Here is the latest from the man everyone loves to hate Kanye West for the single ‘Coldest Winter’. It’s a slick video which is to be expected, and I am going to let you finish watching it but I just want to say that Beyonce has one of the greatest videos of all time.
Credits:
Artist: Kanye West
Song: Coldest Winter
Director: NABIL
Label: Island/ Def jam
Producer: Kathleen Heffernan
DP: Josh Reis
Editor: DJ Sing
CG post: Baked FX lead artist: Kyle Belko
After Effects: Gustavo & Clara
Production Co: Partizan
Evan Owen Dennis wrote in to let me know about a new music video he directed for the band The Antlers for their single ‘Bear’ off of the album ‘Hospice’. It’s a great video for a great band. The album isn’t new but the video is, possibly because more people have come around to the band this year after the albums reception last year.
Credits:
Director: Evan Owen Dennis
DP: Aaron Phillips
Editor: Eli Mavros
Producer: Robert Smyth
Telecine: Tom Poole @ Company 3
Daniel Warwick directed this video for Fettes Brot which kind of reminds me of something you would have seen in the 80’s for Devo. Minus the amazing vivid color, art direction and super stylized sets of course. The whole video is pretty strange and I am not entire sure what the aim was but it is definitely entertaining.
Here is the latest video for Mia Doi Todd for the track ‘Open Your Heart’. The visual feat was achieved by director Michel Gondry who continues to cement his reputation as a true artist behind the camera.
This is the video that was released several months back for the single ‘Desert Song’ from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. The video is part of a 12 part rock opera video series released by the band entitled ‘SALVO!’ The videos are directed by Benjamin Kutsko and Cory Marrero. These aren’t new but I only recently was turned onto the band and I seriously just can’t stop listening to them. They are fantastic and worth looking into if you haven’t yet.
ARTIST: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
SONG: Desert Song
ALBUM: Up From Below
LABEL: Community Music
DIRECTED BY: Benjamin Kutsko and Cory Marrero
PRODUCED BY: Alex Ebert
DP: David Myrick
EDITED BY: Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer and Alex Ebert
VFX: Benjamin Kutsko and Casey Allen
WARDROBE BY: Cassandra Kellogg and Amanny Ahmad
MAKEUP: Sarai Fiszel
I am really digging both the video and the song ‘Heaven Can Wait’ from Charlotte Gainsbourg who sings in duo with Beck (who looks like he could use a little sun and an extra meal or two).
Here is the official music video for the single “Stars” by Warpaint, taken from the ‘Exquisite Corpse EP’ (released on Manimal Vinyl). The video was filmed in the ashes of the Angeles National Forest.
Credits:
Shot by Adam Harding, edited and directed by Burke Roberts and Adam Harding
“Humble directing collective Hydra, follows up its VMA nominated debut with an epic narrative of tiny proportions. For “Uprising,” the lead off single from Muse’s eagerly anticipated new album, our boys tweaked both time and space to create an dystopic, ultra slo-mo world in 1/25th scale. We shot for 4 days on 2 continents, with two 1938 GMC pickup trucks (of drastically different size) using both the RED and Phantom cameras to get the dreamy,
slo-mo look the story demanded.”
After you watch the video and get your groove on, be sure to pay a visit to Humble’s website. Brilliant direction and animation is happening in their exceptional portfolio.
Here is the new Chromeo video for their Green Label Sound single, “Night By Night.” You can download the track for free at GreenLabelSound.com. I gotta be perfectly honest, I love Chromeo and have since I first played them on my car stereo. You can’t miss when you put them on at a party.
29 years ago today this news shocked the world: “On the night of 8 December 1980, at around 10:50 pm, Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times in the entrance of the Dakota apartment building. Earlier that evening, Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman who had been stalking Lennon since October.“
It’s true that we kill our prophets and Lennon was no exception. As Lennon traveled the road of fame and fortune he began to see the world for what it was. An entire generation awakened with him realizing that the world must be changed. Although the tide rose toward genuine social and spiritual change in the 60’s, that wave rolled back never quite reaching the shore.
Lennon’s memory lives on and his dreams of peace can still be realized by our generation. It’s not too late. We just have to want it and act.
Here is an interesting looking music video directed by Tim Nackashi for OK Go’s first single from their forthcoming ‘Of The Colour Of The Blue Sky.’
Here is a little background on the project from Nackashi’s website:
“The original idea was to create a video in which every frame remains on the screen, building and building. Needless to say, the band ran with the idea. The video was shot in one take — primarily using sticks and tape.”
We have been watching La Blogotheque at work for quite a while now and there are a lot of bands we love who appear on the site, but this is definitely a recent standout. I have listened to the recent Phoenix album so many times now that I feel like I have worn it out. Via Coisa ‘74
Description:
“It’s a weird game going on between the band and the place where they play. A mesmerizing Eiffel Tower or Trocadero usually steal the show with their size and more or less spectacular tricks, but here’s a band no one would expect to find there, competing with all those crowd-pullers.”
Produced by Chryde for la Blogotheque
Filmed by Vincent Moon
Sounds by François Clos and Guillaume de la Villeon
Edit by Guillaume Guerry
Mix by Francois Clos
More deliciously fun strangeness for Major Lazer’s latest by director Eric Wareheim.
Credits:
Edited and Animation by Fatalfarm
Art by Kevin O’Neill
Produced by Clark Reinking and Dave Kneebone
Styling by Amanny Ahmad
Makeup by Tara Loren
I am digging this new video for Yeasayer’s latest single ‘Ambling Alp’. I apologize but I can’t seem to track down who directed or produced the video. But I dig it.
The oh-so-so-young Aussie rockers who call themselves Powerage have asked for a little help. If you recall, I posted a video of them performing at the Hinton County Fair not long ago. The boys are currently running in a national school band competition called My School Act that is exclusive to Australian high school students. The winning act will receive a Sony Music recording deal worth $50,000 to help them get their start in the industry.
register as a fan ( and you will immediately be sent a password to your email address)
re-enter www.myschoolact.com with your password
Become a fan of Powerage
I wouldn’t normally post something like this but these fellas are very young and really going for it. The front man was only around 11 years old when he started getting people’s attention. I think they have some genuine talent and could really go somewhere if the right people get behind them and I am all for helping out up and coming talent in any way possible. If you don’t like them, then don’t vote but if you do, this could mean a lot to them. Good luck boys.
Scott Hansen A.K.A. ISO50 has made his latest 12″ Tycho album available for preorder in his online store. As always, the artwork and design for the album are beautiful. The first 50 are signed and numbered. Every copy comes with an alternate artwork poster.
I don’t have a record player but I just bought one anyway.
02/27 ICEBERG ADRIFT A massive iceberg has struck Antarctica dislodging a gigantic block of ice measuring 48 miles (78 kilometers) long and about 24 miles (39 kilometers) wide and holds roughly the equivalent of a fifth of the world’s annual total water usage. Holy crap.
02/27 CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Chile with a death toll so far standing at 82.
02/18 CLIENTS FROM HELL We’ve all had them and will inevitably be working for them again in the future. Clients from hell say some crazy-ass sh%$.
02/15 SMITH TOO FAT Actor and Director Kevin Smith who reached fame as ‘Silent Bob’ was determined to be ‘too fat to fly‘ by Southwest Airlines and he is not the least bit happy about it.
02/15 CLINTON ON IRAN Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has upped her rhetoric claiming Iran is becoming a ‘military dictatorship‘ under the rule of Revolutionary Guard begging the question: How many wars can America fight?
