Here are some of our favourite music videos.
Any videos that are Not Safe For Work (or sensitive types) will be preceded by "NSFW".
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Willis Earl Beal - Coming Through"Coming Through" is from the album Nobody Knows and features Cat Power. The clip nears 11 minutes and features Mischa Barton. It's also pretty odd.
21 February 2014 NSFW
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London Grammar - Hey NowLondon Grammar caught the attention of fans and critics alike with their debut album If You Wait. Read Naomi Taig's review of their January Melbourne show here.
20 February 2014 |
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Adult Jazz - SpringfulAdult Jazz are Harry Burgess, Tom Howe, Tim Slater and Steven Wells from the UK. You can also listen to 'Am Gone" via bandcamp here.
17 February 2014 |
Chet Faker - Talk is CheapChet Faker is Melbourne musician Nick Murphy. “Talk is Cheap” is the second single from his eagerly anticipated debut album Built On Glass, out April 11 on Future Classic/Downtown Records. The first single was "Melt" featuring Kilo Kish
Built On Glass follows the 2012 Chet Faker EP Thinking in Textures, which made it into our Best of 2012 list. 12 February 2014 |
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I, A Man - In TimeWe brought you this track from Melbourne's I, A Man in January. Now the band has released the video for "In Time", which is the second single from their album Gravity Wins Again which is due in March.
10 February 2014 |
Urthboy - Someone Else's House (feat. Josh Pyke)“Someone Else's House” was inspired by a social collaboration between young people in care with Life Without Barriers and Australian hip hop artist, Urthboy. All proceeds will help fund grants and programs through the CREATE Foundation to help make a difference to the lives of young people in care. Find out more here or watch
behind the scenes. 8 February 2014 |
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St. Vincent - Digital WitnessNew York’s St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) will release her self titled album on February 21st. We were pretty darned excited to bring you the track “Digital Witness” in January and now we’re equally delighted to share the clip with you.
You can also listen to “Birth In Reverse” and "Prince Johnny" from the forthcoming album. St. Vincent’s show with David Byrne in January last year made it into our Best Gigs of 2013 list so its safe to say we’re fans! 4 February 2014 |
Chromeo - Come Alive (feat. Toro y Moi)In January we brought you the new track “Come Alive” by Chromeo, which featured one of our favourite music makers, Toro y Moi (ak.a. Chaz Bundick). Now the electro funk outfit have released the clip for the song, which includes Chaz as a janitor.
3 February 2014 |
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Architecture in Helsinki - Dream a Little Crazy"Dream a Little Crazy" is the current single from Architecture in Helsinki's forthcoming album NOW + 4EVA.
31 January 2014 |
Sally Seltmann - Catch of the Day“Catch of the Day” is the latest single from Sally Seltmann’s forthcoming album Hey Daydreamer.
30 January 2014 |
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Pixies - Magdalena"Magdalena" comes from Pixies' most recent release EP-2. The accompanying video was directed by Judy Jacob who was responsible for some of the highly-stylistic films made for Pixies’ 2009-2011 “Doolittle” world tour.
28 January 2014 |
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360 - On A Planet No One Knows"On A Planet No One Know" is 360's comment on racism in Australia and comes from his new album Utopia. In case you're wondering, the spoken word sample is by Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer). 360 (a.k.a. Matthew James Colwell) also recently released the clip for "Impossible" featuring Daniel Johns.
24 January 2014 NSFW |
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Unearthed by Cass McCombs from Eric Fensler on Vimeo. |
Cass McCombs - Unearthed"Unearthed" comes from Cass McCombs' 2013 album Big Wheel and Others. The clip was directed by Eric Fensler.
22 January 2014 |
Real Estate - Talking BackwardsWe're loving the sunny pop of this new track from Real Estate. "Talking Backwards" is the first single from the New Jersey act's forthcoming album Atlas, which is due out in March.
21 January 2014 |
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COIN BANKS - Hatches (feat. Ta-Ku, Atom from C2C & Like from Pac Div)."Hatches" is the first single by Perth based MC COIN BANKS. The track also features TA-KU, ATOM (C2C) and LIKE (PAC DIV).
21 January 2014 |
360 - Impossible (feat. Daniel Johns)360's new track features Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns and is the first single from the MC's forthcoming album Utopia.
20 January 2014 |
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Cass McCombs - Brighter! feat. Karen BlackThe clip for Cass McCombs' track "Brighter!" was directed by Stephen Eckelberry, the widower of late singer/actor Karen Black. As well as appearing on the track, Black features heavily in the clip, including lots of snippets of different films she'd appeared in, a number of which Eckelberry directed.
14 January 2014 |
Glasser - Shape
Shape comes from Glasser's album Interiors. The video was directed by Jonathan Turner.
12 January 2014 |
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Laura Veirs - America"America" comes from Laura Veirs' 2013 album Warp and Weft, which was the MadfaMusic feature album in late August. Directed by Whitey McConnaughy, the clip was released in September.
11 January 2014 |
King Krule - A Lizard State
King Krule (a.k.a. 19
year old Brit Archy Marshall) made one of the more interesting albums of 2013, 6 Feet Beneath The Moon.The clip for “A
Lizard State” features Alfred Hitchcock and a bunch of Hitchcockian references.
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Califone - Movie Music Kills A Kiss
“Movie Music Kills A Kiss” comes from
the excellent album Stitches, which
the Chicago band released in 2013. Check out their clip for “Frosted Tips”
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Pixies - Blue Eyed HexePixies released a 4 track EP overnight, titled EP-2 plus a video for the track "Blue Eyed Hexe". The release follows 2013's EP-1, which was the band's first new music in 22 years.
4 January 2014 |
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Horrorshow - Dead Star Shine"Dead Star Shine" is the second single from Horrorshow's 2013 release King Amongst Many. The album was one of the MadfaMusic featue albums in August. Check it out here.
19 December 2013 |
Lorde - TeamThe New Zealand teenager posted the following info on her facebook page about this clip:
"This video was borne from a dream i had a few months ago about teenagers in their own world, a world with hierarchies and initiations, where the boy who was second in command had acne on his face, and so did the girl who was queen. i dreamt about this world being so different to anything anyone had ever seen, a dark world full of tropical plants and ruins and sweat. and of this world, i dreamt about tests that didn’t need to be passed in order to be allowed in: sometimes the person who loses is stronger. enjoy xx" 18 December 2013 |
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Higgs Boson BluesThis clip was filmed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the duo behind the documentary 20,000 Days on Earth which depicts an imagined 24 hours in the life of Nick Cave.
"Higgs Boson Blues" is from the 2013 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album Push the Sky Away. 17 December 2013 |
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Cinnamon and Lesbians"Cinnamon and Lesbians" is from the forthcoming Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks album, due in 2014. This is the second clip from the album - check out "Lariat" here.
15 December 2013 |
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Jimblah - Fireproof"Fireproof" comes from Jimblah's 2013 LP Phoenix.
14 December 2013 |
Banoffee - Reign Down"Reign Down" comes from the forthcoming Banoffee album which is due out early 2014 through Two Bright Lakes. Check out the debut Banoffee single "Ninja" here.
13 December 2013 |
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World's End Press - Drag Me Home"Drag Me Home" is from the debut self titled album by World's End Press.
11 December 2013 NSFW |
Ross McLennan - My Brother Stoats“My Brother Stoats” comes from Melbourne musician Ross McLennan’s 2013 album The Night’s Deeds Are Vapour. Ross created the artwork and animation in the clip and the album has been long-listed for the Coopers AMP. Check out our review of the double header show Ross did with Matt Walker at the Flying Saucer club in September.
11 December 2013 |
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Pixies - Another Toe In The Ocean"Another Toe In The Ocean" comes from Pixies' 2013 release EP-1. The band will continue their 2013 - 2014 global tour in the new year by headlining Lollapalooza in Chile, Argentina and Brazil and performing at Estereo Picnic in Colombia before heading to Europe for a series of festival appearances including the headline spot at Primavera Sound in Barcelona. Touring bass player for the North American, South American and European dates will be Paz Lenchatin from A Perfect Circle, ZWAN and The Entrance Band.
10 December 2013 |
Audego - Fight"Fight" comes from Audego's album Beneath the Static and the Low. The clip was directed and produced by Vidad Narayan and Bryce McCoy (Round 3 Creative).
9 December 2013 |
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Oscar Key Sung - All I Could Do"All I Could Do" will appear on Oscar Key Sung's debut EP, due out early 2014 on Two Bright Lakes.
6 December 2013 |
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Mick Turner - The Bird Catcher"The Bird Catcher" comes from Mick Turner's new album Don't Tell The Driver. The video was directed by Cam Archer and features the late Karen Black, who recently collaborated with Cass McCombs.
6 December 2013 |
John Butler trio - Only One"Only One" is the first single from the John Butler Trio's forthcoming album Flesh and Blood.
4 December 2013 |
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Pond - Midnight Mass (At The Market Street Payphone)This track is the final cut on the Pond album Hobo Rocket which was our feature album at the start of August. The video was created by Jesse Taylor Smith and Jenna Eriksen, and whilst it appears innocuous initially, it turns out to be quite an emotional clip.
28 November 2013 |
Arcade Fire - AfterlifeThe video for "Afterlife" provides a view into a night in the life of a man and his two sons, after the passing of the boys' mum. The hopes and fears of the boys and their father in a world without their mother and partner, respectively, are presented as a short film. The clip was directed by Emily Kai Bock, and the track comes from Arcade Fire's album Reflektor, which was the MadfaMusic feature album the week of 11 November 2013. Check out Fee B-Squared's piece on it here.
26 November 2013 |
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Jen Cloher - Hold My HandMelbourne musician Jen Cloher's new video is based on a conversation she overheard her parents having shortly before her Mum was moved into full time care. Suffering from Alzheimer’s, Jen's mum asked her dad “Tom, how did we meet again?” Her dad gave a lengthy explanation of how they met and a description of their courtship which included Jen's Mum wooing her Dad by sending him lots of Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin on vinyl.
Jen Cloher's album In Blood Memory was our feature album in June. Listen here. 26 November 2013 |
DZ Deathrays - Northern Lights23 November 2013
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Wooden Shjips - Back to LandBack To Land is the title track to the San Francisco outfit's fourth album.
22 November 2013 |
Sally Seltmann - BillyIn October we brought you "Needle In The Hay" from Sally Seltmann's forthcoming album. "Billy" is the first official single from Sally Seltmann's forthcoming album, due out on 28 Feb 2014. For the new album, her aim was to write a collection of songs that traverse the full spectrum of human emotions. We look forward to hearing it!
If you want more tracks, videos and a fan's perspective on Sally Seltmann, check out our review of her Speigeltent show in March here. 20 November 2013 |
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Citizen Kay - Raise a Glass feat. The Brass Knuckle Brass BandWe brought you this track earlier this month via our November Now Playing page but Canberra MC Citizen Kay brings such vibe to his videos, we couldn't resist bringing you the clip too, now that it's been released. He'll perform at the Lorne event of Falls Festival in late December, and has secured the opening spot on the Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown, Run the Jewels triple header Sydney and Melbourne Laneway Festival sideshows in February. Check out his clip for "Yes" here.
19 November 2013 |
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Chiefs - StayThis track comes from Melbourne producer Chiefs' debut EP Reign Dance.
14 November 2013 |
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Califone - Frosted TipsChicago's Califone have released a new single from their album Stitches, and we rather like the video for it.
10 November 2013 NSFW
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Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Bad DancerYoko Ono's new video features a variety of famous faces including Ad Rock & Mike D, Ira Glass, Questlove and Roberta Flack, amongst others. Read Ira Glass' words about the experience here.
7 November 2013 |
Bill Callahan - Small PlaneFrequent visitors to this site will know how much we're loving the new Bill Callahan album Dream River. The video for Small Plane was directed by Callahan and Hanly Banks, and yes, that is Bill playing the role of the boss.
6 November 2013 |
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David Bowie - Love is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy)David Bowie's new video cost a grand total of $12.99 - the cost of the USB drive he purchased to put the finished product on. He wrote, shot and edited the video himself and enlisted his assistant and a friend to assist. The clip was shot in his Manhattan office and makes use of puppets in his collection.
6 November 2013 |
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Spiderbait - It's Beautiful"It's Beautiful" comes from the forthcoming Spiderbait album, which is due out on Nov 15. The video features the band as puppets, finding beauty in Melbourne's laneways.
2 November 2013 |
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Washed Out - All I KnowDirected by Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen, this video is part film clip, part short film, and features 2 young dudes going on a road trip to heal their heartbreak. "All I Know" comes from Paracosm, the stunning album by Washed Out (a.k.a. Ernest Greene) which was the MadfaMusic feature album at the start of September.
29 October 2013 |
Dialectrix - First World VenomThis track comes from the Sydney MC's album The Cold Light of Day, out on Obese Records.
26 October 2013 |
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Adalita - Trust Is Rust"Trust is Rust" is the latest single from Adalita's album All Day Venus. The video is directed by Timothy Melville, whose made clips for Hungry Kids of Hungary, Big Scary and The Bamboos.
We had Adalita's album All Day Venus as our feature album the week beginning 30 September 2013. Listen here. 15 October 2013 |
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Teeth and Tongue - Good Man15 October 2013
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Retreat!"Retreat!" is the first single from the forthcoming album by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. It will be called Give The People What They Want and is due out 10 January 2014, almost a year to the day since we witnessed an awesome live show by Jones and her band in Melbourne.
12 October 2013 |
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The Paper Kites - YoungMelbourne indie folk/pop five-piece The Paper Kites are known for great videos, and this clip for 'Young' is no exception. It features 500 of the band's fans singing along to the song. It might sound naff, but believe us, it looks great. The track comes from their excellent debut album States.
The band will tour the US and Canada during November, followed by some Aussie festival appearances over the summer. Check the dates here. 11 October 2013 |
Pixies - Andro Queen'Andro Queen' comes from Pixies' recently released EP1.
11 October 2013 |
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Pascal Babare - NonnaNonna is the second single from Pascal Babare's "Sorry, Morning" release. You can stream it here.
6 October 2013 |
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Toro Y Moi - Rose QuartzRose Quartz is the fourth single from Toro Y Moi's third full-length, "Anything In Return". This video is directed by Lauren Gregory.
4 October 2013 |
Courtney Barnett - Avant GardenerTaken from the new LP: 'The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas', Courtney Barnett's 'Avant Gardener' is one of our favourite tracks of the year. The video features Courtney and her band members, as well as fellow Melbourne muso Fraser A Gorman as the umpire.
2 October 2013 |
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Bluejuice - SOS
Sydney's Bluejuice do a funny take on an 80's movie classic.
1 October 2013 |
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Autre Ne Veut - Ego Free Sex FreeAutre Ne Veut will be in Australia for Laneway Festival 2014.
26 September 2013 |
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FKA twigs - Papi PacifyAnother strange video from FKA twigs. We'd expect nothing less following the clip for "Water Me" (which we posted a while back - you'll find it further down this page).
20 September 2013 |
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Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
This is the first single from the Brooklyn outfit's forthcoming album.
18 September 2013 |
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Deerhunter - Back to the MiddleThis track comes from Deerhunter's album "Monomania".
15 September 2013 |
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Arcade Fire - ReflektorCanada's Arcade Fire return with this fantastically odd video, filmed by acclaimed director Anton Corbijn.
11 September 2013 |
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Bored Nothing - Let DownBored Nothing is the solo project for Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Fergus Miller. The clip for Let Down was directed by LA filmmaker Abteen Bagheri, who has previously worked with A$AP Rocky and The Presets.
NSFW 10 September 2013 |
The Drones - I See SeaweedThe Drones partnered with Melbourne filmmaker Amiel Courtin-Wilson for this clip for the title track of their latest album. Courtin-Wilson has previously worked with The Avalanches.
6 September 2013 |
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Pond - O DharmaO Dharma comes from Pond's fabulously psychedelic 5th album Hobo Rocket. We like it so much we made it our feature album in early August.
6 September 2013 |
Pixies - Indie CindyThe Pixies released four new tracks today plus this video for 'Indie Cindy'. The single is from the imaginatively titled EP1 available direct from the band, via pixiesmusic.com/ep1-uk/
4 September 2013 |
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Natasha Khan & John Hopkins - Garden's Heart
Jon Hopkins has written the score for the upcoming film How I Live Now. The first track from it to be released is called "Garden's Heart", and is a collaboration between Natasha Khan (otherwise known as Bat For Lashes) and Hopkins. Watch the video, directed by Khan and featuring How I Live Now star Saoirse Ronan, below.
4 September 2013 |
Summer Flake - Just FineSummer Flake is Adelaide musician Stephanie Crase. This track comes from her debut album "You Can Have It All", out on Rice is Nice, 6 Sept 2013.
We like the spooky, shadowy skaters.... 3 September 2013 |
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Belle and Sebastian - Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Mix)This track comes from "The Third Eye Centre", a collection of rarities and non-album tracks from the last decade.
1 September 2013 |
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Mount Kimbie - Home RecordingFrom the album "Cold Spring Fault Less Youth" which was released in May 2013.
29 August 2013 |
The National - GracelessThis video makes us wish life was more like this.
29 August 2013 |
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The Paradise Motel - The SpiderFrom the forthcoming album "Oh Boy", due out 1 September 2013.
Whilst we do mark videos as Not Safe For Work (NSFW) if we think it's warranted, we don't usually bother with expletive warnings on songs. That said, we're just going to mention right here that this song includes everyone's favourite swear word many, many times - Ed. 28 August 2013 |
Karl Smith - I Want YouFirst taste of the forthcoming solo debut from Karl Smith, who was one half of the stunning Melbourne duo Sodastream. Karl's album is due out in October.
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Audego - SleepyThis track is from Melbourne electronic duo Audego's forthcoming album, due Sept 2013. The video was created by Paul Andrew Rhodes (Negative Films).
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Kim Deal - Are You Mine?The next instalment in the string of 7" singles from Kim Deal is "Are You Mine?"
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Cloud Control - ScarThis clip from Cloud Control was filmed in Iceland, and comes from their new album Dream Cave.
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Alison Wonderland - Get Ready (feat. Fishing)Former principal cellist for the Sydney Youth Orchestra, Alison Wonderland is now known for her remixes and live sets at the official Grammy's Afterparty in LA, the Brit Awards Afterparty in London, and the bulk of the big festivals in Australia. Her much anticipated album is due soon.
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Remi 'REMi' Kolawole -SagginREMi is a Melbourne based rapper and this track comes from his mixtape 'FYG Act: 1'.
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Yo La Tengo - Is That Enough |
Baptism of Uzi - Stray CurrentThis track comes from the Melbourne group's 10" EP of the same name.
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SAFIA - Listen to Soul, Listen to BluesCanberra threepiece Safia have been compared to James Blake and Chet Faker. In their video for "Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues", images are projected onto buildings from a moving car.
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Snakadaktal - Hung on TightHung On Tight is the first single taken from Snakadaktal's debut album Sleep In The Water, due for release on 2 August.
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Goldfrapp - DrewFrom Goldfrapp's forthcoming album Tales of Us, this video is directed by Lisa Gunning and forms part of a feature length film due later this year.
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Yo La Tengo - Ohm |
Julia Holter - In The Green WildThis is an unusual video depicting amateur theatre, but it's a really interesting song from Julia Holter's forthcoming album.
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