Visuals, you say? It's all about the music.

They say you process music better with your eyes closed. It's all about the audio, man, it's all about the music, it's all about the muuuuuh...

Heeeeeello!

Randomness and Star Wars hip-hop robes

So it turns out that British comedian Peter Serafinowicz is proving a rather creative and adept music video director...! The man has directed the music video for Hot Chip's new track "Night & Day", starring both musician/comedian Reggie Watts and supermodel Lara Stone as spaceship flying aliens and actor Terence Stamp as a sort of headmaster/group leader of a band of bouncing dancers dressed in some sort of hip-hop onesie/hoodie-robes inspired by the robes worn by the Jawas in Star Wars... Did somebody say "What"?

Mix in a giant egg-princess on a pedestal and some buff-looking male models and it all makes perfectly no sense at all. By all means, feel free to look for any kind of symbolism (making you either a genius or off your face on drugs) or just enjoy the track...!

(PS! Some words from the director himself: "Many animals were harmed during the making of this video. Regrettably, none of them them made the final edit." P. Serafinowicz)

Rest In Peace Adam Yauch

I just learned that Adam Yauch, or MCA, out of Beastie Boys has passed away at 47. He suffered from cancer and has undergone treatment since 2009. He was the co-founder of Beastie Boys all the way back in 1979...!

I can't exactly call myself an original fan of Beastie Boys, but definitely a fan no less. Nevertheless it's always sad when great musicians die before their time.

I want to share a couple of my Beastie Boys favourites in memory of the great MCA.

"Alive" which was a new track for their 1999 compilation album Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science.

"Intergalactic", one of their most iconic songs (the one that everyone sings along to but no one's sure of the unintelligible lyrics...)

"Body Movin'" which gained massive popularity when remixed by FatBoy Slim 

And of course "Sabotage". No words can do this track AND video justice. 

Icelandic house and World of Warcraft...?

Stumbled across this little piece of deep house from an Icelandic electro group called GusGus. Exotic!

I often find that music videos for electronic music can be very creative, funny, and aesthetically pleasing. However, in some cases it all gets a bit... pretentious... I really like this track, and I guess it sort of induces a feel of drama, graveness, and 'serious faces', haha. But come on, one of the youtube comments even thinks the costumes look like World of Warcraft gear...!

I'm all for a bit of theatre, but it should compliment the music, not make you wonder what this has to do with a group of grown up people running around showing off in an Icelandic landscape, which by the way is undeniably scenic.

The track is good, though!

I also recommend you check out this live performance of theirs if you enjoyed the above track...