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80%New disco does Stargate, Star Trek, Star Wars! Anything which touches the sky has touched the inspiration behind the latest video from this funky dance collective. The multiple universe theory goes hay-wire and the world turns into a massive disco stage.
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Reading four piece Damn Damn Patriots met at a local history club and they certainly don’t shy away from the aesthetic of their inspirations. Scuzzy, early 80s, very ‘live performance’ production techniques nudge at the New Wave records they likely hoard. Luckily, they also have a high understanding of how two minute pop bangers work out. In the case of the [..]
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Since forming in 2009, a trip to Australia and a few new live members later, Vuvuvultures are soon to release their ‘VVV’ EP, via Popular Recordings, London’s freshest start up label and live night. While regularly performing with nothing but a bit of duct tape over the front woman’s nipples, while also hosting ‘The Island’ club night with its stack [..]
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Towns – Gone Are The Days
“Where have all the guitars gone?” Zane Lowe asks on the cover of this months Q. It seems the answer would be: Weston Super Mare. The hometown of new upstarts Towns. Directed by Rob Heppell
38 people were involved in the filming.
Rob and his friends built 50 masks for it.
It was shot in 6 hours.
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January 26, 2012 – 1:27 pm
The Rialto Burns – While You Sleep
Although this track has been around for a few months it went completely under our radar, so we definitely need to make up for that. The Liverpool-based group have recorded what we describe a ‘banger’ here, fobbing off lo-fi ethics completely and taken the White Lies-cum-Killers chorus route. And good on em. Directed by Dominic Foster and starring Lotty Nears.
January 19, 2012 – 3:14 pm
Trash Talk – Slander
A track taken from Trash Talk’s upcoming EP, with mad animation fitting the hectic punk sound. Directed and Animated by Jim Dirschberger EightyFourFilms.com Illustrated and Art Directed by Jay Howell JayHowellArt.blogspot.com Produced By Creature Skateboards Creatureskateboards.com Purchase the EP from: Trashtalkhc.com
January 12, 2012 – 4:14 pm
The Maccabees – Pelican
The new Maccabees single was released this week and gladly its as gloriously uplifting as the last album was, even if it does pre-empt “pushing up the daises”. You can purchase the album as of Monday 9th physically: Rise Shops or digitally via iTunes
January 5, 2012 – 2:17 pm
Address Is Approximate
Although not a music video the video does include some music, and great music indeed by the Cinematic Orchestra I think its a really beautiful piece of animation and a funny sentiment.
All screen imagery was animated – there are no screen replacements. Produced, animated, filmed, lit, edited & graded by Tom Jenkins (theoryfilms.co.uk / facebook.com/theoryfilms – NEW MAKING [..]
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December 7, 2011 – 6:00 pm
City Shanty Band
Probably the best video ever made by man or beast From the self titled EP available from Tape Records on itunes: The official video for Howlin’ Wind filmed at Mount Pleasant Studios Directed by: William McGregor
Producer: Tom Nash
DOP: Sam Heasman
Editor: Iain Whitewright
Set Design: SETS APPEAL
Stylist: Lily Silverton
1st AD: [..]
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December 1, 2011 – 4:48 pm
Woodkid – Iron
Here an amazing video by Woodkid a.k.a. Yoann Lemoine for the track “Iron”. Its been out for a while but for some strange reason we never posted it. So sit back and enjoy this viking inspired, majestic, masterpiece of music video art.
December 1, 2011 – 11:48 am
DJ Shadow feat Little Dragon
From the album “The Less You Know, The Better” available @ DJShadow.com/TYKTB Memory sequence created by Ben Pridmore. Basically the way that Memory man Ben Pridmore remembers the order of a pack of cards, is by creating a elaborate story in his head of strange characters passing things on to one another which in some way resembles the card number [..]
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November 24, 2011 – 11:26 am
Diagrams – Tall Buildings
After the release of their debut EP earlier this year (which featured the beautiful ‘Night All Night’ as featured by us Monitors passim) Diagrams are back, not only with their debut healdine London show on Tuesday (Nov 21) at CAMP but with this fantastic twisted effort. Buy Diagrams: PHYSICAL or DIGITAL
November 21, 2011 – 11:43 pm
