Videos of the Week

Here are the latest videos that are interesting me.



The Big Pink are a guilty pleasure of mine. This is a live performance video of their song "Velvet," which is one of my favorite songs of this year.



Har Mar Superstar is a fat balding white man with a good ear for contemporary pop/r&b. What on paper looks like a joke, ends up being something brilliant. Plus the video is bright and shiny.



Girls is one of the most hyped bands of this year and the singles I heard didn't really strike me as anything special. I begrudgingly downloaded the cd hoping that I might see what the fuss was about. I was struck how eclectic the cd was and how, as a whole, it was really cohesive and just fun. This is a light-hearted song and funky video that reminds me of the videos you would see from lo-fi indie pop bands on 120 Minutes.



Wonderful new song from Bradford Cox's solo persona Atlas Sound. The new cd Logos is stunningly brilliant. He constantly amazes and astounds. He takes so many different genres and bends them to his own tightly wound sensibility.



No artist this year has put out a more singular vision than Fever Ray. Haunting music, evocative videos, and a hypnotic live show all come together to dazzle and confound. This is another striking video for her cover of Nick Cave's song "Stranger Than Kindness."



Wistful song from Sweden's El Perro Del Mar. The video is amazing with two body builder/gymnasts contorting their bodies in positions that look humanly impossible. The song and the visuals do not go together as a rule, however, they complement each other well.



Beautiful track from Fuck Button's new cd Tarot Sport. They are playing live here in Atlanta in a couple of weeks and I am dying to go see them.