The long-form, 10-minute "Director's Cut" of the Decemberists' "O Valencia" video, from their new album, The Crane Wife.

Girl Talk rings in the New Year at Chicago's Empty Bottle.

The Arcade Fire perform "Intervention" live at Canterbury High School, Ottawa, Ontario [January 19, 2007] | [Video by Rob Mitchum]

Singer/songwriter M. Ward performs a medley of two instrumental songs backstage at Chicago's Park West venue. [Monday, January 26; footage by Tyler Gr

PITCHFORK EXCLUSIVE: Man Man show us around their apartment, go crazy on bikes (ghostriding!!), fire off bottle rockets, and wrestle dogs into bathtub

Girl Talk at the Empty Bottle, Chicago, September 9th, 2006

The Arcade Fire perform "Intervention" live at Canterbury High School, Ottawa, Ontario [January 19, 2007] | [Video by Rob Mitchum]

Various video for Hater. Beggars Group. From Forkcast on Pitchforkmedia.com

Raleigh/Chapel Hill-based indie rockers Annuals' debut video, from their album "Be He Me".

Les Savy Fav perform "The Sweat Descends" live at NYU, November 9, 2006.

Deerhoof perform "The Perfect Me", from their Friend Opportunity LP, live at the Metro, Chicago [January 27, 2007]

Les Savy Fav interview themselves in the studio about the new album they're recording, as well as extra-special new releases from frontman Tim Harring

Les Savy Fav interview themselves in the studio about the new album they're recording, as well as extra-special new releases from frontman Tim Harring

Girl Talk covers Nirvana's "Scentless Apprentice" at Empty Bottle, Chicago, September 9, 2006.

Chicago rockers The Ponys debut this track from their forthcoming Matador full-length Turn Out the Lights at local venue Schubas' Tomorrow Never Knows