April 2013

Bombino "Azamane Tiliade" (Reid Long, dir.)

Bombino - Azamane Tiliade (Official Video)

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. 

J-Cole "Power Trip" (Mike Piscitelli, dir.) [NSFW]

J. Cole Power Trip Featuring Miguel

Director Mike Piscitelli ensures you won't hear this new J. Cole single as just another love song, delivering a dark meditative tale set back in the rapper's Fayetteville, NC hometown. The basic set-up is a love triangle of sorts, involving Miguel and a beautiful woman, but J-Cole's solution is probably closer to what you'd expect in a Sopranos episode than in a video for a critically and commercially acclaimed hip-hop star.

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