Friday Favorites

Band of Horses' "Knock Knock."

P!nk's "Blow Me One Last Kiss."

Joshua Radin's "Sky."

Admiral Fallow's "Squealing Pigs."

Stars' "Do You Wan to Die Together."

Ben Gibbard's "Bigger Than Love."

The Mountain Goats' "Transcendental Love."

And here's an interesting piece on what musicians last.

Another relevant example is the resurgent popularity of groups like Fleetwood Mac and The Band, resurgent elders name-checked by newcomers like Best Coast and the Lumineers. Right now, conventionally structured rock groups with charismatic lead singers only rule the moribund "active rock" scene where Nickelback still dominates. The coolest 21^st-century bands from the Arcade Fire to Animal Collective (Collective!) have readjusted the group dynamic to be more non-hierarchical. Entities like the Band, who never had one clear front person, offer a different model by unassumingly arranging the old one's parts.