Naughty Boy ‘La La La’ (ft Sam Smith) by Ian Pons Jewell
After his excellent Landshapes video documenting the wrestling community of La Paz, Ian Pons Jewell has definitely taken to Bolivia. He has now shot the video for Naughty Boy’s La La La there – and...
View ArticleVitalic ‘Fade Away’ by Romain Chassaing
Romain Chassaing departs from his usual style of pastel colours and post-production trickery to deliver an altogether more cinematic experience for Vitalic’s Fade Away – a blackly comic procession of...
View ArticleMeridians ‘Mountains’ by Sébastien Petretti
Director Sébastien Petretti and his regular DoP collaborator Slyvain Freyens tell the tragic tale of a rather stately wedding in this polished and wonderfully styled and dressed promo for Meridians....
View ArticleSubfocus ft. Alex Clare ‘Endorphins’ by Rohan Blair-Mangat
A dark, dramatic video for Sub Focus ft. Alex Clare’s Endorphins by Rohan Blair-Mangat, set in a dystopian not-too-distant future where music is outlawed and people have to consume it illegally. And...
View ArticleNeon Neon ‘Hammer & Sickle’ by Rob Schroeder
Following their first album Stainless Style, focussed on the life of John DeLorean, Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip have revived their Neon Neon partnership with a new album, Praxis Makes Perfect, and a new...
View ArticleDavid Bowie ‘The Next Day’ by Floria Sigismondi
As he’s spent 2013 being praised to the heavens for his godlike genius, and most people think he can probably walk on water (and maybe even rose from the dead…) David Bowie actually plays Christ in...
View ArticleThe Deets ‘Charlie’ by Nikolai Galitzine
Nikolai Galitzine has directed and shot this tale of a doomed London gangster taking a bad turn in the boxing game for the rampaging mod-rock of The Deets’ Charlie. “The Deets’ music video takes it’s...
View ArticleÍRiS ‘Swiftly Siren’ by Peter Szewczyk
Having made a big impression with his first ever music video for The Maccabees’ Young Lions, Peter Szewczyk has not directed one for a couple of years. But now he’s made another labour of love for the...
View ArticleSkylar Grey ‘Final Warning’ by Brewer
After their brilliant video for Passion Pit’s Carried Away, the Brewer brothers Ben and Alex’s new one for Skylar Grey’s Final Warning is a more sombre, gritty affair – and also compelling. It’s a...
View Article‘Another Hell’ by Saam Farahmand
Saam Farahmand ventures into short film territory with this elliptical narrative that has been “inspired by the music and magic of Daughn Gibson”. Daughn is a singer-songwriter from Pennsylvania (he...
View ArticleNaive New Beaters ‘Shit Happens’ by Esteban
After their very daft tribute to the Olympics for Jersey, and a faux Hells Angels doc for La Onda, rock-rap pranksters Naive New Beaters latest Shit Happens, directed by Esteban, goes in an even more...
View ArticleKyasma ‘Radioactivity’ by Jean-Paul Frenay
Jean-Paul Frenay delivers a riveting sci-fi thriller for Swiss rockers Kyasma and their track Radioactivity. Featuring some cool make-up SFX, the video tells the tale of a ‘looming sci-fi-etched...
View ArticleSebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin ‘Reload’ by JoDeb
Shot in the very contrasting and stunning locations of Iceland and Guatemala, JoDeb – that’s Quebec-based director and VFX whizz Jonathan Desbiens – delivers this eye-catching short for Sebastian...
View ArticleJoel Compass ‘Fucked Up’ by Ryan Patrick
Rising young British hiphop soul star Joel Compass’s tale of betrayal in Fucked Up is compellingly realised in this fine video by Ryan Patrick, via Doomsday Entertainment. Joel’s mental body leaves...
View ArticleAutoerotique ‘Asphyxiation’ by Amos LeBlanc
It’s not hard to imagine the gist of the treatment, or even the brief, for the titillating view-magnet that is the video for Autoerotique’s Asphyxiation: Huse Monferadi’s legendary Eric Prydz video...
View ArticleWaylayers ‘SOS’ by Alexander Brown
Alexander Brown delivers this highly atmospheric, driving and tasteful video for Waylayers’ SOS that captures night-time London in a cool and original way. Alexander harnesses the sweet electronic...
View ArticleMaker ‘Devotion’ by Laurence Dean
In his video for Brighton band Maker’s Devotion, Laurence Dean peers into the private lives of an attractive young couple and analyses their very strained relationship – including some passion-free...
View ArticleMotel Connection ‘Less Is More’ by Leone
The story began with Leone’s video for Motel Connection’s Midnight Sun, which introduced a sweet young lad who endures the bullies of the playground and an uncaring mother, to engage his love of disco…...
View ArticleBalthazar ‘Sinking Ship’ by Joe Vanhoutteghem
As aficianados of his videos for The Hickey Underworld will attest, Joe Vanhoutteghem’s work is unique. It’s a bleak, disturbing, violent, grubby, weirdly fathomless vision of the world. He brings the...
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