The Daily Swarm

via Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles and UVTV

The setlist:

01-STRONG-ARM
02-UNCHALLENGED HATE
03-SUFFER THE CHILDREN
04-SILENCE IS DEAFENING
05-I ABSTAIN
06-LIFE AND LIMB
07-DIKTAT
08-ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
09-IT’S A MANS WORLD
10-FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO OBLITERATION
11-TIME WAITS FOR NO SLAVE
12-WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
13-SCUM
14-LIFE?
15-THE KILL
16-DECEIVER
17-YOU SUFFER
18-PERSONA NON GRATA
19-SMEAR CAMPAIGN
20-MASS APPEAL MADNESS
21-NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF

Air “Sing Sang Sung”

Something about the style of the animation in this video reminds me of Schoolhouse Rock. The whole video + song combination here is the aural and visual equivalent of comfort food for indie rock fans. This is Air back the way most of us want them to be. Plus, all new takes on the sing-a-long bouncy ball are welcome in my world.

Sing Sang Sung from Colour Me In on Vimeo.

Acid Girls “The Numbers Song”

What a creepy video (NSFW warning!). I’m not entirely sure if the directors get it and they’re winking at us or if this was accidental genius. There was a news story out this week about 9 women being held against their will/under false pretenses in South America who were told they were filming a “Big Brother” like reality TV show when actually the guys filming them were just selling nude pictures and footage of them on the Internet. That is this video.

Acid Girls - The Numbers Song from IHEARTCOMIX Records on Vimeo.

Grizzly Bear “While You Wait for the Others”

I believe this is director Sean Pecknold’s second video collaboration with Grizzly Bear (Pecknold being cousin to the Pecknold’s in Fleet Foxes and also the director of all their videos). It would seem his normal aesthetic has started to blend in nicely with the surrealness Grizzly Bear like to bring to their music videos and together they’ve accomplished something Dali-esque here.

They Might Be Giants “Meet The Elements”

Let me be up front: I am no TMBG fan. I find their songs annoying and childish. Therefore, the albums they’ve been creating for actual children is an excellent direction for them to go in, in my opinion. This video is fantastically and very literally animated, making it easy to watch with the sound off and still learn. I am especially fond of the drawings representing electrons, neutrons and positrons. As my wacky high school chem teacher liked to say, “Chemistry is funistry!”

Phenomenal Handclap Band “15 to 20”

Let’s say you have a band with 8 members. When it comes time to shoot the video, what do you do to feature all of them? Traditional live performance? Nooooo, that’s super played out. Pick the three cutest ones and make everyone else stand in the background? Nooooo, that’s unAmerican! Animated video? Noooooo, that’s a cop out. 8 way split screen? BINGO!

via Billboard

via Newsweek