vendredi 23 août 2013

Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone ( Dir : Doug Martin & Steve Martin ) 1982



..... XLent song & video ... a classic .... ( see also Gnarls Barckley's cover , here ) : http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/03/gnarls-barkley-gone-daddy-gone-dir.html

jeudi 22 août 2013

Spiritualized - I Am What I Am ( Dir : AG Rojas ) 2013


......suburbian " quarter world "  ( Taft , CA. ) ... boredom & cultural misery .... sad but brilliant video ... Rory Culkin is Macaulay's younger brother ....second masterpiece Spiritualized/AG Rojas ( also here :
http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/06/spiritualized-hey-jane-dir-g-rojas-2012.html )

mercredi 21 août 2013

mardi 20 août 2013

Mark Romanek Music Video Montage - ( Edit : Nino Del Padre ) 2011



.... Brilliant editing of some of Mark Romanek's awesome music videos ....nothing to add really ... on Les Chics Clips click on it's tag , many of his videos are there ... the edited clips are listed on the Vimeo page ....

lundi 19 août 2013

dimanche 18 août 2013

vendredi 16 août 2013

lundi 12 août 2013

Placebo ft Bret Easton Ellis - Too Many Friends ( Dir : Saman Kesh ) 2013



Song start at 1:20 ...I'm not very keen on Placebo ... but this video is awesome ... clever & tricky as a little thriller movie ....Narrated by Bret Easton Ellis !  classy ....enjoy the Quizz too ...

Phantogram - When I'm Small ( Dir : Isaac Ravishankara ) 2011



.... both very good looking young musicians  ...she reminds me of Liv Tyler ...a slight squint add to her charm ....pleasant music , you might ( as I do ) prefer this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvSgLHWR16o

samedi 10 août 2013

mardi 6 août 2013

Peter von Poehl - Twelve Twenty One ( Dir : Thomas Aufort ) 2013



.... Strange vid .....the girl is such an unbearable brat ! ... but the track 's nice ( start at 1: 43 ) , great voice & arrangement by our sweet Swedish " troubadour " ....

dimanche 4 août 2013

Persepolis - Know your enemy ( R.A.T.M. cover ) Live gig 2013



....special friends at court .... recorded July 22th in Mont-de-Marsan , France ...by courtesy of " Le Ballet des Muses  & Little Italie " restaurants ....Milo & Robin  , both 15 ( dressed as " Festayres " )....

Gramme - Too High ( Dir : Scratch Pictures ) 2013



......ultra/mega/supa/catchyfunky bassline ....

personaly I hate gore in movies but if you don't mind blood, here's an XLent French touch dancin' track ( startin at 1:40 ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt9wnawn7xQ

samedi 3 août 2013

James Farm - Polliwog ( Live Jazz Standard NY ) June 2011


..... fabulous ( still ) young jazz band ....Joshua Redman : sax   Aaron Parks : piano Matt Penman : bass & Eric Harland : drums ....

Jay Z - Picasso Baby ( Dir : Mark Romanek ) 2013



..... A Performance Art Film ....very well filmed by Mark Romanek ... plenty of cameos ... NY VIP's ....catchy & ........ slightly disturbing ( I'm not sure why ...)

Jacuzzi Boys - Double Vision ( Dir : Corey Adams ) 2013



...Stockholm syndrom ....bad guuuurrrlsss .....catchy pop track ...vain but good vid !  ...... obviously inspired by Clockwork Orange  ....