Archive for January 15th, 2013

Drop The Lime ‘State Trooper’ by Chris Foggin

Director Chris Foggin and DoP Tasha Back take Drop The Lime’s cover of Bruce Springsteen’s State Trooper – recently used to trail the new Tom Cruise movie Jack Reacher – and turn it into a noir road-trip. They’ve given it a lovely high-contrast black and white sheen and brought the aesthetics of 50′s car-chases by [...]

Anamanaguchi ‘Meow’ by Daniel Gray Longino and Eric Notarnicola

US-based Daniel Gray Longino and Eric Notarnicola direct Anamanaguchi’s first music video to create a sensory feast that is great fun to watch and marries perfectly with the band’s 8-bit chiptune. Fittingly, Dan met the band at an arcade in Portland and after befriending the frontman, Pete Berkman (presumably bonding over a mutual love of [...]

C2C ‘Happy’ by Wendy Morgan

For C2C’s Happy, Wendy Morgan delivers this brilliant period-set black and white dance promo set in a marquee and featuring a bunch of guys who are possessed by the fervour of the gospel-influenced track. This is all about the dancing. With stunning performances from the six dancers – including King Charles, who devised the brilliant [...]

Mallory Knox ‘Lighthouse’ by Daniel Broadley

Following on from the bands previous single Wake Up, Daniel Broadley returns to direct his second music video for Mallory Knox, for Lighthouse. It’s a combination of band performance and drama, shot on the coast, and also in the sea at Plymouth, when singer Mikey Chapman dives into the water to attempt a daring rescue. [...]

Skripture ‘Bark (Back It Up)’ by Kaz Ove

Kaz Ove marries the hard-hitting beats of Skripture’s Bark (Back It Up) with intense, grainy, lo-fi imagery. Fastly edited shots of the UK rapper – some bleached-out, some shot in negative – punctuate the escalating menace of the soundtrack to uneasy effect… Skripture Bark (Back It Up) (NHNH Records) Director/DP: Kaz Ove Production Company: Cold [...]