The warehouse rock performance might be a stock video set-up, but Malia James keeps it fresh by hitting all the right angles and lighting in this sharp one for Catfish And The Bottlemen.
Troy Sivan follows up his coming-of-ageBlue Neighbourhood trilogy with something closer to a standard house party video, but much more fearless and effortlessly stylish than almost anything else in recent memory.
Also, the Make America Gay Again is maybe the greatest Trump troll this election cycle. That element alone should get this some art direction of the year consideration.
London's Sinead Harnett got her break singing for Wiley and Disclosure. Now director Malia James has helped bring out her star power on the streets of New York for Do It Anyway, the second single from her debut album.
Malia James (director, bassist in Dum Dum Girls, photographer) takes us all to Japan in this mysterious and provocative video for breakthrough artist, Halsey. Set in the bright lights of Toyko, the video for "Ghosts" brings its viewers into Halsey's majestic and surreal sensual past.
Adam Green and Binki Shapiro give an indie spin to the "Closing Time" split-screen set-up, wandering the streets of NYC like two souls who are just slightly off-sync.