Pop artists spend waaaaaay too much money on music videos. Sure, Katy Perry and Kanye West's video for "E.T" is visually overstimulating, mesmerizing and intricately detailed, but it's also a whole lot of sensory overload with little story line. If they slowed it down I might be able to appreciate its vividness, but as it is you get lost. Perhaps that was the aim. Who knows?
Aside from that though, enjoy your usual mix of entertaining music videos, short films, interviews and performances. Happy Friday!
ANR's NSFW "Big Problem"
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ANR - "Big Problem" from stereogum on Vimeo.
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West in "E.T."
Play videoStars' NSFW "Change"
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Stars - Changes (Uncensored) from Stars on Vimeo.
Dum Dum Girls' "He Gets Me High"
Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High (OFFICIAL VIDEO) from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.
The Strokes' "Call Me Back"
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Okkervil River's "Wake and Be Fine"
Play videoYoung British Artists' "A New Language"
Play videoNo Age scores Rodarte's "States of Matter"
Rodarte: States of Matter from MOCA on Vimeo.
Ted Leo interviews J Mascis at SXSW 2011
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Preview of Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward's work on the Winnie the Pooh soundtrack
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