At the end of September Wolf Parade released a video for EXPO 86’s “Yulia.” Now that they’re heading out on tour for a month, they’ve one-upped the offering with a new two-song single: On Side A you’ll find the Spencer Krug led “Semi-Precious Stone,” Dan Boeckner&...

Wolf Parade’s Scott Coffey-directed video for EXPO 86 rocker “Yulia” features an astronaut love story that feels like a nod to Sub Pop labelmates of the past, the Postal Service. (Coffey’s the guy who did the zombie love story for Handsome Furs’ “I’m Confused.”) Watc...

Adam Bizanski, who’s also directed videos for the Shins and Wolf Parade, etc., put together this clip for Foals’ “2 Trees” starring Singalong Paul. He explained Paul to us: “It’s basically a gloomy hand puppet that does lip-sync renditions to songs on YouTube.” It’s ...

Vampire Weekend clips are always fussy, always a little funny, and they hit both with their new clip for third Contra single Holiday. In this clip the band drive around So Cal dressed as 18th century noblemen, partying poolside, eating In-N-Out burgers, and beating up surfers. By coincidence, I had just re-watched Wolf Parade’s &#8...

Members of Wolf Parade have done a bit of explaining about the band’s third album Expo 86. We were told the main criteria Spencer Krug had for the songs was “whether or not [he] would dance to them.” He continued: “You know in Archie comics when there’s a school dance and you see little cartoon [...]