Tibi PuiuHard rock musician [tag]Jack Black[/tag] and rapper [tag]Mos Def[/tag] are the staring cast in the uber comedy flick of the summer “Be Kind Rewind”. I just love the premise of the movie: Jerry (Jack Black) is a junkyard worker who tries to sabotage his local power plant, because he thinks it’s harmful, but gets magnetized in the process; walks in his buddy Mike (Mos Def) video rental shop and accidentally erases the content from all…
Handsome Furs: ‘Cannot Get Started’ new video
[tag]Wolfparade[/tag]’s frontman Dan Boeckner is back in the spotlight with his side project: Handsome Furs, together with fiancée Alexei Perry. The Vancouver couple, now, unveil their latest and second video “Cannot Get Started”, straight from their debut album Plague Lake. The video itself is kinda simple and predictable for a romantic-like track, such as this. The video features, at center of the action, a young couple that meet in a dinner, like each-other, stroll a…
James Blunt: ‘1973’ new video
After we had a little sneak preview on [tag]James Blunt[/tag]’s magnificent cover-art for his third album s, his first single of the upcoming LP, suggestively named “1973”, has been released recently. Now James joins the ranks of other famous artists that have named their songs of particular years, whether for it’s significance or just for their plain cool name. Some of you may remember, to name a few, [tag]Smashing Pumpkins[/tag]’s “1979”, or “1985” from the…
New 50 Cent: ‘Follow My Lead’ (feat. Robert Thicke)
This is the video that caused [tag]50 Cent[/tag] a serious meltdown this week, after he released the video for Ayo Technology (feat JT), his next video “Follow My Lead”, that wasn’t supposed to be released until late October, was leaked. That led Fifty to address some harsh words to Interscope officials and threaten not to promote the album until it’s release on 9/11. The video starts off with a scene where 50 is like all…
New video Editors: ‘An End Has A Start’
‘An End Has A Start’ is the selftitle track of Editors newest album, the second single after ‘Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors’. The single will be out on September 3, and will include the b-side “Open Up” as well, which you may recognize it as the bonus track off the Japanese album edition. The song has a classic Editors sound and vibe, with the trademark exploding guitar wall and Tom Smith commanding vocals. As for…
Bjork: ‘Innocence’ video contest winner
If you recall, in a previous post, we talked about a video making contest for [tag]Bjork[/tag]’s newest single ‘Innocence’. Bjork chose 10 lucky finalists from 500 entries, that were up for voting on the website and yesterday evening the winner was announced. Actually winners, the french directors Fred & Annabela who won with entry #10, the best video out of the finalist, hands down; I haven’t seen videos as good as this from actual hired…
New M.I.A. : ‘Jimmy’
The Sri Lankan originated artists [tag]M.I.A.[/tag] has released her newest video, “Jimmy”, the second one from her second album, “Kala”. The single itself will be released on August 13, after it made its debut in Japan, in early July. “Jimmy” is a remixed cover of the hit Bollywood ’80s sensation “Jimmy Jimmy Aaja”, sung by the classic hindi pop singer Parvati Khan, as part of the “Disco Dancer” soundtrack. The video itself, features M.I.A. dancing…
Serj Tankian debut solo single and video: ‘The Unthinking Majority’
[tag]System Of A Down[/tag] frontman Serj Tankian, today (August 7), has launched his first ever single and likewise video in his solo career, namely the controversial track “The Unthinking Majority”. The single is off Serj’s debut album “Elect the Dead”, due on October 23 and is meant to be an eye opener to the American audience, with lyrics contesting the current administration and war in Iraq ( “I believe that you’re wrong/Insinuating that they hold…
Help Daft Punk out with their new video
One of the most famous and popular electro group, the French duo Daft Punk, has recently launched a video shooting campaign, in which you’ll have to grab your video gear and film as clearly and best as you can on one of the band’s live shows. Fresh after a dazzling performance at this weekend’s Lollapalooza Festival, Daft Punk is nearly finishegd with their current tour with only two dates left, with the last venue (…
New Devendra Banhart video: ‘Seahorse’
Psych folk poet and singer [tag]Devendra Banhart[/tag], has just posted his newest video, on his likewise new website, called ‘Seahorse’, from his upcoming ‘Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon’ LP (September 25). The video is quite long, about 8 minutes, so it might bore some of you, but It wasn’t the case with me, had loads of fun with it. The track’s actually segmented into 2 parts, the first part is a more soft and gentile…