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Not that many people released music videos in the first week of the year, though I can't quite figure out why. The world is back at work, it's cold outside, and we need flashy images to occupy our…   Read Story »
Boise, ID's Stereogum40 alum Youth Lagoon and his buddy Tyler T. Williams hook up for another eerie, lyrical video, the creatively rendered clip for The Year Of Hibernation standout "July." RIP the…   Read Story »
Having already revealed Your Top 10 Tracks and Your Top 10 Music Videos, next box to be punched on the Gummys' advent calendar is the Top 10 New Acts Of 2011 category, and, unlike the Grammys,…   Read Story »
Youth Lagoon covered John Denver's "Goodbye Again" for his Sirius XMU session, and the song, to an extent, reveals a touchpoint I hadn't noticed before. Huh. Yeah, this totally works. Grab a download…   Read Story »
The Gummy Awards rollout continues today with Your Top 10 Music Videos Of 2011, and while there's not a lot of surprises here, it's a strong list capped by a beyond-worthy champion. There's a little…   Read Story »
His clip for "Montana" was one of the year's best, and now Idaho indie rock heartwringer Youth Lagoon is back with a video for "17," a track from The Year Of Hibernation, his very good debut album.…   Read Story »
Today, we're introducing a new series called Area Codes, and the focus of this biweekly feature is local music scenes across the United States and the globe. In a music landscape where musicmaking…   Read Story »
Last year, right around the time summer turned to fall, we at Stereogum published our list of the 40 best new bands of the year. The idea of a "new" band is a pretty nebulous one, since many of the…   Read Story »
"Montana," a song from the young Boise bedroom-rock auteur Youth Lagoon, is a huge, surging tune, something that seems way too epic for a kid to make on his own. And now director Tyler T. Williams…   Read Story »
We took last month off from our Monthly Mix series in favor of our midterm flashback/annual summer jams compilation Cruel Summer, which you should grab if you haven't. But it is a new month -- the…   Read Story »