Videodrome #8 – This week’s best videos

1. Grouper – I Saw A Ray (directed by Weston Currie)

Liz Harris aka Grouper has a new video for ‘I Saw A Ray.’ Check it out below, along with the new double release, A I A : Dream Loss and A I A : Alien Observer, out now via Yellowelectric.

2. Part Time – Living In Pretend (dir.?)

Mexican Summer, the record label based in NYC, has an amazing roster, which includes Part Time – who is about to drop his What would you say? LP next week.

3. U.S. Girls – if These Walls Could Talk (directed by Molly Landergan)

On her blog directrice Molly Landergan wrote: “This is the video I made for the U.S. Girls song, Meg and I filmed the video at ZDB in Lisbon. Such a fantastic collaboration.” Yor are right, Molly!

4. The 2 Bears – Bear Hug (dir.?)

Here comes Bear Hug from The 2 Bears’ Bear Hug EP which is out now on Southern Fried Records. Video is a pretty rad one, have a little watch below:

5. Small Black – Search Party (NASA public domain footage)

Cool unofficial video for Small Black’s ‘Search Party’ w/ found Nasa footage from directors Hidden Horizons.

6. SBTRKT ft Little Dragon – Wildfire (directed by Sam Pilling)

Video for London based producer SBTRKT‘s Little Dragon featuring single ‘Wildfire’ which is taken from his self titled album which will be released next week via Young Turks.

7. Funkineven – Rolands Jam (directed by Hiroo Tanaka)

As I grew up to the sounds of the Roland synths, I am a huge fan of FunkinEven’s track ‘Rolands Jam’ taken from the Eglo Records release Rolands Jam EP.

8. Clams Casino – Natural (directed by Jennifer Tiexiera & Clams Casino)

According to soon-to-be-world-cultural-heritage website wikipedia, Clams Casino is a clam “on the halfshell” dish with breadcrumbs and bacon. But we know that’s half of the truth.

9. Brown Bread – Where Were You Last Night (directed by Matthew Keff)

The sweetly named band Brown Bread is the project of Astoria native Rebecca Doerfe. For more check out Brown Bread’s Bandcamp for previous releases and Soundcloud for other tracks.

10. Nobody Beats the Drum – Poisson Vert (directed by Rogier von der Zwaag)

Just when you thought that filming at night in a forest is overdone, this is the next oustanding music video from 100%Halal’s Rogier von der Zwaag. Amazing animations!

Published June 27, 2011.