Video: Chance The Rapper – “Everybody’s Something”

Chance The Rapper’s “Everybody’s Something” gets the video treatment courtesy director Austin Vesely. The DJ O-Zone produced tune see’s Chance rapping through a series of maps, neighborhoods and historical events projected on the young man’s  silhouette in this ever so slightly altered version of the Acid Rap original. 

Listen: The Weeknd – “Love In The Sky”

Abel Tesfaye latest offering to the public under his Weeknd moniker is a tune called “Love In The Sky.” The song marks the third track we have now heard from the forthcoming Kiss land LP, which is due out September 10th, and is a rather straightforward affair compared to June’s offering of “Belongto the World.” 

Listen: TV On The Radio - "Mercy"

TV On The Radio returns with  new cut that makes its debute on  band member Dave Sitek’s Federal Prism label. “Mercy” is a fast tempo song high on energy and probably the most straight froward rock i've heard the band produce in quite some time. 

At the moment the Brooklyn band don't plan to release an LP in the traditional sense, opting to instead just release singles until they are ready to change it up, let's hope there is more to come in the very near future.

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Listen: HAIM - "The Wire"

The sisters HAIM shared some of their trademark pop goodness today in the form of a new track called “The Wire.” Harmonizing, melodies, stomping beats, tag team vocal tradeoffs and all the other great elements you look for in a HAIM song are here along with some new surprises too(strings). Give it a listen below….

Video: Volcano Choir - "Byegone"

Volcano Choir, the side project featuring Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Wisconsin post-rock act Collections of Colonies of Bees, have shared the music video for "Byegone." The clip was directed by Michinori Saigo and features what appears to be some instillation art that utilizes a tree. In a funny way it’s kind of like watching tree porn or something. Repave is out September 3rd via Jagjaguwar. 

Video: Fiona Apple – “Hot Knife”

Fiona Apple returns to the scene today with a new music video from her 2012 LP, The Idler Wheel.  "Hot Knife" was directed by Hollywood heavyweight Paul Thomas Anderson who once dated Apple and has worked on a healthy chunk of her earlier clips. Fiona co-produced the video with Anderson  which also features Fiona's sister, Maude Maggart, who sings on the track.

Listen/Download: ”Childish Gambino – “Centipede”

It’s been a minute since we heard anything new from Childish Gambino and having recently announced that he would be cutting back on acting to focus on music we get a taste of what’s to come with “Centipede.” It’s a pretty long track clocking in at six minutes but Gambino most certainly makes good use of the time production wise as the track changes in tone several times in its course. Listen to/download below…

Video: Washed Out – “Don't Give Up”

Last month we shared a stream of Washed Out’s “Don’t Give Up” which is set to appear on upcoming LP Paracosm, due out August 13th on Sub Pop. Today we can post the Kate Moroos video that features some beautiful close up's of animals that were filmed at the ZSL London Zoo. 

Video: “The Revenge of the Beasts”

You know those sports commercial’s that shoot everything so it’s in slow motion and all epic looking once edited? Well “The Revenge of the Beasts” is a five-minute skate film that is composed entirely of such breathtaking moments. Using hypnotic slow-motion footage, Sebastian Linda has created a film that he says tries to bring back the fantasy of skateboarding. Using high-end cameras and unconventional methods of shooting, like eliminating tripods and dollies in favor of a skateboard, a car and natural body movement, the results are top notch and complemented perfectly by Woodkid’s score.

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In the making of video below Sebastian shares the though process and vision behind the film as well as some anecdotes about the colored powder and long brutal days of trying to get a trick captured on film under perfect lighting conditions.

Video: Austra – “Painful Like”

Austra’s “Painful Like” gets the video treatment from a cat who goes by the name of Exploding Motor Car. Classic B-movie thriller action in the one, think Mad Max on rollerblades with some puppet work thrown in for good measure.

Video: Hot Sugar - Leverage (feat. KOOL AD + Fat Tony + Lakutis + Nasty Nigel)

We have shared a couple video’s from Nick Koening’s Hot Sugar project over the last year and those hungry for more tunes should be happy to hear that the New York beat maker has been hard at work on some new material for us all to sink our teeth into in the very near future, but for the time being here is a video for “Leverage” featuring Kool A.D., Fat Tony, Lakutis and Nasty Nigel from the excellent and still free MiDi Murder EP that was directed by Jay Sprogell.

Listen: Forest Swords - “The Weight of Gold"

Last month we shared the first taste of Forest Swords upcoming debut LP on Tri Angle records via “Thor’s Stone.” Today we got a second sampling from the recording alias of the Merseyside, U.K. native who birth name is Matthew Barnes by the name of “Weight of Gold.” If you like what you have heard so far you can pick up the record which is entitled Engravings when it is released next month on Aug. 26 HERE.