Porcelain Raft – “Drifting In and Out”

Usually the phrase “smoke and mirrors” is used to mean a cheap trick or something deceptive. Here, the only thing smoke and mirrors amounts to is a pretty cool looking music video.

Micro Empire

A music video made by Clemens Wirth and Radium Audio. Stranger than fiction, molecular conflict and mitochondrial warfare, a heartstopping, subcellular epic, a truly microcinematic experience.

Norah Jones - Happy Pills

Norah Jones’s new Danger Mouse-produced breakup album Little Broken Hearts is imminent, and today we get the video for the chugging first single “Happy Pills.” In the clip, Jones deals conclusively with a philandering boyfriend. If the (beautiful) clothes and car are anything to go on, it’s set in the ’50s for some reason. Isaiah Seret directs.

Van She – “Idea Of Happiness”

Van She – “Idea Of Happiness” (Dir. Andrea Nilsson)

Of the many internet-focused music video directors currently working, Andreas Nilsson has put together one of the strongest overall bodies of work; his Fever Ray clips are total hall-of-fame material. Nilsson’s got a gift for putting together narrative videos in which nothing makes sense and everything seems dangerously off, like something really bad is about to happen. This clip, with its decadently surreal Christmas party, fits in perfectly with his very particular thing.

Jack White - Sixteen Saltines

Jack White - Sixteen Saltines (Dir: AG Rojas)

Drake - HYFR Feat. Lil Wayne

Directed Lil X

Drake - Take Care Feat. Rihanna

Drake ~ Take Care Feat. Rihanna (Dir: Yoann Lemoine)

Tombs - Passageways

Brooklyn's Tombs plays a style of sludge metal distinct in its delivery from any other band around. Likewise, director David Brodsky takes standard notions of a performance video and imbues it with shadows and grit. A perfect pairing.

Tombs - Passageways
Relapse Records
Director: David Brodsky : MyGoodEye

Rufus Wainwright – “Out Of The Game” Video (Feat. Helena Bonham Carter)

The slick and supple “Out Of The Game” is the title track from Rufus Wainwright’s forthcoming Mark Ronson-produced LP, and accordingly, Rufus has pulled out the stops for its video. Herein you’ll find Tim Burton-muse/showbiz shapeshifter Helena Bonham Carter cast convincingly in the least eccentric role of her lifetime (a frustrated, daydreaming librarian) while Rufus does the bulk of the hamstanding, in triplicate: as a bookish adventure type, a Sonic Youth-loving wastrel, and a past-prime housewife type. The climax has Helena in lingerie, and Rufus’s characters having an orgy with themselves, so if you do decide to press play on this one, you’re advised to take it to the end.

Mr. Little Jeans – “Runaway”

Directed by : Zach Shields

Soap&Skin in 'Stillleben' (Still Life) - 'Voyage Voyage' Director's Cut

Soap&Skin in 'Stillleben' (Still Life) - 'Voyage Voyage' Director's Cut

film clips from the feature fiction film STILLLEBEN ('Still Life') by Sebastian Meise
www.stillleben-derfilm.at
www.facebook.com/STILLLEBENderFilm

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - If I Had A Gun...

Music video by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds performing If I Had A Gun... .

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Ride The Tiger

Music video by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds performing Ride The Tiger.

Alabama Shakes - Hold On

Official music video for "Hold On" - the first single off Alabama Shakes' debut record Boys & Girls.

Directed by Stephen Shirk and Chris Hershman.

A terrifyingly Awesome Cat Video - Orbital - Wonky

Official Video for 'Wonky' (Feat. Lady Leshurr).

David Lynch - "Crazy Clown Time" (Official Video - NSFW)

David Lynch's new video for "Crazy Clown Time," directed by Lynch himself. NSFW (nudity) video.

2:54 – “You’re Early”

Jeppe Kolstrup directs.

SXSW 2012: Music Videos

Original post : http://motionographer.com By Michelle Higa.

SXSW was a music festival first, so there’s lots of love for the music video format. In addition to the music video screening, this year featured a Have Your Music Videos Critiqued by Andrew WK panel and screenings of the feature-length Girl Walk // All Day Girl Talk music video.

SXSW’s selected music videos featured a mix of techniques and ideas, from men who cry to disco ball-head ballerinas to doing a guitar (that last one is NSFW). Many of the directors were on hand to answer questions after the screening. Most delightful were the anecdotes, like the twenty-four straight hours (and fainting session) required to create Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know” or the run and gun antics of CHRISTEENE “African Mayonnaise” (“It usually takes security at least three minutes to show up, and the song is three minutes long, so we were able to get what we needed”).

I may sound like a broken record, but I can’t emphasize enough how different it is watching these videos in a theater with a giant screen, powerful sound system, and no distracting laptop or browser windows around. For example, Matt Devine’s Son of Kick “Playing the Villain” was a perfect way to close out the screening. You’re stuck in the dark, a bit exhausted after watching twenty-one videos back to back. The music is LOUD, you have no idea how much time is left in the video, and you’re watching these trapped kids crumble apart with no idea how far it will go. It was brilliant.

The SXSW Best Music Video award went to DANIELS for their escalator ride gone horribly wrong in Battles “My Machine”. The dynamic duo were also in the running for an MTVu Woodie, whose awards ceremony is held in Austin during SXSW. Natasha Pincus’s video for Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know” was also doubly recognized. Other nominees included Keith Schofield’s Duck Sauce “Big Bad Wolf”, Fleur & Manu’s M83 “Midnight City”, and Kyle Frere’s Major Lazer “Original Don”. The eventual Woodie Winner (and cock blocker of a DANIELS double header) was none other than Drew Barrymore for her celebrity-tastic Warriors-inspired music video for Best Coast “Our Deal”.

Check out all the SXSW Music Videos below. A couple of them are NSFW, and have been marked as such.

The Good The Bad “030” - Directed by Jeppe Kolstrup - NSFW, Seriously.

Porter Robinson “Spitfire” - Directed by Saman Keshavarz -Behind the Scenes

Little Tybee “Boxcar Fair” - Directed by Brock Scott and Tom Haney


Hyperpotamus “De Camino” - Directed by Lucas Borras


Yuksek “ALWAYS ON THE RUN” - Directed by Skinny


Casey Veggies “Euphoria II” - Directed by John Bollozos


Baskerville “Reloaded” - Directed by Marieke Verbiesen


Hawaaii “Welcome” - Directed by Churl Gwon


Hooray For Earth “True Loves” - Directed by Young Replicant


Battles “My Machines” / SXSW 2012 BEST MUSIC VIDEO - Directed by DANIELS - Making-of at The Creator Project


Herman Dune “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” - Directed by Toben Seymour


CHRISTEENE “African Mayonnaise” - Directed by PJ Raval - NSFW


Whomadewho “Every Minute Alone” - Directed by William Stahl


Alexander “A Million Years” - Directed by Benjamin Kutsko


Cults “You Know What I Mean” - Directed by Kevin Lin


Kina Grannis “In Your Arms” - Directed by Greg Jardin


Gotye (Feat. Kimbra) “Somebody That I Used To Know” - Directed by Natasha Pincus - Interview at Music Video Theory


Yip Deceiver “Get Strict” - Directed by GHOST+COW (Brandon LaGanke and John Carlucci) - Interview at The Soul Dynamic


“Countdown” - Directed by Céline Desrumaux


Ganesh Rao “Empyrean” - Directed by Ganesh Rao


When Saints Go Machine “Parix” - Directed by Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen


Son of Kick “Playing the Villain” - Directed by Matt Devine (Glue Society)


Ok Go “All Is Not Lost” - Directed by Ok Go, Pilobolus, and Trish Sie - Article at FastCoCreate