So.
As the title of the post would suggest, I’ve been a terrible friend to you, blog. And to you, internet. But mostly to you, readers. If there are any of you left you’ve obviously watched as I’ve all but abandoned this project. I was so excited to post continually while working on “The Corridor”, and when that wrapped I found myself without interesting things to talk about. But in the past short while there are many new developments in my life that I’m excited to share with all of you. Those posts are coming soon but to curry your favor I’ve decided, as the post title would suggest, to offer some gifts. I’ve been posting them on Facebook and Twitter over the past couple weeks but I felt it necessary to compile them here so you wouldn’t have to go looking for them. I present to you, finely dressed friends, the five music videos I just can’t stop watching. And who knows, maybe one of these fine bands will garner a new fan.
5. Danielson – “Did I Step On Your Trumpet”
With matching nurse uniforms and rad treadmill action this low budget yet hyper cool vid sees christian band (!?) Danielson flex their bizarreness through the wonder of cardboard.
4. Die Antwoord – “Enter The Ninja”
Apparently there’s a movement in South African culture called “Zef”, which Die Antwoord themselves compare to the redneck culture in the United States, albeit the word directly translating to “commoner’. This insane rap crew makes you wonder if they’re for real, but a verse or two in you realize that lead MC Ninja is very, very serious.
3. HEALTH – “We Are Water”
HEALTH. Eric Wareheim. Machetes. NSFW.
2. Dam-Funk – “Things That Dreams Are Made Of”
I have to include this one on the heels of the Wareheim vid because it has such an odd, public TV feel to it so fitting with Tim & Eric: Awesome Show, Great Job! Watch as the awesome Dam-Funk cover The Human League. New York, ice cream, TV, travel. Good times.
1. Yeasayer – “O.N.E.”
I am riding the rails off this song. Yeasayer brought some serious pop influences into their new album, “Odd Blood”, and this Radical Friend directed vid pushes the band’s new image into, to quote Abraham Lincoln, “I can taste the sun!” territory. Must see.
Honorable Mentions: Hot Chip’s “I Feel Better”, Chromeo’s “Night by Night”, and Morning Bender’s “Promises”
Enjoy, friends. And we’ll talk again soon.
