Videodrome 122 – This week’s best videos
Each week, Moritz Gayard rounds up the best new music videos so you don’t have to.
New week, new Videodrome. Same, but different. This week’s episode has audio visual joy from the likes of SOHN, Julia Holter, Major Lazer, Claw Marks, and more to offer.
#1 Dream Koala – “Odyssey”, directed by Fabulous
Parisian producer Dream Koala just dropped this cool, new video for “Odyssey”, a track taken from his new EP of the same name. Directed by Fabulous (Adrien Peze and Albin Merle) & Les Gentils Garçons. Je la kiffe grave sa mere.
#2 SOHN – “Lessons”, directed by Oliver Groulx
On Friday Dazed Digital premiered the new SOHN video for “Lessons”. The Austrian beatmaker’s debut album will be out next year through 4AD .
#3 SETH – “Fish Oil”, directed by Steve Hanft
New York duo SETH have unveiled three new videos for songs on their Chick on the Moon EP, and the one above is for “Fish Oil”. The EP is available now from UNO NYC.
#4 Mike Quinn – “I Hope It Goes Away”, directed by Ben Berman
New video for Mike Quinn’s song “I Hope It Goes Away”, made by director Ben Berman for the YouTube comedy network JASH. It’s called “The Best Video on the Internet,”—which unfortunately is not true. Check #1 here.
#5 Devendra Banhart – “Für Hildegard von Bingen”, directed by Isaiah Seret
Taken from Devendra Banhart’s eighth studio album Mala, the video for”Für Hildegard von Bingen” stars Jodie Smith as Hildegard and Joel Virgil as the head priest…
#6 Claw Marks – “Soul Food”
Achtung, guitars! That’s the video for “Soul Food” which is set to the live scenes from some live gigs and shows the band in their purest incarnation.
#7 Phoebe Kiddo – “This Is How I Would Die”, directed by JuJu Wee Ha
The debut EP from Berlin via Melbourne artist Phoebe Kiddo is a free/pay what you want download from Non Projects. New video, shot in Berlin above.
#8 Julia Holter – “Horns Surrounding Me”, directed by Angus Borsos
LA-based experimental singer/songwriter Julia Holter has unveiled her new video for “Horns Surrounding Me”, taken from her recent album Loud City Song. Based on a concept by Nite Jewel‘s Ramona Gonzalez.
#9 Justin Timberlake – “TKO”, directed by Ryan Reichenfeld
Riley Keough & Justin Timberlake in “TKO”…
#10 Major Lazer feat. Leftside, Razz & Biggy – “Jet Blue Jet”, directed by Grizz Lee
New visuals for Major Lazer’s “Jet Blue Jet”. The video is a kaleidoscopic journey of, yes, twerking and tattooed girls who inhale and exhale smoke in slow motion. Is b for boring? ~
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Published October 30, 2013. Words by moritz.schmall.