Friday, November 08, 2013

Watch: Chevalier Avant Garde Share New Video For "Killing Fields"

Montreal's euro-sleaze twosome Chevalier Avant Garde have shared a scratched, ripped-from-VHS music video for "Killing Fields". 

The song is taken from the band's latest 'Resurrection Machine', which was released on September 10th via Fixture Records. You can grab your copy here.

VHS-hacking music video director Rob Feulner (who also directed the clip for "Rose Rider") said: "The original footage is a snippet from The Terminator. It’s a really gorgeous scene: this passionate embrace, which gets interrupted by a robot. It worked so well with the atmosphere and lyrics: two damned souls, love won't save them; but desire and co-dependence are a good distraction."

"This video mostly consisted of three or four back-and-forth dubs of increasingly damaged VHS footage of that scene. When I finally reached the level of noise that I wanted, I juxtaposed it with a much cleaner DVD-to-VHS dub. The ending of the video, which is the clean version, with my finger lightly rubbing against the VHS head, is much more visually coherent than the rest. I tried to convey that, while things in the past were still kind of bad and noisy, it could always be so much worse." He added.

Take a look below.

Thursday, November 07, 2013

Watch: Yuck Unveil Music Video For "Lose My Breath"

British shoegaze rockers Yuck have unveiled a new video (not the official) for "Lose My Breath".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from Yuck's sophomore album 'Glow & Behold', which was released in September 30 via Fat Possum. You can grab your copy here.

Courtesy of Videothing static-master Michael Reich, the video contains strobe effects and pays tribute to another fetishized piece of pop-culture, the VHS tape.

Watch it below.


Watch: Night Beds Release New Video For "Lost Springs"

Nashville based indie band Night Beds (aka 23 year old musician Winston Yellen's project) have released the video for "Lost Springs", another cut taken from their debut album 'Country Sleep', released earlier this year via Dead Oceans.

The music video follows the band on and off the stage during their tour of North America and Europe earlier this year. 

Watch it below.