I missed the majority of the Super Bowl, but the all my favorite blogs had this waiting for me when I got back. Even better than the A+ soundtrack of Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks” is that it’s really funny! Not as cute as that Google one, but still fantastic.

MP3: One For the Team – Every Little Thing

I never forgot how good One For the Team are on record, but man did my memory fail me on how good they are live! I’d say the only think keeping them from putting on a Matt & Kim-level show is that M&K always look like they’re about five seconds away from exploding. But for four non-exploding kids from Minneapolis, One For the Team put on a hell of a show.

We got a lot of stuff from their new album Ghosts and a few old tracks that I recognized, both sounding equally fantastic. They also took advantage of the intimate venue to keep a good rapport with the audience. And when you’re in Kentucky, that means confessing your love for Ale8 and bourbon. Smart move, guys.

More photos after the break.

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Since I’m making the drive to Nashville to see Of Montreal live in Nashville tonight, I figured it’d be fitting to post this fantastic recording of what seems to be the most promising of Of Montreal’s new songs. You can also check out a great quality live video of their new song “Teenage Unicorn Fisting” after the jump (that title is sure to land me on some interesting google search results pages).

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“The Underdog” really raised the bar for Spoon videos. As such, this completely cool high contrast video for “Written in Reverse” seems juuuust a little bit boring. But then again, videos where we just watch the band play the song in a studio have always had an uphill battle.

Looks like my first attempt at publishing an unconfirmed rumor was right: Pavement are headlining this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival! Looks like we’ve got a great lineup ahead, as it also includes performances by LCD Soundsystem, Lightning Bolt and a bunch of other great bands announced in this first round. Here’s the partial list of bands playing. Tickets go on sale today at noon CST.

Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Here We Go Magic, St. Vincent, Lightning Bolt, Cass McCombs and Sleigh Bells

Buy your $90 three-day passes at PitchforkMusicFestival.com

So that Happy Hollows contest yielded a lot of great band suggestions. The first is A band I seem to have missed out on last year. Luckily Wild Moccasins will be hitting up SXSW this year, so it’s still not too late for me (or you!) to get into them.

MP3: Wild Moccasins – Fruit Tea
If you were to hand over a Lucksmiths tape to some really hyped up 18-year-olds who had previously been listening to Ponytail, this might be the song they wind up singing. It’s wickedly energetic, but also seems to drift along on a sunbeam.

Wild Moccasins on Myspace

So yes, tickets to the Scion Rock Fest are free… but I’m offering two of you the chance to skip out on the RSVPing and have tickets mailed to you. So if you dig metal and can be in Columbus, OH on March 13 (and being 21 wouldn’t hurt…), enter to win tickets to see Pelican, Shrinebuilder, Thou and a ton more bands.

I’m giving away two pairs of tickets to the Scion Rock Festival in Columbus. To enter to win, leave a comment with your vote for the most METAL noun in the English language.

Obviously I’ll be going with the Metalocalypse definition of “metal” v. “not metal.” So choose wisely! And don’t forget to leave your email address so I can contact you to get your address if you win.

I thought I was getting tired of celebrity guest appearances in music videos, but Fred Armisen is just great as one of two book store owners who invite Annie Clark to play an instore for an empty store.