Video: Jens Lekman – “Erica America”
As previously reported, Swedish indie pop songwriter Jens Lekman will release I Know What Love Isn’t via Secretly Canadian on September 4th. Above is the video for the first single “Erica America.” It’s a…
Video: Bowerbirds – “Sweet Moment”
The Bowerbirds’ new video for “Sweet Moment” for the track culled from their recent release The Clearing is full of them–sweet moments that is. Thematically, the video deals with the temporary nature of all…
Video: The Shins – “No Way Down”
The video for The Shins’ newest upbeat indie-pop track “No Way Down,” from their most recent effort Port of Morrow features the band performing the song in a cabin in the woods near Portland,…
Video: Videoing – “Crimson Wave”
In anticipation of their forthcoming album the Reader LP, out July 10th on Slack Electric, Austin’s Videoing has released a new video for their song “Crimson Wave.” We previously reported about a ton of…
Video: Yeasayer – “Longevity”
Yeasayer’s new song “Longevity” is psychedelic and dub-influenced as it plods along with a pounding beat. The song is accompanied by an equally trippy video. Stop-and-go synth notes open the song before it…
Video: Slow Club – “Beginners” (feat. Daniel Radcliffe)
The UK’s Slow Club has recruited countryman Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame to star in their newest video for the single, “Beginners,” from their album Paradise, out now. In the video, Radcliff wanders around…
Video: Twin Shadow – “Five Seconds”
Twin Shadow (aka George Lewis Jr.) has just released a video to accompany the first single from his forthcoming album Confess. With the Keith Musil directed “Five Seconds” Lewis continues to put out…
Summer Camp Release “Always” Video + French Version
Summer Camp just released a video for “Always”, a second peak at their upcoming EP of the same title (read our track review here). In this lo-fi Oliver Evan directed video, the members…
Video: Teaser for Dirty Projectors’ film Project Hi Custodian
The Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth has posted a teaser trailer for his film project Hi Custodian, which will feature music from the band’s impending full-length Swing Lo Magellan. We’re incredibly psyched for this…
El Perro Del Mar Posts Video for “Innocence is Sense” to Introduce New Album
Swedish sweetheart Sarah Assbring, aka El Perro Del Mar, has posted a video for “Innocence is Sense” on her website, calling it an introduction to her new album, Pale Fire, in the press…
Video: Eternal Summers – “Wonder”
Eternal Summers’ new video for “Wonder,” features a girl whose voodoo-like dolls come to life and move around her desk before turning into real-life friends. Her friends happen to be a band of…
Video: Deep Time – “Clouds”
Recently Deep Time (formerly Yellow Fever) stopped by Olympia, Washington’s Capitol Theater to film a performance with Grass Widow’s Hannah Lew. Lew combined the images of the performance with those of rolling clouds…
Video: Shonen Knife – “Pop Tune”
Since the 80s, Japan’s Shonen Knife have made a career of being the most lovable and insidiously adorable pop-punk girl group in the universe. Shonen Knife is sort of like a cuter, all-girl,…
Video: Dirty Projectors – “The Gun Has No Trigger”
We were totally ecstatic when we first heard the newest single from the Dirty Projector’s forthcoming album, Swing Lo Magellan (details here). The track is one of the most outstanding of the year so…
Video: Grass Widow – “Goldilocks Zone”
The video for Grass Widow’s “Goldilocks Zone” from their latest album, Internal Logic, was directed by the band’s own Hannah Lew and appears to be set in a 1960’s sci-fi B movie. The…
Beach House Release New Video for “Lazuli” and Expansive “Frightened Eyes” Tour
Beach House has added an incredbile slew of additional dates to their already extensive tour schedule, and have also just released a video for “Lazuli” from their recent (and phenomenal) album Bloom. For…
Video: Black Keys – “Gold on the Ceiling” (Directed by Harmony Korine)
The Black Keys have teamed up with Harmony Korine, the bizarre director of Gummo, Kids, and Mister Lonely, to make a “film” that utilizes their song “Gold on the Ceiling” from their most recent effort,…
Video: WATERS – “Mickey Mantle”
WATERS, a project that is essentially an outlet for the creative work of one Van Pierszalowski, created after the collapse of his project Port O’Brien, issued its debut, Out in the Light in September of…
Video: M83 – “Reunion”
The new Fleur & Manu directed M83 video follows the same thematic appeal that the previous video for “Midnight city” did. The story is something like a combination of The Matrix and the…
Video: “This Summer I’ll Make It Up To You” – Caged Animals
Caged Animals is set to release This Summer Ep on June 11 via Lucky Number Music. The title track of the EP, “This Summer I’ll Make It Up To You”, has Vincent Cacchione…
Video: Jaill – “House with Haunting”
The new album from Jaill is only a few short weeks from release, and the band has made available a new video for their song, “House With Haunting.” The video makes a persuasive…
Video (NSFW): “We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow” – SOKO
SOKO has directed a new video in support of her album full-length, I Thought I Was an Alien. “We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow” follows colorful images of female lovers in their home…
Video: “Never Wed an Old Man” – Mairi Morrison and Alasdair Roberts
Two months after the debut of Urstan, Mairi Morrison and Alasdair Roberts have finally released the first, and perhaps only, promotional video in support of the album. Urstan features Morrison (from Isle of…
Video: “Breakfast (Syrup)” – Kreayshawn
A year after releasing the single and video that made her famous (and earned her a $1 million record contract), Kreayshawn has dropped “Breakfast (Syrup)” featuring 2 Chainz. Kreay, in vintage lingerie, hosts…
Arcade Fire & Mick Jagger Perform “She’s A Rainbow” & “Ruby Tuesday” on SNL
For an all-out, pull-no-punches SNL season finale blowout, Mick Jagger acted as host and musical guest and performed songs with Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, and Jeff Beck. In the final scene, Arcade fire…
Video: “Mind Control” – Friends
“Mind Control” is the first single from Friends’ long awaited debut LP, Manifest!, out June 5. Director Hir Muria removes the group from their signature homemade, 90’s-inspired videos by hurling them even further…
Video: Feist – “Cicadas and Gulls”
“Cicadas and Gulls” is a fantastic track from Feist’s critically acclaimed album Metals. But just now, she has made available a video comprised of a live street performance of the song, backed by…
Video: “House” – Kindness
Kindness’ new music video for the song “House” is brilliant on so many levels. At the start, Adam Bainbridge waxes philosophical about the cultural importance of pop music and then elicits some help…
Video: Bonnie “Prince” Billy – “I See a Darkness”
Drag City released a new video yesterday in support of a new Bonnie “Prince” Billy EP being released this summer. The EP, titled “Now Here’s My Plan,” will feature six new versions of…
Video: Grimes – “Nightmusic”
Grimes has just released the new single from her second full-length album, Visions. “Nightmusic” was directed by John Londono (who you might recognize as the director of Grimes’ “Crystal Ball” video) and showcases indie…
Video: Tennis – “My Better Self”
As the shot opens, Alaina Moore, Patrick Riley, and James Barone, along with two back-up dancers/singers, stand on stage, shrouded in darkness and fog. Thus begins Tennis’ new video for “My Better Self,” directed…
Reptar – “Three Shining Suns”
Athens, Georgia’s electro-pop outfit Reptar released a new video yesterday- “Three Shining Suns” is from their debut album Body Faucet, released on Vagrant Records in the US and Lucky Numbers Music in Europe….
Shearwater – “You As You Were”
Shearwater’s first video from their new album, Animal Joy, represents everything you would expect from such a focused, unique, and beautiful band. “You As You Were” was directed by Alix Lambert and features…
Grimes – “Oblivion”
Directed by Emily Kai Bock, the video for “Oblivion” compiles machismo activities including, but not limited to: dirt bike racing, football, working out in a weight room, and of course, pushing each other…
Video: Youth Lagoon – “Montana”
To be honest, writing about videos wasn’t something we ever planned on at Pop Press. Our staff, largely, is full of word nerds who tend toward the literary side of music criticism rather…
