Posted in Portland, Video, tagged Broken Bells, Danger Mouse, James Mercer, The High Road, The Shins, Video on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Broken Bells is a new project from Shins frontman James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse.
The duo’s first video is for “The High Road”. The song highlights Mercer’s distinctive swooping vocals while contrasting them beautifully with some very un-Shins-like instrumentals. The sound is a little more electronic, with heavier drum breaks and whimsical synths.
The song has [...]
Posted in Portland, Video, tagged Laura Veirs, Video on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Stereogum premiered the video for the title track of Laura Veirs‘ stellar new album “July Flame”.
The video is an adorable stop-motion piece by animator Doug Savage, who also made Veirs’ “Phantom Mountain” video in 2007.
Savage provided Stereogum with a little trivia about the new video:
The video has 1,804 individual images in it. Yes [...]
Posted in Seattle, Video, tagged Macklemore, Video, Zia Mohajerjasbi on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Directed by rising filmmaker Zia Mohajerjasbi, the newly-released video for Macklemore’s “The Town” (a track from his Unplanned Mixtape) is a gorgeous, cameo-filled, nostalgic anthem about hip hop in the 206.
If you are a Seattleite, it will be nearly impossible for you to watch this video without feeling an extra twinge of pride [...]
Posted in Seattle, Video, tagged Filthy Cuts, Horse Grinder, Song Sparrow Research, Video on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In Seattle, an epic beard is the ultimate status symbol.
Before Hamilton Boyce (of Song Sparrow Research and Horse Grinder) shaved off his facial hair (R.I.P.), he assembled a crew called “Filthy Cuts” to commemorate his majestic beard with a bomb-diggity rap video.
Posted in Seattle, Video, tagged Caffe Vita, Fences, GIVE Seattle, Video on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The GIVE Seattle compilation is a 30+ track digital download featuring songs donated by local artists such as Ben Gibbard, The Long Winters, Fleet Foxes, Champagne Champagne and many others.
The compilation was coordinated by Tom Buckley and Mike McConnell of Caffe Vita, Mark Dyce of 206inc. and Kerri Harrop of The Crocodile. The album came [...]
Posted in Seattle, Video, tagged Fresh Espresso, P Smoov, Rik Rude, Terry Radjaw, Video on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There has been a lot of buzz about Seattle hip hop duo Fresh Espresso this year. Their debut album, Glamour (self-released in July), got a lot of love from bloggers and local music writers. They’ve been playing shows nonstop, and their sick beats kept heads bobbin’ and feet dancin’ all summer long.
“Big or Small”, directed [...]
