samedi 29 décembre 2012

Prinzenzeit - Korsika ( Corsica ) Short personal film ( Dir : David Babendreyer ) 2012


Beauty Island .... marvellous & rare shots of  a Mediterranean marvel ... full of love , superb music by Sigur Ròs " Samskeyti " ( from  another beauty island ...) ....

Memphis Bleek ft Swizz Beatz - Like that ( Dir : R. Malcolm Jones ) 2005


one of the catchiest rap track ever , hooks & flow , Rihanna's beginnings (  short ) appearance  ( starts at 1:53 )....

GusGus - Believe ( Dir : Stefan Arni & Siggi Kjartansson ) 1997


Classic hypnotic electro & Nordic humour ..... still amazing ....

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop ( Dir : Jon Jon Augustavo, Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty ) 2012


"feel good "vid & track , samples ...... whoah ! Hey !

Chairlift – Met Before ( Dir : Jordan Fish ) 2012


fresh pop college track , band & vid , one of my greatest oversights of the year .... error corrected  ! ........

vendredi 28 décembre 2012

Max Cooper ft BRAIDS - Pleasures ( Dir : Cédric De Smedt ) 2012


XLent hypnotic AND melodic ( starting after 1 minute ) stuff by UK's Max Cooper & Canadian Braids + a great animation , I just luv it .....

Frank Ocean – Pyramids ( Dir : Nabil ) 2012

http://www.vevo.com/watch/frank-ocean/pyramids-(explicit)/USUV71201066
.... great track & vid ... dreamy , seedy , druggy , soulful & inspired .....+ John Mayer  plays  smashing guitar licks starting at 5:00 , DO NOT MISS IT .... watch it HERE !!

vendredi 21 décembre 2012

Keith Schofield - Diesel SFW XXX - Funny viral ad 2009


...comically altered archive porn footage ... After Effects ... hilarious .... perfectly done .... 70's .....            
                                    watch  it HERE !

Goldfrapp - Ooh La La ( Dir : Dawn Shadforth ) 2005


T.Rex nostalgia ......or rip off ! .... Dan Armstrong guitars , Glitter , Mud , Slade , Sweet ........

Metallica - Enter Sandman ( Dir : Josh Miller ) 1991


......... master of Puppets ! ........clever & fun animation ........
                        Watch it HERE !

jeudi 20 décembre 2012

TV On The Radio - Caffeinated Consciousness ( Dir : Tim Nackashi ) 2011


top american indie band ....pop & educated ... psychedelirium ....
always above the rest .....( & HERE !)

Basement Jaxx ft Lisa Kekaula - You Don't Know Me ( Dir : Matt Kirby ) 2006


..... naughty good ol' Lisbeth .....extremely funny .....luv the Jaxx's tracks & vids !.....
( also here:   http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/09/basement-jaxx-oh-my-gosh-dir-mat-kirkby.html
&    http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/04/basement-jaxx-wheres-your-head-at-dir.html
&     http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/04/basement-jaxx-raindrops-dir-jess.html     )

lundi 17 décembre 2012

OK Go - WTF is Happening ( Dir : Tim Nackashi ) 2009


.... splendid " feather tail " FX ... brilliant colour shaping ...  tight choregraphy as always with Ok Go ... Prince style song ... they work hard & it works well  ....
                                    Watch it HERE !
 & also HERE  & HERE & HERE & HERE 

Afrika Pseudobruitismus - Mamma mia { Abba synth cover } ( Dir : Stanley Sunday ) 2012


Brilliant FX , soap serie , video Fx , meaningless but entertaining , pure aesthetic work ......

samedi 15 décembre 2012

Max Linder - Les débuts de Max au cinéma ( Dir : Max Linder )1910


amazing  " freshness " , funny , it's very touching to watch cinema history being made ...

R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful ( Dir : Nigel Dick ) 1999


" Pet sounds  " sounding elegant song , perfectly arranged , Rain Phoenix acting ( she's having a bad day .......).....

Shaka Ponk - Let's Bang ( Dir : Shaka Ponk ) 2012



moronic & vulgar (?) but catchy & exciting band from France , amazing live shows ( with a perfect live sound  , one of the best I heard & I've seen many , many bands , I assure you ) .....
                                    Watch it HERE !

jeudi 13 décembre 2012

Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio ( Dir : Frank Delia ) 1983


Simple & fun vid , classic catchy " new wave " track , off beat humour ....Tex-Mex ....                 Watch it HERE !

The Limiñanas - Je ne suis pas très drogue ( Dir : Jean-Luc Moly ) 2010


catchy 60's styled indie pop  ,  ( beware of Cachou's ! ....) , fresh reappropriation , Chinese shadows ..... Pierre Cardin , garage & New Wave movies  ......

Nirvana reunion ft Paul McCartney - Cut Me Some Slack ( Live benefit ) 12.12.12.


Paul rocks ! ( after all , he wrote the first heavy metal song  " Helter Skelter " ) , unreleased track , electrical ukulele , Madison Square Garden ....

mardi 11 décembre 2012

Mars - Spirit Rover - Visit of planet Mars ( NASA ) 2012


fabulous visit of planet Mars , 360° shots , meditation , landscape , strange  , do not hesitate to click on Virtual Tour to see more of the planet  ....
                          Watch it HERE !

Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat ( Dir : Quentin Dupieux ) 1999

 cute & presidential ! French touch  fun , phat Moog bass line .....love the signature ! ....
                                            Watch it HERE !

Lenny Kravitz + Justice - Let love rule ( Dir : Keith Schofield ) 2009


a MASTERPIECE  ... be patient .... after a flat intro as a parody of B movie ... it get very FUNNY ... one cannot beat easily a strong end title & credits .....Keith's a master ....
                                  Watch it HERE !

lundi 10 décembre 2012

Seyit Uygur - Paper Marbling artist Documentary ( Dir : Oguz Uygur ) 2011


Paper marbling ( Ebru in Turkish ), wonderful precision , craftman/artist , calm & beautiful .... music :  "Charlotte Mittnacht" by DeVotchka ......

Denver - The Way It Is ( Live at Pickathon - Pumphouse Sessions) 2012


if you love the sound & style of " Harvest " ( Neil Young & Crazy Horse ) & bands like Band of Horses or The Jayhawks , this is for you , very thight & catchy .... Portland .... luv' it ....

dimanche 9 décembre 2012

One Block Radius - Loud and Clear ( Dir : Keith Schofield ) 2009


... hidden hip-hop gem ! ...this should have been a  hit ...uplifting , brilliant groovy track & vid ...
                                                                 Watch it HERE !

Field Music - In Context ( Dir : Dan Lowe ) 2006


 Scottish band ( splitted ....), one stroke drawing performance , time lapse .....

R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth ? ( Dir : Peter Care ) 1994


One of my fav' R.E.M. track , brilliant sound , energy , Peter Buck is playing Kurt Cobain's Jag Stand guitar ( that's why the machine heads are downwards )........

samedi 8 décembre 2012

Of Monsters and Men - Little talks ( Dir : WeWereMonkeys ) 2012


Catchy " Celtic " type of folk song , it could be Irish , Scottish or English ... it's Icelandic actually .....brilliant epic/gothic animation vid ....

Habib Koité - Mali Ba ( Audio track ) 2007


EXTRAORDINARY guitar player & singer from Mali ( born in Senegal , both in West Africa  ) , amazing melodic song about his country , " Big Mali " ....magical stuff ... ( strangely , the harmonies remind me of Joni Mitchell .... music is truly universal )  ....)

Purity Ring - Fineshrine ( Dir : Young Replicant ) 2012


superb  & ( over ? ) aesthetical , dreamy indie electro pop track , top notch cinematography .....

vendredi 7 décembre 2012

Jason Lytle - I am lost ( Dir : the General Assembly ) 2009


fulfill of emotions  ......

Goldspot - Ina mina dika ( Dir : Nick Collett ) 2011


Very naïve sounding &  cute  kitsch  New York - Indian pop , candy coloured , beautiful silk clothing , Bollywood-on-Hudson  , Today's Special movie OST ....

Gnarls Barckley - Crazy ( Dir : Robert Hales ) 2006


classic masterpiece , beautiful vid , song , production ...& THE VOICE !
                                    Watch it HERE !  ( On u2b , the sound is awful  )

mercredi 28 novembre 2012

lundi 26 novembre 2012

Stupeflip - J'refume du shit ( Audio track ) 2002


vs the previous post  ! ( Since I smoke dope again ! That's why the guy is runnin' to nowhere forever ...) bit sad & funny too  ....

Stupeflip - Je fume pu d'shit ( Dir : S.Bellenger & JP. Michel ) 2002


amazing song (  " Since I gave up smokin' dope " ) , funny & catchy , Jacno's cameo , followed by ....

Hesta Prynn - Can We Go Wrong ( Dir : Randy Scott Slavin ) 2010


amazing stop motion vid ( 13 k still photographs ! ), singing limit out of tune but sexy ( I like the dimple ) & catchy indie pop , arty , Central Park  , Can I go wrong ?

dimanche 25 novembre 2012

Mexican Institute of Sound - Mexico ( 2012 )


hypnotic & catchy track ,  footages of protest against the unbearable violence of today's Mexican society , very moving & informative ....

Making of The Shining Part. 2 ( Dir : Vivian Kubrick ) 1980



very interesting doc' .... funny , charismatic & energetic Jack N. , touching Shelley .... fascinating Stanley Kubrick ... aka The Man ....
                                        Watch it HERE !

Making of The Shining Part. 1 ( Dir : Vivian Kubrick ) 1980


very interesting doc' .... funny , charismatic & energetic Jack Nicholson  .....  fascinating  movie , director & actors ......
                             Watch it HERE !

Austin Lace - Kill the Bee ( Dir : Matthieu Frances ) 2004


catchy Belgium pop tune , fresh & entertaining , melodic , cute , baby ....

samedi 24 novembre 2012

Julian Plenti - Games For Days ( Dir : Javier Aguilera ) 2009


film noir references , seedy  ... Interpol :Paul Banks ,  Metric : Emily Haines , New York ,:Toronto  ....

DJ Mike - Jay Z & Weezer - 99 problems vs Buddy Holly mashup ( 2006 )


two great track & two amazing vid ( by Mark Romanek & Spike Jonze )  mixed together ....
complete here :  http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/02/jay-z-99-problems-dir-mark-romanek-2004_24.html
& here :  http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/04/weezer-buddy-holly-dir-spike-jonze-1994.html

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events - Opening titles (2004)



I’m very disappointed in you children ( Count Olaf ) , Jim Carrey , Les orphelins Baudelaire ( in France ) brilliant movie ..........
                                        watch it HERE !

James Nachtwey, War Photographer ( Dir : Christian Frei )


probably the best war photographer of the last 20 years ... a ( long , sorry ) documentary in English & German with Spanish subs... this guy got guts ...& passion ....it's worth watching ..

vendredi 23 novembre 2012

Wave Machines - I Go I Go I Go ( Dir : Alasdair Brotheston & Jock Mooney ) 2009


love the clip & the uplifting song , indie pop at it's best ....Kitsch " à la Jeff Koons " ....

Pirupa - Party Non Stop ( Dir : Emile Rafael ) 2012


Ibiza dance track , " porno chic " , supa babes , technically perfect  , if you're under age , do not watch this ! ( or ask your parents before ...I'm sure you will ) ....

mercredi 21 novembre 2012

Diwali ( festival of lights ) Photographs - 2012


good over evil , Lakshmi : goddess of wealth and prosperity 

YAS - Get it right ( Dir : Stéphane Sednaoui ) 2009


Yasmine Hamdan & Mirwais Ahmadzaï , Caïro happy few , catchy ...

The Real Tuesday Weld - Bathtime in Clerkenwell ( Dir : Aleksey Budovsky ) 2002


Clerkenwell geniuses , Stephen Coates , B&W , animation , great track ...  ( also here : http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/07/the-real-tuesday-weld-black-birdies.html )

Fever Ray - Keep the streets empty ( Dir : Willem Martinot ) 2012


      Cascais , Portugal , amazing framin' , shootin' , editin' ,
sharpeness ... magical stuff ....
                                                      Watch it HERE !

lundi 19 novembre 2012

Sigur Rós - Valtari ( Dir : Christian Larson ) 2012


extraordinary dancers & choregraphy in a post-nuke world 
( love always win ? )... XLent cinematography ( to be watch in HD ) & beautiful ( as always ) music by Sigur Ros ......a gem ...

dimanche 18 novembre 2012

Touch of Evil - Opening title ( Dir : Orson Welles ) 1958


Probably the most famous sequence long take in cinema history , it's magical ... directing , camera movement , crane shots , framing , light & music , timing ... just perfect ...
                                                            Watch it HERE !

Ninos Du Brasil - Tuppelo ( Dir : Giulio Tami & Nico Vascellari ) 2012


stompin' & beatin' , can't stop dancin' , electro-samba , repetitive & hypnotic ....

The Walkmen - Four Provinces ( Dir : Bruno Levy ) 2009


moving Nepalese kids shots , stop motion ,  rocks ,
roof of the world  , pub song ....

vendredi 16 novembre 2012

Delilah - Love You So "Joe Goddard Remix " ( Dir : Emil Nava ) 2011


sensual & sexy song ( & singer !)" à la Santigold " , very grippin' mood , brilliant remix ...

The Wave Pictures - Sweetheart ( Dir : Ben Reed ) 2010


another great vid by Ben Reed , superb illustration work , fast ( ! ) & clever ( sense , phonetic , Etc ... ) .....hours of fun , watch & re watch & again .......

The Peach Kings - Lonely ( Dir : Paul Trillo ) 2012


Splendid vid , voice " à la Lana " ( no botoxed lips here...)  bluesy & hypnotic song , not emphatic just right , do not miss it .....

jeudi 15 novembre 2012

Siriusmo - Wow ( Dir : Martin Waltz ) 2010


sexy absurd (n'importe nawak ) ,  XLent dance track , Berlin sound ...

Mostar ( Bosnia ) - Short documentary ( Dir : DGA Productions ) 2012


Amazing ! Splendid ! Do not miss it ! A short & powerful film  on Mostar , the old bridge restoration , some of the scars of the war , the islamic and catholic history of the city , the divers ... and a bright future ( I hope ) for this land after such a trauma ....

Stuck In The Sound - Ouais ( Dir : David Fontao & Raphaël Lopez ) 2009


one of my fav' french indie rock track ( the song is in english )....yeah ! ( Ouais ).....

samedi 10 novembre 2012

Feist - My Moon My Man ( Dir : Patrick Daughters ) 2007


Supa voice from Toronto , catchy tune , classic vid with chore , technically perfect ...
                                             Watch it HERE !

Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness ( US TV show )


It still give me the thrill ......in memoriam of Donald " Duck " Dunn  fav' bass player ( and very nice man dixit Steve Cropper ) ......written by : J Campbell , R Connely & H Woods in 1932

A Place To Bury Strangers - And I'm Up ( Dir : Karl Ackermann ) 2012


 Usual Chinese made toys battle ,  the budgets & creativity level of music videos is so low at the moment , this seems better than average ......catchy noisy indie track ....

jeudi 8 novembre 2012

Elefant - Misfit ( Dir : Adam Levite ) 2000


      Not a particular good vid ...but I always  liked this catchy tune !
                                                      Watch it HERE !

Earl Parker - The world of science ( Dir : ? ) 2011


Very catchy ,  electro , 80's sound , Alan Vega's hook  , no budget psyche VHS FX's vid , pleasant .......

Sophie Hunger - LikeLikeLike ( Dir : Jeremiah ) 2012


Fun " footballistic " ballad in Parissensual singer with guts , good right foot & energy , Switzerland ......

mercredi 7 novembre 2012

The Flow ft Berg Beaugé - Berg & Ernie ( Live at the Meatlocker ) 2012


Toronto ,  young jazzmen collective , jazzy groove & rap .....
very pleasant , XLlent musicians .....

The Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers ( Dir : Nash Edgerton ) 2003


XLent popsong , the owners of the vid doesn't want me to share it directly from Vimeo ( they like to shoot  their own foot , f...in' idiots self called " genius " from business schools !...)
                                       Watch it HERE !

Wolfgang Gartner - Love & War ( Editing & Selection : Zapatou/Luc Bergeron) 2012


Amazing u2b compile ! , best of web 3 , ( many vid are already in complete version on LCC ) , fast & impressiv