NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & FORTY.
April05
I’ve had the new LP Helplessness Blues, from Seattle kids Fleet Foxes, for a little under a week, and to be honest have barely listened to anything else in those six days. It’s been nearly three years since their eponymous debut launched them into the hipster consciousness, a pretty long wait on new material, but for me, this sophomore release goes beyond my expectations. The songs are familiar; the layered harmonies and instrumentation, but Pecknold’s prose-like lyrics speak to me with a fresh voice.
The band recorded this footage whilst traveling on tour and recording the new album.
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY NINE.
March31
Pretty sweet idea pulled off amazingly. And the guys behind it are both called Daniel. Figures.
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY SIX.
March14
Ramón Ayala’s film clip for Spanish indie group Bedroom’s recent single Cançó de l’alba is an avant garde, surreal and somewhat erotic descent into a daydream-esque forest.
Boobies alert!
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY EIGHT.
January21
Just saw this rad animation describing a new green energy technology. Commissioned by the New York times to coincide with their 2010 Year In Ideas issue, it was directed by Buck with music & sound design by Antfood.
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & EIGHT.
September19
What creative hasn’t felt misunderstood by his or her family? In their documentary How To Explain It To My Parents, Dutch collaborators Lernert Engleberts & Sander Plug (the guys behind that melting chocolate bunny short) let us play fly on the wall to a number of artists discussing their work with their olds.
NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT.
May05
Simple idea, but pulled off immaculately. I mean I love anything that uses Futura anyhow. But let’s face it, it really is smashing.
NUMBER SEVENTY FOUR.
May05
The agency behind this little beauty is DraftFCB in Stockholm, using production company CallBoy in a clever campaign for Sweden’s TV licensing body Radiotjänst.
This kid Jordan can animate something fierce. Am I right?
