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Isn't there something in the Bible like, "As long as there are college students, then Hasidic reggae rappers will be among us"? No?

Well, Hasidic reggae rapper Matisyahu is coming to the University of Tennessee next month anyway. He'll be appearing at the Humanities Ampitheater on Aug. 21 at 8 p.m.

Here's the video for Matsyahu's hit, "King Without a Crown," from 2005.

Pitchfork has just posted a new video for Caribou's "Sun," from the new-ish album Swim. Caribou, aka Daniel Snaith, was announced yesterday as one of the performers at AC Entertainment's MoogFest in Asheville in October, along with Big Boi, Massive Attack, Jonsi (of Sigur Ros), MGMT, and Thievery Corporation. 

The Dirty Guv'nahs have posted the official video for the song "We'll Be the Light," off their brand-new album Youth Is in Our Blood. It was shot at Preservation Pub a few months ago.

Here's the brand new video from Band of Horses, for the song "Laredo," from their new album Infinite Arms. It's a nice and fuzzy song, and the video's appropriately sun-drenched and hazy. The band's playing at the Tennessee Theatre on Oct. 16.

Vampire Weekend's new video for the song "Giving Up the Gun," featuring RZA, Lil Jon, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Joe Jonas, is now available at Spinner.

Vampire Weekend is playing at the Tennessee Theatre on Saturday, March 27, as part of the Big Ears festival.

Passion Pit, the synth-pop up-and-comers who are headlining UT's Volapalooza concert at World's Fair Park in April, have just released a video for the song "Little Secrets" at mtv.com.

Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal says, "It doesn't add up to much, though, and it's not pretty enough to get away with it."

Passion Pit, from Cambridge, Mass., are playing Volapalooza with Asher Roth and Flogging Molly on April 30.

Country/folk singer Malcolm Holcombe visits Knoxville quite a bit. He's coming back to the Laurel Theater on Saturday, March 6. Here's a pretty unhinged clip of him at the Laurel back in 2008:

St. Vincent's new video for the song "Laughing With a Mouth of Blood," (via Pitchfork) from her 2009 album Actor, features Fred Armisen of SNL and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney (aka the comedy team ThunderAnt). It's a takeoff on TA's "Feminist Bookstore" series, available here.

St. Vincent's playing at the Bijou Theatre on Sunday, March 28, as part of the Big Ears festival.





St. Vincent - "Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood"

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Big Ears headliners Vampire Weekend recorded a session for the French website La Blogoteque's Les Soirees de Poche series of video concerts. They play six songs in just over 20 minutes, including the Honeycombs' "Have I the Right." You can watch it here. 

Cold Cave, the noisy Philadelphia electro-pop band that's gone totally '80s on their new album Love Comes Close, have just released a new video for the song "Life Magazine." The band, featuring members and ex-members of Xiu Xiu, Prurient, and American Nightmare, is playing at Pilot Light on Saturday, Feb. 6, with Nite Jewel and locals Damaged Patients. 

Cold Cave "Life Magazine" from Focus Creeps on Vimeo.