Published by Brian February 28th, 2007
in Music Video.
God dammit if I don’t love video games and Cadence Weapon aka Rollie Pemberton is a damn fine rapper to boot. So when this ex-Fork staffer dropped this ode to classic gaming for his song ‘Shark’, I thought hot damn. With the help of Chris Grismer & Duane Chrichton, they embark on a melange of classic gaming icons like Donkey Kong, Frogger, Rampage and Double Dragon. There is even dancing men in nice tight yellow get-ups, frolicking under trees (not sure what game that is). The video is top-notch viewing and fits perfectly to Rollie’s lackadaisical yet fierce style of rap; shit, through some D’s on it and you got yourself a stew going. Holla.
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Published by Los February 27th, 2007
in Music Video.
So
Ben Dickinson has rolled up to the hood again, this time flanked by
Jon Watts, packing some
Rapture heat, and it seems like the third times a charm for the combo. Although, the first two shots for “
Get Myself Into It” and “
WAYUH” weren’t anything to really sneeze at either.
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Published by James February 26th, 2007
in Music Video.
There is no industry filled with more self-loathing than the music industry, and no limb of the tree highlights this more than the music video limb. Let’s start from the top and work our way down: Saddle Creek premieres the new video from Bright Eyes, arguably their biggest cash-cow and one of the “indie” crossover hits a la the Shins and full-scale “sell-outs” like Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, and the Decemberists. They do this on AOL Music via some sub-label called Spinner with translates as “pathetic grab for edginess”. AOL music hates AOL because AOL doesn’t stand for music. So, instead, Spinner stands for music via AOL. Self-loathing facet 1: self-loathing is always accompanied by an identity crisis.
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Published by Los February 23rd, 2007
in Music Video.
Well, I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that we all know of the previous
Ok Go video for
Here It Goes Again. Well, here’s the impossible follow up to that - but wait! There are two versions? And one is directed by the little brother that could
Videogum: Music video blog gossip disguised as news!
Published by James February 22nd, 2007
in Knowledge.
If Stereogum can get fat by simply opening their email and posting it, then I want to be able to just write random thoughts while I visit music video websites. Plant your tongue in your cheek and enjoy.
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Published by Los February 21st, 2007
in Music Video.
If your name happens to be
Robin Brown and you are an ungrateful filmmaker/
internet radio shock-jock then it has probably
occurred to you that we apparently pay no attention to danceparty creationist
LCD Soundsystem within the confines of this site.
Also, if your name happened to be
Robin Brown, you’d actually be right and successfully called us out on not showcasing a collection of some of the smarter, groovier musicians on the indie circuit.
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