Back in the nineties I made music videos for a living, working with acts ranging from the Manic Street Preachers to The Osmonds, with budgets up to £120k. These days, when the fancy takes me, I do it just for fun, with budgets more akin to 120 quid. Which brings me to My Darling Clementine -- their album of country duets in the ‘George and Tammy’ mould had been troubling radio stations on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More >>
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Looking to get away this Summer but your budget won't take you farther than a couple of blocks from your apartment? Just do what artist 'A Ghost Train' did with their music video for Chemin Vert and let Google Maps take you on a mind-warping trip around the world. Read More >>
Canadian retailer SSense has developed a shoppable music video in hopes that watching cool people flaunt couture will inspire you to impulse buy a bunch of crap you don't want and can't afford. The song is pretty good! But the shopping experience is noisy and totally ruins the video. Nobody who likes music actually wants this. Can we please make it go away? Read More >>
If you are nostalgic for your command-prompting days of yore, take a look at retro-synth all-star Com Truise's video collaboration with designer Myk Dawg. The video for Terminal, off his 2011 full record Galactic Melt, is a whirlwind of ascii art, configuration prompts, and text adventures; the bread and butter of early '90s personal computing. And the music ain't bad either! [YouTube via The Verge] Read More >>
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""If you are nostalgic for your command-prompting days of yore" - why should I be, it was only this weekend that I last used it." More »
OK Go's new music video for "Needing/Getting" is going to debut on Super Bowl Sunday, and we've got an exclusive preview for you in the leadup. There isn't too much to go on: just 288 guitars, 55 pianos, 1157 homemade instruments, the band in crayon-colored jumpsuits, and all the pomp and circumstance surrounding a new OK Go video. Read More >>
The go-to service for music videos on YouTube could be heading to Facebook of all places. Because we all know how well it works out when social networks become a place for musicians to hang out (*cough* MySpace). Read More >>
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