Watch: My Morning Jacket performs "Outta My System" on Letterman 15/12

Thursday was seemingly a good day for music on the late night shows with Dawes visiting Conan and My Morning Jacket stopping by Letterman to perform "Outta My System", from their newest album Circuital. Both bands are on ATO Records as well as it happens. Watch MMJ's performance below.

Watch: Dawes performs "Time Spent In Los Angeles" on Conan 15/12

A couple of nights ago Dawes stopped by Conan O'Brien's show to perform their excellent single "Time Spent In Los Angeles", taken from Nothing Is Wrong which was released via ATO Records in June. Watch the performance below.

Watch: Deer Tick performs "Funny Word" on Conan 14/12

Deer Tick released their new record Divine Providence in October via Partisan Records and last night they stopped by Conan O'Brien's show to perform the track "Funny Word" from it. Watch the performance below.

Watch: Marissa Nadler - "In Your Lair, Bear" (official video)

Marissa Nadler's self-titled record is one of the most underrated records released this year and she's now released a video for album opener "In Your Lair, Bear". The video was directed by Alec K. Redfearn and you can watch it below.

Watch: Niki & The Dove - "DJ Ease My Mind"

Last week Niki & The Dove released a video for "Mother Protect" from their new Sub Pop ep The Drummer and yesterday they unveiled yet another video, but this one is for their 2010 debut single "DJ Ease My Mind". They released a video for "DJ Ease My Mind" last year consisting of found footage but as they've come a long way since they decided to make a proper video for the track as well.

MP3: Blitzen Trapper - "Might Find It Cheap"

Blitzen Trapper's American Goldwing has been out for a couple of months by now, but if you've yet to give it a try you can begin by getting yourself an mp3 of the band's latest single "Might Find It Cheap". "Might Find It Cheap" is the opening track on American Goldwing and last week they performed it on Late Show with David Letterman. Download the album version below and check out the official video for the track here.

MP3: My Morning Jacket - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (BBC Session)

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My Morning Jacket recently released an iTunes session ep consisting mostly of covers of Christmas songs and one of these was the classic "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" which they also recorded for the BBC in October, but wasn't released until now. Listen to the BBC version of their cover as well as download it below.

MP3: Everyman of Parts - "Arid Eyes"

Yesterday I posted Hip Hatchet's brand new ep Coward's Luck and today it's time for another Balto-related artist to get his share of the spotlight - namely Everyman of Parts, aka Andrew Sheron who produced Balto's October's Road as well as playing mandolin and contributing vocals to the record.

Everyman of Parts is releasing his debut album Travelling Time on December 19 and yesterday he released a first teaser from the album in the form of "Arid Eyes", which you can listen to/download below.

Flashguns announce split

A couple of hours ago Flashguns announced that they're splitting up, just after the release of their debut album. They published this message on their Facebook page:

Watch: Karen O & Trent Reznor - "Immigrant Song" (Led Zeppelin cover)

Last week I posted Karen O & Trent Reznor's cover of Led Zeppelin's classic "Immigrant Song", taken from the soundtrack for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and yesterday a video for the track was unveiled. The video is a collage created by The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director David Fincher for the film's title sequence. Watch it below.

Watch: Robyn performs "Call Your Girlfriend" + "Dancing On My Own" on SNL 10/12

The Swedish pop queen Robyn guested Saturday Night Live last night to perform two tracks from her Body Talk trilogy; the singles "Call Your Girlfriend" and "Dancing on My Own". Watch both performances below.

Download: Hip Hatchet - Coward's Luck EP

On Thursday I posted the title track from Hip Hatchet's brand new Coward's Luck ep which was released on Friday via their Bandcamp site for free. The ep contains three tracks and clocks in at just under eight minutes, but in those eight minutes we're treated with some very fine folk rock courtesy of Hip Hatchet leader Philippe Bronchtein.