vendredi 29 juin 2012

Caro Emerald - That Man ( Dir : Maikel Van Der Laken ) 2010


Blue Note style Chinese shadows , 50's & 60's  movie layout & split screen FX's , jazzy sensual diva ..........

Fred Salbans Trio - Bande demo ( Live ) 2012


     What's the point of having a blog if one can't promote
friends ? Here's my friend Charlie's new band demo video . ... soft & subtle , good musicians ....

Steriogram - Walkie talkie man ( Dir : Michel Gondry ) 2004


Genius !  Michel The Master clipper ! great rock track , New Zealand .....many tried the " cheap trucs " à la Gondry ... few succeed .....( toujours imité , jamais égalé  )....

Future Islands - Beach Foam ( Dir : Joe Stakun ) 2009


psyche candy colours vid , haunting tune ,  amazing singing " à la Joe Cocker " .......

dimanche 24 juin 2012

Beirut - The Rip Tide ( Dir : Houmam Abdalla ) 2012


beauty ,  little rest in this crazy fast world .... nowhere is the place to be .......

The Who - I Can See For Miles Live TV Show 1968


great song , great band ,60's metal dresses , sleepy
dancers ! ( Mr Bean , Jackie K.  lookalikes ! ) ,   cool mood ......

Thunderbird Gerard - Thunderbird ( Dir : CC Steinmetz ) 2012


great rap vid ( no bank notes , no oversized jewellery , no sittin' in a club surrounded by a dozen of nearly naked lascious bimbos , no red sport cars , etc )..... just simple good shots and quality split-screens .....

Underworld - Scribble ( Dir : Toby Vogel ) 2010


best techno band evermelodic sense , interesting  & complex rythm structures , they are fantastic live ,  just luv it....doot , doot , doot ....

Post War Years - Glass House ( Dir : Tobias Stretch ) 2012


                                         wonderful , epic , Tobias universe , vid & music perf ' fit , fantasmagoria ..... DIY ......magical.....

vendredi 22 juin 2012

King Khan & The Shrines - Bite My Tongue ( Dir : Hylas ) 2012


new Fleshtones , no budget , funny vid , nice & cute ....

The Vaccines - No Hope ( Dir : Jesse John Jenkins ) 2012


UK , beautiful B&W shots ,  Dylan style , XLent band , XLent song , XLent vid ! .....

Hot Chip - Night And Day ( Dir : Peter Serafinowciz) 2012


XLent electronica , cameos Reggie Watts , Terence Stamp & Lara Stone in video game , great choregraphy & editing ......

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Nerve Damage ( Dir : Kamp Grizzly ) 2012


Psyche vid , fast punky pop song , XLent band  & loads of skulls,  peace signs neon-colored veins & glowing eyeballs......

P.I.S.S. - I will never go to school ( Funny overdubbing ) ( Dir : St Sanders ) 2010


              Kiss this ....hilarious , Dada , gross , Santeri Ojala , FREE rock........
                                   Watch it HERE !

mardi 19 juin 2012

Grant Lee Buffalo - America Snoring ( 1993 )


flat vid but such a great song  ......

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Faithful Man ( Dir : Yours Truly ) 2012


GIANT , if you miss it (I don't talk to
you anymore !) ......

Nick Waterhouse - Some Place ( Dir : Phil Pinto ) 2012


double- whammy , long live genuine rythm & blues .....

Nick Waterhouse - I Can Only Give You Everything ( Dir : Dick Thompson ) 2012


old school R'n'B , clever 50's recreation, analog sound
ElvisBuddySteveCostelloHollyCropper  ,  vintage look  & style .....

lundi 18 juin 2012

Buck 65 - Superstars Don’t Love ( Dir : Travis Hopkins ) 2011


XLent Canadian  white rapper , amazing layout work , 
references , 2001 : A Space Odyssey , The Royal Tenenbaums , great films titles  ......  Watch it  HERE !

Filthy Dukes - This Rhythm ( Dir : Sarah Chatfield ) 2009


catchy , strong analogic synth sounds , London hospital at night & fish eyes babe FX's ....... infectuous groovy track ....

Italian Spiderman ( Complete & uncut ) Funny short ( Dir : Dario Russo ) 2012


70's movies , sound cracks , fun pisstake , parody , etc .....

Japanese in Istanbul trying to eat Maras Dondurmasi ( Turkish Ice Cream ) 2008


very enjoyable & funny , the japanese guy is so cool
& stoic ..... 

dimanche 17 juin 2012

Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On [ Metal Version ] ( by Andy Rehfeldt ) 2011


I don't want to sink with her !...... dead funny ( specially the flute ....)

Little Quentin - Short animation ( Dir : Albert Hooft & Paco Vink ) 2012


supa animation , drawings , story , cinematography , top notch !

iamamiwhoami - in due order ( Dir : iamamiwhoami ) 2012

obsessions white  ,eyelashes , skinnyness , hairy beast  , ....

General Elektriks - Facing That Void ( Dir : Arno Salters ) 2006


Salters Bros ., from Paris to LA , great track & vid ( sorry , can't find better Q anywhere ) ....

samedi 16 juin 2012

Kali Briis - I love your face ( Dir : Chintis Lundgren ) 2012


so cute ! pop , fresh , Swedish ? , return of  Casio synth toy, ColiBri ? .....

120 Models Tableau Vivant - Skylight One Hanson ( Dir : The Delirium Constructions ) 2011


eternal sound & voices , nudity , "nature vivante " , collective arts & performance , spirituality ,  to be watched .......

Spiritualized - Hey Jane ( Dir : A G Rojas ) 2012


seedy story , great song ( a hit ) , violent & cinematographic mise en scene , XLent vid ....

POrtal - Terminal Velocity FunShortFX's ( Dir : Jason Craft ) 2012


Amazing ! , If you like strong sensations ! video player's dream , funny & clever FX's & editing .....

Robin Williams ( Cunilingus ) Funny Live act


well spotted , no comment , just laugh .....

The Bullitts ( starring Rosario Dawson ) - Supercool ( Dir : ? ) 2012


funny ( improvised ? ) dance with Rosario Dawson in front of the Palace Theatre, corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road ( London )

vendredi 15 juin 2012

Troy Westfield Experience - Good Ache ( Dir : Mike Gordon ) 2012


silent movie excerpts , Nosferatu , Murnau , Hunchback of  Notre Dame & many others...  moving & simple power pop song , very touching &  poetic vid , well edit ,  just luv'it ......

Rebecca & Fiona - Bullets ( Dir : Laerke Herthoni ) 2012

If you fancy a sexy ( bottle ) blondes ( bombs ) DJing duet ( & candy pop singers) from Sweden , here it is ......... ( vulgar & catchy  , I must admit it's a guilty pleasure )  ......" Hurts like bullets between these walls ".....
                         

Sulekha - Arjuna the Archer Animated ad ( Dir : Eriyat Suresh ) 2009


    "world unite " under advertising & consumption flag .......
                                              Watch it HERE !

Shad ft. Jermiside & Destruments - The Calling ( Dir : 360 To Nowhere ) 2009


supa cool jazz hop ,  rap flow & flow 'round the world vid , melodic & groovy , melancholic mood , time lapse ....

jeudi 14 juin 2012

The Big Pink - Velvet ( Dir : Rob Hawkins ) 2009


Jesus & Mary Chain , strong tune ,  B&W shots , mirror FX's .....

Saving Christmas - Short animation ( Dir : Rohitash Rao & Abraham Spear ) 2007


        Santa's car accident , bad Aliens , last Xmas ? ......
                                       Watch it  HERE !( then click on the picture : click to play )

Tenacious D - Low Hangin' Fruit ( Dir : Liam Lynch ) 2012


Jack Black , Spinal Tap , if you like subtle type of humour don't waste your time watching this !.... but if you fancy a laugh ...

Rob Roy - Fur In My Cap ( Dir : Ethan Lader ) 2009


king of hip hop experiment  , morphing , stop motion , syncopated track & flow ( aka Robert Raimon Roy,  see also HERE )

mercredi 13 juin 2012

Siji - Morenike ( Dir : Siji & Scott Beardslee ) 2010


XLent Latin Jazz Hop , NYC , luminous people ,  in Yoruba , "Morenike" means " I have found one to cherish " ......

Die Antwoord - Baby's on fire ( Dir : NINJA and Terence Neale ) 2012


Sensitive souls beware , Fourth world , south african white trash humour , la misère culturel dans toute sa splendeur , grand clip sur le sous prolétariat blanc Sud-Africain ( mondial ? ), mieux qu'un docu ..... ( the singer girl is 30 actually !!!!)

Ready Fire Aim - Wannabe Your ( Dir : Stefano Dembro ) 2009


Pink Floyd meet Underworld , supa use of delay machines , great vid too , an hypnotic trip ....

The Rascals - Out Of Time ( Dir : Indica ) 2007


great band , attitude , B&W , so Brit' , timeless ....

The Cast Of Cheers - Animals ( Dir : Babysweet ) 2012


Irish Indie Band , great sound , clever use of big old fat TV's ....

mardi 12 juin 2012

Mission impossible : le photomaton ( Détournement de Mozinor )


Peter Graves , Rocco Siffredi , hilarious ( even if you don't understand french ! ) , MDR ( LOL ) ....

Cansei De Ser Sexy ( CCS ) - Let's make love & listen to death from above ( Dir : Cat Solen ) 2006


Brazil , fun , pop , sexygroovy , still a great good spirit dance track ......

Cee Lo Green - Bodies ( Dir : Mikael Colombu ) 2011


fabulous design & cinematography & VOICE ( this guy could sing the phone book & make it beautiful ! ) James Bond type blockbuster thriller ( plus plenty of cameos ) & my fav'Janelle Monae .....

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Man On Fire ( Dir : Brady Corbet ) 2012


classic song , americana , cheerleaders,  rope jumpers , dancers , loadzofenergy .....

P-Money - The Soul ( Dir : Versus ) 2010


funny nawak , Russian TV program parody, offbeat humour .....

lundi 11 juin 2012

C2C - Down The Road starring Richie Jackson ( Dir : Thomas Tyman ) 2012


 great  " skate " vid , good catchy track based on " roots " music samples , to be watched ....( & HERE ! )

The Chemical Brothers - Do It Again ( Dir : Michael Haussman ) 2007


top stuff , a classic now , Morocco , obsessive.......

Rhett & Link - Rub Some Bacon on It ( Parodic vid ) 2012


good fun , &  don't forget to " frotter du lard dessus ".......Beach Boys .....

Viva and the Diva - Maria Magdalena ( Dir : Kanika Langlois & Tobias Brahmst ) 2010


Drums , drums & more drums , twangy guitars , great track , female A Vega  .......

Novie - Funk 3 (Get Next To You) ( Dir : Novie & Gavin C Reed ) 2011


beautiful graphics , jazz soul ,  animation & jazz hop , Toronto , Ninja sword movies ......

dimanche 10 juin 2012

David Lisbe - Heavenly Appeals ( Funny animation ) 2009


Funny , Jazzy , heaven or hell , purgatory , greed ,  last will be  first .....

Zelany Rashoho - Dubus ( Dir : AV ) 2005


XLent  Russian electro jazz , St Petersburg , amazing , varispeed motion , Glenn Miller , A MUST .....

Terra Sacra - Time Lapses ( Dir : Sean F. White ) 2012


6 years of work , 24 countries visited , FANTASTIC shots ,  beauty of our world ........

Brite Futures ( Natalie Portman's Shaved Head ) - Sophisticated Side Ponytail ( Dir : That Go ) 2007


 nawak fun & fresh, young psyche pop hipsters  , remind me of Prototypes  , ( I do like her ponytail ) .....

WhoMadeWho - Running Man + The Sun ( Dir : William Stahl ) 2012


 Tomas Barfod , Pitfalls of modern man trilogy , spoiled & greedy people , awesome cinematography ,  99% movement .....

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. - Short ( Dir : Chris Cairns ) 2009


human records , scratch my head , clever & funny , to be watched !!! ....

Icky Blossoms - Babes ( Dir : Icky Blossoms ) 2012


" Girls are babes , killer babes ", that's for sure .....

vendredi 8 juin 2012

OK Go + Pilobolus - All Is Not Lost ( Dir : OK Go, Pilobolus & Trish Sie ) 2011


extraordinary choregraphy ( recreating mirror FX's ,  Trish Sie )... plexiglass  ... top notch ( also here , if you got Google Chrome ! ) http://www.allisnotlo.st

Opium Flirt - Ratatouille ( Dir : Talis Paide ) 2010


post-rock  , from Tartu ( Estonia ) , modern brass band , emotronic , interesting stuff ......

Mozinor - La fièvre ( Détournement ) 2006


Sarko /NTM ..... hilarant , hysteriClaire Chazal ......( sorry , no subs )

New Jackson - The Night Mail ( Dir : Fergal Brennan ) 2011


fantastic electro track , perfect groove , great stop motion vid made with photocopies , polaroids and plentyO'time ! ....

The Micronauts - Reaction ( Dir : Cyrille de Vignemont aka Danakil ) 2008


b&w simple & effective vid , no sex here , just youth , beauty & movement  , a must .......

jeudi 7 juin 2012

Motor - Bleep #1 ( Dir : Woody Bats ) 2007


epileptic test ..... Germans knows how to make perfectly mechanical tracks , stroboscopic , babe , hypnose dance ..........

A day in a life - Short film [ Boemtjak AVremix ]( Dir : Nicolas Daenens ) 2009


Belgium thriller , bank robbers , Music : TV On The Radio, XLent .....

Tegan and Sara - Hell ( Dir : Jamie Travis ) 2010


Canadians from Alberta can make perfect  pop , tattooed pop messiahs supacatchychorus , luvtheTwins ( and the quiffs ) .....

The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name ( Dir : Sophie Muller & Stacey Hartly ) 2008


Mancunians knows how to make perfect pop  , full of catchy hooks ....

mercredi 6 juin 2012

Patrick Watson - Adventures in Your Own Backyard [ Skater : Kilian Martin ] ( Dir : Brett Nowak ) 2012 )


Kilian Martin: Altered Route (a Skate Film) from mb! by Mercedes-Benz on Vimeo.
amazing & creative skater , poetic vid , top notch .....

Vitalic - Poison Lips ( Dir : Julien Levy ) 2009


forget mustard , Vitalic is bringing Dijon on the map ! dance machine , asiatic babes fantasy with a V , electro & rock beat , j'adore ....
Also my fav' here : http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/03/vitalic-my-friend-dario-dir-marco.html

Monogrenade - Ce soir ( Dir : Christophe Collette ) 2010


good stop motion , well directed , beautiful song , another great band from Montréal  ........

Cloud Nothings - Understand At All ( Dir : Allen Cordell ) 2011


great  nawak , psychedelicious vid , good fun vid & rock track .....

mardi 5 juin 2012

Jacno - Le Sport ( Dir : Antoine Carlier & Dominique Gau ) 2006


Euro 2012 , Tour de France , Canadian Grand prix , London Olympic Games , Rolland Garros , etc , etc, etc ,etc ......( funny lyrics .. sorry no subs )

The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling ( Dir : Harmony Korine ) 2012


VHS , twins/clones , lookalikes , puppets , disturbing  vid , great tune , visual tricks.......

Chris Dane Owens - Shine on me ( Dir : Bella Bazzaria ) 2008



Top of  kitsch  ! Intend to look as a Hollywood blockbuster trailer ...  sort of funny .... over the top ... a cross between 90's porn & a Lords of the Rings' cheap version ..... a must see .....

Chain Swangaz - Futuristic Luv Patrol ( Dir : Nicholaus Goossen ) 2011


.... Dirt Nasty " the Return ", J4ck Sp4sh ,  sex obsessed moronic robot & geek ...  rap parody ... catchy track ......

Chinza Dopeness - Mogu Mogu ( Dir : Fantasista Utamaro ) 2009


Pokemon  mon , Pikachu & friends , Minecraft soundtrack ,
Japanese rap & reggae man , supacatchypleasant&danceable .....

lundi 4 juin 2012

Clean Bandit - Mozart's house ( Dir : Jack Patterson ) 2011


Red Square , London ,classical musicians meet electro , sliced track , off beat humour , rather fresh .....

The Mint Chicks - Hot on your heels ( Dir : Special Problems ) 2009


from Auckland to Portland , good experimental noisy rock .....

Zebra katz - Ima Read ( Dir : Ruben Sznajderman ) 2012


hypnotic , sick stuff , tension , fascinating sound & vid , dope ! .....

The Dictator - Banned from the Oscars - ( Teaser ) 2012


sacha , sacha , sacha .....enormous & so funny .....(with French subs )

Mr Oizo ( Quentin Dupieux ) - Mr Wrong Cops ( Chapter 1 ft Marylin Manson ) Film excerpts 2012

bad cop , teen Marylin M. ,  funny , drugs & rats , mommy's boy , techno freak , XLent short........
                                        Watch it HERE !
 Once you're on the blog go down ( 8 pictures) then there is a JWPlayer to play the vid' ( same type YouTube one )

Mathieu Santos - Northern mentality ( Dir : Cole Hannon ) 2012


(Northern ) fun , fresh low fi pop , simple FX 's & creative .......

dimanche 3 juin 2012

dEUS - Quatre Mains ( Dir : Tom Barman ) 2012


 Superb epic song  " à la Gainsbourg " by the best Belgium band  , magnifique ! ..... do not miss it ! ........

EIMIC (Everything Is Made In China) - Brittle crystal ( Dir : Ilya Kolesnikov ) 2012


best Russian indie band , sophisticated pop , vocal harmonies , clever vid  , Fx's & layout ........

The Sandpit ( Dir : Sam O'Hare ) 2010


New York City , in a day ,  miniature FX , giant shots , another way to see the world............

Toulouse Game Show - Slideshow ( Dir : Me , Myself & I ) April 2012


slide show , manga , heroes , Japan , zombie(s) , Minecraft , Layo & Bushwacka !  ......