Russell Mulcahy is best known for directing
Highlander (as well as its...
less-popular...sequel) and is currently doing a
Teen Wolf series for MTV. But speaking of MTV, he got his start doing music videos. A
lot of music videos. In fact, if you remember a video from the early days of MTV, it's probably one of Mulcahy's.
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posted by Legomancer
on May 14, 2012 -
33 comments
The band "OK Go" are using their signature blend of pleasant indie pop and quirky, home-grown videos to teach kids about
primary colors in a new short for Sesame Street. - SLYT
posted by Slap*Happy
on Jan 31, 2012 -
37 comments
The cautionary tale of the shiny new device that's smarter than its users and ends up taking over is pretty much cliché... but it took Australian pop musicker
Gotye (prounced like Gaultier, if that helps) to apply it to a
Lowrey Organ (the
Cotillion D575, a vintage model he acquired for $100 and uses both in his recordings and concerts). Add retro-style animation, and you have something scary yet whimsical and truly
"State of the Art".
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posted by oneswellfoop
on Dec 11, 2011 -
19 comments
Here's a little musical journey. Let's start with
Sherlock's Daughter, a dream-pop group of Brooklyn-based
Aussies. From this, extract the keyboardist and electronics wizard Jonti Danilewitz, creating:
D'Animals, then simplified as Danimals. It started as a solo outing, but
turned into a group, who
produced an odd single (which spun off
an animated music video under the name Djanimals). The group also won the chance to
work with Mark Ronson and
a bunch of well-known musicians, producing
a single with a video. Spin out a bit further, and Jonti is on his own (again), releasing
a mixtape "album" from his private collection, and most recently signing with
Stones Throw Records, where he has finally released
his solo debut album (streaming online). Bonus tangents inside.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Oct 20, 2011 -
6 comments
Starting in the summer of 2009, Southern Souls began by capturing unique performances by musicians that call southern Ontario home. Seeing musicians play in the places that they live and breathe, places they themselves have chosen—in the street, in a store, in a kitchen or bedroom—is almost a homecoming for the music itself, returning it to the places in which it started.
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posted by purephase
on Apr 30, 2011 -
5 comments
End Love, the latest music video endeavor from rock group OK Go, was choreographed and filmed at widely-varying framerates, producing a hypnotic viewing experience.
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posted by knave
on Jun 16, 2010 -
90 comments
