A few days ago Death Cab for Cutie made an internet splash by becoming the first band to record a scripted music video live to a streaming audience. Check out the results from their synchronized efforts. "You Are a Tourist is the first single on DCFC's upcoming album, Codes and Keys.
La Blogotheque consistently puts up some of the most progressive music video content around. This take away show with Sufjan Stevens as the banjo player on the roof is simple but really creative.
If you've been on this blog for awhile you know that one of my favorite songs is "Weighty Ghost" by the Canadian band Wintersleep. Here's an acoustic version the band played live at SXSW in 2008. I also just had to include the student short film I made at USC last summer.
Weighty Ghost (Acoustic Live At SXSW) by Wintersleep on Grooveshark
The greatest songs tell a story and most directors either try to adhere to far too literally or do something so obscure with a music video that it adds no value to a song whatsoever. The best music videos take a moving melody and create something that not only adds to its meaning but also gives the track a breath of new life. Some are old some are new but all of them add an awesome visual twist to already solid songs...