new favorite video // Blouse : “Into Black”
Perfect. Just perfect.
Peter is beginning to really like Blouse.
Further evidence:
Blouse // Firestarter :
new favorite video // Destroyer : “Kaputt”
Destroyer // Kaputt : Kaputt : 2010.01.25 : Merge
Don’t get fooled by the first 45 seconds. Or the next 90 seconds. In fact, just don’t get fooled by anything.
new favorite video // Tame Impala : “Expectation”
The whole world. compressed into 16:9.
Tame Impala // “Innerspeaker” : Expectation
new favorite video // Miracles Club : “Church Song”
Miracles Club // Church Song
It’s like Soul Train mashed up with Degrassi Junior High. Anyone who’s paid attention to my favorite music videos will likely see a fairly common thread—dancing. Get-on-your-feet-don’t-care-who’s-watching-or-how-you-look dancing. It’s the best kind and the only kind I know. . .
new favorite video // Twin Sister : “All Around and Away We Go”
Twin Sister // All Around and Away We Go
A perfectly charming video for this perfect song.
new favorite video // Sun Airway : “Put the Days Away”
I had some of my most effervescent dreams in my urban pad, too.
Oh, and I still miss my [stolen] bike . . .
Sun Airway // “Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier” : Put the Days Away
new favorite video // Tame Impala : “Lucidity”
“I might suck fizzle or I might just float away . . . ”
Playing in the middle of the land down under, Tame Impala release a camera being carried into the stratosphere by a weather balloon . . . incredibly perfect video for a rad song. That last shot is priceless.
new favorite video // Summer Camp : “Round the Moon”
Summer Camp // “Round the Moon” : recycled footage from “A Swedish Love Story“
new favorite video // Coyote Cleanup : “Downhill Express”
Coyote Clean Up // “Downhill Express” : dir. Rob Heppell
favorite new video // Neon Indian : “6669 (I Don’t Know if You Know)”
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Love Neon Indian. Adore this gorgeous Jaoa Machado video.
new favorite video // Avi Buffalo : “What’s in it For?”
Vodpod videos no longer available.stunningly gorgeous video and song from Avi Buffalo.
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new favorite video: Mia Doi Todd “Open Your Heart”
Directed by Gondry. Need I say more . . . ?
new favorite video: Hidden Cameras “Underage”
maybe because it reminds me of my favorite scene from Beetlejuice . . . ?
new favorite video: Fang Island “Daisy”
Sick costumes, kickass choreography and impressive single-take photography to boot. Plus, a pretty enjoyable song. What’s not to love?
new favorite video: small black “despicable dogs”
You can’t make up characters like this. This is an uncle of one of the bandmembers. I wanna go out and film all my relatives now.
new favorite video: girls “laura”
Great band. Great album. This video seems to capture the general vibe of summer ’09. Love it.
favorite new video: air “sing sang sung”
I believe this speaks for itself.
new favorite video: royksopp + fever ray “this must be it”
both these artists are well-loved here, so it’s a bit of a no brainer. that said, the sheer originality and quality of craftmanship displayed here would be enough alone—blanket it in an amazing song, and you have my new favorite video.
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new favorite video: the antlers’ “two”
just so perfect.
new favorit video: cass mccombs “you saved my life”
Ever feel lonely in a crowd? How about the summertime blues? This song is touching, haunting, bittersweet. The video is remarkable in its lo-fi simplicity and beautiful in its original spirit. Follow the back of the head of one sad punk through a hazy summer street fair crowd and finish with with some electrical light dancing. I love it. Not entirely sure why. But I do. It’s a comfort video.
new favorite video: peter bjorn + john “it don’t move me”
Maybe it’s post-MJ nostalgia, but there’s something about the choreography and the atmosphere and the Lynch-esque narrative that makes me happy.
new favorite video: nite jewel “lover”
I don’t think much needs to be said. Any fan of Bryan Ferry, Fleetwood Mac or 80s soft pop in general, will appreciate this prismatic splendor.
new favorite video: human highway “the sound”
great song. incredible video.
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