los Campesinos! managed to make it to the end of the year without releasing any albums. They have, however,…   Read Story »

Next month Los Campesinos! frontman Gareth Campesinos! will join his favorite songwriter Paul Heaton (Housemartins, the Beautiful South) in a tour of the new soul opera "Paul Heaton’s The 8th" and…   Read Story »

Though "Tiptoe Through The True Bits" was recorded during the same sessions that brought forth the latest from Los Campesinos!, Hello Sadness, it didn't end up on the record. But, the moody, spare…   Read Story »

Los Campesinos! star as strippers -- or strippers star as Los Campesinos! -- in this clip for "Songs About Your Girlfriend," whose functional lyric "Oh, your mask is slipping!" is a good clue to the…   Read Story »

Hey, there were some good videos this week! Two of the five videos below come from the directing team of Casey Raymond and Ewan James Morris, neither of whom I'd ever heard of before. They even came…   Read Story »

In the video for the new Los Campesinos! video "Hello Sadness," a mob of hooded art-school terrorists kidnap the members of the band, forcing them to do mundane tasks like trimming their beards and…   Read Story »

You've heard the first-released single to the new Los Campesinos! record, "By Your Hand," and now hit a stream of title track "Hello Sadness." Los Campesinos! - "Hello Sadness" Hello…   Read Story »

Earlier this morning, Welsh indie rock standouts Los Campesinos! unveiled the first track from their upcoming fourth LP, Hello Sadness. "By Your Hand" is an uptempo singalong drizzled in the usual…   Read Story »

How did you celebrate July 4th? On a rooftop BBQ listening to our summer mix? Maybe you stayed in and watched old episodes of Hoarders on Roku? Maybe I stayed in and did that. There is no way to…   Read Story »

Every blog does a Christmas mix, so here's ours, with a small twist: All of these tracks are new for this year Xmas songs, not the classics or Sufjan leftovers. I've also included streams for charity…   Read Story »