Noted director Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, From Dusk 'Til Dawn, Sin City) directed the new video for our old friend Girl In a Coma, who opened for Xiu Xiu at the Drunken Unicorn back on March 6.

Also, in other music news, our old friends The Morning Benders performed the last show of their U.S. tour in support of their album Big Echo last night at New York's Webster Hall. Due to geographic challenges, I wasn't there, but I understand that they were joined on stage by Twin Sister's Andrea Estella for a cover of Fleetwood Mac's Dreams. It's been a big year for the Berkeley-based Morning Benders. Last night marked their 146th show since the tour began last March, and the other night I heard a sample from their song Excuses used as the background music in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial. It's hard to get much more famous than that.

(photo from Brooklyn Vegan)

It's also been a good year for Long Island's Twin Sister and for Estella as well, and it's good to see that she had a chance to play Stevie Nicks on stage. The video below is the band performing the standout song from last August's show at Atlanta's redoubtable Earl, All Around and Away We Go. I plan on doing a remix of this song over the Thanksgiving holiday, but feel free to enjoy their version before I mangle it too badly.