METRIC - "Dead Disco"

Woot! Emily Haines! Cool tune.



I am strangely attracted to her bizarre dance moves.

DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PIP - "Thou Shalt Always Kill"

Great stuff, and great philosophy.



HERE IT IS all nicey-nice.

Just a band.

MENOMENA - "Wet And Rusting"

OK, this is one of my Favorite Videos Of All Time. Watch it.



I really like all parts of this video, and I dig the song. What else is there?
(Notice that there is obviously some old typewriter collector. Who knew?)

Best version here.

THE SLEEPY JACKSON - "Good Dancers"

Again I am drawn to a compelling video, then listen to the song.



HERE'S the nice big clean version.

GUSTER - "Satellite"

Just freaking cool. I love stuff like this, that actually requires some physical creativity and vision, not computer-generation.



The song is meh.

CURSIVE - "Big Bang"

I have no idea what they are doing to these people, but it's pretty entertaining!



HERE!

THE STILLS - "Helicopter"

I like this one for some reason... maybe the plot of the vid is better than the song, eh?



Better .mov version. I dunno, maybe it was the "grifters in the mall setting" thing that I liked, as I have spent an inordinate amount of time in malls in my life, from hanging out as a teenager, to working in malls.

THE MALES - "Slit Wrist Teen Queen"

Another favorite:



HERE'S the better version.

Yow! Rockingirl groups leave me weak.

PATRICK WOLF - "The Magic Position"

This one is so goddam '80s it'll kill you.



Man, he hits every single '80s music video convention, doesn't he? Yes, I know this isn't from the '80s, but still!

M.I.A. - "Galang"

I love the unfamiliar rhythms (to me) that Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam weaves through her songs... there's so much neat stuff around the world that I've never heard.



And HERE'S a somewhat better version.

Oh, and her dad is a Tamil Tiger.

THERMALS - "How We Know"

This video is pretty cool from a low-tech effects aspect, which they pull off pretty well.



And I love left-handed female bassists...

THERMALS - "Pillar of Salt"

Another top-notch video, brimming with energy and fun:



HERE'S a much nicer version.

WEEZER - "Buddy Holly"

And just for old time's sake, there's this classic:



"Weezer was filmed in front a live audience."

WEEZER - "Pork and Beans"

Featuring a bunch of YouTube stars:



Meta? Very meta.

LOS CAMPESINOS - You! Me! Dancing!

Highly enjoyable:



Right?

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I have no idea who the artist is...

SUPERCAR - "White Surf Style Five"

Another amazing video featuring SUPERCAR.



(And apparently there was a real Japanese cartoon character who fired breast bombs, just like in the video.)

SUPERCAR - "Be"

Highly disturbing, yet equally compelling:



Here's the translations for the subtitles:

The father to whom he owed so much
The mother to whom he owed so much
The sister to whom he owed so much
The grandfather to whom he owed so much
The grandmother to whom he owed so much
Friend
Friend's friend
Friend's friend's friend
Boss
High school teacher
Neighborhood convenience store worker
Woman at company cafeteria
Waitress from family restaurant he went to
Nurse from hospital he visited
First love
Taxi driver from yesterday
Foreigner who asked directions earlier
Girl he did one time
Guy who did him one time
Couple who just happened by
J-Leaguer
Pet turtle
The alien to whom he owed so much
The porn actress to whom he owed so much
Supercar that just happened by
Wife

Freaky, no?

SCISSOR SISTERS - "I Don't Feel Like Dancing"

I really hate Disco, having had to listen to it incessantly via my siblings from the early '70s funk on through the Bee Gees Dominance Era of the late '70s... but these guys just hit it right freaking ON.



Mindless, kooky, flamboyant Disco.

NICK CAVE - "Dig Lazarus Dig"

A whole lot of scraping of chairs:



That Larry! He's such a caution!

NICK CAVE - "Stagger Lee"

This is one of the most frighteningly grim songs I have ever heard, and his album "Murder Ballads" is chock full of grim weirdness:



HOLY SHIT, THAT'S IT FOR ME, NO MORE DRUNKEN NIGHTS AT SOME FUCKING ROADHOUSE.

MAGAZINE - "Song From Under The Floorboards"

This one goes out to JoJo:



And that's the closest I'll get to Morrisey. Guarandamnteed.

MAGAZINE - "Cut Out Shapes"

Soon I'll have posted all of Magazine's stuff...



Only then will I stop.

MAGAZINE - "Motorcade"

For old time's sake:



I never seem to get enough Magazine.

THE STRANGLERS - "Golden Brown"

From the absolutely uncategorizable STRANGLERS:



Great use of harpsichord.

GIL SCOTT HERON - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

It will probably be podcast though:



Now I have to find "Whitey On The Moon"...

SPHERE OF REPUGNACE NOW HAS THE BOMB

My latest acquisition:



Drop in and have a blast.

HOWLING BELLS - "Low Happening"

Just plain cool:

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - "North American Scum"

Another great video from a band who is working their way into my "favorites" list. I like most of what I hear from them and their videos are entertaining. You'll be seeing more from them in the future...

oh i don't know, i don't know, oh, where to begin
we are north americans
and for those of you who still think we're from england
we're not, no.

Cool beans.

IGGY POP and DEBBIE HARRY - "Well Did You Evah?"

OK, this is one of my favorite videos... two great artists acting out an end-of-the-world scenario... a true classic, directed by Alex Cox (REPO MAN). Plus RHODAN! Watch this extended clip to see Sinatra and Der Bingle singing their version...



And go HERE to watch a better version...

MAHOGANY - "Neo-Plastic Boogie Woogie"

Speaking of plots, I love this video... makes me feel good.



Check it out in a cleaner version HERE.

MINT ROYALE - "Blue Song"

I really like music videos that tell a story... and this one really delivers. What a fokkin nut!



I got no better version, dammit.

JARVIS - "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time"

This is why I don't take cabs:



And HERE is a better version for you.

(By the way, Joe has taught me that PULP rules! And he's right.)

RHINOCEROSE - "Cubicle"

I can find absolutely no picture of this awesome band... click HERE to bask in the neo-Ramones glory that is... RHINOCEROSE!

LADY SOVEREIGN - "Love Me Or Hate Me"

Apparently Lady Sovereign is big in the UK:



I just like the TETRIS thing.

Oh, and HERE'S the better version.

KILLERS - "Bones"

Here's one that reminds me of my misspent youth at the Lincoln Drive-In (sadly gone, replaced by a RV sales lot):



Tim Burton made this.

And HERE is where you will find a (somewhat) better version...

BJORK - "All Is Full of Love"

The Icelanian does it again:



Makes me want to suck on a sugarcube...

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MUNK - "Kick Out The Chairs"

OK, this one I really really like...

Kick Out The Chairs

Reminds me of TONES ON TAIL. In a good way, not a derivative way. The song falls apart a bit at the end, which doesn't ruin it for me, but I'd like to edit my own version of it...

HOT CHIP - "Over and Over"

This one is awesome... it messes with the whole "green screen" process and the making of videos. Very cool.



And, of course, HERE'S a better version for the truly adventurous.

THE WHO - "My Generation" on the Smothers Brother's show

Keith Moon blow up real good:



Smash host's guitar.

NICK CAVE - "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"

I am surprised that I never posted this one:



RAISE YOUR HANDS UP UNTO THE SKY!

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - "More News From Nowhere"

Nick is perhaps too much



Nick Cave.

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS - Ladies of the World

This one goes out to all the ladies



of the world.

THE CURE - Killing An Arab

This song has been misunderstood for decades:



Mmmmm... brittle outer coating, Camus-y center...

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DEICHKIND featuring SARAH WALKER "Ich betäube mich"

I just don't know:



Much better version found HERE!

"Ich betäube mich" translates as "I benumb myself". I'm surprised Germans use so few letters in that sentence.

MIDIbox SID Bassline Session c64

Every John Carpenter soundtrack ever made.



Man, that's pure.

LASSE GJERTSEN - "Jeg går en Tur - A Self Portrait"

Not a music video, but still.



I like the sentiment.

TIP TOP - "Tip Top"

Ah. This is what I see when I dream:



And HERE it is in a nicer version.

ART BRUT - "Formed A Band"

It's what we all want to do, right?

Art Brut - Formed A Band
Uploaded by DowntownMusic. - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more.

And HERE'S your link to higher quality goodness.

JUSTICE VS. SIMIAN - "Because We Are Your Friends"

I would kill the guys who set this up...



And no jury would convict me.

HOLD STEADY - "The Swish"

Better song from this band. I can't quite put my finger on what they remind me of...



Early '80s... somebody.

I got nothing.

HOLD STEADY - "Your Little Hoodrat Friend"

This guy's voice reminds me of



something.

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Nazi chairs Nazi chairs Nazi chairs





FUCK OFF!

THE HORRORS - "Sheena Is A Parasite"

AAAAAAAHHHHH!



AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

And HERE is a MUCH better version. Some day I'll learn how to embed these...

EMILY HAINES and the SOFT SKELETON - "Doctor Blind"

I find this one very fascinating... I had never heard of Emily Haines before this song, but I have since discovered she is in the band METRIC. More about them later. HERE'S the link to a big nice version of this video. Great song, great video.

GNARLY BARKLEY - "Crazy"

I have it on good word that the things he says in the song are pretty close to accurate, at least for one person I know who's "been there"...
A classic video, but every one of my sources has it taken down, or the embedding is disabled... guess the record company is protecting its assets.

HERE'S the best link I could find. Enjoy.

Ketchup Mania - 涙☆バキュームサウンド

Uhhhh...



Alright already I'll stop.

YUM YUM - "Orange Change My Life"

More Japanese SKA:



OK, it's wearing thin with me too. I gotta find better Japanese ska songs...

KISHDAN - "Kira Kira!"

This on was submitted by Megosteve:



I wish I lived in a Japanese Music Video Reality...

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Can you guess what this is?



Wrong.

TING TINGS - "Great DJ"

I'm not sure if I posted this yet, or sent it to my mailing list:



Have you seen it?

It has a rather annoying hook, doesn't it?

BAUHAUS - "Severance"

This is cool:



Isn't it?

JUDAS - "Heaven On Their Minds"

I remember being struck dumb upon seeing this movie in our Junior High Scool music class, having absolutely no religious background...



I always liked Judas and felt bad for him.

THE KIDS IN THE HALL - "Girl Drink Drunk"

Thank goodness I've never been THERE. OK, only for a year or two.



What.

LANCELOT LINK - "The Evolution Revolution"

Because the word "LAANCELOT" is forever burned in my head...



Peanut butter + monkeys = PROFIT!

JOEY FROM KISSIMMEE - Mouth Face

AAAAAAAAA!



Better version HERE!

Doesn't he sound like PRINCE, or is that just the high-pitched shrieking?

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