À tout à l’heure: the awesome new music video by Bibio

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By Darwin Cosico in New Music on Thursday 16 May 2013

On May 13, Wolverhampton native Bibio will release Silver Wilkinson, the follow-up to his excellent 2011 record Mind Bokeh. He has shared the video for the album’s first single, À tout à l’heure. Directed by Bibio in collaboration with Russell Weekes, the clip chronicles what summer would look like back in the 60s coated with [...]

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Puppet stop-motion video by Hiné Mizushima

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By Michael Amter in Video on Tuesday 14 May 2013

Insect Hospital+ is the official video for the new They Might Be Giants album, Nanobots. The puppet stop-motion video was created by the talented craft artist Hiné Mizushima. She sells her amazing needle and felt work via Etsy.

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We Found Love: new music by Palma Violets

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By Darwin Cosico in New Music on Friday 10 May 2013

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, then you need to check out Palma Violets, an indie rock/garage rock band from London and currently signed to the famous Rough Trade Records (The Strokes, The Libertines and Arcade Fire). The British quartet released their first studio album in February called 180, and [...]

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Two Door Cinema Club Tries bowling with human heads

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By Annie Churdar in New Music on Friday 10 May 2013

Well, I’ve never considered the benefits of using human heads as bowling balls. But thanks to Two Door Cinema Club’s new video for Handshake, I have now thought about it. And it still grosses me out. I tried watching it a second time, and it actually disturbed me more the second time around. I just [...]

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Outside: animated music video for new David Bronson single

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By Rebekah Rhoden in Video on Wednesday 8 May 2013

‘I knew I wanted to work with Johnerick as soon as I met him’, says New York-based singer-songwriter David Bronson about animator Johnerick Lawson and his contribution to the new music video for Bronson’s song Outside. Johnerick’s work is a creative mixture of animation techniques that compliments the song’s themes of inner reflection. ‘Who can [...]

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Daft Punk’s new single Get Lucky: it’s a groovy space jam

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By Annie Churdar in New Music on Tuesday 7 May 2013

Get ready for a lot of shiny chrome and sequins. This is Daft Punk’s new single from their soon-to-be-released album, Random Access Memories. Get Lucky (Featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) is a blast from the space-crazed past. I feel like these guys should be jamming in the background at a space club somewhere in [...]

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Simple As Hell: new music by Eaten By Bears

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By Steven Quinn in New Music on Thursday 2 May 2013

The Eaten by Bears track ‘Simple As Hell’ is ridiculously catchy and what song isn’t made better by bongos? They also have a great name. Fortunately, they haven’t yet been eaten. By bears. Catchy tunes with a math rock edge. You can stream their first album free on their bandcamp. For fans of Foals.

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Stand in the Sand: the first single from Twin Peaks

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By Pierce Adler in New Music on Tuesday 30 April 2013

Twin Peaks is living the dream. After a semester of going to college, they decided the rock n’ roll life was more their style. After a hype-garnering run at South by Southwest and a recent signing to Autumn Tone Records, the band will be reissuing their dreamy record, Sunken, on July 9. Twin Peaks sounds [...]

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New music video for Ben Mason’s Avoiding a Fight

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By Nini Baseema in Video on Tuesday 30 April 2013

Some songs bump into your life at a very peculiar moment, expressing something that you might not be ready to admit to yourself at the time but resonating with you on a deeper level all the same. Avoiding a Fight is one of those tunes. It was written and self-recorded a few years back by [...]

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Garbage and Screaming Females channel Patti Smith’s Because the Night

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By Annie Churdar in New Music on Saturday 27 April 2013

When Garbage and Screaming Females team up, they can rip guitar solos and belt out choruses right on par with Patti Smith. This black and white music video is primo. What begins as a shaky, DIY, handheld camera home video picks up as these girls begin to sing and play Because the Night. Like what [...]

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Music video blends watercolor with digital effects

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By Lost At E Minor in Video on Friday 26 April 2013

In this music video, the artist combines traditional watercolor techniques with digital effects. Every texture, illustration or letter was painted and scanned several times to achieve this beautiful effect. This is the first project of Sublime Silence, a collaborative studio that specializes in fine art and experimental videos. The artist spent weeks drawing, scanning and [...]

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Dream: new music video by French duo Cauboyz for the band Husband

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By Rajeev Basu in Video on Monday 22 April 2013

This is a great music video where the magic comes from the fact they did it for real, when it could so easily have been made in CG. Lightboxes bearing beautiful typography light up in time and sequence to the lyrics of the song. It’s a lovely, simple idea, executed to perfection. A pleasure to [...]

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New music by Master Musicians of Bukkake

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By Travis Lawrence in New Music on Friday 12 April 2013

Do not be fooled by the name. Master Musicians of Bukkake are no joke. Coming out of their priceless Totem trilogy, Master Musicians of Bukkake are about to drop their next full length, Far West. The Seattle mystery group is composed of various established artists from the Northwest shrouded behind shamanic garb. Pulling the listener [...]

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Demons: the new music video from The National

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By Darwin Cosico in New Music on Friday 12 April 2013

The National has shared the video for their Trouble Will Find Me opening track, Demons. In the clip, Azar Kazimir, Creative Director at the Michelberger Hotel, paints a mural of the cover artwork on a wall, filmed using time-lapse techniques. The Brooklyn band will release their highly anticipated album on May 20 in Europe and May [...]

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Brilliant kinetic video by Biting Elbows (NSFW)

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By The Flying Dutchman in Video on Wednesday 10 April 2013

This (rather NSFW) video by Biting Elbows is a brilliantly kinetic showcase of painful stunts and ballsy acrobatics. It is a follow up to The Stampede. I shudder to think what these guys might come up wth given an actual budget. Verité is apparently alive and well and living in Moscow.

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