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Silicone Ballet ‘Slowly Slowly’ by Sébastien Petretti
In Sébastien Petretti’s video for Silicone Ballet’s Slowly Slowly, the relentless routine of a lonely warehouseman is finally lightened when he creates his own little magical world with strings of...
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Erevan Tusk ‘By The Larches’ by Parallel
There’s a wonderful soft touch to this video for Erevan Tusk by director Raphaëlle Tinland aka Parallel. In it an elderly lady journeys to reconnect with her younger self, ending up meeting her...
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Haezer ft Tumi ‘Troublemaker’ by Kyle Lewis
Young South African director Kyle Lewis develops a familiar kids-with-superpowers storyline, but gives it a whole new dimension in the video for Haezer’s Troublemaker, featuring Tumi. We’ve seen the...
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Jake Bugg ‘Seen It All’ by John Hardwick
John Hardwick makes a rare and very welcome return to music videos with this compelling drama for Jake Bugg’s Seen It All, featuring talented British actor Michael Socha as a young man in a whole heap...
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David Bowie ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’ by Floria Sigismondi
David and Tilda Swinton are the suburban couple enjoying a wonderful life, until they start getting bothered by the noisy neighbours in Floria Sigismondi’s fab video for David Bowie’s The Stars (Are...
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Anberlin ‘Unstable’ by Jodeb
A stupendous video for US rock outfit Anberlin’s Unstable by Jodeb – that’s Quebecois animation wizard Jonathan Desbiens – that combines breathtaking location filming and incredible FX work to tell an...
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Broke feat MØ ‘Let The Youth Go Mad’ by Ian Isak Ploug Ochoa
I think it’s fair to say that the young lead in this promo for Broke’s Let The Youth Go Mad isn’t too worried about the long term effects of smoking and drinking. And whilst drinking leftovers in your...
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The Leisure Society ‘Fight For Everyone’ by Persistent Peril
Acts of God make a whole lot more sense in Persistent Peril’s marvellous cartoon video for The Leisure Society’s Fight For Everyone. Creating the earth and then, well, destroying it, just all looks...
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Young Dreams ‘First Days Of Something’ by Kristoffer Borgli
A young man plays the same track over and over again, as he goes through what has to be said, is a rather pleasant daily routine. And he’s not even a video director – and he’s also the latest subject...
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Foals ‘Late Night’ by Nabil
While Foals perform in an Eastern European hotel bar, life goes on in the rooms upstairs in Nabil Elderkin’s gripping video for Late Night. In fact, the brass tacks of human existence are played out...
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Nadine Shah ‘Dreary Town’ by Matthew Barton
Director Matthew Barton matches the emotional intensity of singer Nadine Shah with this interesting relationship piece, featuring a sterling performances from both male lead Gareth Murphy and Nadine...
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Sweet Baboo ‘If I Died…’ by Casey Raymond
The enormous disembodied head of Steve Black, aka Sweet Baboo stalks his ex-girlfriend in Casey Raymond’s charming lo-fi video for the instantly catchy If I Died… However, it does suffer a bit from the...
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Lianne La Havas ‘Elusive’ and ‘Gone’ by Colin Solal Cardo
Mercury Prize-nominated jazz-soul wunderkind Lianne La Havas now has an epic two part video set to add to her belt. Director Colin Solal Cardo has created a romantic yarn with a suitably tragic...
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Roman ‘Aftermaths’ by Federico Urdaneta
Federico Urdaneta has chosen to create five mini ‘teaser’ style videos for mysterious newcomer ROMAN rather than a standard promo. It works well, with each film relating to a day of the week. These...
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Phoenix ‘Entertainment’ by Patrick Daughters
The band are French, the director is American (now based in Paris) – and the video is Korean. That is, Patrick Daughters has taken Phoenix’s Entertainment – the first single from long-awaited new...
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Biting Elbows ‘Bad Motherfucker’ (Insane Office Escape 2) by Ilya Naishuller
First there was the Insane Office Escape – the video for Russian punk outfit Biting Elbows’ The Stampede, released 18 months ago, by director Ilya Naishuller – also the band’s frontman. It’s a...
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Frades & Sika “Autour D’un Verre” (feat. Seriak) by Hero
Oliver Dressen is director Hero – a sometimes Shanghai, Brussels, Paris or Budapest-based filmmaker with a penchant for special effects. However in this video, Hero exposes an obvious love for 70′s...
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs ‘Sacrilege’ by Megaforce
Megaforce are not exactly strangers to controversy. But the French directing team’s video for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Sacrilege is a different story from, say, the comic grossness of Is Tropical’s The...
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ArtOfficial ‘Black Birds’ by Tom Jackson
Influenced by the characters he animated on an Amiga as a kid, Tom Jackson (from digital agency RamJam) has put together a noir animation featuring gangsters, dirty cops and a little bit of magic –...
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The Electric Soft Parade ‘Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone’ by Ryan...
Ryan Owen Eddleston is in the director’s chair here, helping Brighton’s Electric Soft Parade bring a tear to your eye. Brothers from the band, Thomas and Alex, double on production duties in this...
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