Warren Fu delivers a richly photographed voyeuristic-type monochrome promo for Depeche Mode’s Soothe My Soul, with an aspect ratio that feels like you’re viewing the action through a peep-hole. The band play in shadows intercut with fleeting glimpses of nudity, wet skin, snakes and close-ups all adding to a tense, intimate atmosphere. Depeche Mode Soothe [...]
An unmistakeable slab of Daniels’ virtuosity graces the video for Passion Pit’s Cry Like A Ghost – about a girl who’s on an emotional rollercoaster – and physically swinging from guy to guy during the course of the video. It almost resembles a horror film at first, shot in a dark forest, but the characteristic [...]
Depeche Mode are back, with a surprise: Heaven, first single from forthcoming album Delta Machine, is a mighty pop tune, and Timothy Saccenti’s video is a straight-ahead performance video of the band, shot appropriately enough in an abandoned church in New Orleans, embellished with live projections and imagery that touch upon a voodoo theme. The [...]
In Syndrome’s Kawaii-inspired video for Go Hard – her first major label single off her debut album Somethin’ Bout Kreay – Kreayshawn’s world is one of bright colors, deranged animals and classic comics. In it she rescues a girl from her mundane existence at home and transports her to a surreal, party-themed world of all [...]
An imaginative kid patrols an abandoned, apocalyptic suburb whilst The Shins singer James Mercer gets dragged off by an alien creature in Hiro Murai’s beautiful promo for the band’s It’s Only Life. Shot in Portland, Oregon, the alien ‘bunny’ creature first featured on the cover of The Shins’ Port Of Morrow album… The Shins It’s [...]
Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos wants his band’s music videos to look more like short films, while David Wilson has wanted to direct a film from a bouncing perspective ever since he saw Osamu Tezuka’s Jumping animation. Now artist and director have combined to achieve mutual satisfaction for Take A Walk from the forthcoming Passion [...]
AG Rojas’ compelling promo for Jack White sees the former White Stripe’s singer hanging out with the scary kids in a Walking Dead-style drama from the end of the world as we know it – complete with dance routines… Jack White Sixteen Saltines (Columbia) Director: AG Rojas Production Company: Caviar Rep: Lark Creative Executive Producer: [...]
With too much money and too much time on their hands, LA indiepop trio Foster The People live it up in a country mansion for director Ace Norton… Foster The People Call It What You Want (Columbia) Director: Ace Norton Production Company: Partizan DP: Michael Rizzi Production Designer: Chelsea Oliver Editor: Isaac Hagy Rep: Doomsday [...]
From their Infinite Arms album, Band Of Horses team up with Philip Andelman for the catchy-as-hell Dilly. With some excellent (and funny) choreography, this take on the classic American road movie goes hand in hand with the relentlessly driving track. Band Of Horses Dilly (Fat Possum/Columbia) Director: Philip Andelman Production Company: Partizan Producers: Jason Baum, [...]
