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The latest and greatest music videos, and a few older ones to fill your time. You’ll also find music-related movie trailers, an occasional advertisement, posts about music film, and music documentary reviews.

Daughter: Peter [Video]

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I’ve said on occasion that I do not like music videos that merely feature the artist performing their song. And so often after making that statement, I recant it after watching a new video that is filmed in a new way that features just that. “Peter” by Daughter is not new, but the simplicity of the video fits the simplicity of Daughter’s music. A softly plucked guitar melody and deep female vocals provided by Elena Tonra with a slight accent. You get that style of greatness in session videos; they have a rawness to them, a grittiness, no matter what quality of film is used (in this case the picture is crisp and defined). This session is courtesy Tales From Shop (and on Twitter). I think you’ll like this one. Read More »Daughter: Peter [Video]

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Sink / Let It Sway [Video]

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It’s funny how certain songs or bands can bring back memories from long ago, hidden away and almost forgotten. When I think of Books by Belle & Sebastian, I will forever remember Andi and my road trip from Washington to Albuquerque. We spun “Your Cover’s Blown” at least 50 times. On a similar note, when I think of the band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, I will forever remember that first Daytrotter session they did, way back in 2006. Read More »Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Sink / Let It Sway [Video]

Happy New Year: Hotel [Video]

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This video, “Hotel” by Happy New Year, gives the listener/viewer a first-hand experience of what I would assume it feels like to be drunk and tripping at the same time. Nothing is clear; the world is a dizzying, strange place filled with odd, strange people. Colors, too, are at one moment vivid and the next a blur. Things overlap. Happy New Year’s song is a dance-worthy nightmare, filled with pleasant beats and eerie sounds. The vocals of Eleanor Logan, too, are highly uncanny. In fact, this all fits the video: it shows a girl getting high on wild fruit and her ensuing peyote-esque trip. Read More »Happy New Year: Hotel [Video]

Callers: How To Hold Your Arms [Video]

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Callers met in New Orleans before ultimately relocating to Brooklyn. This isn’t necessarily important in their creation of music, merely a statement of historical fact. Well, that’s not entirely true. When I think of New Orleans, I think of a place somehow lost post Katrina and struggling to renew their culture. But it’s different; things are different. So culture has changed. Of course, this is all in my head as I have not been to New Orleans. But in a way, I hear that side of New Orleans (at least the version that resides in my head) in Callers. The band’s sound is difficult to describe, highly unique, and a bit odd. It’s like that music in Twin Peaks — a bit other-worldly and a smidgen awkward. Likewise, their video for the song follows suit. And that’s what makes it damn good. Read More »Callers: How To Hold Your Arms [Video]

High Highs: Open Season [Video]

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High Highs is Jack Milas and Oli Chang of Australia and they produce light pop melodies that, as heard in “Open Season”, are entirely infectious. Soft and pleasant, “Open Season” has the perfect balance of emotive vocals, bouncy piano, and laid-back guitar to be one of the year’s better finds. They’ve been spinning this band for quite a while now over at my old station, KZUU. Read More »High Highs: Open Season [Video]

Summer Camp: Round The Moon [Video]

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Not too long ago, I posted a list of great videos and on that list was one for “Shyness” by Thieves Like Us. This is notable not only because Summer Camp‘s “Round The Moon” fits nicely beside that band’s critically acclaimed tune, but also because they sampled the same video footage in the creation of these videos. Summer Camp released their Young EP a few months back on Moshi Moshi and it hints of moody European music from the early 80s with plenty of synth and electronics and depressed vocals. Read More »Summer Camp: Round The Moon [Video]

Radical Face: Doorways [Videos]

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Radical Face is the moniker held by Ben Cooper, the solo project from one half of Electric President. This project is blends a sound familiar in that band, but with fewer electronics and more orchestration along the lines of eclectic orchestral groups Efterklang and Anathallo, mixed with a little Michael Nau (Page France, Cotton Jones). “Doorways” is similarly melodic and features an off-beat piano. The song is off the band’s latest release, a beautifully crafted, six-song EP called Touch The Sky. Read More »Radical Face: Doorways [Videos]

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