Nightlands - Suzerain (A Letter to the Judge)

I was going to blog this yesterday, but then the ‘great Tumblr blackout of 2010’ happened.  It’s all good.  Got premiered over on Pitchfork (despite them not crediting me fixed). I’m proud of it - I love this footage and have been meaning to use it for a long time. It comes from the public domain Prelinger Archives. I hope you enjoy!

Pick up Forget the Mantra on wax, out now from Secretly Canadian.

PREMIERE: Julian Lynch - Just Enough

I’m happy to share a video I just finished for one of my favorite tracks off Julian’s stunning album Mare. Its made from footage of my own childhood, a mood and tone I thought matched this gorgeous song (also included in a previous yvynyl mixtape).  If you haven’t already, do go pick up his record from Olde English Spelling Bee. 

Twin Sister - All Around & Away We Go

A surprise gift for my lovelies @twinsistermusic. This lovingly crafted fan/friend-made video was made entirely of one clip from the Center for Home Movies called “Decomposed Carnival” found on Archive.org. This footage reminded me a lot of this song, so I thought, “why not?” Slapped ‘em together, and here you go. Enjoy.

Don’t forget - you can also have a go at remixing this song courtesy of the band. Check out this rad version Coolrunnings just made!

(via my youtubes)

Now might be a good time to reshare the video I made for The War on Drugs.  

The band is just now embarking on a pan-European tour [schedule here] and Secretly Canadian is submitting the video to some short film festivals and needed me to write a synopsis.  This is what I wrote:

The music video for the War on Drugs single Needle in Your Eye #16 explores the bipolarity of the American experience. The tensions between East versus West, land versus city, and newcomers versus natives play out in surreal juxtapositions created entirely out of ephemeral, educational and advertising public domain film footage from the Prelinger Archive at archive.org.

(via SecretlyJag)