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Walter Schreifels is a very important figure in independent music. He was the brains behind Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand and Rival Schools to name a few. He’s been going it solo for the past few years and his debut, An Open Letter To The Scene, comes out May 4th. Here’s the first single.

Embedded below you’ll find director Steven Agnew’s video for The Phenomenal Handclap Band’s “Baby.”

Band member Sean Marquand said about the filming of the video, “we went upstate to our friend Paddy’s house, which was incredible, but the surreal serial killer aspect colored everyone’s mood. … The video reflects some of the highs and lows of our weekend. There’s kinship and celebration there but there’s also an underlying paranoia attached to being at such a remote location.”

If Vampire Weekend is too boring for you, Odd Blood, the new album from sophomores Yeasayer, is out today and only $3.99 from Amazonmp3. Like Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer blend world music with their own unique blend of pop spices. You can download the new single, catchy-in-a-80s-Saturday-morning-cartoons way “ONE,”  and watch the video for the weirdly infectious “Ambling Alp” at their site. We expect to see Odd Blood on a few Pitchfork lists, including Worst Album Covers of 2010, right after whatever Doug Martsch puts out this year.

Check out the new video from the Cold War Kids Behave Yourself EP. People on the internet are calling it “brilliant” and “dope.” We’d say, “It’s good,” if we had lips with which to kiss all the models in it.

The video for the title track off the third release by Wales’ own Los Campesinos! has recently been released. The album, Romance is Boring, comes out in the States on January 26th.

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Bear Hands is a four piece indie act from Brooklyn, New York who are getting praise from all the publications with any credibility… like us? They’ve released the video for their single ‘What a Drag,’ so watch that.

Islands, a pretty amazing band fresh off the release of their new album Vapours, have gotten a real-life celebrity to be in their new video for ‘No You Don’t.’ Gee golly. Although it looks like Michael Cera is overexerting himself starring in every banal hipster romantic comedy out right now, it’s good to see him doing good things again.

Here’s the new single from everyone’s favorite rapper, Flavor Flav– ‘I’ll Never Let You Go.’ Two things: Apparently he’s a cyborg. And it’s FLAVOR FLAV singing about fidelity.

Bobby Birdman will soon be bringing his “deconstructed pop-punk” and “Van Dye Parks-cum-Perry Como” melodies to a city near you Canada with Yacht in tow. If you’ve yet to hear him, be sure to stop by his space for a few selections from his latest album, New Moods. New Moods is now available through both digital and brick-n-mortar retailers.

…Bobby Birdman Sets Sail with Yacht

Bobby Birdman “Weighty Wait” from Audio Dregs Recordings on Vimeo.

For a glimpse at the tour itinerary, read on.

…Bobby Birdman Sets Sail with Yacht

The Tetris theme is a song near and dear to everyones hearts. So why don’t people play it more? Apparently indie rock band Kiss Kiss has been filling peoples need for their 8-bit memories to be modernized.

While awaiting the release of their newest music video, the band decided to release a video of them covering the theme during one of their shows in a library of all places. The song does not start until around the 1:04 mark in the video so you might want to skip ahead. There is a scene after the song which is a little NSFW so you have been warned. Check out the video bellow and if you like the bands style you might want to stop by their Myspace to hear more.