[Watch & Listen] Matt Mahaffey (of sElf) - Lightning 100 615 Day session

Nashville's independent radio station Lightning 100 recently did a session with sElf lead singer Matt Mahaffey for their 615 Day Session series. In addition to doing some old fan favorites, Mahaffey surprised everyone by showcasing his ability to sing backwards as he did for the "Could You Love Me Now?" video he released back in September of 2010 (wow, it's really been THAT long since that single came out?). For only knowing his recorded music, this session is a pleasant little glimpse of the playfully quirkiness of one of my all time favorite songwriters/producers.

You can also check out him singing the song regularly during that session in the below video.

According to a string of posts on his Facebook page, Matt Mahaffey has been slowly chugging away towards making another sElf album in between doing a handful of solo shows, writing hundreds of songs for the new Disney show "Hugglemonsters", recording Kylie Minogue, and plenty of other projects in his Nashville-based studio Fresh Imperial.

[Watch] Kendrick Lamar and Best Coast's Bethany Cosantino Perform "No Make-Up (Her Vice)"

During his performance in Portland on Wednesday night, Kendrick Lamar was joined onstage by a rather unlikely guest. Providing the chorus vocals on the song "No Make-Up (Her Vice)," originally sung by Colin Munroe and featured on last year's Section.80, was Best Coast's Bethany Cosantino. This was the first time Lamar has performed the song in a live setting, and the combination of him and Cosantino was surprisingly good. Watch the replay above.

[News] Tame Impala Reveal 'Lonerism' Release Date, Artwork, and Tracklist

Australian psych rock outfit Tame Impala have announced that their sophomore LP Lonerism will be released on October 9th via Modular Records, going further to reveal both the artwork and tracklisting for the album. The artwork is pictured above, while the tracklisting can be seen after the jump. As well, if you've yet to hear the first single from the album, "Apocalypse Dreams," you can download and stream it below.

Lonerism Tracklist:
01. Be Above It
02. Endors Toi
03. Apocalypse Dreams
04. Mind Mischief
05. Music to Walk Home By
06. Why Won’t They Talk to Me?
07. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
08. Keep on Lying
09. Elephant
10. She Just Won’t Believe Me
11. Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
12. Sun’s Coming Up

[Watch] The Shins - "It's Only Life" (Official Video)

The Shins have been consistently releasing music videos for songs from their latest LP Port of Morrow, with the highlight being "The Rifle's Spiral." In their newest visual for album standout "It's Only Life," many moods are captured and combined into quite a powerful video. Focusing on a kid and his dog, both of whom have antlers strapped to their heads, the video captures the simplistic joy you find in childhood, where every moment allows the imagination to run wild. Couple that with the seemingly post-apocalyptic world around him, though, and things get much more disturbing. Watch it above.

[Download] The Helio Sequence - "October"

Portland alt-rock duo The Helio Sequence nonchalantly announced their fifth studio album Negotiations last month, and now you can hear the first track from the forthcoming effort. "October" is a sprawling myriad of rythmic guitars, bellowing vocals, and crashing percussion, a good sign of what is to come from their fifth LP. Stream and download the song below.

Negotiations is out on September 11th via Sub Pop, and check out the album's full tracklisting after the jump.

Negotiations Tracklist:
01. One More Time
02. October
03. Downward Spiral
04. The Measure
05. Hall of Mirrors
06. Harvester of Souls
07. Open Letter
08. When the Shadow Falls
09. Silence on Silence
10. December
11. Negotiations

[Watch] Smiler - "Top Of The World (feat. Professor Green & Tawiah)" (Official Video)

Following up his highly praised All I Know mixtape, south London rapper Smiler released his single, "Top Of The World", which you can check out the video that dropped on Wednesday above. The single features rapper Professor Green and soul/R&B singer Tawiah and is slated for an August 20th courtesy of Warner Brothers Records. Admittedly, I don't know a lot of his material, but for this particular song I can't help but be impressed with his lyrical flow and how catchy the hook in the chorus is.

You can head over to his Facebook and in exchange for a like pick up his mixtape. There is also information about pre-ordering "Top Of The World" before it drops on August 20th.

[Watch] Little Comets - "Jennifer" (Acoustic)

Little Comets have time and time again delivered stellar acoustic performances of their tracks and today they've delivered again. Hurrah. Laying down an acoustic version of their track single "Jennifer" in a picturesque setting back dropped by a lake. Beautiful scenery for beautiful music.

The track features on their EP, Jennifer And Other Short, Stories which you can pick up on iTunes here. Treat yourself, it is Friday after all.

[Watch] Cloud Nothings - "Stay Useless" Live on Fallon

Cloud Nothings released their album Attack on Memory at the start of the year and it was a firm favourite in the SKOA camp. Last night though they made their TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and boy was it worth the wait. You can re-watch the mesmerizing performance of "Stay Useless" at the top via The Audio perv.