Poly Styrene – who tragically passed away last night – was, is and always will be an icon of punk rock. She dared to be utterly individual – which was rare then, and even rarer now. And the songs from the one and only X Ray Spex album Germ Free Adolescents still sound amazing. Here’s [...]
Here’s a very watchable split-screen performance video of 6 Day Riot’s rousing cover of the Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk by Lee Bamsey, Martin Macdonald and Steve Gurr – the directing team’s second video for the band, following Take Me earlier this year. Despite a micro-budget they used five cameras to shoot it: three Canon Eos 550Ds, [...]
An abandoned shopping centre in North London was ideal location for Stuart Birchall’s intense and cinematic promo for The Qemists & Enter Shakiri – notwithstanding the rotting food and inevitable pigeon infestation. “Working with the Qemists was a great experience,” says Stuart, “All I ever look for in a project is a creative free hand [...]
For the colourful, camp caper that is Andy Soup’s promo for Kamaliya’s theatrical Playing With Fire, the director gave a bit of insight into the background of the video: “I never think too much about where a video treatment ends up once it’s escaped from my clutches. I’m usually too busy chasing the next commission [...]
