Brian Burton (aka Dangermouse) and James Mercer (of The Shins) find themselves On The Road, armed with torches, having strange, emblematic encounters in a dreamy, picaresque tale of confusion and despondency.
An excellent, mystifying intro to Mouse and Mercer’s collaboration Broken Bells, directed by Muller, shot by Chivers, commissioned by Gent, and filmed on some kind [...]
Taken from the Fire Like This album (out March 1), artful indie-rockers Blood Red Shoes team up with James Lees for Light It Up. Lees weaves dynamic performance footage with brilliantly shot outdoor scenes (by Ross Mclennan) to excellent effect.
Blood Red Shoes
Light It Up (V2)
Director – James Lees
Production Company: Warp Films
Producer – [...]
Ryan Hope and Egoitz Audikana quickly follow up their recent I Blame Coco promo with a darkly menacing video for Groove Armada’s Paper Romance.
The third single from their Black Light album finds the Groove boys in a new darker, pop territory and is all the better for it – whilst still retaining their knack [...]
This well-shot docu-vid for teenage Danish shoegazers Dorias Baracca’s was filmed in the band’s hometown of Odense by Brighton-based Ben Lankester and Gary Osbourne of the Progress Film Company.
“We wanted a day in the life setup, combining the beautiful landscapes of wintry Scandinavia with a cold, epic performance,” Ben explains. “And the boys organised [...]
The first single from The Courteeners all-important second album Falcon (February 22), is a big deal, and as such have enlisted the services of Davey Inc’s David Edwards. Shot on 35mm at Hanningfield Water treatment works in Essex, the promo was filmed on the worst snow day this winter.
The Courteeners
You Overdid It Doll (Polydor)
Director: [...]
For what’s regarded as the key cut from Casablanca’s solo album Phrazes For The Young, Warren Fu delivers a part 20s Hollywood classic, part Asian gangster flick and part 80s Tom Cruise romp. With lots of set pieces, this promo for the pop-chugging 11th Dimension, just never lets up.
Julian Casablancas
11th Dimension (Cult/RCA)
Director: Warren Fu
Production Company: [...]
Two WIZ-directed music films were among the five nominations for the best video prize at the NME Shockwaves Awards announced on Monday evening.
WIZ’s dramatic videos for Oasis’s Falling Down (pictured) and Kasabian’s Fire are accompanied on the best video shortlist by Richard Ayoade’s minimalist video for Arctic Monkeys’ Cornerstone, Andy Morahan’s naval-themed clip for [...]
Weirdness, owls, and the longest fade-down in music video history, as Neptune drives his Morris Minor to the coast for a date with destiny.
With someone called Eddie Gooch dressed as a butterfly on drums. No, I don’t understand either, but this no-budget video for Petit Gris is a fine departure by Matt Cummins – [...]
Shot over four days in Cornwall between Christmas and New Year and one very cold night in Kent, this adventurous mini-epic surf movie – featuring UK Under-18 surf champion Seb Smart – brings out the widescreen feel of the Goldhawks’ grandiose new single Where In The World. And there’s some awesome footage of young Seb [...]
The first major release by Ellie Goulding, widely touted for big things this year and already the winner of a Brit award, gets a strong launch with a performance-based video by Ross Cooper and Bugsy Riverbank Steel of OneInThree, with added Muybridge-style visual effects they customized themselves from a popular TV sports package – see [...]
