Alan Wilkis ‘Shadow’ by Ryan O’Hara Theisen
Shot on the Canon 7D and 5D, Ryan O’Hara Theisen’s promo for Brooklyn-based Alan Wilkis is a trip back to 1979. As seen through the eyes of an introverted photo assistant, ‘Daniel’ becomes obsessed...
View ArticleRoscoe ‘Lowlands’ by Norman Bates
The video for Lowlands, second single from the debut album of Belgian band Roscoe, is the disturbing story of a boy embroiled in a brutal world of streetfighting for money at the behest of his father....
View ArticleWhoMadeWho ‘Running Man & The Sun’ by William Stahl
WhoMadeWho’s Running Man and The Sun – a double-headed video by William Stahl follows in the tradition of their previous collaborations for Keep Me In My Plane and Every Minute Alone. They were superb,...
View ArticleA Band Of Buriers ‘Filth’ by Blake Claridge
Blake Claridge’s video for English alt-folkies A Band Of Buriers’ Filth sees him move confidently into short film territory. In fact, it’s very powerful – the story of a young man and woman, living...
View ArticleDevlin ft. Ed Sheeran ‘Watchtower’ by Corin Hardy
Corin Hardy creates an intense drama for Devlin’s Watchtower – first single from the upcoming album A Moving Picture, and an interpretation of the Bob Dylan song famously covered by Jimi Hendrix –...
View ArticleAntony and the Johnsons ‘Cut The World’ by Nabil
Willem Dafoe and Carice van Houten star in Nabil Elderkin’s astonishing clip for Antony and the Johnsons’ Cut The World. You really won’t forget this one in a hurry. What starts as a gentle,...
View ArticleFlight Facilities ft Christine Hoberg ‘Claire De Lune’ by Dave Ma
Dave Ma’s video for Flight Facilities’ Clare De Lune, featuring Christine Hoberg, came out last November and somehow we missed it. So we need to put that right, because it marks a very accomplished...
View ArticleSBTRKT ‘Trials of the Past’ by Ross Anderson
Dystopian sci-fi adventures are on the cards in this impressive Philip K Dick-inspired piece by Thirsk-based director Ross Anderson. A timid girl enters a rather dilapidated barber’s shop, but it’s...
View ArticleAlpines ‘Lights’ by Ryan Hope
Now signed to Sonny London, Ryan Hope delivers a brilliant, highly emotional promo for Alpines’ soaring ballad Lights. Ryan explains the process behind the production here Alpines Lights Director:...
View ArticleSwimming ‘I Do (Come True)’ by Tom Walsh
Tom Walsh serves up some mysterious and atmospheric sci-fi for Swimming. Based on a short story idea of Tom’s, the video actually comprises of a short edit of a longer, more detailed short film (which...
View ArticleScratch Massive ‘Waiting For A Sign’ by Edouard Salier – now with Somesuch in...
This is a brutal, frighteningly convincing story of a band of killer children in a dystopian south-east Asia state, directed by Edouard Salier for Scratch Massive’s Waiting For A Sign. It’s...
View ArticleTame Impala ‘Mind Mischief’ by David Wilson
Dreams come true in David Wilson’s video for Tame Impala’s Mind Mischief: a schoolboy is lost in erotic yearnings for his sexy young lady teacher in a 1970s English boys school. She’s surely...
View ArticleHow To Destroy Angels ‘How Long’ by Shynola
Shynola’s video for How To Destroy Angels’ How Long, sees HTDA’s Trent Reznor fulfil a longstanding ambition to work with the legendary British animators/directors/visual artists. The outcome is,...
View ArticleRhye ‘Open’ by Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen
A second video for Rhye by Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen that shares the same precocious quality of storytelling and characterisation that marked out his first Rhye video for The Fall, and also his MVA...
View ArticleGentlemen ‘Sailor (Of the Cosmic Ark)’ by Edward Housden
Edward Housden lands a cosmonaut on the snowy plains of Britain, where he enjoys a frolic in the winter weather, before promptly going a little mad, seeing some psychedelic visions and collapsing in...
View ArticleBen Ivory ‘The Righteous Ones’ by Mattias Erik Johansson
Director Mattias Erik Johansson brings German synth-pop explorer Ben Ivory alive in a blend of children’s revolution, fantastic outfits and interesting moments. The video alternatives between a...
View ArticleMaya’s Moving Castle ‘WAR’ by Charles De Meyer
Belgium director Charles De Meyer is most known for his music videos using astounding visual effects (like those for Raveyards and Amon Tobin), but this shows a more emtional side to his work. Given...
View Article‘Agi & Sam’ by Edward Housden
Ever wondered how fashion designers come up with their latest creations? Maybe even what the working environment is like? Director Edward Housden offers a unique insight into the world of fashion...
View ArticleEels ‘New Alphabet’ by Andrew Van Baal
Watching a grown man being terrorised by kids is pretty unedifying, as Andrew Van Baal shows in his video for Eels’ New Alphabet. But revenge is sweet for the previously put-upon E, Eels’ frontman....
View ArticleThe Weeknd ‘Twenty Eight’ by Nabil Elderkin
Following Antony & The Johnsons’ Cut The World and Frank Ocean’s Pyramids, Nabil is finding his groove for enigmatic, psychological drama and his video for The Weeknd’s Twenty Eight follows in the...
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