The Swarm

July 02, 2009

Must See Videos: WhoMadeWho, Elvis Perkins, Bobby Evans...

Todd Roberts

by COURTNEY SMITH

Bobby Evans “Freak-A-Zoid Robotz”

Dangerous, beautiful women who are actually robots enjoy playing 80s arcade games. Didn’t you know?

WhoMadeWho “Keep Me In My Plane”

WhoMadeWho - Keep Me In My Plane from Leroy Hanghofer on Vimeo.

The process of breaking the fourth wall in film is often used to express a comedic aside (see: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Wayne’s World, Annie Hall) but this video uses the actual function of breaking the fourth wall as the comedic relief. In a sort of uncomfortable, Arrested Development sort of way. One of the best day if the life concept videos I’ve seen in ages.

*Elvis Perkins In Dearland – “Chains, Chains, Chains”

This is easily the best quality and highest concept video Elvis Perkins has done and it looks good on him. If the video’s mystic aesthetic seems familiar, that would be because Sean Peckanold (yes, he is related to the Fleet Foxes and directed all their videos) was at the helm.

Art of Fresh – Out Of This World

The Jetsons meets Fat Albert meets The Scooby Gang’s ride meets a reallllllly good song.

Gary Mirabelle “Touch”

There is a certain type of claymation video it is impossible to create without having Peter Gabriel pop to mind. This is one of those videos. That said, it is also a really riveting, metamorphosis of a video.



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