Videos of the Week

Here's the latest songs, videos, and whatnot that have been interesting me this week. There wasn't much new coming out this past week, so most of these clips are for recent and old songs that I was playing again.



I hate that Sony and other record labels are so stingy with allowing people access to their bands' works to point that it is no wonder that the labels and record stores are going out of business. They basically have disabled embedding of all their videos so that you can view them but can't post them on a blog. Oh, well. They have stuck their heads in the sand for too long. Ok. rant over. Here is a live performance of Editors from the 2008 Glastonbury Festival for the song "Munich." It is a fabulous song, given a slightly different opening here. Excellent.



Loved this Duran Duran spin-off. Sort of a cross between Japan and Roxy Music. It was much better than the horrid Power Station. This is the beautiful song "Goodbye is Forever."



I love bands that come out of left field and change their sound around so much that they are barely recognizable. The British band Hood started out as a fairly indistinct lo-fi pop band. I was shocked a few years ago when they released the now classic album Cold House. Picking up from the blueprint of Radiohead's Kid A, and adding more glitch techno and guest vocals from the avant garde hip-hop collective cLOUDEAD, it was a stunning release that unfortunately they have failed to top. Outside Closer, the follow up, was beautiful, but lacked the shock of Cold House. Here is a gentle, undulating song "You Show No Emotion At All" from Cold House. Enjoy.



Trippy new song from Yo La Tengo, with an even more trippy video. Don't eat beforehand.



Classic drum and bass song from Olive. Probably one of my favorite songs of all time.



Alter ego of Paul Banks from Interpol. Released his solo album under the name Julian Plenti. This is the first single. Doesn't stray far from the Interpol formula. Nothing wrong with that.



Suede were white hot in the 90s and brought two classic albums to birth under the original lineup. Once Bernard Butler left the band sort of ran into a rut. But this is one of their classic singles from the difficult second album Dog Man Star, "We Are the Pigs."



Second incarnation of Wire. This was an awesome single and sinister video from the album The Ideal Copy. It's a great song to drive to.



My favorite Depeche Mode song. The Jeep Mix of the song is one of my favorite remixes of the song.



Pop Will Eat Itself. Have a soft spot for them



Great album track from Gorillaz. Nice laid back, trippy drum track. Sad song though.



Big dumb song. Try to get it and its crackwhore chorus out of your head.



John Hughes died this week. Loved his movies Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, and Pretty In Pink. In honor of him and the amazing soundtracks he put together, here is the original version of "Pretty In Pink."



Another classic Buddy Cole skit discussing outing celebrities.



New single from Metric. Really good song and fun video.



I was at Mary's in East Atlanta the other night and the DJ as spinning a lot of alternative dance music. This song came on and I knew I knew it but couldn't think of who it was. Finally it dawned on me that it was Grizzly Bear. I had to immediately go home and download it. It's not a great remix, but it is interesting. The original song is just too slow to truly make it as a good remix. But I like it anyway.



Haunting song and cool video for the song "Overcome" from Tricky's classic trip hop album Maxinquaye. Too bad he never scaled the heights of that album again.