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Butch Walker Debuts Video For “Summer Of ’89″
Butch Walker and the Black Widows premiere the Shane Valdez-directed music video for “Summer Of ’89,” starring Seymour Cassel and lots of ’80s references.
Dominant Legs Debut Video For “Hoop Of Love”
San Francisco’s Dominant Legs will be releasing their first full-length, Invitation (Lefse), this autumn despite the fact that it may be one of the summer’s best albums. First-listen tracks “Where We Trip the Light” and “Hoop Of Love” are bright and upbeat jams with summer synth melodies that are not only stomachable, but also good! [...]
Aloe Blacc Premieres Video For “Green Lights”
Presented as a “music video pre-release” for his fans, California native/soul singer Aloe Blacc released the official music video for “Green Lights,” directed by Parisian director Colin Solal Cardo.
Filmed (presumably) in Paris, the video opens with Blacc abandoning his scooter and, subsequently, his helmet only to trade his headpiece in for his signature fedora and [...]
Cee Lo Green Premieres Video For “Cry Baby”
Though details and Cee Lo appearances are seemingly nonexistent, the video for “Cry Baby” premiered today over on Cee Lo Green’s YouTube channel. Starring an adult version of Carl Winslow’s cheese-loving, ever-present neighbor, Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) of Family Matters fame, the video opens with White (maintaining a trademark Urkel cardigan and patterned pants, if [...]
Mayer Hawthorne Premieres Video For “A Long Time”
Mayer Hawthorne‘s new video for “A Long Time” was premiered this week and it flirts with the broad line between wonderful and awful in the way that only things in the ’80s could. Featuring clips from The New Dance Show, Detroit’s knockoff version of Soul Train, host R.J. Watkins is edited to introduce Hawthorne’s latest [...]
Best Coast Premieres Video For “Our Deal”
West Coasters Best Coast win the Meme Of the Week award with the release of their video for “Our Deal.” Directed by Drew Barrymore and starring an ace cast of young/youngish actors, the video gives young love and gang violence a romantic vibe with a twist ending. Watch Chloë Moretz fall in love with Tyler [...]
Austra Premiere Video For “Lose It”
Toronto band and recent critic favorites Austra have just premiered the video for “Lose It,” the second single from their first album, Feel It Break, due May 17th via Domino Records. Filmed in New York and directed by M Blash, the video features an extreme ’90s sports coat and a game of hot hands that [...]
The Deer Tracks Premiere Video for “Ram Ram”
Two weeks ago we gave you the general rundown on the Scandanavian duo The Deer Tracks and their forthcoming EP, The Archer Trilogy Pt. 1. Since then, the band has released the video for “Ram Ram,” which is also available for download in mp3 format right here for the price of a right-click/save.
Directed by Johan [...]
Peter Bjorn and John Premiere Video For “Second Chance”
Of the many things Peter Bjorn and John are capable of, one of them is making disturbingly odd and seemingly nonsensical music videos. In their latest, the trio plays “Second Chance” from beginning to end while time runs in reverse and balloons, streamers, glitter and goop float from the floor, back up to the ceiling [...]
Foster the People Release Video For “Pumped Up Kicks,” Announce Tour
After self-releasing the track “Pumped Up Kicks” via their website last year, Foster the People will spend the majority of 2011 on the road. With tour dates spanning the U.S.– including one of the coveted spots as part of the Coachella lineup– the Los Angeles band, consisiting of Mark Foster, Cubbie Fink and Mark Pontius, [...]