samedi 12 décembre 2015

Royal - Jump ( Dir : Michael Moss ) 2015


... clever modern Hip Hop .... luv'it ( & I hate tatoos ! ) .... mega catchy dope stuff  .... Devon Lee & mikeflo ....

mardi 8 décembre 2015

Tom Jones - I Wish You Would ( Audio track , 1955 Billy Boy Arnold's cover ) 2015


... classic rockin'blues song ... Chicago/Bo Diddley style ... enormous Welsh voice ... ( song also covered by Bowie on " Pin Ups " & many other version including The Yardbirds on their first single ,1964)  ..... Listen to it HERE !

samedi 5 décembre 2015

mercredi 25 novembre 2015

The Meters - Fire On The Bayou ( Audio track ) 1975


.... one of the finest funk band ever , from New Orleans .... they inspired many , many bands around the world .... produced by the legendary Allen Toussaint ( a musical genius ) who just died recently ... R.I.P. ...

dimanche 22 novembre 2015

Underworld - Born slippy (Nuxx) ( Dir : Michael McCool ) 2015

..... at last but not least  !  A proper music video for this masterpiece ( they used " Trainspotting " movie excerpts to promote it 'till now ) ... still a marvellous track ....

samedi 21 novembre 2015

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence ( Dir : ? ) 1984



.... shot in Venice ... Robert Smith was on guitar ... they were friends then ... wonderful voice & cover ... she's an incredible singer ... underestimated of my point of view ....

jeudi 19 novembre 2015

Andrew Stockdale - Long Way To Go ( Dir : Taylor Steele and Todd Diciurcio ) 2013

 .... great " greasy " rock sound .... rings , long hairs , SG Gibson & pretty babes ... Australian classic rock & catchy track ....
                                      Watch it HERE !

vendredi 13 novembre 2015

Persepolis - Out of the black ( Royal Blood's cover ) Live 2015


.... special  " friends at court " ! ..... recorded live at Rock n' Skate Festival , Tarnos ( Aquitaine , 40 , France ) Sept.26th 2015 .... Milo ( guitar ) & Robin ( vox & drums ) ..... tight musicians ...  17 ...( pfffff ......  ) !

dimanche 1 novembre 2015

samedi 31 octobre 2015

vendredi 30 octobre 2015

mercredi 28 octobre 2015

mercredi 21 octobre 2015

Heyrocco - Loser Denial ( Dir : Jenna Stebbins ) 2015


.... great track & attitude ! ... I love those self-confident teenagers who do it like if they had invented power-pop just yesterday ! ... rock is not dead ( but it's getting more & more difficult to do it right ) !

samedi 17 octobre 2015

Jan Dark - Thin Ice ( Dir : An Tôn That ) 2015



... very nicely shooted in Taipei & Saigon ( Hô-Chi-Minh City ) ... beautiful sounds , amazing voice , very moving  ...  Sylvian/Sakamoto/Bowie's connection .... a really interesting artist ... human & sensitive ... I'm a fan ! ( also :  http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2015/05/jan-dark-im-all-around-dir-jan-dark-at.html )

vendredi 16 octobre 2015

jeudi 15 octobre 2015

Hamilton Bohannon - Bohannons' Beat ( Audio track ) 1975



..... hypnotic ( Booker T. & MG's like ) & repetitive .... so groovy it hurts ..... a gem of the " genre " .... pure funk beyond disco....
( see also , a very good " modern " Bohannon's remix ( 2005 ) :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwz2_rpWeDM )

mardi 13 octobre 2015

Cameo - Be yourself ( Live playback on US TV - Rythm & Rawls ) 1982


...... another of my fav' track by my fav' funk band ( see also : http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2014/05/cameo-talkin-out-side-of-your-neck-dir.html ) .... mega syncopeted & slapped bass line ... catchy & fun ....( from LP " Alligator Woman " 1982 ) .... Atlanta , ( Georgia ) ... ( sorry for the poor visual Q , can't find any better ) Prince 's Doctor Fink lookalike on keyboards ????

vendredi 9 octobre 2015

Will Butler - Anna ( Dir : Brantley Gutierrez ) 2015



... Arcade Fire's leader goes solo ... catchy danceable track ... sensual star actress ( Emma Stone ) .... classic choregraphy ....

mercredi 7 octobre 2015

Liz Phair - Supernova ( Dir : Liz Phair ) 1994


..... Supa Sexy Super Nova ..... " you fuck like a volcano " ( censored by MTV , good old times ....! )

mardi 6 octobre 2015

vendredi 11 septembre 2015

Satellite Party - Wish Upon A Dog Star ( Dir : Ben Dickinson ) 2011


..... Great pop song by master pop Perry Farrell & super group/friends  ..... " it's time to shine .... "
Link to the vid : ( cannot embed it !! )  https://vimeo.com/25105901

dimanche 6 septembre 2015

vendredi 4 septembre 2015

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Can't Keep Checking My Phone ( Dir : Dimitri Basl, Cooper Roussel ) 2015



..... one of my fav' " new " band ( of the last four years ) is back in good shape ... beautiful dreamy & bizarre clip + a catchy "discoïdal " ( ?!? ) track .... luv this !

samedi 29 août 2015

The REAL Grumpy Cat !!! ( from Angoulême , France )


... c'est le vrai y'a pas de doute .... un mastard , un teigneux râleur ....je suis sûr qu'il est tatoué .....
No doubt , he's the one ... a rude boy , a real moaner .... I'm pretty sure he's got looooooads of tatoos under the fur ....

mercredi 26 août 2015

Tame Impala - Let It Happen ( Dir : David Wilson ) 2015


.... if you are ( even just slightly ) paranoiac , claustrophobic or just overstressed ... it is not for you .... but for raisonnable people , let it go and let it happen ....

dimanche 16 août 2015

jeudi 30 juillet 2015

Mansfield.TYA - Bleu lagon ( Audio track ) 2015


... pop intelligente et moderne ... accrocheur et charmant ... le charme frenchy ... ( enfin le tube qu'elles méritent depuis si longtemps ? )

mardi 28 juillet 2015

Cass McCombs - County Line ( Dir : Malcolm Pullinger ) 2011



.... this guy knows how to create an atmosphere ... Mexican's Day of the Dead ... frontier & desert .. New Orleans' Red Indians , Mardi gras & bayou ....

lundi 27 juillet 2015

MGMT - Your Life Is a Lie ( Dir : Tom Kuntz ) 2013


Great vid , really funny & catchy track ... ( I can't believe how this summer is so poor on good clips & songs  ..... the music industry is in a bad shape ) ...

dimanche 26 juillet 2015

vendredi 24 juillet 2015

The Bohicas - Swarm ( Dir : Chris Turner ) 2015


.... great crossover rockin' band ! " Light " sound ( compare with today's standard .... distortion & more distortion ....) but nervous and sexy .... I buy it !

jeudi 23 juillet 2015

vendredi 10 juillet 2015

PJ Harvey - Good Fortune ( Dir : Sophie Muller ) 2000



... this was the best " Patti Smith's "  song since " Because the night " ( ?!? ) .... easy & simple like all great songs ....a nugget .... & she's so sexyyy it hurts !

dimanche 5 juillet 2015

Stan Getz - Dum ! Dum ! ft Renè Thomas, Eddy Louiss & Bernard Lubat ( Live French TV show ) 1971


... Stan Getz' Dynasty Band ... track written by the late Eddy Louiss ( he died in the end of June ) ... fantastic & subtle musicians .... ( Thanks Charlie ! )

samedi 4 juillet 2015

Mastodon - Asleep In The Deep ( Dir : Skinner, Shane Morton & Video Rahim ) 2015



... cats have nightmares too ... very catchy & rather " mainstream " track by my fav' metal band .... trippy & psychedelic ... colours' explosion  ....

vendredi 3 juillet 2015

mercredi 1 juillet 2015

DLID ft The Rodeo - Anchors ( Dir : Damien Vignaux ) 2015


.... beautiful clip ... landscapes & model .... it reminds me a bit of Fever Ray & various Nordic stuff .... it deserve to be watched ...

mercredi 17 juin 2015

vendredi 12 juin 2015

mercredi 10 juin 2015

mardi 26 mai 2015

jeudi 14 mai 2015

lundi 11 mai 2015

Django Django - Reflections ( Dir : Natalia Stuyk ) 2015


... another great single by our favorite Scots of the moment ( with Nicola Sturgeon ! ) ... creative & free ... beta band ...arty clip ....

jeudi 7 mai 2015

mercredi 6 mai 2015

The Chemical Brothers ft Q-Tip - Go ( Dir : Michel Gondry ) 2015

  
 ....kings of electro  & king of the music video  are back ! ..... with dancers performance in concrete surrounding ... great !

mardi 5 mai 2015

THEESatisfaction - Recognition ( Dir : Tiona McClodden ) 2015


... moody , creative & militant ... splendid music & prod ( jewels , clothes , gold based make-ups )... ( Thanks Jean-Vic for the discovery ! ) .... there is some links with Sun Ra ....

samedi 2 mai 2015

Desaparecidos - City on the Hill ( Dir : Rob Soucy ) 2015


catchy track & vid' ..... skate punk from Nebraska , project headed by singer/guitarist Conor Oberst  ,  Bright Eyes' frontman....

samedi 25 avril 2015

JFJ - Honey ( Dir : Jonas FJ ) 2015


.....music videos are so boring at the moment ... so I prefer to post some good  DIY stuff ... fun good idea behind ....

lundi 20 avril 2015

dimanche 19 avril 2015

samedi 18 avril 2015

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell ( Complete LP's Audio Tracks ) 2015


... splendid & moving songs " à la Elliott Smith / Cass McCombs " .... Sufjan has written a collection of songs in relation with his mother ....  she died recently ...

vendredi 17 avril 2015

jeudi 16 avril 2015

Snarky Puppy - Lingus (We Like It Here) ( Dir : Michael League & Andy Laviolette ) 2013


....amazing Cory Henry's synth solo ... astonishing live TV session at Kytopia Studios , Utrecht, the Netherlands ... fabulous musicians & musicality ... a gem .... DO NOT MISS IT !

mercredi 15 avril 2015

samedi 11 avril 2015

Band - Maid - スリル Suriru [ Thrill ] ( Dir : ? ) 2015



... cosplay & rock metal from Japan ... good beat & basslines ... the end of bearded / tatooed / overweighted macho musicians ?!

vendredi 10 avril 2015

mercredi 1 avril 2015

dimanche 29 mars 2015

Zinc - Show Me ( Dir : Price James ) 2014


.... " commercial " sell out & average electro music  but the video is amazing & worth watching... great technical skills & tricks ...  going through the mirror ....

jeudi 5 mars 2015

Cody Chesnutt - Till I Met Thee ( Dir : Terence Nance ) 2013



... astonishing singer & composer ... underated ... a kind of Marvin Gaye reincarnated ... if you like genuine good " black " music  , DO NOT MISS IT ! ( Pour ceux qui préfère u2b : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iTRRkOXIoI )

mardi 3 mars 2015

lundi 2 mars 2015

Django Django - First Light ( Dir : Daniel Swan ) 2015



... superb indie pop song .... ( best "new" band with Alt-J ? ) ... dreamy clip , primal light ,  mirrors & reflections of all sorts ....

jeudi 26 février 2015

dimanche 22 février 2015

vendredi 20 février 2015

dimanche 15 février 2015

Danse à Deux Temps - ( Dir : Jessy Moussallem ) 2015 & Color and Dance ( Dir : Jon Cheung ) 2014



... Special dance ... two for the price of one .... wonderful & creative .... A delicious mix of breakdancing, gymnastics & contemporary dance ..... Music by Jon Dix & Beck Goldsmith ... &  Robert le Magnifique " Oh Yeah Baby " (for Colour & Dance ) .... Beirut , Lebanon .... second video link :  https://vimeo.com/107420096

samedi 14 février 2015

Interpol - Everything Is Wrong ( Dir : Paul Banks and Carlos Puga ) 2015



... funny & extremely pleasant B& W slow mo video ... Paul Banks as the unbearable spoiled rock star ... Daniel Alexander Kessler as Mr Nice Guy ....boxer's Jason Lee as the  bodyguard/servant ...Helena Christensen & many cameos ... supa band & supa sound too

mardi 10 février 2015

Witchi Tai To ( 6 versions of one of my all time favorite song )

The original version by the composer Jim Pepper , an American jazz saxophonist, composer & singer of Native American ancestry , well known part start at 1 mn 08 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBdaYKqMUs&index=12&list=PL1DEF5AF3749FDBA8

The acoustic version by a French wonderful guitar player , Dominique Delmas : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkn-FWITKfQ

XLent " Dance " version , by X-Press 2 , sung by Tim DeLaughter ( from The Polyphonic Spree ) ( slide show by myself ) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJyuqPf33mQ&feature=youtu.be

another beautiful jazzy/soulful /piano/voice version by Tom Grant : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jYf6WQOcxo

 a looper & bass version by Pierluigi Balducci : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnOYhxvrMlw

& for the fun , the 70 's/hippies/pop version by a singer from Montréal , Canada ,  Robert Charlebois : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQcbvrVUeA


 

dimanche 8 février 2015

vendredi 6 février 2015

jeudi 5 février 2015

mercredi 4 février 2015

Drive (2011) - The Quadrant System by Tony Zhou 2015



.... Nicolas Winding Refn .... frame composition ... visual education  ... very interesting short doc ....Bryan Cranston ....Carey Mulligan ... Oscar Isaac ... Ryan Gosling .... 
             *****      Best of 2011    ******

mardi 27 janvier 2015

ocp - bliss ( Dir : NASA / Edit : João Ricardo ) 2015



..... 2 minutes & 32 seconds of dark side of the Earth ..... relaxation , zen attitude , calm & beauty ..... Brazilian spirituality .....

lundi 19 janvier 2015

Charlie Hebdo, Before the Massacre - Documentary/New York Times Video ( Dir : Jérôme Lambert and Philippe Picard ) 2006



WITH SUBTITLES ! Very interesting doc showing how easy going and friendly all those people are ( were for the main caricaturists , alas ....) TO BE WATCHED ! .... nous sommes Charlie ....

Hauschka - Craco ( Dir : Tobias Stretch ) 2014


.... another marvel by Tobias .... this man is a real great artist , a poet .... he's my favorite music videos' director ... always creative & interesting .... ( & a good musical taste  .... )

samedi 17 janvier 2015

dimanche 11 janvier 2015

Etienne Chouard - excerpt Ce soir ou jamais ( French TV show ) september 2014



.... how corruption lie in our voting system itself ...why all big companies are buying medias & news group ...& how our leaders represent .... only themselves ....& their masters  ( those big companies which are financing political parties) .... sorry , no subs ...   http://chouard.org/blog/

jeudi 8 janvier 2015

Masters In France - Flexin ( Dir : Cyrus Mirzashafa & Nicolas Booth ) 2014



..... megacatchy synth bassline .... electropop at its best ...should be a smash hit .... somewhere between Hot Chip & LCD Soundsystem .... Wales ...

mardi 6 janvier 2015

The Cramps - Bikini Girls With Machine Guns ( Dir : Rocky Schenck ) 1990



.... a "classic (?)" garage/fun/psychobilly/swamp rock extravaganza .... for a better quality ( Vimeo ) : http://www.dnala.com/rocky-schenck/   & click on The Cramps

lundi 5 janvier 2015

dimanche 4 janvier 2015

samedi 3 janvier 2015

Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky ( Dir : Daniel Wolfe ) 2014



..... probably THE best 2014's music video ... Eastern Europe ( Ukrainians ? ) crack addicts , popes  & dancers ... headache ... pollution & bad vibes ... radioactivity ... very moving & fascinating ... ( music starts at 1: 56 )  wonderful singing too ....
                                  BEST OF 2014

DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down for What ( Dir : DANIELS ) 2014


.... fantastic MV , funny & powerful , great direction  ! My mistake , I've missed it completely last year ! Error corrected ....