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For us, Sufjan Stevens' sensitive indie-pop conjures images of dudes in tight brown cords and chunky black glasses sipping kombucha and burning incense. Thankfully, Matt and Julie Walker (aka Tiger in a Jar)'s visual interpretation of his music is far more creative. The duo's stop-motion video for "All For Myself," off Sufjan's latest LP Adz of the World, involves a Tyrannosaurus lumberjack who......read more
The portfolio of California filmmaker Ross Ching displays plenty of cool trickery aided by new video technology. For this unofficial Strokes vid, Ching discovered has an iPhone app that allows users to write “holographic” text onto a long-exposure photo. The iPhone app, called Holographium, adds an interesting dimension to an already great time-lapse video. For more creative......read more
The best animated videos always hit on three key notes: good music, good animation, and good character design. The vid for "Sky High," from indie pop group Marble Sounds, has 'em all and then some. Created by compatriot Belgian creatives Eugene and Louise (who did the character design) and Birg, the song and animation provide a warm antidote to a cold winter's day. ...read more
Attack of the Giant Pink Snails: No, not an invasive exotic species, but a killer public art project in Florida, featuring oversized pink snails made of recycled plastic. Purty birdies: Every night at dusk, a cloud of starlings do the tango in the skies above Sterte, England. Mark Sigler caught them in the act in this lovely one minute video. The Big......read more
Ah shoot, more evidence that Mark Ronson is actually THE dude. The video for "The Bike Song," off his excellent new album with The Business Intl, follows a story about bike gang spies set in swinging '60s London. The tune itself is a big, fun glorification of two-wheeled transport, featuring Spank Rock on pro-environment raps: "I can't understand it, but I can't really stand 'em, girls love cars,......read more
Eric Power's output of amazing, lo-fi animated videos runs so deep it would take us months to post every one. We might anyway. In this one, Utah indie rockers Fictionist gave Power free reign to do whatever he wanted with their song "Blue Eyed Universe." With full creative control (not to mention skills and imagination for days), the Austin, TX-based animation guru ventured deep into outer space......read more
Short of traveling somewhere tropical, you're not going to find a better dose of winter escapism than this Alan Jensen-directed video for Star Slinger's "Mornin'". Jensen's sunny, kaleidoscopic interpretation of the UK beatmaker's soulful sound has us wishing we owned a pair of 3D glasses. It's a Vimeo staff pick, a first for Jensen, who has made equally dreamlike visuals for the likes of Toro y......read more
British beat wiz Gold Panda checks in with a new video for "Marriage" featuring not much more than some friendly looking folks holding lanterns. Doesn't sound that interesting, but for such a simple, narrative-free video, it's actually really good times. Directed by Israeli video artist, Ronni Shendar. Stream GP's just-released Marriage EP on Soundcloud....read more
While backing up his computer, German photographer/filmmaker Mario Feil stumbled upon some old footage he had planned to use as stock. Lucky for our eyeballs, Feil decided the shots deserved a treatment of their own. Pieced together from footage shot in the Chiemgau region of southern Bavaria (where Germany and Austria meet), it's a beautifully moody bit of video, helped generously by the......read more
For their new album The King is Dead, the Decemberists hooked up with famed music photographer Autumn de Wilde to produce a special limited edition box set featuring Polaroid photos of the band during the recording. The film was donated by the instant film saviors at Impossible Project, who handed de Wilde 2,500 exposures of now-extinct Polaroid film, then showed the results at an exhibition in......read more
