Julianna Barwick - Ash Day (Live on Take Away Show)

For the second portion of Julianna Barwick's La Blogotheque venture, the Missouri-via-Louisiana ambient singer-songwriter performed a special performance of "Ash Day" during the actual holiday.

Watch the video below, which mostly features children dressed in for the almost Halloween-like event, directed by Derrick Belcham. He explains, "It is the end of February. The extended darkness is beginning to wear us down, and the weather is a schizophrenic outpatient. On a tip from a local, we take to the streets to watch the children of Reykjavik sing for candy and desserts in full, mystical regalia. It is Ash Day, and Julianna is ready to make the kids work for their treats."

Barwick's awesome Nepenthe is out now on Dead Oceans.

Julianna Barwick - The Harbinger (Live on Take Away Show)

Director Derrick Belchman penned this wonderfully shot footage of atmosphere music extraordinaire Julianna Barwick for the most recent Take Away Show performance. Fans of La Blogotheque will be familiar with the beautiful take, but in case you're new here, get up on all of it now.

The footage was taken in the consistent majesty of Iceland, which seems astoundingly fitting for Barwick's style with "The Harbinger." It comes from her wonderful new LP Nepenthe, which is available now on Dead Oceans.

Thursday Bears: Battles on Take Away Show

There's few better treats in the music world than seeing someone you adore performing on Vincent Moon's "Take Away Show" on La Blogotheque.

Battles, whose continually hyped sophomore album Gloss Drop is set for release next Tuesday, June 7, premiered a pair of new songs from the album via Moon's show a little more than a week ago. With former singer/guitarist Tyondai Braxton out of the mix this time around, Gloss Drop will appear more on the minimalist instrumental side, easily seen in "Futura."

Battles - Wall Street (Live on A Take Away Show)



Battles - Futura (Live on A Take Away Show)

Thursday Bears: New Morning Benders - Virgins

Earlier this morning (cough) everyone's favorite video documentary whatever you-call-it, La Blogotheque, premiered a new song from The Morning Benders, "Virgins."

After emerging as one of 2010's best new acts, The Morning Benders continue to prove why they deserve their newfound recognition. While it's certainly not quite the level of "Excuses," off the group's debut album Big Echo, "Virgins" is a definite reminder of why we care about them in the first place.

"Virgins" is only the beginning of the band's La Blogotheque set. Expect the rest to be released soon.

The Morning Benders - Virgins (La Blogotheque)

Monday Bears: Wilco on "Take Away Show"

America's best current band, Wilco, performed for the very first time on everybody's favorite music video blog, La Blogotheque's Take Away Show.

Jeff Tweedy and Co. performed "Country Disappeared," off the group's 2009 self-titled Wilco (The Album), after stopping by Montreal for a performance at the Olympia. If one were to suspect that the band would be able to deliver in such an intimate, sullen setting as they do on stage in front of 20,000-plus people, well, you'd be more than right.

If you're looking to see Wilco in the states, you should already know if you're going or not because every U.S. show scheduled so far this year has sold out. You can try the UK in September if you're interested.

Wilco - Country Disappeared (Live on the Take Away Show)

Thursday Bears: Phoenix on La Blogotheque

Phoenix, recent recipients of a 2009 Grammy nomination in the Best Alternative Music Album for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (although no one really considers a Grammy much of an achievement anymore; see why here), performed several toned-down songs from the aforementioned album on fellow Frenchmen Vincent Moon's Take Away Shows.

The increasingly popular group attracted a fairly sized crowd (by La Blogotheque standards, anyway) during their rendition of radio and commercial friendly "1901" for two newlyweds right in front of the Eiffel Tower. Really, other than the fact that lead singer Thomas Mars sings in English, it doesn't get too much more French than this.

Phoenix - 1901 (Live Via La Blogotheque)



Phoenix - Lisztomania (Via La Blogotheque)