Brandon Goei 
Atmospheric and bass-heavy as always, Atlanta’s Cloudeater has a new standalone single that shows off the band’s slower side. Its video, meanwhile, is a kaleidoscopic fever dream set to blurred visions of woodlands, geometric patterns, and intense close-ups.
PBS Digital Studios’ new series has begun to chronicle the travels of the Beat Making Lab to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Panama, Senegal, Fiji, and beyond, offering two-week crash courses in music production.
Armed with a looper, an afro, and a keen sense of improvisation, comedian/musician Reggie Watts thrives on the explorative nature of live performance.
Murs-fronted and Darryl Jenifer-backed rap-punk group The White Mandingos has debuted another video, and it has a lot to say — lyrically, but also visually.
Electronic artist William Bensussen, better known as The Gaslamp Killer, drops an ominous beat for “In The Dark,” album closer for 2012’s Breakthrough and all-around solid choice for “night-terror soundtrack” material.
Kvelertak: Meir (Roadrunner, 3/26/13)
The lads from Norway’s Kvelertak like their rock loud and heavy, and the video for their self-titled band anthem seems to confirm what has been suspected for decades now: loud and heavy rock bands just have more fun on tour.
Hot on the heels of the release of sophomore album Meir, Kvelertak offers its take on the classic “tour footage”-style music video, complete with scorching party-rock riffs and copious amounts of alcohol consumption.
Filed under today’s “total downer news,” the 2013 Sound and Fury Festival (presented by No Sleep Records) has been cancelled, with festival organizers citing “unforeseen circumstances” and “massive financial risk.”