September 2008
20 posts
Retro Kidz - New Era (directed by Scenario)
Remember back when rap was fun?
Draped in the freshest late 80’s and early 90’s gear and emanating feel-good vibes of yesteryear that today’s blinged-out hip-hop seems to have shed, the colorful crew comprised of high school friends are the latest signees to the new game-changing and genre-bending lifestyle label, BROBOT, started by Aahmek Richards, producer Bryce Wilson and...
Yacht - Summer Song (directed by Judah Switzer)
Their homepage says: “Right before I Believe In You came out last year, I got an email from Jonathan Galkin of DFA Records asking me if I wanted to go on tour with LCD Soundsystem. The tour started two days from that phone call, because the scheduled support band couldn’t get US Visas. I said yes.” Watch the terrific video here. (via Judah Switzer)
Autokratz - Stay the Same (directed by Laurie...
In the cleverly animated video, various life cycles are followed, from conception to termination, reminding us that change is the only constant and “we can’t always stay the same, but we keep hanging on.” Off their recent Down & Out in Paris & London release on parisien Kitsuné. Watch the Video here (via Laurie Thinot)
Ponytail - Beg Waves (directed by Michael Guidetti...
Check out this wonderful, wildly weird freakout video for Ponytail’s Beg Waves. Parts of it look like you took acid, put on 3-D glasses and watched some 1990s screensaves. Other parts, just the LSD. Wacky! - might just be noise to some people but damn that is music to my ears! Off their stellar new album, Ice Cream Spiritual on We Are Free Records. Watch it here (via Pitchfork)
Minilogue - Animals (directed by Kristofer Ström)
animated by Erik Buchholtz (Inpost)
Music video by director Kristofer Ström from Amsterdam, features an unusual and unique technique of animation over live-action footage. The music featured is from the Swedish techno band Minilogue. Watch how undulating blob creatures invade the picturesque city of Malmö here (via Varelsen).
Music Video Reload, Sep 22nd
some clips from past weeks:
N. Portman’s Shaved Head - Sophisticated - Dir. that go Stereolab - Neon Beanbag - Dir. Julian House Bajzel - Window - Dir. Matthew Schroeder Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat - Dir. Goodtimes Last Shadow Puppets - Mistakes - Dir. Richard Ayoade Oasis - S.O.L. - Dirs. Julian Gibbs & Julian House CSS - Move - Dir. Keith Schofield Sia - Soon We’ll Be...
Jean Nipon - Lost In Music (directed by JeanMi &...
Welcome to Vrai Paris! Jean Nipon’s Lost in music - off the Wild at Heart EP on Institubes - est énorme, le clip est fou! Watch it here (via Vimeo)
Belaire - You Really Got Me Goin (directed by...
Belaires new video for “You Really Got Me Goin’” from last year’s highly recommended Exploding, Impacting is pure delight. It’s another animated treat from the folks at Super! Alright!, and it’s as colorful and poppy visually as Belaire is musically. Watch it here (via Vimeo)
TV on the Radio - Golden Age (directed by Petro...
The New York-based band, set to release their third full-length CD ‘Dear Science’ on September 23, create a surreal world in the video for the first single from the album. ‘Golden Age’ is complete with instruments that magically appear and human heads morphing into those of animals. Watch the video-stream here (via Inerscope)
FM Belfast - Underwear (directed by Angus)
FM Belfast: it’s waiting for their Debut Album. In the meanwhile they put a new Video on YouTube. Árni & Árni & Lóa from Reykjavik also started a Record Label called World Champion Records. Watch it here (via Youtube)
Those Dancing Days - Home Sweet Home (directed by...
animated by Kenny Lindström (organiclevel)
Swedish five-piece Those Dancing Days release another slice of irresistible indie-pop off their debut album ‘In Our Space Hero Suits’. ‘Home Sweet Home’ is the new single and the girls have just recorded a video: Watch it here (via Youtube)
Eleanoora Rosenholm - Tammen varjossa (directed by...
Eleanoora Rosenholm’s new Älä kysy kuolleilta, he sanoivat LP comes out this week in Finland, and next month everywhere else. This is stunning, dramatic dance-pop (in the loosest sense) with an icy, crystalline beauty, despite the fact that this stuff is apparently all about the band’s morbid fixation on death and desolation. This band makes the Knife seem completely normal. Watch...
Cool Kids - Delivery Man (directed by Ray Tintori)
New Cool Kids promo for their first track on some new label that’s somehow affiliated with PepsiCo. Maybe direct corporate sponsorship will save the music (video) industry? Watch it here (via MTV)
Virtual DJ - War of Confusion (self-edited...
“Do I have a political agenda with this video? No, but like any sane person I am disgusted by the atrocities and accompanying cynicism that occurs on our planet” - VirtualDJ blogged. Watch the 9 minutes here (flv via Youtube) or download it here (mov via Divshare).
The Sea and Cake - Weekend (directed by Tim...
“Weekend,” blends skittering electronica with ethereal vocals. But the band is post-rock, releasing albums since the mid-90s on Thrill Jockey. No matter, whatever you label this as, make sure it’s filed under late-career highlight. Watch it here (via Pitchfork)
BoysNoize - Shine Shine (directed by Michael...
Some weird black/white footage put together to the sounds of Boys Noize, like the & Down-Video. Watch the new Shine Shine promo here (via Youtube)
Cazals - Time of our Lives (directed by Stephane...
New music video for “Time of Our Lives” from Cazals debut What Of Our Future, released on Kitsuné. Filmed at Dour-Festival 2008. Watch it here (via Vimeo)
Foals - Olympic Airways (directed by David Ma)
The British band’s Gold Gold Gold is available as an iTunes exclusive. To celebrate, the art-punk outfit wrapped a video for “Olympic Airwaves,” a song that appears in a new format on the EP. Watch it here (via Ross McLennan)
Terry Lynn - System (directed by The Rickard...
A response to the violence that haunts Jamaica, this Rickards Bros.-directed video, for the Kingstonlogic 2.0 LP shines a light on the decidedly non-touristy parts of the country, check some pictures here. Watch the clip here (via Vimeo).
