Jarbird: Such Is the House

London group Jarbird have yet to release an album, but their sparse pop song “Such Is The House” makes quite the first impression. Though the single was floating around on Soundcloud a year ago, “Such Is The House” now gets a music video worthy of the track’s eerie, thought-provoking lyrics about self-awareness: “To stand before a mirror and cry… To stand before an awkward look-alike.”

Danny L Harle: Broken Flowers

“Teardrops feel like showers / I thought I was free / Lying awake for hours / With just your broken flowers.” These loaded, somber lyrics juxtapose with effervescent arpeggiated synths, a bouncy upbeat tempo, and a female vocalist (Ellen Roberts) not of our world—and that is the beauty of Danny L Harle’s moving-or-trivial pop song “Broken Flowers.” Though an early version of the song has …

David Bowie: ★

We’ve watched and re-watched David Bowie’s 10 minute long music video for his new song “”(pronounced “Blackstar”) and still have no idea what’s going onbut we can say with certainty that the audiovisual experience is weird in the best way possible. Like a theater stage, scenes change from a jeweled skeleton in a spacesuit to a lot of cult-like dancing and human scarecrows as Bowie’s …