OK Go

OK Go's music videos are always creatively choreographed. From dancing on treadmills in "Here We Go Again" to a synchronized marching band in "This Too Shall Pass," OK Go reminds me of a nerdy boy band with a awesomely bad choreographer.

This time in OK Go's latest music video, "Needing/Getting," they use a car, a new Chevrolet to be exact, to create their music. Of course timing is a key element in the video, representing the signature style of OK Go.

Hietsuki Bushi

"Omodaka is a Japanese collective that’s been celebrating the creative process of trial and error since 2001. The group melds Soichi Terada‘s 8-bit compositions with Kanazawa Akiko’s soft, screeching vocals, but they also showcase a variety of visual artists in their collaborative music video projects. Terada’s fusion of rampant electronic sounds and samples teleport you between random genres, while Akiko’s traditional Japanese folk vocals paired with offbeat motion graphics form imaginative musical montages."

- via The Creator's Project

My favorite video is below. "Hietsuki Bushi" by Omodaka with animation and direction of Ryo Hirano.

Lianne La Havas

Lianne La Havas playing 'No Room for Doubt' for la Blogothèque's Take Away Shows. Shot in Paris, September 2011.

Gorillaz x The xx

Gorillaz cover "Crystalized" by The xx.

Arcade Fire

New Arcade Fire music video, "The Suburbs", directed by Spike Jonze. A video you should watch until the very end.

Influencers

Here is the full version of the short documentary, "Influencers".

"INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment.

The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.

Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today's pop culture." - R+I Creative

MADE

Here is the latest video by MADE, a creative space in Berlin for collective thinking and collaboration between artists, designers and visionaries. The space serves as a platform for the most progressive art and ideas to be exchanged and showcased. This video explains the idea behind MADE from founders, Philip Gaedicke and Nico Zeh, and also features the work of MADE's latest resident, Ebon Heath.

Kanye West "Runaway"

Kanye finally releases his first video "Runaway" for his new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. As director, Kanye demonstrates his creative vision, and his genius in exposing hip hop to new art forms.

Flying Lotus

Flying Lotus' new video, "Kill Your Co-Workers".

Verbal + Yoon

Video for the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martins, Verbal + Yoon cover The Runaways' Cherry Bomb. Directed by Yue Wu.

Diplo

Really interesting documentary on Diplo, music producer and dj. Diplo shares his thoughts on people, culture and traveling - as well as what he would do should he stop making music. It's interesting to see how the dj scene is growing and how involved you have to be, like Diplo said "It's not just about having a record out there. It's about having as many corners of media you can..."

Kid Cudi Erase Me

Die Antwoord

Die Antwoord's latest video "Evil Boy". The video is sooo ridiculous, it's awesome.

The background story is:

So, the story behind this video and song (or part of the story -- there's so much going on!) is that this kid was being coerced into a form of ritual circumcision by his community. It's culturally mandatory within his ethnic group, so much so that if you are a young man and you do not participate, you are completely ostracized. It's hardcore.

The thinking, and this is communicated pretty bluntly to the young men, is that if you don't participate, you're gay. You're effeminate. You're not a real man. You never mature from being a boy to being a man.

The kid is hetero. And he struggled with all of this in real life: with what it meant for his personal and cultural identity. And he came to a point where he was like, you know what? Fuck you all. The fact that I won't consent to having my penis sliced with an unsterilized knife, out in the bush, and risk infection or worse-- that doesn't mean "I'm gay," as you say. If that's what being a man is, fuck it, I don't want to be a man. I'll be an "evil boy for life." But, yeah, I am a real man, even if I don't participate in this tradition which I now reject, at the risk of being totally ostracized from my community.

You might have chosen different lyrics, but dude, it's not our story or our culture or our world experience at all.

It's his.

- via boing boing

Uffie

New single by Uffie, "Difficult", produced by SebastiAn. The video was directed by the young French directors, AB/CD/CD.

El Guincho

Listening to El Guincho, Spanish artist from Barcelona. His beats are soooo good, wish I had better descriptive words, but you just have to listen for yourself. Love his new video below too, the visuals are reminiscent of film in the 70s.

Duck Sauce

Duck Sauce's (Armand Van Helden & A-Trak) music video, "Barbra Streisand". Shot over a week long in New York... can't wait to move there.

The Japanese Popstars

Awesommeee music video from The Japanese Popstars featuring Green Velvet for the song "Let Go". One of the best "illustration" music videos I've seen.

LCD Soundsystem Home

Really great video and song by LCD Soundsystem.

Sleigh Bells

Sleigh Bells - "Infinity Guitars".

Surfer Blood

Surfer Blood's music video for "Floating Vibes", one of my favorite songs of the summer.