an exploration of visual style

After doing The Ghosts of Jimmy Boyle video it was time to dig into it. Thank Heavens for online videos. I turned off MTV a long time ago as they moved into silly reality shows. And for awhile it felt as if music videos had kind of been left behind. The ones that did play on TV seemed bland and stuck in their style.

Going deeper into music video research looking for the best new bands it became evident that you still need a good video to break through - it just is going to be played online as its main event. The great thing about that is that the new videos are becoming really creative again. 

Here is a random list of videos from new or upcoming bands that stood out to me for various reasons.

if you have seen another one that should be added - drop me a line.

When I Grow Up from Fever Ray on Vimeo.

Animal Collective “My Girls” from Chad von Nau on Vimeo.

Friendly Fires ‘Skeleton Boy’ by Clemens Habicht from Nexus Productions on Vimeo.

The Racing Rats

Ida Maria - Better When You’re Naked from John West on Vimeo.

edit: just found this great collection

Victor Matthews has a new series going - popped by his studio the other day - the Antarctica paintings are great.

Here is a site where you can make a picture into letters - even export it to HTML

Check out this simple page that presents a Random Buddha Quote every time you click on or refresh the page.

Asked before about the fate of fashion video - thought this was interesting. Please suggest links if you find the videos that hover in between film, fashion, beauty, music, art and drama.