Video Flow, Vol. 15

Hey kids, welcome to this week's edition of Video Flow. The holidays may be a slower time in terms of good new albums coming out, but there's still plenty of quality new videos to be had. This week, the latest from Foster The People, Lana Del Rey, Mayer Hawthorne, and lots more.


There's a couple of interesting cover tunes to check out, courtesy of Holy Ghost! (with help from The Juan MacLean and LCD Soundsystem's Nancy Whang) rejuvenating some vintage Ministry, as well as Trent Reznor and his soundtrack companion Atticus Ross taking on Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" with assistance from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O.


But first, let's begin with the new ones from two of Canada's finest exports. Despite being released in the summer of 2010, Arcade Fire are still issuing videos from their album The Suburbs--this time for standout track "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" (Note: be sure to check out the cool interactive version of the video at this website.) And to get us started, the latest from David Comes To Life--just named SPIN Magazine's Album Of The Year--here's Fucked Up with "Turn The Season."


Be sure to check back next Friday for Video Flow, Vol. 16...


Fucked Up "Turn The Season" (Matador)

Arcade Fire "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" (Merge)

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross ft. Karen O "Immigrant Song" (Null)

Holy Ghost! ft. Nancy Whang & Juan MacLean "I Wanted To Tell Her" (Green Label Sound)

Niki and the Dove "DJ Ease My Mind" (Mercury)

Thieving Irons "So Long" (Independent)

Danny Brown "Monopoly" (Fool's Gold)

Main Attrakionz "Diamond Of God" (Green Ova)

Lana Del Rey "Born To Die" (Interscope)

Foster The People "Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)" (Columbia)

Azari & III "Reckless With Your Love" (Loose Lips)

Zambri "To Keep Back" (Kanine)

Eight And A Half "Scissors" (Arts & Crafts)

Fantasy Island "Breaking A Heart" (Independent)

Young Jeezy "Nothin'" (Def Jam/Corporate Thugz)

Walé "Chain Music" (Maybach Music/Warner)

Mayer Hawthorne "Dreaming" (Universal Republic)

Marissa Nadler "In Your Lair, Bear" (Box Of Cedar)

Howler "Back Of Your Neck" (Rough Trade)

Blonds "2:06" (Independent)

Wet Thud Video Flow, Volume Nine

Hey kids, welcome to Wet Thud Video Flow, your weekly wrap-up of the best music videos I've caught online over the past seven days.


In this installation, you'll enjoy new ones from The Kills, Foster The People, Mates Of State, and more. There's a new live clip from Björk, a not-so-new-but-reimagined track from Iron And Wine, and the latest from Modeselektor featuring vocal contributions from the lead singer of some band called Radiohead.


Mr. TheBeef himself, Shia Labeouf, directs what's really more of a short film than a video for Kid Cudi, and master video director Spike Jonze steps behind the lens again alongside new French singer Soko. (Edit: Apparently Spike only shot about a 5-second segment of the video; the rest was shot by Soko herself, using her iPhone.) 


Be sure to check back each Friday for the newest edition of Video Flow. In the meantime, enjoy the best of this week starting with the new one from Real Estate. Enjoy.

Real Estate "It's Real" (Domino)

Foster The People "Call It What You Want" (Sony)

Modeselektor featuring Thom Yorke "Shipwreck" (Monkeytown)

Björk "Thunderbolt (live)" (One Little Indian)

Cass McCombs "The Same Thing" (Domino)

The Kills "Baby Says" (Domino)

Gem Club "252" (Hardly Art)

Iron And Wine "Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Wedding Version)" (Atlantic)

Soko "I Thought I Was An Alien" (Because)

Mates Of State "Sway" (Barsuk)

Kid Cudi "Maniac" (GOOD Music/Universal Motown)

Joker ft. William Cartwright "On My Mind" (4AD)

Casiokids "Det Haster!" (Polyvinyl)

High Places "Sonora" (Thrill Jockey)

Kidstreet "Never Coming Back" (Nettwerk)

Mister Heavenly "Bronx Sniper" (Sub Pop)

Gauntlet Hair "Keep Time" (Dead Oceans)

First Aid Kit "The Lion's Roar" (Wichita)

The Whendays "Untru Love II" (Cascine)

Oneohtrix Point Never "Sleep Dealer" (Software)