IMTV Video Music Awards winners
The first awards show to celebrate the work of Irish music video directors took place last weekend. Eoghan Kidney won best video for Valerie Francis’ Punches and Best Director overall for his videos for Fight Like Apes, Le Bien and Delorentos. Watch the winning videos.
http://bit.ly/imtv09
Stereogum’s 25 most anticipated albums of 2010
We haven’t even given this decade a proper send-off yet but 2010 promises new albums from MGMT, Four Tet, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol and Joanna Newsom. Stereogum counts them all.
Listen at Stereogum
Amazing photos from the Arctic
Paul Nicklen spent 15 years photographing wildlife in the coldest regions of the world. The results are stunning.
Photos of the Day
The 15 weirdest music videos of all time
A pretty comprehensive list of the strangest music videos ever to grace screens.
http://short.ie/weirdvidz
Nerd President
While Obama’s healthcare reform plan might not be going so well, this photo ensures the support of thousands of sci-fi geeks.
http://short.ie/nerdprez
Divorce Cakes
A collection of rarely-celebrated marriage breakups in cake form.
http://short.ie/divorcecakes
What Youtube comments really mean..
We all know Youtube comments are the lowest common denominator of comment on the intertubes but what do they mean?
http://short.ie/utubetrans
Sci Fi film countdown
Wired Magazine chronologically highlights the best sci-fi movies of all time.
http://short.ie/scififlicks
Top 50 Music Videos of the 2000s
As chosen by Pitchfork, the best music videos of the last ten years.
http://short.ie/mv50
Attack Attack
Take the worst parts of emo and eurodance, smash them together along with “crabcore” dances and you’ve got this beast..
Snatch Wars
A video mashup between Guy Richie’s East-End gangster film and Star Wars introduces us to a foul-mouthed Brick Vader, London’s Lord of the Sith. Play nice now or he’ll cut your f**kin’ jacobs off.
With MTV abandoning its music programming and terrestrial TV refusing to find room in its schedule for the music video format, many bands and labels will already be aware of the importance of Youtube and other sites for music videos. Some more savvy artists are turning away from the traditional music video in favour of interactive music video experiences. By substituting a good film director for a good creative director, bands are finding new ways to promote their music. Digital looks at some of the best. Continue Reading..»
While there is a real dearth of music video programming in Ireland right now, music videos continue to flourish online. Here are some great examples of music video creativity which deserve some time with your eyes and ears.
The Takeaway Show -Vincent Moon invites indie artists and bands to sing a few songs acoustically in the streets of Paris which he shoots and posts on the internet. The result has been some stunning performances from Bon Iver scaring tourists on the streets of the city, Arcade Fire playing in an elevator and Yeasayer playing on a train.
Kutiman – An Israeli musician has taken clips of people playing along to songs on Youtube and has mashed them up to the point where these disparate musicians are now a band playing along to one single song.
Chairlift’s Evident Utensil – Stunning use of a new technique known as pixel-morphing which apes poor internet video streams to brilliant effect.
Also used by Kanye West.
Fever Ray – Two stunning atmospheric videos for Swedish artist Karin Dreijer’s solo project
If I Had a Heart
Loads more in the read more.
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