Interpol's Paul Banks dips back into his first love of Hip-Hop, this time teaming up with Wu-Tang Clan legend RZA for new group Banks & Steelz. "Love + War" features fellow Wu-Tanger Ghostface Killah, plus a video that sticks close to a Quentin Tarantino blueprint.
A reminder that good old rock 'n' roll can always be cool as The Shelters swagger through a juke joint performance while cut 'n' paste on the road moments keep things moving.
PS: Petty connections a'plenty here: Tom Petty has been a longtime supporter, prodicing an EP for them and taking them on tour, while Adria Petty co-directed this video.
Of course there's a twist in M. Night Shyamalan's first ever music video, but it happens early and is merely a set-up to something that's way more emotional than you might expect.
There's something lo-fi, off-the-cuff and "anti" about the about Tegan and Sara's "Boyfriend" video — which are all phrases that I would use to describe Robin Thicke's notorious "Blurred Lines" smash. But instead of a topless Emily Ratajkowski and the other women who apparently didn't capture the media's attention, we have designer Rachel Antonoff and actresses Sarah Ramos and Mae Whitman, who keep trying to spruce up this mostly bare video, while TeSara stay focused on signing the song and getting this damned (yet awesome) video finished.
A one-taker where Cardiknow singer Lonnie Angle dances her way through LA's La Cita club and then out onto the streets for some additional routines with bandmate Thomas Dutton.