Seapony - "Be Alone"

Dominic Lord releases the deluxe version of his Fashion Show EP, along with the video for its lead-off track

The Invisible Hand – “Psychic Cat”

As a proud resident of Charlottesville, VA, I feel obligated to let you know that the Invisible Hand, probably the city’s biggest indie band at the moment, are really, really good at making charged-up power-pop. Their “Psychic Cat” video is full of local landmarks, which is fun for me and probably less so for you. But the real reason to click is the quick little energy-burst of a song.

The Decemberists On The Simpsons

 
The Simpsons: It’s still on! Last night’s episode of the venerated animated institution, which I did not watch, concerned the hipsterification of Springfield, and the episode’s guest voices included Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Patton Oswalt, and the Decemberists, who managed to look smug even as cartoons. Watch a quick glimpse of the band, in Simpsons form in the clip.

PROCRASTINATION - The Musical

Procrastinating is an ART! Watch as these people realize the importance of doing NOTHING!

what is your favorite method of procrastination? Let us know!

Starring: Elizabeth Oldak, Molly Gallagher, Tim Sampson, Marlena Hoffman, Joshua Israel, Kevin Gisi

Sigur Rós – “Leaning Towards Solace” Short Film (Feat. Elle Fanning & John Hawkes)

Leaning Towards Solace from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.

 

For the better part of the year, Sigur Rós have been taking part in their Valtari Mystery Film Experiment, in which they commission different artists to make short films out of songs from their recent album Valtari. The latest entry in the series, and apparently the final one, comes from director Floria Sigismondi, and it may be the strongest one yet. The sort film is called “Leaning Toward Solace,” and it uses two songs, “Dauðalogn” and “Varúð.” The film takes place in a rural desert slum, and it stars Elle Fanning as a young ballet dancer and the great John Hawkes as a self-doubting father. It’s all lingering shots on faces and sadly gorgeous atmosphere, and nothing much happens until the absolutely inexplicable ending, but it’s gorgeous regardless.

Wooden Wand – “Supermoon”

 

Wooden Wand - 'Supermoon'

Director: Ryan Weibush
Producer: Kris Flugan
Assistant Producers: Ryan Rodriguez & Jonathan Shick
Actor: Lisa Mitchell

The-Dream (Terius Nash) - "Wake Me When It's Over"

Last year, The-Dream, recording as real name Terius Nash, released the free mixtape 1977. And later this month, he’ll release a commercial version of it, complete with bonus tracks. And now he’s got a video for the 1977 track “Wake Me When It’s Over,” with the video mirroring the song’s lyrics about a relationship falling apart and the two people feeling powerless to stop its slide. I honestly can’t tell if that’s fucking or abuse happening at the end there.

Nguzunguzu - "Smoke Alarm"

Watch NGUZUNGUZU's smoky lazer light show in their new video

Autre Ne Veut – “Counting” (Feat. Mykki Blanco)

The bedroom-R&B newcomer Autre Ne Veut now has a video for his great breakout single “Counting,” in which both he and the song’s guest, gender-bending New York rapper Mykki Blanco, play sad hospital orderlies. David Riley directs.

POP ETC – “Speak Up”

The new song and video by POP ETC from "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2".

“Speak Up” is the former Morning Benders’ contribution to the soundtrack of teen-vampire-romance blockbuster The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, and it oscillates between delicate acoustic folk and digital Auto-Tune pop. The song’s brand new video, directed by fourclops, intercuts between footage of the movie and images of the band on a picturesque sunset sail, with (possibly CGI) dolphins jumping alongside the boat.

Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (Uncensored)

YACHT – “Second Summer”

Psychedelic Portland dance-party duo YACHT haven’t announced plans for a new album, but they’re giving us a new song and a new video anyway, to celebrate the fact that they’ve been an ongoing project for 10 years now (even if “they” where a “he” for a whole lot of those years). The new song is the streamlined, bumping “Second Summer,” and it nicely illustrates the idea that YACHT are still continuing to get better. And the video, from directors ADHD, is an animated thing about the druggy adventures of a smiling triangle.

M83 - "Wait" (Official video)

The directing team of Fleur & Manu have previously made two amazing videos for “Midnight City” and “Reunion,” two songs from M83′s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming! album, using them to tell the story of a group of escaped superpowered mutant children. Today, they give us the Creators Project-produced clip for “Wait,” which finishes those kids’ story in grand fashion. We catch up with them as they survey a world they may have helped to destroy, or fly through space in gleaming black pyramids. Wolves and vultures and manta rays and space-jumps all figure prominently. It’s beautiful and enthralling and quite possibly nonsensical.

Crooked Fingers – “Bad Blood”

Crooked Fingers hasn’t released an album since Breaks In The Armor, which came out in October 2011, so it’s decidedly odd to see the band dropping a video from that album now, in December 2012. But hey, a little extra Crooked Fingers is definitely never a bad thing! The clip for “Bad Blood” was directed by Jamie Fleischel and stars Mike Lust (both of whom work for AV Club) as the grown-up version of the kid from Van Halen’s 1984 album cover, which is a pretty funny concept IMO.

Chrome Canyon – “Pluze”

Last time out, Chrome Canyon’s Morgan Z directed and edited his video for “Memories Of A Scientist,” in which he played a mad scientist plumbing the depths of his sanity to create a keyboard-pop to save the world. Here on the slowcomotive synth-epic “Pluze,” Z turns over the directorial reins to Jennifer Juniper Stratford, who renders the track’s overall vibe with crossfades, dissolves, closeups, and an ’80s-psychedelic palette of colors and VHS filters.

Star Trek Into Darkness Japanese Trailer

Discover the first Star Trek Into Darkness trailer in this japanese special teaser for new J.J. Abrams movie

Earl Sweatshirt - Chum (Explicit)

Earl Sweatshirt hasn’t made a music video since “EARL,” the clip that put both him and his Odd Future crew on the map. But now he’s returned to the form with a video for “Chum,” the jaw-dropping and emotionally gut-scraping new song. In the dark and meditative black-and-white clip, Earl floats down an abandoned street and encounters giant frogs and skull-faced dogs. It’ll stick in your brain.

Shout Out Louds - "Blue Ice"

“Blue Ice,” the emotively precise new single from the Swedish band Shout Out Louds. And now here’s the mostly-CGI video, in which faces and bodies drift across the expanses of space and the camera runs laps around Saturn’s rings. Johan Toorell directs the psychedelic clip.