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Things get messy in the supermarket in the video for Toro Y Moi’s new single ‘Lilly’

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By Sam Bathe on 18 May 2015

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Walking into your average Joe supermarket, Chaz Bundick probably didn’t expect to be faced with other customers face-on, fruit, veg and tomato sauce in hand. Directed by Harrys, the ’80s-inspired video for Toro Y Moi single, Lilly, puts dry-ice in the supermarket isle for a dreamy and intoxicating sequence before it all turns ugly. Closing with slo-mo foodstuffs crashing to the floor (and Chaz’s face), Toro Y Moi’s fourth studio album, What For?, is out now on Carpark Records.

Two characters make the journey across an alien landscape in the video for Muta’s new single ‘Praise’

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By Sam Bathe on 30 Apr 2015

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On a mysterious musical planet, two people cross a great ravine in Titouan Bordeau‘s animated video for Muta’s new single Praise. With rocks falling from the sky and creatures jumping out from beneath the earth, Bordeau’s bright video is the perfect accompaniment to the rhythmic electronic track. Praise is out now on King Deluxe.

Courtney Barnett drives around the atmospheric Philip Island in the video for new single ‘Kim’s Caravan’

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By Sam Bathe on 28 Apr 2015

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Released as a limited edition 12″ for Record Store Day, the video for Courtney Barnett single, Kim’s Caravan, is suitably moody. Directed by Bec Kingma and shot on Australia’s Philip Island, the slow-burning video explores a small town and its inhabitants before discovering a mysterious caravan. Courtney Barnett’s debut album, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, is out now on Mom + Pop.

Todd Terje sets illustrators Bendik Kaltenborn and Espen Friberg loose for the video for new single ‘Alfonso Muskedunder’

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By Sam Bathe on 15 Apr 2015

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Off fantastic LP, It’s Album Time, and released as a single alongside four great remixes, the video for Alfonso Muskedunder is a joyous trip inside the mind of illustrators Bendik Kaltenborn and Espen Friberg. Featuring surreal and wacky characters inspired by Terje’s It’s Album Time artwork, getting stung by a bee sets off a whimsical, morphing journey of colour and shape. Like everything Todd Terje has been involved in in recent months, this is another mesmerising success.

Dan Deacon goes on a journey through the afterlife in the video for single ‘When I Was Done Dying’

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By Sam Bathe on 31 Mar 2015

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As bizarre and magical illustrations visualise the lyrics of the fantastical track, Dan Deacon takes a tour of the afterlife in the video for track When I Was Done Dying, produced for Adult Swim’s Off The Air. Featuring work by nine talented illustrators and animators, the lever of detail is so high and the styles are so diverse that everytime you rewatch it, you’ll pick up on something new. Directed by Dave Hughes.

Delta Spirit take a journey through space in the video for new single ‘Language of the Dead’

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By Sam Bathe on 25 Mar 2015

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From their stellar fourth studio album, Into The Wide, Delta Spirit take a ride into time and space in the video for single, Language of the Dead. In their intergalactic tour van, the band face off against a giant floating cat, have a drink on the moon and fire shooting stars from atop a comet, plus cameos from Agamemnon and Leo Tolstoy in reference to the track. The video was produced by frontman Matthew Vasquez and the band head out on a US nationwide tour this week: www.deltaspirit.net

Mystery Skulls step into a world dipped in gold in the video for new single ‘Magic’

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By Sam Bathe on 2 Mar 2015

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Teaming up with Nile Rodgers and Brandy for disco-influenced track, Magic, Luis Dubuc – better known as Mystery Skulls – has gone golden for the video. Off his Forever LP which was released late last year, the video for Magic is about “luxury in space” as a gold-dipped community come across a mysterious spaceship, and it’s silver. The video was directed by Double Ninja and produced by French company Cumulus.

A dying man enters a strange purgatory in the video for Flying Lotus’ new single ‘Coronus, The Terminator’

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By Sam Bathe on 15 Jan 2015

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One of the standout tracks from Flylo’s latest album, You’re Dead!, the video for Coronus, The Terminator follows a dying man into a strange and eerie purgatory-like world. Meeting three mysterious, dusty characters as he leaves the physical world, the artist explains “Coronus is one of the most important moments on You’re Dead! and holds ideas I’m planning to explore in my future work. I’m happy that the visual encapsulates the meaning of the record and this ambition.” The video was directed by Young Replicant and album You’re Dead! is out now on Warp.

Panda Bear encounters a magical plant in the mesmerising video for new single ‘Boys Latin’

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By Natasha Peach on 15 Dec 2014

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Discovering a magical plant in the middle of a lush parkland, it sets a man into a technicolour daze, with hypnotic shapes billowing from his every limb. One of the most mesmerising videos of the year, directors Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch “tried to bring out the vibe of the alternating melody that Noah is singing”, the dancing spurts of colourful flora playing on the emotional meaning of each particular shape and form. Panda Bear’s upcoming fifth studio album, Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper, is out 12th January 2015. Hopefully some more great videos next year too.

Metronomy tell a bizarre love story in their ‘Where The Wild Things Are’-inspired video for ‘The Upsetter’

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By Sam Bathe on 5 Nov 2014

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Inspired by Where The Wild Things Are, the video for Metronomy’s latest single, The Upsetter, tells the story of two unconventional lovers. Featuring a feral bearded lady and her beau, a creature made of sticks and dirt, the video follows their first flickers of romance, deep in the dense, unflinching woodland. The video was directed Californian trio Encyclopedia Pictura, reminiscent of the campfire tale told in the song.

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