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.

Friday Bears: Dirty Beaches on Take Away Show

As part of the Pitchfork Paris Music Festival last October, Pitchfork and La Blogotheque (the people who make the awesome Take Away Shows) have released of series of intimate performances from artists who appeared at the fest, including this intensely bizarre sax+handclap performance from Dirty Beaches under a Paris bridge in the middle of the night.

Seriously.

Dirty Beaches - Untitled (Live on Take Away Show)

EDIT: Embedding doesn't particularly work for this one. Watch it here.

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)