January 2015

January felt like a slow start to the music video year, but it also generated three classics from Sia, Childish Gambino, and Kanye West, who are about as good as it gets. If there's a thread through all these, it's the continuation of dance or choreographed long takes as the prevailing trend, which is also a good thing. Otherwise we have some occasional fits of silliness, some gonzo stuff that's a bit too good to be true, and just enough violence and beauty to keep you on edge.

Here are the Best Music Videos of January 2015...

• Sia "Elastic Heart" (Sia and Daniel Askill, dir.)
• Childish Gambino "Sober" (Hiro Murai, dir.)
• Kanye West "Only One" (Spike Jonze, dir.)
• Majid Jordan "Forever" (Common Good, dir.)
• Andy Mineo "You Can't Stop Me" (Kyle Dettman, dir.)
• Ariel Pink "Dayzed Inn Daydreams" (Grant Singer, dir.)
• Mourn "Your Brain Is Made Of Candy" (Roger Guardia, dir.)
• The Wombats "Greek Tragedy" (Finn Keenan, dir.)
• Giraffage "Tell Me" (Adam Avilla, dir.)
• DUM "Get Back"
• Bay Uno "Wait For You" (Sebastian Mlynarski, dir.)
• BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah f/ DOOM "Ray Gun" (Rob Schroeder, dir.)
• The Vaccines "Handsome" (Gerson Aguerri, dir.)
• Maroon 5 "Sugar" (David Dobkin, dir.)
• All Time Low "Something's Gotta Give" (Chris Marrs Piliero, dir.)
• Glitches "Organelles" (Holly Blakey, dir.)
• AWOLNATION "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" (Hayley Young, dir.)
• Night Terrors of 1927 "Always Take You Back" (Scott Rhea, dir.)
• FKA Twigs "Pendulum" (FKA Twigs, dir.)
• Flying Lotus "Coronus The Terminator" (Young Replicant, dir.)