Heavy British hip-hop from the rapper who calls himself Giggs (but looks more like Anelka) – newly signed to XL – beautifully captured by Adam Powell.

After A-Punk a while ago, here’s another deceptively simple, beautifully conceptual Vampire Weekend performance video by Garth Jennings. And like A-Punk it just gets more enjoyable and rewarding each time you watch it.
There’s no framerate-manipulation this time. The band really did go that fast, up and down the track – powered by four grips running [...]

The new single from The Horrors’ Mercury Music Prize nominated album Primary Colors, is the acclaimed Whole New Way. For this, the band wanted something special, so it was off to Dartmoor for some serious widescreen action. Shot at some ungodly hour amongst the desolate Tors, director Dave Ma captures a great band at their [...]

It’s sexy, as you might expect with a video for Peaches – but even though the styling is very Spiders From Mars, not in an ironic way.
Kinga Burza’s video for I Feel Cream is also hypnotically gorgeous, with experimental camerawork, projections, and vision-mixing – all achieved on a smidgeon, as she explains below.
In [...]

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 Muppets) [...]

Two fine new examples of visual experimentation from the highly talented Anthony Dickenson.
You could watch Anthony’s intriguing video for Miike Snow’s Animal many times without figuring out how he magically creates a forest which then turns into a city, but essentially it’s a combination of projections, animation, and sculpture – with added band performance – [...]

The band is the catchily-named Elvis Perkins in Dearland, the director is Sean Pecknold, the talented filmmaker behind videos for his brother Robin’s band Fleet Foxes – including the wonderful White Winter Hymnal and He Doesn’t Know Why.
Sean’s clip for Chains, Chains, Chains is mysterious and subtly beautiful, set in a cave-world apparently submerged, but [...]

Performance vid in a spiritual setting for Jack Peñate’s new release, directed by Cherise Payne, who previously directed a video for The Invisible, and collaborated with Jack on the treatment for this one.
It was shot in St. Stephens Church in Hampstead, with a fine lighting job by Ed Rutherford.
Jack Peñate
Be The One (XL Recordings)
Director: Cherise [...]

Talented tunesmith Gwilym Gold and his band get a James Copeman special – warm, aged film look, embellished with James’s stylish animated flourishes. The lad does great titles.
The Mill’s Aubrey Woodiwiss’s warm grade should get a shout-out too, because this wasn’t shot on film at all.
The Golden Silvers
Arrows Of Eros (XL Recordings)
Prod co: Black Dog [...]

Doug Hart follows up his epic rock n roll happening for Sea Within A Sea with another atmospheric performance vid for The Horrors, sounding like a rock band should, shot in London’s Toynbee Hall.
Douglas, whose also just directed new vids for Manic Street Preachers and Pet Shop Boys, is on a roll. And Faris quite [...]