Handsome Family "Woodpecker" Video on NPR Music

NPR Music premiered the new Chris Hefner-directed video for "Woodpecker" last week with a First Watch. We wanted to make sure that you saw his hypnotic video set to the song about Mary Sweeney, the famous Wisconsin window smasher featured in "Wisconsin Death Trip."

As Rennie Sparks tells us, "The gleam of glass whispers secrets that few can hear. Mary Sweeney was one of them. She was also a woodpecker."

Mary Sweeney was "an otherwise quiet woman beset by an overpowering urge." - Director Chris Hefner

NPR World Cafe with Megan Reilly 7/10

NPR's World Cafe with host David Dye will broadcast its session with Megan Reilly on Tuesday, July 10th!

A preview of Megan Reilly's World Cafe session can be found on NPR.org with live versions of "Lady of Leitrim" and "Throw It Out."

World Cafe can be heard on over 200 stations nationwide. Find your local station and the broadcast time HERE. This is good to know regardless!

..... or worldwide, you can connect to the WXPN Philadelphia stream on Tuesday 7/10 between 2pm to 4pm EST HERE.

Keep your ears to the ground!

NPR Digging Megan Reilly

"Megan Reilly strips away the gloss of modern country music to find an emotional sound rooted in folk and classic pop." - NPR

A preview of World Café featuring Megan Reilly is up on NPR Music today! Hear live versions of "Lady of Leitrim" and "Throw It Out"...the full version will air July 10th!

The recently NPR syndicated Cabinet of Wonders also aired last weekend, and you can listen online! The variety show, hosted by John Wesley Harding, includes performances by Megan Reilly, AC Newman (New Pornographers), Will Sheff (Okkervil River), Dean & Britta (Galaxie 500), Eugene Mirman, & more.

NPR Premieres Megan Reilly Video for Throw It Out

NPR Music Elves have arrived and finally brought us the music video for Megan Reilly's song Throw It Out. The video was directed by Antoine Wagner, who also directed the video for Phoenix- Lisztomania. The video was inspired by an interview with French comedian Fernandel and stars Megan Reilly alongside her husband, actor Daniel London.

Watch the video HERE.

If you fancy this, check out:
- This video of Megan and pal John Wesley Harding doing the duet "Old Man and the Bird" on AOL/Spinner
- Performance video for "Sew the Threads Into Your Heart" shot at James Mastro's Hoboken guitar shop Guitar Bar. The video was featured along with her recent interview in Guitar World

Megan Reilly's album The Well is out April 24th on Carrot Top Records.

Megan Reilly Video on NPR Music

Sometime tomorrow morning (now Wed. See below), at a time and place of their choosing, the mysterious but benevolent NPR Music elves will post the debut for Megan Reilly's incredible "Throw It Out" video, directed by Antoine Wagner. The video stars the talented and lovely Megan, of course, but the show is clearly stolen by her husband, the equally talented and almost equally lovely actor Daniel London.

While you wait, you can still check out, or recheck as the case may be, Megan's other two videos for songs from her new album, The Well:

• This cute as kittens video of Megan with pal John Wesley Harding doing the duet "Old Man and The Bird" from AOL/Spinner...
• and the more ripping performance video for "Sew the Threads into Your Heart" shot at guitar god James Mastro's Hoboken shop, Guitar Bar, that was featured along with her cool recent interview in Guitar World.

After you've had time to digest the video, we'll share some of the story behind making it, but in the meantime, here's a still to whet your appetite.

UPDATE: The NPRMusic elves had some technical issues today to which we are not privy, nor should we be. We really don't want to see how the NPR sausage is made. They promise a Wednesday morning debut for Megan's video. We'll try to get some sleep tonight while thinking about it. Thanks, elves! We're all pulling for you!