By Steven Gottlieb on April 30, 2013 @ 4:55pm PDT |
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Just in case you're new around here:
- If it was covered on Video Static during April, it was considered for this list. Same will be true for anything we cover in May, regardless of when the video was released.
- We are Genre Agnostic. The fact so much of April's list is Dance is either a coincidence, or a sign that we are fully into another disco age. But, Genre does play a part, since as the Rules state: A great pop video does not make a great alternative video does not make a great rap video.
- No. The list of this month's best music videos is not presented in any specific "best to least best" order. #1 is not necessarily the best, or my favorite. Case in point, that Haerts video which comes last here is one of my personal faves, but it has a nice uplift that makes it feel like the perfect closer. Think of it like a mixtape.
- The playlist is hosted via YouTube, which means the totally fantastic, yet totally NSFW Is Tropical video couldn't be included. As a make good, I listed it first.
- And remember: This is all very subjective.
- Click the individual links below for credits, write-ups nd other good stuff. Or just watch the embedded playlist:
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The Best Music Videos Of April 2013
- Is Tropical "Dancing Anymore [NSFW]" (Megaforce, dir.)
- Azealia Banks "Yung Rapunxel" (Jam Sutton, dir.)
- Cold Mailman "My Recurring Dream" (Andre Chocron, dir.)
- David Guetta "Play Hard" (Andreas Nilsson, dir.)
- Capital Cities "Safe And Sound" (Grady Hall, dir.)
- will.i.am f/ Justin Bieber "That Power" (Ben Mor, dir.)
- Empire Of The Sun "Alive" (JD Dillard, dir.)
- Basement Jaxx "Back 2 The Wild" (Mat Maitland & Natalia Stuyk, dir.)
- Russ Chimes "Turn Me Out" (Mathy & Fran, dir.)
- I/O "Wasted My Time" (BRTHR, dir.)
- James Blake "Overgrown" (NABIL, dir.)
- J-Cole "Power Trip" (Mike Piscitelli, dir.) [NSFW]
- MS MR "Hurricane" (Luke Gilford, dir.)
- Bonobo "First Fires" (Young Replicant, dir.)
- Two Door Cinema Club "Handshake" (Sam Pilling, dir.)
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis "Can't Hold Us" (Augustavo/Koenig/Lewis, dir.)
- Psy "Gentleman" (Psy, dir.)
- Chris Brown "Fine China" (Sylvain White + Chris Brown, dir.)
- Big Black Delta "Side Of The Road" (Warren Kommers, dir.)
- 30 Seconds To Mars "Up In The Air" (Bartholomew Cubbins, dir.)
- Laura Mvula "That's Alright" (Wendy Morgan, dir.)
- Ace Reporter "Untouched And Arrived" (Elliott Sellers, dir.)
- Haerts "Wings" (Emily Kai Bock, dir.)
