Listening Post

There are few bands that make music that defies easy description or pigeonholing, and these guys definitely qualify as one of the best of them. Their stuff is the soundtrack to a life that's always lived at its emotional breaking point.

Here's the latest single from Mogwai.

This is San Pedro.

Listening Post

It's the rare band that has mastered the art of making what can only be called "soundtrack music," the kind of evocative, mysterious stuff that actually has the power to seemingly change the world around you -- or at least the way you view it -- as you listen.

Nobody's better at this than Mogwai. Listen to this and suddenly imagine yourself at the center of your own movie. (Even better: Put it on your iPod and live a movie only you know exists.)

Here's Friend of the Night.