The music video made out of footage from obscure movies concept is pretty much knocking on heaven's door at this point, but Eli Escobar's clip for "Glass House" is reasonably well done, so he escapes the tired sigh, this time. After all, what's cooler than a tale of two young men stealing a car, going on a joyride, picking up some honies, and running afoul of law enforcement? Nothing people, the answer is nothing.
This video is by Micachu & The Shapes and is for the song Turn Me Well. It is being premiered here on bjork.com as it is always good to do something different. And to hear new stuff. and ..." it's really, really fun. (She)is a bit of a prankster really, isn't she?"
Micachu are hitting some towns for live gigs in the autumn, one of them being @ Icelandairwaves festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. Is that the connection? Check bjork.com for the full story.
This blog was partly activated due to the annoying number of 'fan videos' on YouTube and other web video services. It is still difficult to find the official music videos on the gigantic video spaces today, since they are lost in a vast sea of mostly horrible and often illegal private takes on a song. This blog only posts (as official as humanly possible) music videos, which is not only important, when it comes to quality of service, but usually also means that the artists get payed!.
Until now, that is. When I checked my feed reader this morning, I noticed a link from my blog-soulmate Kanye West (his blog is similar to my personal blog[-system]: a lot of music, a lot of architecture and design). He was buzzing about the Brooklyn darlings Grizzly Bear, and with all the fuss around Jay-Z* and P. Diddy discovering indie music, I had to dig in, only to find a fan video of their latest single, Two Weeks.
This fan video (made by Gabe Askew), however, is a piece of art!