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Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor

2008-01-02T19:32:00.001Z

Here's Hot Chip with a quite mental tune.

The Flipper's Guitar - Groove Tube

2007-12-27T22:58:00.000Z

Here's something strange but good from Japan.

Good Listen

2007-12-23T13:22:00.000Z

If you feel like a good listen try my new blog Good Listen. Like Videomixer but without the videos so there should be a wider choice of content.

Radiohead - Bodysnatchers (Live)

2007-12-02T12:24:00.000Z

Bodysnatchers webcasted by Radiohead from their internet site a few weeks ago. Plus some additional commentary at the end about the band and webcasting.

Thedø - On My Shoulders (Live)

2007-11-21T20:22:00.000Z

The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

2007-11-02T19:07:00.000Z

Lyrically one of the Smiths' less profound songs, but musically one of their best.

Daft Punk - Da Funk

2007-10-14T12:39:00.001+01:00

Here's a fantastic Daft Punk video. I had forgotten all about this video until I saw it mentioned in this Observer article about music videos. Although other videos, such as Thriller, had included scripted narratives before, I think this was the first video to go to the extent of making the actual track part of the background of a traditional narrative unrelated to the music, which I think is very clever and imaginative. I like the way the central character is forced to carry around a tape deck playing the title track, for a reason which cannot be explained within the story itself, and is only understandable in the context of the viewer who is aware that the film is a music video. The surrealness is added to by the fact that the character is a dog, and emphasised by the contrast between these bizarre elements and the detailed characterisation, reminiscent of a Woody Allen film.

Radiohead - There, There

2007-10-07T13:47:00.001+01:00

An interesting video and good song from Radiohead. Radiohead are letting people choose how much to pay for the digital version of their new album, but frankly the quality of their albums has been so variable that surely it would be better to let people hear it before deciding how much they want to pay. I'm sure it will be totally crap anyway. I think that after OK Computer they didn't think they would be able to make another album that good so they pretended they didn't want to and just made stupid experimental stuff.

Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It

2007-10-06T14:29:00.000+01:00

A great tune from Fedde Le Grand (and Ida Corr). The Creeps is a good tune too by Fedde Le Grand. I like the way they split the words up to fit the beat. Anyway that's a different song.

Ian Brown and Sinead O'Connor - Illegal Attacks

2007-09-30T12:02:00.000+01:00

A great song from Ian Brown. I'm not sure why he has to stand like that though, maybe he's got something wrong with his neck. Anyway, it's good that he's speaking out against the hypocritical US/UK/Israeli governments' aggressive, self-interested foreign policies and the misery caused by them (not to mention the instigation of militancy). Radio 1 actually felt the need to warn listeners before playing the song, which is kind of stupid.

M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Live)

2007-09-30T11:36:00.001+01:00

M.I.A. singing Paper Planes on the David Letterman show (the sound of gunshots has been removed from the chorus though). Apparently her dad was a Tamil activist/militant.

The Popguns - Waiting for the Winter

2007-09-30T11:09:00.000+01:00

Here's a lovely old song from the 1980s. It's remarkable what you can find on Youtube, all thanks to people diligently uploading their dusty VHS videos.

Lethal Bizzle - Police On My Back

2007-09-26T22:49:00.000+01:00

Here's an awesome track from the superbly-named Lethal Bizzle. I am constantly impressed by the great names these rapping guys think up for themselves. Apart from P Diddy obviously.

Lightspeed Champion - Midnight Surprise

2007-09-23T09:37:00.001+01:00

I really like this guy's music.

The Go! Team - Doing It Right

2007-09-22T20:45:00.001+01:00

I'm pretty sure these are the opening titles from a 70s kids' TV show.

The Coral - Jacqueline

2007-09-16T09:42:00.000+01:00

A nice, melancholy tune from the Coral.

Babyshambles - Delivery

2007-09-16T09:25:00.000+01:00

Pete Doherty decides to stop writing rubbish songs and write a quite good one instead. Surely someone could have told him earlier that rubbish songs aren't as good as good ones?

Common feat. Lily Allen - Drivin' Me Wild

2007-09-16T09:24:00.000+01:00

There was an astronaut lady who went crazy wasn't there?

Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie

2007-09-16T09:19:00.000+01:00

A nice 60s-tinged Zutons cover.

Dizzee Rascal - Pussyole (Old Skool)

2007-08-25T09:08:00.000+01:00

A great track from Dizzee Rascal. I think Dizzee's got a problem with white kids trying to be cool like him which is why he's got a nerdy white boy dancing in his video. I'm sure claiming to like indie bands is just some kind of smokescreen. But then maybe I'm wrong and the white guy is just there for comedy value, who knows.

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

2007-08-10T18:35:00.001+01:00

The Rolling Stones actually recording Sympathy for the Devil, filmed by Jean-Luc Godard, using his trademark tracking shots. Found on Metafilter.

The Bedroom Philosopher - I'm So Post Modern

2007-07-19T18:42:00.000+01:00

A wonderful thing by an Australian "folk humourist". But some have questioned, is it really post modern? I don't know. I guess so. After all, it's in the nature of postmodernism that you can redefine it to mean anything you want. Therefore yes, but no more so than anyone else.

Elvis Costello - Lipstick Vogue (Live)

2007-07-12T09:25:00.000+01:00

A pretty cool Elvis Costello song from the late 70s.

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

2007-07-12T08:46:00.001+01:00

An old favourite. As always, the best videos are the ones with a strong idea, or which don't take themselves too seriously. This has both, and the tune is pretty good too.

GoodBooks - Passchendaele

2007-07-03T21:01:00.000+01:00

I don't know who Goodbooks are. Probably some kind of band or something? Here is a lovely song by them, anyway. I think Passchendaele is in France maybe.

Note: In the interests of accuracy, I've checked and it's in Belgium.