Lana Del Rey ‘Burning Desire’ (Jaguar Commercial) by Anthony Shurmer

Following her win for Best International Female at the Brit Awards last week, Lana Del Rey calls on Anthony Shurmer to direct this creative hybrid of music promo and Jaguar car commercial soundtracked by her song Burning Desire. Shot in Brockley, South East London, Anthony explains the ideas behind the unusual production: “It was great [...]

Turbowolf ‘Read And Write’ by Stephen Agnew

Another riot of retro performance and FX from Stephen Agnew with his vid for Turbowolf’s Read & Write – his second after the highly enjoyable A Rose For The Crows. And Stephen is nominated at the UK Music Video Awards tomorrow night (Nov 8th) – in the Innovation Award category for his very NSFW interactive [...]

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool’s Jackson’s Last Stand by Stephen J Bell

For the driving synth tones of Ou Est Le Swimming Pool’s rocking Jackson’s Last Stand, Stephen Bell lends his dark vision to bring this sci-fi novel-influenced promo to the small screen. It’s slick, good-looking work. Styled by Kate Ruth using pieces from British designer Gemma Slack’s collection, the video also features the work of fearless [...]

Kirsty Almeida’s Spider by Andy Soup

Kirsty Almeida, the enigmatic singer-songwriter, gets together with Scissor Sisters director Andy Soup for the quirky Spider. Taken from her Pure Blue Green album (out in September), Almeida gives an inspired performance amongst the marionettes. “So when this sure-fire radio hit found it’s way into my headphones, I knew right away that I wanted to [...]

Basement Jaxx’s Feelings Gone by Andy Soup

Feelings Gone, a poppier than normal outing for the Jaxx (featuring a passionate Sam Sparro on vocal duties) is one of the better cuts from the band’s new Scars album. They turned to Andy Soup for direction: “One night watching the Phenomenal Hand Clap Band (and how the vocalist reminded me of one of the [...]