Black and White usually brings us back to more simpler times, right? Remember Pleasantville? In the footage above, it brings the San Diegan Soft Packers back to a time when they answered to a pizza-slanging boss probably named Harry or Jim. The video for their new single “Answer To Yourself” was shot at Del Mar Pizza, a previous employer of the dudes when they resided in Del Mar, California. How else would Matt know how to open that huge can of tomato sauce? The perfect soft serve cone is not easy to produce on a first attempt and not every musician knows how to properly place the Del Mar Pizza information delivery thing on top of their van. It’s just like riding a bike.

When Florence and her acoustic machine came through the Levi’s®/FADER Fort at the Ace Hotel last month, she was wearing 6-inch heels, which unfortunately in the clips below you cannot see. HOWEVER, trust us when we tell you the following: she was both tall and awesome. Check our visual recaps of “Dog Days” and the ever-so-singable, “You’ve Got The Love” below.

It’s 5 o’clock on a Wednesday, and we’re all in need of a little push to get us over the old hump day. So how’s a little OMD to jump start your generator? This little gem is great for when you’re about to do something really important and scientific, like programming the clock on your VCR or taking a test or writing a blog post. Sure, the repeating (and awesome) keyboard riff sounds a little like the theme from The Exorcist, but that only makes sitting at our desks that much more intense.

The Temper Trap not only stirred things up in our backyard this summer, but they excited and maybe confused everyone at the Levi’s®/FADER Fort by playing one of our favorites, “Sweet Disposition” and the appropriately named, “Fader”. Even amid the din, frontdude Dougy Mandagi sounds like an angel!

It feels like decades since we first set foot in the bathroom of the Ace Hotel with some of our favorite bands. Alas, we conclude our Hotbox series today with a journey into the minds and hearts of Sore Eros, three men who rambled on down from the lush meadows of Connecticut to share “We Can Make It Louder” a song that outside of this setting, would sound as though they were submerged in tubs. Bathtubs.