David Berman

my favorite Radiohead song ever...this guy  allbearsrule  has a whole bunch of clips up from this show, check 'em out!

Billboard interviews the leader of the Drive-By Truckers, inheritors of the Allman Brothers Band's mantle and yet another phenomenal act based out of Athens, GA. Q&A: Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood

Just beautiful! and I'm always a sucker for Stephen Merritt's (above, upper right) clever lyrics: You can't go 'round just saying stuff  Because it's pretty  And I no longer drink enough  To think you're witt y MP3 The Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out of Your Mind (from 2010's Realism)

A beautiful, powerful breakup song off this Scottish band's tremendous sophomore album. MP3 Frightened Rabbit - Good Arms vs Bad Arms (from 2008's The Midnight Organ Fight)

Wow. The intensity that is Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel. No wonder people throw fits every time he appears to sing backup at an Olivia Tremor Control or Elf Power show. Come back Jeff!

You have to hand it to San Francisco's  Girls . With perhaps the least Google-able band name possible, they have nonetheless ascended to the top of the search results. This song is a good example of their retro sound. They most often get compared to the Beach Boys and are certainly as melodic but also much noisier. Right now the band is famous mostly for its frontman Christopher Owens' (right, above) having grown up in the cult Children of God. Note: this is not an Iggy Pop cover! Girls - Lust for Life (from 2009's Album)