Photo by Kathryn YuWho hasn't listened to M83 and started dreaming up cinematic scenarios to accompany all that dramatic grandeur? Well here's your chance to turn those dreams into synergetic audiovisual realities: your pals here at Pitchfork are thrilled to announce a music video contest for M83's next single off Saturdays=Youth, "We Own the Sk...

Belle & Sebastian, as you may recall, had been following up their Life Pursuit with the pursuit of women. Not like that, you goons: Stuart Murdoch put out a call last fall for a few good lady vocalists, to help the band work up demos for a film/soundtrack project they're calling God Help the Girl. A male-centric search followed suit (wit...

The Estrella Damm Primavera Club festival will return to Spain for another year, and for the first time, the festival will take place simultaneously at three venues each in Barcelona and Madrid. The fest goes down December 10-13.Playing Primavera Club 2008 will be the Thermals, Mogwai (DJing in Barcelona only), Deerhoof, the Dodos, Isobel Campbe...

Metric, Tokyo Police Club, the Dears, and Sebastien Grainger & the Mountains will join forces for the "Sounds of Canada" "Jingle Bell Rock" tour of Canadian cities this December. San Francisco DJ Mike Relm will also appear on the tour as its only non-Canuck act. A portion of ticket sales from "Jingle Bell Rock" will go to various chariti...

The parents of Angela Kang, in Beijing, China, have sent out an S.O.S. to the world. Their message in a bottle hits land in the video for O'Death's "Lowtide", from this year's Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin, and some unseen power forces a dude to pick it up during, yes, low tide. The Benh Zeitlin-directed clip uses lots of quick edits to ...