Music Blog: “Video”, page 21
It's been a little while-- almost three years, in fact-- since Janelle Monae's debut EP introduced us to a unique new talent. Add to that a persona that seems at once to be the lovechild of James Brown, David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich, and there's plenty of reason to be excited for her long-awaited full-length debut. The ArchAndroid is finally out tomrorrow, and includes this number featuring OutKast's Big Boi. Let's watch...
Set to explode and make up after simmering intensely for a while now (much like many of their songs), The National offer up the visual piece to "Bloodbuzz Ohio," the same week they issued their dark, brooding fifth album, High Violet. Let's watch...
The Portland band goes heavy on the kind of natural imagery their music generally evokes in this Clyde Petersen-directed video. It also traverses some familiar ground from Portland's recent music video past, saving honeybees from being type-cast in the process. Let's watch...
The headliner for PDX Pop Now's Make It Pop! event unveiled a handful of new songs last night at the Ace Hotel's Cleaners that will potentially see the light of day on the next Decemberists album, recording just underway. Let's watch...
The singer-songwriter-novelist will discuss and read from his newly-published third novel Lean On Pete on OPB's Think Out Loud Friday morning at 9. Read on...
Jon Ragel's one-man band kicks it old school with stop-motion animation and a blue cassette tape for the video featuring the title track from his recent release Hoop + Wire. Let's watch...
The first of a planned trio of videos for songs from Nick Jaina's upcoming A Bird in the Opera House, "Days in My Room" employs Super 8 film to great effect. Let's watch...
The Portland trio unveils a new video from director Clyde Petersen for one of the few subdued moments on their new album American Gong. Let the good times roll, even while the ship is sinking-- that's one take. Let's watch together...
"Terrible Love," that is, giving Jimmy Fallon and audience an early taste of the upcoming High Violet, out May 11th. Read on and watch...
Casey Deinel's band returned with an R&B-inspired, reinvented sound this week in the form of Kairos. The icy video accompaniment for "Amsterdam" comes courtesy of Michaela Čopíková. Let's watch...
At this point several hours in the books thanks to the 13 hour time difference, the Pavement reunion began in earnest today in Auckland, New Zealand. Video from down under, or near there, anyway...
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