Now The White Stripes have jacked it in, Seasick Steve now looks like one of the most reliable sources of primal rock thrills out there – especially as he’s now teamed up with John Paul Jones. He certainly has a great video from Reuben Sutherland for You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks, the [...]
James Copeman delivers this wild and lively little number for Vato Gonzalez complete with ad-hoc cardboard props and strange paper costumes to add to the lighthearted shenanigans on a Spanish rooftop… Vato Gonzalez Badman Riddims Director: James Copeman Head of Music Video: Svana Gisla Producer: Helen Potter Production Comapany: Black Dog Films Service Company: Boogaloo [...]
Nez gets down to business for the fourth single from Bruno Mars’ hit album Doowops & Hooligans with this cute suburban vignette starring Lenoard Nimoy. Nimoy turns in a great performance as the grumpy, lazy neighbour scowling at the world – a stark contrast to his serene and sunny surroundings. There’s a nod to his [...]
Ben Newman’s vibrant work in music video over the past couple of years garnered him his best new director award at the UKMVAs last year. And in particular his hugely successful video for DJ Fresh’s Gold Dust was clearly a point of reference for the creatives of the new Lucozade Lite campaign. Appropriately enough, they [...]
Warren Credo shoots rap duo Airplane Boys in an inexhaustable amount of locations – on cliff tops, by big lakes, in disused warehouses, dodging speeding trains… for the promo to their Born To Be single, with an energetic performance from the lads… Director/Editor/DP: Warren Credo Produced by: Stampede Management Styling and Still Photography: Justin Create [...]
A crowd-sourced, interactive video for Das Pop’s Skip The Rope – the second single from their new album The Game – by Tom Willems at Caviar Belgium, which engaged the help of 150 enthusiastic fans, all wielding their own mobile cameras. These fans chase the band through huge gallery space S.M.A.K. in Gent , all [...]
Following his promo for My Chemical Romance, and several NSFW ones for Yuck, Michael works with Oxfordshire fivepiece Fixers on their promo for Crystals. Taking his cue from the swirling reverb-drenched soundtrack, Michael masks the track with a effects-laden psychedelic orgy of molten colour… Fixers Crystals -Directors Cut (Mercury) Director: Michael Producer: Anthony Baldino Production [...]
It’s a couple of years old, but we’ve just discovered that Harvey Benschoter’s video for Castrovalva’s Dream Carpet is a must-see, all-you-can-eat gem. After this you’ll want to head down the kebab shop, or over here. Yum. Castrovalva Dream Carpet Director: Harvey Benschoter
Isaac Rentz goes on a trip through the countryside with The Feeling in aid of the promo to new single Set My World On Fire. Harnessing a strange glowing sphere (the sun) to change night into day, Rentz takes a simple idea of contrasting light with shade to a successful conclusion. The Feeling Set My [...]
A video for American troubadour Amos Lee that’s made almost entirely from plain white paper – a comment which barely does justice to the achievement by //kneeon, a girl-and-guy stop-motion animation team out of NYC. They’ve built a whole Huckleberry Finn-style tale of Amos heading for the wide open spaces – all created in the [...]
