Beggars

WATCH IT: Ted Leo "The Mighty Sparrow" (Jack Ferry, dir.)

Even if gravity no longer exists, even if we don't know which way is up and even if our balloons keep getting popped, Ted Leo will be there. And here he is, with his longtime backing band The Pharmacists, in a simple, yet clever enough performance video from multi-tasking director Jack Ferry. --> watch "The Mighty Sparrow" (Pitchfork TV premiere)

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NEW RELEASE: Jack Penate "Spit At Stars"

There are very few artist about whom you could say, "Sounds like a punkier Billy Bragg, but dances like a giddier Snoop Dogg." In fact, pop/punk British singer songwriter Jack Peñate may be the only one. This stutter-start-stop performance video uses some Invisible Man trickery and stop-motion editing quirks to give life to the instruments and amps. All in all, a clip that lives up the energy of the track. --> watch "Spit At Stars"

NEW RELEASE: Blonde Redhead "23"

After more than a decade away from the video scene, director Melodie McDaniel returns with a trippy, experimental performance video for NYC's Blonde Redhead. Singer Kazu Makino is layered inside smoke, lights and colors  as she asks a friend  to repent any number of times. I'm not sure the number 23 has any significance here, but the video does share some similarities with one made seven years ago for a band with five letters in its name: Doves "Catch the Sun."