One of the year's more memorable videos gets an update this past weekend on SNL, on an episode hosted by Paul Rudd.

So, we have a new book out, The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, published by the Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside Books. It explores our 500 favorite songs from 1977-2006-- interspersed with sidebars on the most vital subgenres from electro to grime to riot grrrl-- to construct an alternate history of the past three decades of popular music. In the coming weeks we'll be posting streams of ...

In the second part of Cosmo Lee's interview with Nick Cave (Part 1 is here), they talk about his first trip to England, the novel he's just completed (about "a sexually incontinent handcream salesman," yes!), and why no other art form can match the transformative power of rock'n'roll. Pitchfork.tv page with embed code is here.

In the second part of Cosmo Lee's interview with Nick Cave (Part 1 is here), they talk about his first trip to England, the novel he's just completed (about "a sexually incontinent handcream salesman," yes!), and why no other art form can match the transformative power of rock'n'roll. Pitchfork.tv page with embed code is here.

Pitchfork staff writer Cosmo Lee has a chat on a couch with the ferociously creative Nick Cave. They begin by talking about New York City, the setting for the title track from the latest Bad Seeds LP, and which Cave calls the "biggest, baddest city there is." They also talk about the influence of the Grinderman project on the Bad Seeds, where Grinderman might go next, and how a new audience for Cave's music has ...

"Little Joy is not going to stop the world or change your life, but it's one of the sweetest, most listenable, consistently enjoyable records of the season," wrote Stephen Troussé last week in his review of Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti's new project. "Sweet," "Listenable," and "Enjoyable" are three apt words for this Thunderbird-directed video for "Next Time Around", which finds Moretti, Rodrigo Amarante, and Binki Shapiro bringing the song's warm Caribbean lilt and breezy harmonies ...

Fleet Foxes on La Blogothèque's "Take Away Show": had to happen, and the results do not disappoint. It's a two-parter. First, the French website captures two of the Seattle outfit's finer harmony-drenched songs in Paris. A version of the a capella "Sun Giant" recorded in a city park as the band sits on the grass under an open sky. And following that is "Blue Ridge Mountains" recorded in an empty section of the historic structure ...

We've heard the 808 and Heartbreak'in "Heartless" is a couple of versions already, and now here's a reference-saturated animated version of "the coldest story ever told." A lot of cool little details to pick out in this Hype Williams-directed clip. (via Discobelle) [from 808s and Heartbreak; due 11/25/08 from Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam]

Photo by Margarita GonzalezThe election-day hangovers are fading and we're all kinda tired and giddy and thinking about what comes next. Thom Yorke celebrated on Dead Air Space today by offering a remix of The Eraser's "Harrowdown Hill" with this note: did i fall or was i pushed? in celebration of nov 5th jonnys burthdayamid bonfire and fireworks in the UK and the dawn of a new era in politics in the USA i humbly ...

Photo by Margarita GonzalezThe election-day hangovers are fading and we're all kinda tired and giddy and thinking about what comes next. Thom Yorke celebrated on Dead Air Space today by offering a remix of The Eraser's "Harrowdown Hill" with this note: did i fall or was i pushed? in celebration of nov 5th jonnys burthdayamid bonfire and fireworks in the UK and the dawn of a new era in politics in the USA i humbly ...

Sigur Rós premiered the video for the anthemic "Við spilum endalaust" over at last.fm today. Image quality is lacking, pretty heavy-duty pixelation, but through the blocky video you can see footage of Jonsi and crew on tour, some random Super 8-looking travel videos, and weird masses of strobing flowers, all coming together to make you feel a little queasy. Nick Abrahams directs. Video:> Sigur Rós: "Við spilum endalaust"[from Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust; ...

So glad that someone made this. The music is from the legendary demo that brought Kid Koala to Ninja Tune way back when. You know the visuals. Happy Halloween. [from the Scratchhappyland 10" EP; originally released on Ninja Tune and out of print]

Discussions of Bloc Party's music usually involve mention of their huge, squalling guitars. They're very much an electric band, which made them a difficult "get" for La Blogothèque's "Take Away Show". "We'd been told it would not be easy. A year before, we already tried to set a Take Away Show with them in London, with the support of JD Beauvallet, but nothing could convince them: they never play acoustic, they’re very shy, it’s impossible," ...

A quick round-up of 808s and Heartbreak media heard in advance of the album: "Love Lockdown": Live at the VMAs, a studio version, another studio version, on Kimmel, on "Ellen", and with an official video premiered on "Ellen". "Heartless": Live in L.A. and then an unmastered studio version. The bleak "Coldest Winter", which is about Kanye's late mother and which borrows from Tears for Fears' "Memories Fade", has been posted around a ton but mostly ...

Last week Pitchfork news reported on the new Björk single "Nattura", which features Thom Yorke on backing vocals and which was recorded to help protect the Icelandic environment. According to text on the promo, the song "highlights a grass roots movement in Iceland to reclaim the country’s natural resources and wilderness from the hands of big business and pollution." Someone has uploaded the song to YouTube, which of course means that it may not be ...

Reviewing a reissue of the band Love's immortal third album, Pitchfork's Stephen M. Deusner noted, "Already veterans of the local scene when they released their third and best album, Love captured the city in all its grizzled glory on Forever Changes-- or, rather, Arthur Lee did. A charismatic black singer/songwriter in a mixed-race band but a generally white scene, he had soured on the hippies and sunshine mentality, and instead saw the Vietnam War, his ...

The Sea and Cake are the definition of consistent and singular: They don't sound like anyone else, they're too smart and careful to make a truly bad record, and they're comfortable with the existing range of possibilities of the project. And this is their best record in over a decade. [Recommended]read more

A few sites are reporting that "Everyone's At It", now streaming at Lily Allen's MySpace, will be the first single from her forthcoming album It's Not Me, It's You; I can't confirm that, but I can say it stacks up very well next to recent MySpace streams "I Don't Know", "I Could Say", and "Who'd of Known". There's a punchy beat here and finally a bit of energy, as she sings about the perils of ...

Wow, it's happening: Axl Rose really might wind up putting out this thing. Very early this morning, the title track from the once thought never-to-be-completed opus was played on New York's Q104.3, and right now they're streaming it. I have to admit that I haven't followed each twist and turn of every leak, so I can't say for sure how this allegedly final version of the tune stacks up. The important thing is it's there ...

Broken Social Scene with all hands on deck could be a tight squeeze in Juan's Basement, but this leaner version of the band, touring in support of Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew's Spirit If..., looks pretty comfortable down there. They do a sturdy version of the You Forgot It in People chestnut "Stars and Sons", sit for an interview where they talk booze, heat, and dietary supplements, and then return for an untitled jam. ...