Best of La Blogotheque

This website is a little hard to navigate if you're not familiar with it so I'm gonna post some highlights because it's that big of deal. If you wanna get heavy into it go here to peruse all the 'Take Away Shows'.

Grizzly Bear was the first video I ever found on La Blogotheque. I was doing Sasquatch Prep (circa 2009?). I immediately sent it to my brother in an email stating nothing but the sentence "Now THIS is f**king talent". This video and their set at Sasquatch has spawned a pretty intense obsession with all things Grizzly Bear.



Pheonix has a pretty epic video on here that's too good not to show even though I've retired this song/album for fear of over playing. It's pretty amazing that in such a massive tourist destination, in their OWN town, with a camera crew in tow, that so little people stop and take notice. Though, it IS Paris after all.


Phoenix - 1901 - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

The Walkmen - (Other vids from La Blogotheque)

Sometimes, on a Monday morning you are mad at the world to be awake and going to work. And sometimes on a Monday morning, you turn on a video so goddamn beautiful that you're pretty sure you have the best life ever. And sometimes, both of those emotions happen in a 5 minute period. I've never been a Walkmen fan and not really sure why, though a friend and fellow muzo like myself, has been a SUPERFAN of theirs for years now. The day I stumbled across this video I emailed her to two separate email accounts (work and fb) with only these words. "Getting involved, Katie...GETTING INVOLVED" I strongly advise playing this next Monday.

The Morning Benders - Virgins (for La Blogotheque)

For those of you who don't frequent the La Blogotheque site, I strongly encourage you put it into your rotation. I have found that these videos are nothing but the highest caliber of artists putting on one helluva show. The films put together are stunningly shot, artistic without being pretentious, and downright awe inspiring. This weeks video features a new track from Cali indie pop band, The Morning Benders, is yet another solid from La Blogotheque, and a surprise to yours truly since I hadn't heard they were putting out a new album yet. They'll be in Seattle on Monday 10/18 if you want to see them for yourself.