I'll start this off with somthing obvious. The Arctic Monkeys are everyone's favorite indie band or whatever.
This has to be my favorite song by them, but I have to admit, I'm more impressed with the music video than the song itself. The song is simple and the video seems to start off simple as well. But as the song picks up energy and depth the animations become increasingly complex. The Knife makes some of the most horrifying music videos. I remember watching this a year ago and being thoroughly terrified.
Yeah there's some BDSM undertones to make things a bit more uncomfortable for vanilla minded people. But damn, it's just a scary music video over all!
If that seemed a little trippy than it's only getting trippier. Next I want to show you this Lorn music video is the one for the ever sparkly and happy song Ghosst(s)
I really like that style, the way things morph makes for an especially interesting flow of the graphical animation with the rhythm, melody and tone of the music. This animation originally made for a Blockhead music video is similar.
Very nice... but could it be improved on? Apparently, I think that who ever thought to put it to Zeds Dead's remix of The Moody Blues Nights in White Satin really hit the tone and expression of the video right on.
Another great video of transformation evolution and visual psychodelia. The animation is perfectly influenced and reflective of the music in this song called Love and Theft by Heiko Maile.
Yeah, at the moment I've got nothing to top that.
Doomroar
Lies! all lies! my favorite indie band is Soul Coughing! even if Mike Doughty is one hell of a despicable obnoxious egocentric bastard who is full of himself...
I agree i also liked more the one from The Knife over The Arctic Monkeys, BDSM? it can be scary or supremely scary depending on what tickles your jimmies....
Wow the one by Lorn is way waaaaaaay cooler, it may not be as creepy as the one by the Knife (well maybe that is just me) but goddamn it was cool, i am loving that animation! here is the directors page http://www.quad.fr/directors/crcr/ it has even more of that goodness!
A futuristic surrealist approach of the conflict between technology and nature, in the form of manipulative entertainment, god-fucking mindblow! that was an eye-garms! i had to subscribe Anthony Francisco Schepperd for such wonderful work i will stalk him on vimeo, at this point i will start to think that anything will go with such awesomeness, that's my stuff!
And just when i was sure there was nothing better... this appears, the reference, so many of them, i agree, i totally agree, i am totally biased as consumed into that video, so much i too am unable to thing of nothing better, it was just great, of course as expected i will stalk the studio Filmbilder in both YouTube and Vimeo, so good, it seems that this guy Andreas Hykade, is quite famous, but is no wonder that he is!
An awesome post Mr. Neverhundred, an awesome post! is a pity that we can favorite these blogs, so i will bookmark it and use it as a forum weapon for animated-music-videos related discussions.
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Animation is especially powerful as it allows for some truly flawless and dramatic syncopation.
BDSM is quite a thing... Sometimes being scared is sexy. Don't get me started on my experiences with BDSM, I really don't want to go there.
Also I'm glad you found this useful, entertaining or whatever. I felt like I should do more research and exposition about the artisits, animators and the musicians. I mean at least the musicians, I'm kind of a music guy.
But it probably deserved more words. I just have not been in a writing mood unfortunately.