The world has gone topsy-turvey and the machines we used to use to record our thoughts are now our interlocutors, striving to understand how we've allowed horrible things to happen to our world. So, yes: The new Conor Oberst video is more than just a NYC walkabout.
Credit Black Keys singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach for getting Nigerian rocker Bombino to Nashville to record new album, Nomad. This video mix of fiery psychedelia and studio footage is a fine introduction, presenting Bombino as the midpoint between fuzztoned rock and acid-tinged raga.
A man stands on the ledge. There's a cinder block tied with a noose around his ankle. There's a girl, of course. And an enigmatic ending, which also makes perfect sense if you know that Philip Selway day job is the drummer for Radiohead, a band well known for mysterious and complex videos (see "Just" for a reference point). --> watch "By Some Miracle"
DP Larkin Seple and director David Altobelli plot out a shot for "By Some Miracle", the debut video for Radiohead drummer Philip Selway's solo project...
This Black Keys video may be a sitcom set-up, but it's a good sitcom. A single camera, no laughtrack, bitingly sarcastic, yet heartfelt sitcom about being immature forever. The action takes place on a playground, where first the Black Key kids and then the Black Keys themselves find themselves in fierce competition over the attention of age-appropriate ladies. --> watch "Tighten Up"
This video deals with the effects of gravity. The clip starts with singer/songwriter Laura Veirs' world getting turned upside down. It's then revealed that Veirs lives many leagues under the sea. Both sequences spotlight a multitude of objects that slowly sink to the bottom of the screen.artist: Laura Veirssong: "Galaxies"label: Nonesuchdirector(s): Terri Timelyproduction co: Refused TV
