BOYTOY - “Visits” Video

BOYTOY are a New York trio who released the sugary-sweet “Visits” last year. Now they have a new video for the song, starring Horatio Sanz. Directed by Shae Mermis and Glenn Van Dyke, Sanz plays a guy living in a dirty apartment with his dog who falls in love while mowing his lawn.

Andy Winter - “Uncountably Infinite” Video (NSFW)

After releasing his latest full length solo album "Incomprehensible" on The End Records in January 2013, Andy Winter (Winds, Age of Silence, Sculptured) now returns with his first ever music video; an artistic collaboration by various talents in the realm of music, film and fashion.

"As above, So Below" is the major tenet of the story. The concept was inspired by numerology and the mystical relationship numbers have in relation to existence and magic. The video follows the creation and destruction of two creatures called Cause and Effect. We watch as they chase each other above and below, forever tied in an endless loop of creation and destruction. Cause and Effect are inseparable, and together they function as one infinite character. The styling of the video and creative direction aspires to pay homage to black metal and the occult, while being heavily drenched in unearthly technicolor, flesh/plastic and the divine feminine spirit.

Musically speaking "Uncountably Infinite" is a stylistic departure from Andy Winter's usual style of subdued and progressive art-rock. The sound takes on a more metallic edge with harsher and rougher tones, featuring a crunchy wall of guitars courtesy of Andy Winter himself, complimented by the haunting and ravenous vocals of Mirai Kawashima (Sigh), throbbing low end tones from bassist Jason William Walton (Agalloch, Sculptured), groovy and sometimes funky drum foundations by Jan Axel von Blomberg (Mayhem, Arcturus, Winds), and a shrieking/shredding guitar solo by Donald Anderson (Agalloch, Sculptured).

Starring in the video is actress and burlesque dancer Tristan Risk, most recently featured in the cult horror film "American Mary" by The Soska Sisters. Other contributors working behind the scenes to make this video come to fruition include cinematographer Michael D. Kroetsch, production assistant Matthew Burditt, makeup artist Betty Draven, director/fashion designer Misty Greer, mixing engineer Shaun Thingvold and mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum.

Drive-By Truckers - “Made Up English Oceans” Official Video

Made Up English Oceans
Recorded Live on November 19, 2013
at the historic Lyric Theatre in Birmingham, AL

Da Mafia 6ix - “Break The Law” Video

Last year, former Three 6 Mafia co-leader DJ Paul rounded up his old group’s entire original lineup, minus Juicy J, and renamed the crew Da Mafia 6ix. They released the chaotic, cathartic, fun-as-hell mixtape 6ix Commantments before Lord Infamous, Paul’s brother and fellow Mafia member, died suddenly. You might expect the new video for the 6ix Commandments track “Break The Law” to be solemn, but that wouldn’t work for that song, or this group. So instead, it’s a messy, horror-tinged, low-budget rap attack cut with (seemingly genuine!) footage of shootings and riots and beheadings. Guys in Satanic Michael Myers masks stand in for Infamous, which is how Infamous would’ve presumably wanted it.

Xiu Xiu - “Stupid In The Dark” (Official Video)

It says a lot about Xiu Xiu’s excellent new album Angel Guts: Red Classroom that the video for first single “Stupid In The Dark” is almost playful. The Amir Shoucri-directed clip captures a grisly murder in disturbing detail, but not nearly as disturbing compared to much of the subject matter and sound of “Dark” and the recently released “Lawrence Liquors.” Someone getting beaten, knifed, drowned, and choked doesn’t even leave a dent compared to Jamie Stewart’s breathy admission of “Once we felt sorry for you people … but not that sorry,” over a single drum machine that stabs more than it beats. Xiu Xiu has been evolving and changing a lot over every album recently, and this reminds you that they’re in an especially good place right now, even if that place is horrific beyond description.

Odonis Odonis - “New Obsession” Video

Along with other Toronto bands such as Greys, Absolutely Free, and PUP, Odonis Odonis have earned some wider attention in the last year. Today they release the Cam Tomsett-directed video for “New Obsession,” the first single off their upcoming album Hard Boiled, Soft Boiled. The first half of the record is heavy and industrial, much like the first half of this video is deeply disturbing (and potentially upsetting to some); but as the twist makes things a little more lighthearted, the “soft boiled” second half of the album is lush and sweet.

Angel Olsen - "Hi-Five" (Official Video)

Angel Olsen’s sophomore LP, Burn Your Fire For No Witness, is out later this month, and based on the songs we’ve thus far heard from the thing (including four new ones last week on NPR), it’s going to be a good one. We first heard the spare, noir-ish “Hi-Five” in early January, and now, we’ve got a video to go with it. The Zia Anger-directed clip perfectly matches the reverb-y track; it’s sultry and spooky, mostly focusing tight on the entrancing Olsen. Watch.

Watch NIN, QOTSA, Dave Grohl, & Lindsey Buckingham’s Uncut Grammys Rehearsal

After the Grammys cut off Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age, Lindsey Buckingham, and Dave Grohl’s superjam with a sponsor ad, pissing off Trent Reznor, which confused Vampire Weekend, we can finally watch the complete performance that was meant to happen. This rehearsal footage of “Copy Of A” leading into “My God Is The Sun” is pretty damn cool, and gives an idea of what the current Nine Inch Nails live show looks like.

St. Vincent - “Digital Witness” (Official Video)

Annie Clark bka St. Vincent first delivered “Digital Witness” — the second single from her self-titled forthcoming fourth LP — earlier this month; the brassy, dance-y track very much reflected the ample time Clark has recently spent collaborating with David Byrne (to my ear anyway; there’s also plenty of “Steam”/”Sledgehammer”-style Peter Gabriel in here, too). Now, she’s released the song’s Chino Moya-directed video accompaniment, which still feels really Talking Heads-y to me: all bold colors, jerky movements, geometric lines, and prominent shoulders. It’s a stylish, bizarre, cool video befitting the stylish, bizarre, cool song. Watch.

Minor Alps - “Waiting For You” (Official Video)

Last year, Matthew Caws of Nada Surf and Juliana Hatfield formed Minor Alps and put out the record Get There. Today they’ve shared this understated video following two kindred spirits as they spend time in the city. They’re separate throughout the video, though it’s edited in a way that suggests a special intimacy between them.

together PANGEA - “Offer” Official Video (NSFW)

LA rockers together PANGEA released their third full-length Badillac last week and they’ve followed it up with a video for “Offer,” which sees the band getting into some heavy tour shenanigans like shotgunning beers, getting flashed, and making out with each other. The video was directed by a duo known as Lonely Highways.

The Love Language "Faithbreaker" (Official Music Video)

In the video for “Faithbreaker,” the Love Language present a stripped-down version of the song, turning their brand of woodsy rock into a melancholic drawl that’s more appropriate for the video’s cabin-in-the-dead-of-winter setting. The song is off their third LP, Ruby Red, which came out last July.

Meek Mill - “Heaven Or Hell” (Feat. Jadakiss & Guordan Banks) Video

On “Heaven Or Hell,” a track from his great Dreamchasers 3 mixtape, the Philly rap animal Meek Mill flipped the Luniz classic “I Got 5 On It” into a gritty street-life lament. This was a smart thing to do. He also recruited craggy O.G. Jadakiss and R&B singer Guordan Banks for help, and that decision worked out well, too. Meek has now made a sad, intense, wintry video for the track, one that involves lots of boarded-up houses and at least one shotgun murder.

Bleeding Rainbow - "So You Know" (Official Video)

One of my favorite albums of the young year is Interrupt, the shoegaze-inflected, ’90s alt-inspired turn from the always-morphing Philly rock band Bleeding Rainbow. The public’s first taste of the record was “So You Know,” a midtempo number that clangs, clatters, and shines in especially harmonic fashion. Now that song has a video by director Japhy Riddle that involves some sort of love story, miniature facsimiles assembled from old photos, a typewriter, and other mysterious elements to be parsed.

Chromeo - “Come Alive” (Feat. Toro Y Moi) Official Video

Chromeo’s video for “Come Alive,” their dinky synth-funk jam with Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick, takes obvious inspiration from the lovably cheesed-out 1987 movie Mannequin and from the cartoonish videos that held down the era of MTV from around the time Mannequin came out. In the clip, Chromeo’s Dave 1 plays a frustrated casanova, and Bundick plays a janitor, and they both end up romancing plastic figurines who have come to life. Alex Southam directs the goofily fun video.

Shakira ft. Rihanna - "Can't Remember to Forget You" (Official Video)

Look, I’m sorry. I’m not proud of this. But certain things leave me absolutely helpless. And those things are all over this video.

Music video by Shakira feat. Rihanna performing Can't Remember to Forget You. (C) 2014 Ace Entertainment S.ar.l.

Adult Jazz - “Springful” Video

A couple of weeks ago, we posted “Am Gone,” a new song from the quirky but cinemantic Leeds group Adult Jazz. They’ve now made a video for “Springful,” the other songs from their new double-A-side single. In the cryptic but beautifully shot video, we see a crew of porters carry one gentleman from verdant hills to city streets. Michael Battcock and Harry Burgess direct, apparently inspired by Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha.

Sebadoh – “A State Of Mine” Video

We heard “A State Of Mine” last year when Lou Barlow’s seminal indie rock band Sebadoh released their first album in 14 years. Now you can watch the video for it, which acts like a kaleidoscope of nuclear family dread. The video, animated by Geoff Hoskinson, captures rows of identical babies, men mowing lawns, and raining dollar bills, achieving something almost uncomfortable in its pleasantness.