Golden Girls gone wrong
What would happen if someone tried to channel Windowlicker & the late ’80s U.S. sitcom The Golden Girls into a 3 minute pop promo? It might be something like this music video by Pistol Youth..
Joaquin Phoenix
After giving up acting for rap (no, really he has a myspace), Phoenix’ first public performance features him enthusiastically falling off a stage. In a myspace blog he blames the mis-step on “3 days of debauchery in Vegas at my cousins wedding” and a heady mix of “painkillers, champagne & whiskey”.
Razorlight spoof
UK comedian Ben Taylor has created a hilarious parody of Johnny Borrell and co. which spoofs their hit ‘America’. The lyrics centre on Borrell’s preoccupation on the war. Sample line: “When the war is this hi-res / it’s difficult to ignore”.
Shine on, you crazy diamond
Chris Dane Owens is an artist looking for your attention, judging by this batty sci-fi romantic-fantasy music video shot in the style of a Hollywood blockbuster. Someone should tell him his “androgynous Lord of the Rings elf crossed with Vonda Shepard” is a not a good look this year..
This week’s video picks feature a Kanye-approved video (dude is blogging about everything), Young Swedish girls in forests singing songs, the return of Jemaine and Bret and excessive and indulgent use of a guitar.. Read on..
The Seed
Johnny Kelly’s short animated film charts the journey of an apple seed using the techniques of paper modelling and animation. Dublin’s Jape provides the soundtrack. It’s so good even Kanye West blogged about it.
Young Swedes do Fleet Foxes
Two young Swedish sister siblings aka First Aid Kit took themselves out to the forest to record ‘Tiger Mountain Peasant Song’ from one of 2008′s best bands.
