Queens of The Stone Age’s new video for “3’s and 7’s” plays like a trailer for a Grindhouse Exploitation film. Chock full of cars, guns, blood and vintage typography the vid is an obvious homage to Tarantino’s Death Proof. The song is so-so, but the video kicks serious ass.

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Jose Gonzalez is one of those artists who spends most of his time writing songs that reflect the uglier side of the human experience. The reason that his songs are successful is that he disguises all of the complicated ugliness in a beautiful and
simplistic sound.

The first single from his newest album, In Our Nature, is an urgent tale told through two voices. The one voice, is cynical and jaded, whereas the other is the voice of reason trying to help the former.

The video for “Down the Line” directed by Andreas Nilsson (he also directed several videos for fellow Swedes The Knife) depicts the anti-hero in symbolic “pig-face” as he dwells on his great loss and the reasons why it occurred. Despair leads him to acts of reflection, unsuccessful attempt at escape and eventual fury. All the while, the voice of reason tries to console him.

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Jose Gonzalez – Down the Line

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Watch as Wayne Coyne of the mighty Flaming Lips and tour-mates Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s discuss the haves and have-nots of tour buses.

Even when Wayne talks about the most mundane topics, he still manages to be charming.

Imagine Knight Rider on acid or a lost Giorgio Moroder and John Carpenter collaboration and you’ll have a fair idea of what to expect during Kavinsky’s visually stunning video for his intense electro-horror track “Tesstarosa Autodrive.” The short film portrays the aftermath of his “apparent” 1986 auto wreck, in which he is hospitalized and eventually pronounced dead.

Kavinsky and his damaged cherry-red Ferrari Testarossa both manage to mysteriously resurrect themselves and speed off along the pitch-black backroads. That’s right. He’s a zombie!!!! Awesome!!!!

And have a look at this hilarious interview while you are at it:

Kavinsky – Testarossa Autodrive

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The most violent (and awesome) scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, half of this year’s under-appreciated Grindhouse double feature, was accompanied by an obscure 60’s pop song with pounding drums and buzz-saw guitars. The band responsible for the song, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, were clearly influenced by the early sounds of The Who, (note that one of the characters in the scene references a story in which she says Pete Townsend once considered quitting The Who to join this band…thankfully for us, he chose not to).

Watch these two videos and witness the power of context. Within the context of the live video, the song is nothing more than silly nostalgia worthy of a chuckle, but within its more recent setting it becomes an anthem of impending disaster.

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Hold Tight

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No, this is not a new Animal Collective video, nor is it a clip from some perverse faux-sequel to Donnie Darko. Instead, it’s the newest videos from Bat For Lashes, aka Brighton-based (and very beautiful) singer-songwriter Natasha Khan. Often compared to the likes of The Knife, Bork, and Kate Bush, Khan and her amazing voice conjure up dark, moody tales of mysticism and romance. Her debut album, Fur and Gold, is one of the best of the year and was recently nominated for The Mercury Prize, (she lost out to the Klaxons??? Bullshit!)

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Bat For Lashes – What’s A Girl To Do?

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White Williams is part of a new wave of new wavers. Currently on tour with Dan Deacon and every 16 year old kid’s new favorite lap-topper Girl Talk, White carries on the sound of early Depeche Mode, accented with lush vocals and funked out basslines. It’s lo-fi electro for the post-everything age. Noooooice and smooth.

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White Williams – New Violence

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