Although she doesn’t actually perform on this track, Grimes did co-direct and star in this video for Kuhrye-oo’s “For the Fame II”, which was shot entirely on an iPhone. The video definitely has an amateurish vibe to it, but the song’s beautiful dark house/drum ‘n bass sound goes a long way towards enhancing the imagery.
The editing is kind of crap in this official music video for Grimes’ “Nightmusic”, but oh, are those visuals beautiful. And even sloppy transitions can’t spoil yet another amazing song by Grimes, who’s now one of my favorite artists out there (as if you hadn’t noticed). She looks stunning in this video, from that shot that’s all in blue with her in the bubble dress to the pulled apart red sweater. If the editing was put together a little tighter we’d have a real doozy of a video on our hands.
[Caution, there is some bare ass in this video, so it goes without saying that it’s sNSFW.]
How can you not love a video featuring a band named Stallions that makes vintage slow groove 80’s tunes set to clips from classic 80’s movies and numerous shots of 80’s asses moving in slow motion? I dare say it is impossible, if just for that shot of the crazy dancing dude getting hit in the face with a volleyball.
This new music video for Futurecop!’s “The Only Way” is fantastic in every way that their video for “Starworshiper” was gawd awful. “Starworshiper” has been around for years as an amazing instrumental track but for some reason they recently slapped some vocals on it to release it as the first official single off of their debut album. Problem is the vocals felt totally tacked on. The lyrics are mindnumbingly dumb and the vocals are completely contemporary sounding, what with its generic, uninspired hipster female vocalist and token rap verse, which made the vocals feel completely out of place with the song’s classic synthetic 80’s sound.
On the other hand the vocals in “The Only Way” feel spot on for the song, and the video for it goes perfectly with Futurecop!’s retro sound. The Futurecop! logo at the beginning is an homage to the Orion film studio logo, instantly familiar to anyone who has seen a movie from the 80’s, and the plot of the video is straight out of a long lost 80’s teen comedy. A bored teen working at a mini-golf course puts magic sunglasses on a mannequin that then comes to life, and the two of them party away the rest of his shift under the nose of his oblivious jerk of a boss. This is the way Futurecop! should be presented to the world.
Easily the craziest music video you are going to see for a while, Birdy Nam Nam’s “The Parachute Ending” is trippin’ amazeballs. Don’t be surprised if you get a contact high from watching this video.
Despite it looking like the end of the series with that last video, the Mop Monster Saga continues! (Although, without any actual mop monsters to be seen this time around.) “rascal” picks up right where “idle talk” left off, with iamamiwhoami crawling through the dust in the closet, which in this video turns into a vast desert.
This a more quiet, somber affair than the other videos. The story of the character in these videos seems to be about a woman trapped in an abusive relationship. From the bandages on her body and the hospital gown she’s wearing at the end of the video to the lyrics which imply that she’s molded herself to fit the relationship she wanted to have and has taken up the burden for all the things that are wrong with their relationship, it’s pretty obvious that things are not going well for her at this point. It all feels pretty sad and tragic, but as I listen to the song over and over again while writing this, there’s a real beauty to the song as well. Keep it up, iamamiwhoami. I can’t wait to see where this is going.
Dude, wipe your nose.
We now know the answer to the eternal mystery of what is 2 + 2. It’s 4. It’s 4. Now go and shut the door because no one wants to see your face no more.
For someone who claims he doesn’t even carry a gun, it sure does look like he’s carrying something that looks very gun-like in the video. Why would he need a gun though? Even if you have infinity knives he could still punch you up into the air like a kite.
Dude…wipe your nose.
Every once and a while I like to randomly post a Memoryhouse video here on C’est Non Un Blog, just so ya’ll won’t forget how truly awesome they are. Their music has such a dreamy warmth to it, like something you would listen to while trying to fall asleep under a tall tree on a warm summer day. A big grin can’t help but form on my face when one of their songs comes on. Hopefully you feel the same way.
Somehow I missed this footage of Grimes playing “Nightmusic” live at the Gorilla vs. Bear festival. Man, do I love watching her play her music live. Makes me want to pick up some synths and drum machines on my way home from work one day.
[EDIT: I just also found this video for “Oblivion” that she did for MTV Hive x Yours Truly’s In My Room series.]
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