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8/31/2011
Destroyer – “Savage Night At The Opera”
The clip for Destroyer’s languid Kaputt track “Savage Night At The Opera” follows a golden-hour motorcycle’s-eye-view trip through some urban downtown without breaking its point of view or switching camera angles. It finally comes to rest on a really nice image that I don’t want to spoil. David Galloway directs.
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Lana Del Rey is the new alias of the pouty-lipped New York singer-songwriter Lizzy Grant, which sadly means she’s no relation to badass female pro wrestler Sara Del Rey. “Video Games,” her forthcoming single, is the sort of languidly sexy orchestral pop that we haven’t heard enough of since Fiona Apple’s been away. The video is a collection of zeigeisty images (TMZ-type drunk-actress shots, skateboarding footage) made to look vintage and washed-out.
Givers - Meantime
Glassnote Records have stayed winning, or at least stayed paid, these past two years on a roll that’s tapped indie’s lucrative side via acts like Phoenix and Mumford & Sons. These are facts that have not hurt Louisiana BTW (and Stereogum40 alum) Givers. The Glassnote rookies hitched their debut to the label and have subsequently found themselves on Fallon and now in possession of two relatively finely produced videos. There was the bright smiles and family friendly psychedelics of “Up Up Up,” and now there is “Meantime,” which stars the band, and child-actor versions of themselves, roaming around campsites until their sunny pop/Dirty Projected jitter climaxes at a glittery, jubilant jam session full of young people who dance around as much as they do.
Los Campesinos - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives
Music video for Los Campesinos' single "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives".
Sinkarma - Al Margen Del Abismo
Sinkarma - "Al Margen Del Abismo" (dir: Medone)
Metal from the southern Andes.
Sinkarma
"Al Margen Del Abismo"
Rahez
dir: Piero Medone
Manchester Orchestra - Virgin
Music video by Manchester Orchestra performing Virgin. (c) 2011 Ben Disinger
Jane's Addiction - Irresistible Force
The official video for Jane's Addiction's "Irresistible Force".
Get "Irresistible Force" here: http://bit.ly/qZuTt0
From "The Great Escape Artist".
Back to the Start
Coldplay's haunting classic 'The Scientist' is performed by country music legend Willie Nelson for the soundtrack of the short film entitled, "Back to the Start." The film, by film-maker Johnny Kelly, depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory before seeing the errors of his ways and opting for a more sustainable future. Both the film and the soundtrack were commissioned by Chipotle to emphasize the importance of developing a sustainable food system.
8/30/2011
Foo Fighters - Hot Buns (Uncensored Version / NSFW)
When you’re one of the world’s biggest rock bands, you get to do what you want, even if what you want is to advertise your forthcoming North American arena tour with an innuendo-packed, trucker-themed video in which you and your bandmates don ridiculous costumes, proudly bare your asses, and get busy in a truck-stop shower. That’s what the Foo Fighters have done, anyway, and the resulting bit of weirdness is available for your viewing pleasure below. Maybe as a preemptive strike against YouTube’s armies of comments-section monsters, the video is both “fake” and “gay.”
Warning: This video really does include a loving close-up pan across four different bare Foo Fighter asses, so maybe don’t watch it if your boss is standing over your shoulder. Unless, of course, your boss has a Taylor Hawkins fixation.
Not HOT enough? Go here http://bit.ly/hot-buns for uncensored version.
Warning: This video really does include a loving close-up pan across four different bare Foo Fighter asses, so maybe don’t watch it if your boss is standing over your shoulder. Unless, of course, your boss has a Taylor Hawkins fixation.
Not HOT enough? Go here http://bit.ly/hot-buns for uncensored version.
Timber Timbre - Too Old To Die Young
The official video for "Too Old To Die Young" from Timber Timbre's 2011 release Creep On Creepin' On.
Video by Jesi the Elder (http://jesi.ca/)
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Kim Pimmel placed a magnet in the middle of a pile of soap bubbles and then poured ferrofluid along the outer edge. Watch magnetic forces pull the ferrofluid through the bubbles! It’s an amazing demonstration of the use of macro lenses and time-lapse photography.
8/29/2011
Rihanna – Cheers (Drink To That)
Real Talk: I’ve been waiting for Rihanna to release “Cheers (Drink To That)” as a single since the first time I heard her 2010 album Loud. The track is a viciously singalongable drinking anthem, and it always needed to be more than a deep cut. Well, the song finally has a video, but that video has its pluses and its minuses. Let’s discuss below.
Plus: The video actually makes it look like fun to be a super-famous globetrotting pop star. Minus: It does so in the form of one of those on-the-road montage videos that pop stars do when they’re too busy or too lazy to make a real video. If the boring-as-hell “California King Bed” deserved its own real video, so did this song. Plus: It was a brilliant idea to release this video on a Friday. Minus: It was not a brilliant idea to release this song on the one Friday this summer when the entire East Coast is planning to spend the whole time attempting to not die in a hurricane. Nobody is looking forward to this weekend, Rihanna. Nobody is drinking to that.
Shout out to the guy who pushes Avril Lavigne into a swimming pool. We’ve all wanted to do that at some point, and you’re living the dream, bud. No shout out to the person responsible for choosing Rihanna’s onstage outfits. What are you doing, that person? You are blowing it!
Beyoncé – “1 + 1″
More than maybe any Beyoncé video since “Crazy In Love,” the new clip for the thunderstruck love-ballad “1 + 1″ is a chance to stare worshipfully at Beyoncé: Beyoncé covered in Goldfinger-looking glitter, Beyoncé rubbing an ice cube on her lihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifps, Beyoncé slowly putting her face through a waterfall. It’s, um, not subtle. And for those of us who feel a certain way about Beyoncé, it’s not a bad way to start your morning.
But for all its soft-focus imagery, the new video (directed by Beyoncé, Laurent Briet, and Ed Burke) is still the second-best video for the song. The best is an unaccompanied dressing-room rehearsal version of the song, which Jay-Z shot backstage at American Idol earlier this year. More than almost anything she’s done, that rehearsal video gives a good sense of how ridiculously talented this woman is. Watch both videos below.
Beyoncé SLAYING 1+1 in Idol dressing room
But for all its soft-focus imagery, the new video (directed by Beyoncé, Laurent Briet, and Ed Burke) is still the second-best video for the song. The best is an unaccompanied dressing-room rehearsal version of the song, which Jay-Z shot backstage at American Idol earlier this year. More than almost anything she’s done, that rehearsal video gives a good sense of how ridiculously talented this woman is. Watch both videos below.
Beyoncé SLAYING 1+1 in Idol dressing room
2011 MTV Video Music Awards Winners - Complete List
Here’s your 2011 winners list:
BEST VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
BEST POP VIDEO Britney Spears – “Till The World Ends”
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
BEST ROCK VIDEO Foo Fighters – “Walk”
BEST COLLABORATION Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West – “E.T.”
BEST MALE VIDEO Justin Bieber – “U Smile”
BEST NEW ARTIST Tyler, The Ceator – “Yonkers”
BEST FEMALE VIDEO Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
VIDEO OF THE YEAR Katy Perry – “Firework”
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES:
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Beyonce – “Run The World (Girls)”
BEST EDITING Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS) Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West – “E.T.”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST ART DIRECTION Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST DIRECTION Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST POP VIDEO Britney Spears – “Till The World Ends”
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
BEST ROCK VIDEO Foo Fighters – “Walk”
BEST COLLABORATION Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West – “E.T.”
BEST MALE VIDEO Justin Bieber – “U Smile”
BEST NEW ARTIST Tyler, The Ceator – “Yonkers”
BEST FEMALE VIDEO Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
VIDEO OF THE YEAR Katy Perry – “Firework”
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES:
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Beyonce – “Run The World (Girls)”
BEST EDITING Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS) Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West – “E.T.”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST ART DIRECTION Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST DIRECTION Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
VHS or Beta – “Breaking Bones”
Music video for “Breaking Bones” by VHS or Beta. Directed by Graham Hill.
Simplistic Stylish And Strange Animated Short - "The Employment"
If you think your life is strange, watch this animated short and thank your lucky stars that you don’t have to deal with the strangeness this guy deals with every day. Made by Santiago Grasso, this short yet insightful cartoon has lots to say and plenty of style to keep your eyes satisfied. This is animation for the lost, with a stark style that matches the dark subject matter, and an overall feeling that some people will identify with from frame one. Watch it while you’re at work and you just might end up with a better appreciation of what you do for a living!
8/25/2011
Portal: No Escape (Live Action Short Film)
Portal: No Escape (Live Action Short Film by Dan Trachtenberg)
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A woman wakes up in a room with no memory of who she is or how she got there...
This is a short set in the world of the Portal video games created by Valve Software.
St. Vincent – “Cruel”
St. Vincent’s forthcoming Strange Mercy is one of the most-anticipated releases of that fall; since totally owning some Big Black covers at the Our Band Could Be Your Life tribute concert, her follow-up to 2009′s Actor has put the increasingly edgy project on many tastemakers’ radars. The especially strong “Surgeon” dropped a little earlier this summer, and now here’s the darkly comic clip for Strange Mercy cut “Cruel.” Ms. Clark describes the experience:
These two days are a bit of a blur, but I know in the midst of things I got dunked in water by a 10-year-old child, watched an amateur pyrotechnics demonstration, had some great laughs with the great girls working in wardrobe, learned how to ballroom dance (sort of), and felt incredibly grateful to be working with such talented and sweet people. The rest of it… well, I’ll just have to watch the video to remember…
Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Terrible Angels”
“Terrible Angels” is the title track from Charlotte Gainsbourg’s forthcoming EP. Beck produced the song just like he produced Gainsbourg’s IRM album, but it’s a straightforwardly glammy dance-pop stomper, and it doesn’t really have any of his fingerprints. It’s basically a toned-down version of a Dr. Luke production, and it’s the last thing I expected to hear from Gainsbourg and Beck. Maybe that’s the point.
For the video, director Nathalie Canguilhem throws the gloriously disheveled Gainsbourg into a parking garage for a choreographed dance routine with an army of lookalikes. Then, something bad happens to Gainsbourg. If you saw Antichrist, you should be used to seeing bad things happen to Charlotte Gainsbourg, but it’s pretty surprising nevertheless. Watch:
(via Pitchfork)
Lucinda Williams – “Copenhagen”
In a career that’s already lasted more than 30 years, perennial alt-country shitkicker Lucinda Williams has never released a music video. She finally has one now, and she doesn’t actually appear in the thing. For the song “Copenhagen,” a heartbroken account of the day she learned about the death of her manager, director and Squidbillies co-creator Dave Willis has made a sad animation about a robot-man who can’t die. It’s fun if you think of the video as an extremely precious retelling of Robocop.
Exitmusic – The Hours
EXITMUSIC’s new dreamscape of a music video, “The Hours,” has all sorts of spooky, romantic shit that Northrup Frye would be hyped about. Bleary, stark visions, twins, cascading smoke, spectral textures that gives the slow burn of a song a fitting visual counterpoint. We’re into it, and not just because there’s two Aleksa Palladino’s hanging out. Check out the Will Joines-directed video below, where you can download the track as well.
8/24/2011
The Flaming Lips + Lightning Bolt - I'm Working at NASA on Acid
Last month, the Flaming Lips got together with Providence noise kings Lightning Bolt to release a collaborative EP and drop the skree-bomb video for “I Wanna Get High But I Don’t Want Brain Damage.” Now they’ve posted the second video from the EP, and it’s mostly a more straightforward affair. That’s not really saying much, though.
The seven-minute “I’m Working At NASA On Acid” goes from spaghetti-western psych jam to noise freakout and back again. During the psych-rock bits, the video is all expertly edited footage of the bands lip-syncing in a white room with a bunch of balloons in it. But when things turn weird, directors Delo Creative switch to a loving, extended close-up of some dude’s face, blown back by an industrial strength wind machine and covered in what looks like Pepto-Bismol. It’s pretty gross. You’ve been warned.Pasto - El Cuatrero
Track from ALMENDRAL, debut album of chilean band PASTO. Download on www.pastonline.cl
Directed by Patricio Alfaro
Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (feat. Irfane)
Ed Banger Records is happy to announce the release of BREAKBOT feat Irfane "Baby I'm Yours" video!
It was (directed) handmade by IRINA DAKEVA @ WIZZ
It is composed of approx 2000 images watercolor painted one after another (we say Aquarelle in french, way more sexy).
In the meantime, we put out a new 10" including the original and an exclusive remix by Aeroplane.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Launch Trailer
Title: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Label: Square Enix
Genre: Action RPG
Age Rating: M
Deus Ex - Human Revolution : Extended Trailer
8/23/2011
The Beatles - Why Music Matters
Since they first started recording in 1960's Liverpool, The Beatles have inspired thousands of artists. More than 50 years later, their music still has the power to unite millions of fans all over the world.
The Beatles bring us together and show why Music Matters.
This film was animated by Lee Gingold and friends - for full credits see below!
Written and Directed by Lee Gingold.
Dream Sequence Credits:
Dream Sequence character design - Darren Turner
Dream Sequence character animation - Darren Turner and Giles Dill
Dream Sequence backgrounds - Rick Mereki and Ross Paxman
Dream Sequence typography - Jason Mildren
Dream Sequence assistant - Hana Davies
Trailer for Martin Scorsese's GEORGE HARRISON: Living In The Material World
Trailer for Martin Scorsese's "GEORGE HARRISON: Living In The Material World" coming to theatres soon.
The Decemberists - Calamity Song
We all know about Trekkies. Or those Star Wars super-fans who go to Comic Con dressed up like Boba Fett. But what about all those Infinite Jest worshipers out there? Who can they turn to for obscure references to David Foster Wallace's magnum opus? Well, The Decemberists, of course.
The new video for "Calamity Song," from The King Is Dead, takes us into the dystopian world of the novel. But not everyone was thrilled about the idea as the concept for a video.
Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy explains:
I wrote "Calamity Song" shortly after I'd finished reading David Foster Wallace's epic Infinite Jest. The book didn't so much inspire the song itself, but Wallace's irreverent and brilliant humor definitely wound its way into the thing. And I had this funny idea that a good video for the song would be a re-creation of the Enfield Tennis Academy's round of Eschaton — basically, a global thermonuclear crisis re-created on a tennis court — that's played about a third of the way into the book. Thankfully, after having a good many people balk at the idea, I found a kindred spirit in Michael Schur, a man with an even greater enthusiasm for Wallace's work than my own. With much adoration and respect to this seminal, genius book, this is what we've come up with. I can only hope DFW would be proud.
Director Michael Schur, co-creator of Parks and Recreation and a veteran of The Office and Saturday Night Live, gave us his side of the story:
The band's manager, Jason, contacted me through his brother Michael (with whom I went to college) and asked me to direct a video they were planning that referenced a section of the book Infinite Jest. The Decemberists are my favorite band, and Infinite Jest is my favorite book. This was tantamount to telling me I had just won two simultaneous Powerball lottery jackpots, on my birthday, which was also Christmas. Thus, my response to him was that, although I was pretty sure this was an elaborate dream I was having, if it were in fact real, then yes, I would be interested. The production team on Parks and Recreation, many of whom are also big fans, volunteered their time and energy, and we shot the whole thing in one day in Portland. Infinite Jest geeks will hopefully enjoy all of the specific references and small details, but we tried to design it so that those with no knowledge of the book at all would be able to understand and enjoy it, as well.
Did they succeed? Let us know in the comments section.
Via: www.npr.org
OK Go, The Muppets - Muppet Show Theme Song
By OK Go (with help from The Muppets). This is from The Green Album, available as of today. And it’s not over when the fat lady sings!
The War on Drugs - "Come to the City"
Directed by Peter J. Brant. Produced by Urban Outfitters.
From the album Slave Ambient, due out August 16th on Secretly Canadian. Stream it now exclusively at blog.urbanoutfitters.com/thewarondrugs.
DIRECTOR: Peter J. Brant
PRODUCER: David Price
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Autumn Durald
8/22/2011
S.C.U.M - Whitechapel
The Post-Punk Band Are Illuminated In a Video Premiere By Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Iconic YBAs Tim Noble and Sue Webster bring their shadowplay to life directing the video for London five-piece S.C.U.M's latest single, “Whitechapel.” Living and working out of their David Adjaye-designed “Dirty House” in Shoreditch, Noble and Webster are lauded for their shadow sculptures––seemingly nondescript piles of rubbish which, when illuminated, transmute into elegant silhouettes of the pair on the wall behind—and affect an anti-art stance in works mixing form and abstraction, male and female, sex and violence, light and shade. For “Whitecapel”, Noble and Webster floodlit S.C.U.M performing their shoegaze pop in a suitably artsy warehouse settling. "It was very interesting to see how the two work together, exchanging ideas," says lead singer Thomas Cohen of the experience. "It felt like being on the set of Screen Tests by Warhol." Named after Valerie Solanas’s feminist manifesto Society for Cutting Up Men, the band are leaving the underground gallery circuit and heading straight for center stage with their debut album Again Into Eyes out in September.
Matt & Kim, Soulja Boy, Andrew W.K. – “I’m A Goner” Video
Soulja Boy, Andrew WK and Matt and Kim have risen from the dead to throw a raging dance party in a morgue. The mortician has left for the night, the limbs are fresh and there's formaldehyde on ice.
In addition to allocating corporate funds to underwrite “I’m A Gonhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifer,” created and produced by Matt & Kim and featuring Andrew W.K. and Souja Boy, Converse gave director Rodney Ascher the means to make it a video. Which means all of the aforementioned principals hung out in an ER smeared in corpse paint for the least metallic clip imaginable involving corpse paint. Watch it at Converse.
The-Dream – “Murderer”
“Murderer”, the new song from airy R&B auteur The-Dream, is a breathy Auto-Tuned reverie, and it doesn’t sound the slightest bit violent, title notwithstanding. The song shows up in Colombiana, the new movie where Zoe Saldana does a whole lot of gun-pointing, and the track’s video doubles as a Colombiana trailer. It even has the green preview screen at the beginning and everything. And even though the song doesn’t come close to fitting the images onscreen, it sort of works; I am going to watch the living shit out of Colombiana.
Ladytron - White Elephant
Video for “White Elephant” from Ladytron off their upcoming album “Gravity The Seducer”.
New Romance - Miles Fisher
There used to be this show called Saved by the Bell, and well, just watch this interpretation “New Romance” by Miles Fisher.
Dir. Dave Green davegreen.com
Prod. Jake Avnet
Miles Fisher
Emma Bell
Jacqueline MacInnes-Wood
Nick D'Agosto
David Koechner
PJ Byrne
Ellen Wroe
Dave Smith
iamamiwhoami – “Clump”
The latest in a long string of bizzare music videos from electronic artist iamamiwhoami. The song is called Clump.
Skrillex - First Of The Year (Equinox)
Check out Skrillex's official music video for his hit single "First Of The Year" directed by Tony Truand.
Oh Land - White Nights
How do you spell delightful juxtaposition? C-A-N-A-D-A. New music video for Oh Land’s “White Nights.” Lady Gaga should hire these guys already.
Dirigido y Producido por CANADA para PARTIZAN L.A.
Producción Ejecutiva CANADA: Oscar Romagosa
Producción Ejecutiva PARTIZAN: Jeff Pantaleo
Producción Ejecutiva DOOMSDAY: Danielle Hinde
Jefa de Producción: Alba Barneda
Coordinador de Producción: Jorge Llama
Fotografía: Marc Gómez del Moral
8/18/2011
DC and Ken Block present Gymkhana FOUR: The Hollywood Megamercial
DC SHOES: KEN BLOCK'S GYMKHANA FOUR; THE HOLLYWOOD MEGAMERCIAL
Gymkhana god Ken Block drifts his Ford Fiesta through Universal Studios, dodging robotic sharks, zombies, and the guys from Epic Meal Time for the most explosive installment in the DC Shoes' video series.
DC and Ken Block present Gymkhana FOUR: The Hollywood Megamercial.
GYM4 surpasses the high-production style of Gymkhana TWO with even more spectacular effects shot in the backlots of Universal Studios, California.
Filmed over the course of five days, director Ben Conrad
(Zombieland and 30 Seconds or Less) and his team at Logan deliver a Hollywood caliber production complete with pyrotechnics, massive stunts and a series of unbelievable tricks.
Featuring robotic sharks, deranged zombies, and a hilarious cameo by the Epic Meal Time guys, Ken Block and his Hybrid FunctionHoon Vehicle (H.F.H.V.) bring the magic of Hollywood and gymkhana together.
Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark
Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark. Video starring Tara Summers and Jack Davenport
Aanaatt
All Analogue – “Aanaatt” stop motion short film by Max Hattler.
Here’s an abstract stop-motion to contrast with your digital days.
Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
On This Day 8/18/1997 Foo Fighters release "Everlong". The second single from their second album The Colour and the Shape
Low - Especially Me
ow’s Mimi Parker made the trip from Duluth to NYC, riding trains and walking out of subway stops for this C’mon clip. Because you can’t let Uncle Jesse land all the plum video gigs. It’s somber.
Bon Iver - "Holocene"
Here’s phase two in Bon Iver’s somewhat unexpected but ultimately logical recent fixation on Icelandic things: From a recurring Björk live cover to making the video for this Bon Iver, Bon Iver standout a walkabout in her home land, here is the pretty, crystalline clip for “Holocene.” Justin’s not in it, but an adorable rockskipper named Hilke is. Directed by Nabil, who recently turned heads with that clip for Frank Ocean’s “Novacane.” Magnificent, etc.:
The New Pornographers Make “Moves” For T-Mobile
Last night while watching something on TV (Stewart or Colbert or Breaking Bad are my only options these days, so one of those) I heard a lady rhapsodizing about T-Mobile’s “best deal ever,” and then heard that sermon paired with an unreasonably catchy jingle that reminded me of the New Pornos’ “Moves.” Turns out it was the New Pornos’ “Moves.” We all need to put food on our families, you know, and commercials are one way songwriters do that these days. No problem. The last time this happened with this band it was “The Bleeding Heart Show” and the University Of Phoenix, which Carl Newman was compelled to defend by saying:
It’s a university, or a school, and it might be a crappy school, but it seems like letting a crappy school use your song is probably better than letting the best business use your song.
Who knows where T-Mobile stands on the spectrum of best and worst businesses, but while we’re quoting A.C.’s last stance, let’s also include this salient bit:
We’re just trying to get by in this world. When you play music for so long and don’t make any money, and people start offering you money for things that involve no effort on your part, you start going, ‘I’ll do that.’”
They did that:
8/17/2011
Fucked Up - The Other Shoe
David Comes To Life comes to life in Fucked Up’s new video, featuring a love triangle situation (David, Veronica, Octavio, all accounted for) that will be familiar to owners of FU’s latest LP. Matt Eastman directs, NPR presents:
Moby - Lie Down In Darkness
Moby - Lie Down In Darkness (Official Video directed by Luke Seomore & Joseph Bull)
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger ft. Christina Aguilera
Maroon 5 "Moves Like Jagger" ft. Christina Aguilera - Dir: Jonas Akerlund
Lady Gaga – “Yoü and I”
The video for Lady Gaga’s song “Yoü & I” has hit the web. Says Gaga of the clip: “The idea [is] when you’re away from someone that you love, it’s torture. I knew I wanted the video to be about sprinting back and walking hundreds of thousands of miles to get him back.” Along the way, she also dresses as a mermaid and has sex with her Bob Dylan-looking alter ego, Jo Calderone. Sorry to all those hoping for mermaid sex.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
"The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie" by Red Hot Chili Peppers from 'I'm With You.' Video directed by Marc Klasfeld in Venice Beach, CA.
As previously reported, Internet darling Kreayshawn received the directing honors of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ new single, “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”. However, the band and Warner Bros. chose another direction for the clip and decided to link with Marc Klasfeld for a second version. Above you can watch the official version which mainly consists of footage from the band’s recent surprise rooftop performance in Vencice Beach. Enjoy!
Chromeo - When The Nigh Falls
Check out this newly delivered video by disco funky Chromeo! Taken from the Casual Business album.
DOTA 2 - Official Trailer (Mac, PC)
DotA 2 - PC - Debut CG Trailer Gamescom 2011
It's official, the action-RPG Defense of the Ancients 2 is coming. Get ready for the sequel to the famous game DotA and prepare your heroes for combat.
The Naked and Famous – The Sun (NSFW)
Directed by Joel Kefali & Campbell Hooper for Special Problems. Song taken from album 'Passive Me, Aggressive You'.
Offered is the brand new video courtesy of the esteemed New Zealand indie rockers, The Naked and Famous. The band takes on a more provocative approach of sorts in this clip that goes rather well with their name. Needless to say, the end results parallel the single quite brilliantly to an already great down-tempo tune. The song can be found on their latest album, Passive Me Agressive You which is available now thhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifrough Amazon.
Straylight Run – “Hands In The Sky” (Big Shot)
Straylight Run music video for the song “Hands in the Sky” (Big Shot), a hit single from back in 2005. Sci-Fi fans will recognize the name Straylight Run from William Gibson’s essential classic: Neuromancer.
Seeed – “Wonderful Life”
German dub stars Seeed with the music video for the track “Wonderful Life”.
Tom Waits/Cookie Monster mashup - God's Away On Business
Tom Waits sometimes sounds eerily like Cookie Monster with his very dark, cynical voice. Here's Cookie Monster's rendition of Waits' 'God's Away On Business.'
8/15/2011
Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn (unofficial video by Ori Toor)
Ori Toor continues to explore psychedelic, fluid animation in this unofficial music video for Panda Bear’s “Alsatian Darn.” If you haven’t seen it yet, check out his video for Animal Collective’s “Lion in a Coma.”
Spaghetti Western Orchestra
Ennio Morricone, composer of music for A Fistful of Dollars, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, amongst others, is probably either smiling or tearing what remains of his hair when he hears about the Spaghetti Western Orchestra.
The group of 5 musicians specialize in playing Spaghetti Western musics using some unconventional musical instruments, including "asthma inhalers, rubber bands, tree branches, rubber gloves and even a box of cornflakes."
JEFF the Brotherhood - Wastoid Girl
Music Video: JEFF the Brotherhood - Wastoid Girl [Infinity Cat Recordings]
8/11/2011
En agosto
DÍA-FRAGMA, FÁBRICA DE PELÍCULAS in association with ORUGA ANIMATION STUDIOS presents IN AUGUST, a fifteen minute short film in 2D and 3D animation which was two years in the making. The film was written and directed by Andrés Barrientos and Carlos Andrés Reyes. Produced by Daniel García. Music composed by Sergio A. Trujillo and the band Sinapis.
8/10/2011
The National - Exile, Vilify
The National’s latest slice of sublime mopery, titled “Exile, Vilify,” came as a soundtrack to the video game Portal 2. Developers Valve Software held a fan-video contest to come up on an official clip for the track, and the National sat as judges, picking the 1st and “1.00000000001th” place videos. Prepare for sock puppets and dour animations:
1st Place, directed by C. F. Meister
1.00000000001th Place, directed by MikeMov89Portal2
1st Place, directed by C. F. Meister
1.00000000001th Place, directed by MikeMov89Portal2
8/09/2011
8/08/2011
Girls - "Vomit"
“Vomit,” the moodily meditative first single from Girls’ forthcoming, second LP Father, son, Holy Ghost now has an official video directed by Austin Rhodes. It’s crisp and sharp in a way that’s quite distinct from the band’s earlier, very memorable Focus Creeps clips, but is similarly vivid and transfixing. Chris Owens sings about spending nights alone looking for love, and most of the video focuses solely on a beautiful 1966 Ford Mustang convertible driving on remarkably empty urban streets. Eventually Chris’s teeth make an appearance, then his hands on a guitar, then his whole face, and Girls’ bassist JR White also stops in. But mostly this is an attempt to convey desolation and alienation in spite of a lifestyle of beauty and certain abundance, which a lonely, cherry red Ford Mustang cruising around the city streets nails pretty well.
HotKid - "Rip It Into Pieces"
HotKid - "Rip It Into Pieces" - dir. Alon Isocianu
Official video for "Rip It Into Pieces", available for free from hotkid.ca for a limited time.
Produced in co-operation with MuchFACT, a Foundation To Assist Canadian Talent, Supported by the MuchMusic / MuchMoreMusic / MusiquePlus Network.
Producer: Anna Junger
Director: Alon Isocianu
DOP: Carl Elster
Editors: Nathan Terry and Alon Isocianu
Prod Co: reactiv pictures
Post FX: reactiv post
reactivpictures.com
Other HOTKID videos:
"Yours and Mine" - http://tinyurl.com/HotKidYoursAndMineVideo
"Fake It" - http://tinyurl.com/HotKidFakeItVideo
Official video for "Rip It Into Pieces", available for free from hotkid.ca for a limited time.
Produced in co-operation with MuchFACT, a Foundation To Assist Canadian Talent, Supported by the MuchMusic / MuchMoreMusic / MusiquePlus Network.
Producer: Anna Junger
Director: Alon Isocianu
DOP: Carl Elster
Editors: Nathan Terry and Alon Isocianu
Prod Co: reactiv pictures
Post FX: reactiv post
reactivpictures.com
Other HOTKID videos:
"Yours and Mine" - http://tinyurl.com/HotKidYoursAndMineVideo
"Fake It" - http://tinyurl.com/HotKidFakeItVideo
Beats Antique – “Revival”
Here’s the music video for the song “Revival” from Beats Antique. “The music video is a visual feast that travels through surreal landscapes meeting mythical creatures who embark on a far-reaching journey to revive dance from the dead.”, says their website. The music starts at 1:40.
Director | Ivan Landau
Music | Beats Antique - "REVIVAL"
Director of Photography | Austin Rhodes
Illustrator | Leighton Kelly
Post Production | Ivan Landau
Stylist | Zoe Jakes
Choreographer | Zoe Jakes
Body Art | Icarus Zaure
Starring:
Zoe Jakes, David Satori, Tommy Cappel,
Kami Liddle, Auberon Shull, Leighton Kelly,
Medina Maitreya, Rose Harden
Production Support:
Derick, Micah, Bolli, Shai and Surya Ion
Carolina Lee-Rhodes, Joshua Brott, Maya Papaya, Matty Dowlen
Anthony Reyna, Rose Harden, Medina Maitreya, Mark Christiansen, HEIST
Evolution Of The Hipster
Mario and Fafa of the Glove and Boots show explain how the hipster has evolved.
8/04/2011
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Little Blu House”
BTW Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s lo-fi, smoked out, psychedelic backbeat rock track “Little Blu House” is one of many high points on the band’s heavily recommended nine-track debut LP, and here it gets the video it deserves: lo-fi, smoked-out and psychedelic, which I guess means all the pretty girls and self-smoking cigarettes are the “backbeat rock” part of the equation. Watch and enjoy, just turn it off around the 2:30 mark if your boss doesn’t look kindly on you peeping videos with bare breasts and blood trickling down them.
Via: http://stereogum.com
8/03/2011
My Morning Jacket - "Holdin On To Black Metal"
My Morning Jacket
"Holdin On To Black Metal"
Produced by: Boone/Jones/Smith
Production House: Sole Solution Studios
Cinematographer: D.Boone/C.Haverly
Editor: David Boone
Animator: Brandon Jones
Directed by: Sole Solution Studios/BranjoFarms
Bonnaroo 2011 performance footage courtesy of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Timber Timbre - 'Bad Ritual'
The new video for 'Bad Ritual', taken from the album 'Creep On Creepin' On'.
Produced by Victoria Stusiak / Kokomo Workshop
Directed / Edited by Olivier Groulx
Actors Sarah Goldberg, Susan Stanley
Cinematography Tobia Sempi
Gaffer / AC Riyad Barmania
Thanks to Raoul Paulet, Rick Beauchemin, Eva and George.
8/02/2011
Kanye West - Flashing Lights ft. Dwele (Dir. Spike Jonze )
Spike Jonze’s recent endeavors range from an action-packed music video for the Beastie Boys to a companion film for Aracde Fire’s The Suburbs. Now, via Jay-Z’s recent interview with Hot 97′s Angie Martinez, we learn that the acclaimed director is also at the helm of the music video for “Otis”, from Jay-Z and Kanye’s forthcoming joint LP Watch the Throne.
Jay-Z didn’t add much in the way of details, other than that they recently filmed the video. Below, you can check out a picture from the shoot, which took place in Los Angeles, according to RapFix. The single’s artwork, designed by Italian fashion designer Riccardo Tisci, appears to be predominantly featured.
Jonze’s history with ‘The Throne’ extends back to his collaboration with West on the 2009 short film We Were Once A Fairytale. We also have that video posted below.
Watch the Throne hits iTunes August 8th, with an expanded release to follow on August 12th.
Travis Barker feat.Yelawolf, Twista, Busta Rhymes & Lil Jon - "Let's Go"
Travis Barker performing Let's Go featuring Yelawolf, Twista, Busta Rhymes & Lil Jon.
8/01/2011
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