Video: The War On Drugs - "Baby Missiles" (Official Video)

For The Key’s year-in-review, we asked our trusted sources – our writers and photographers, XPN’s on-air staff, fellow bloggers in the Philly scene and even a few musicians – to send us their Top Five Whatevers. Could be the traditional music route – albums, songs, concerts of the year – or it could be only ... Continue reading �

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After last week's nonstop slate of amazing indie shows, it's hard to image it could happen again this week.  And yet, we do live in New York City so we can't be all too shocked.  Make sure you catch either Fenster , Perfume Genius , Lost Lander  (pictured above), or Of Monster and Men .  Or maybe you should see them all! Thanks for checking out our suggested New York City indie concerts list!  We won't list everything that's going on - just a short collection of great shows happening in [...]

This is the first part of an ongoing series in which we examine collectives and/or groups of musicians and the various groups they inhabit. This first piece focuses on The War On Drugs, Nightlands, and Kurt Vile. Every once in a while, indie rock likes to separate its participants into factions—collectives of musicians that make [...]

It's easy to hear some immediate surface similarties between War on Drugs singer Adam Granduciel's voice and that of Tom Petty or Bob Dylan, but for me that resonance has since evolved into a weird personal nostalgia for Dire Straits. My dad loved Dire Straits, and especially Brothers in Arms , so this is a welcome reference point for me (as opposed to, say, all the Steely Danisms happening elsewhere in the indie scene). Anyway, it's not just a personal thing. I mean, really, they're not that far away from the next "Walk of Life," are they? [...]

Here is the standup track/video 'Baby Missiles' from The War On Drugs. Pretty incredible song here and their 2011 Secretly Canadian release of 'Slave Ambient' is a must listen as it has fallen under the radar. These guys are on a full tour now and come to The State Room in SLC, UT with Sharon Van Etten on March 27th which will be one of the live highlights of 2012.

Around the midpoint of last year, my obsessive consumption of brand new music came to an abrupt halt. The reason? Spotify 's US launch. And maybe a few weeks whiled away on Turntable.FM (still haven't gone back...oops). As I dug deeper into the seemingly infinite [...]

This year in music has been quite impressive. While 2010 gave us clear-cut, stand alone winners, it was much harder to determine which album was Top Ten worthy, let alone the best of 2011. Most sites have published their lists already, and while many albums appear on the same lists, the top ten varies greatly from list to list. Don't expect us to be any different. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

The War On Drugs has to be one of my favorite finds this year. Slave Ambient is their second album, released this year, and it features "Baby Missles", seen here.

The War on Drugs - "Baby Missiles" (Official Video) The War on Drugs are one of those Philly bands who are just everywhere. I have personally been to so many shows where they have been the openers that recently, I had begun to see them as a band that it was permissible to skip. The War on Drug’s most recent release has caused me to repent that attitude. Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian) was released August 15, but it’s an [...]

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War on Drugs is touring to support its new album, Slave Ambient , which was just released this month. Check out the band tonight at Schubas . Come To The City - War on Drugs

• War On Drugs - Come To The City

Despite my whole deeply flawed "If I don't like the band name then I won't listen to the band" strategy, I decided, via a friend's request, to check out The War on Drugs ' latest album, Slave Ambient . My August would not have been the same without it. The album is sprawling and seems never to end, which, in its case is a huge plus. Each song touches on some of that rare strain of that late 80s/early 90s indie rock dna (Sonic Youth, MBV) while bringing something new to the stage. Make sure to give 'Baby [...]

2 extra because everything about the 1st is fountain-ic.  More Bachelorette here.

today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * John Mulaney @ UCB * Spanglish Fly @ Barbes * Padraig Rynne @ Barbes * Mary Mary @ Wingate Field * Aaron Neville @ City Winery * I Am The Avalanche @ Saint Vitus * The Black Angels @ Mercury Lounge * Zomby, Nguzunguzu @ Angel Orensanz * Darkstar, Phaseone @ Le [...]