Oli Burslem/Yak: Let It Loose. 2016. Directed by Douglas Hart.
Suicide: Frankie Teardrop: A Film by Douglas Hart. 2022. Directed by original Jesus and Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart.
I Break Horses: Death Engine. 2020. This is not necessarily the greatest video; but the track itself is a dreampop masterpiece. I have my eye on this band because they continue to demonstrate that they have an original vision, as well as the courage to follow it.
Yak: Bellyache. 2018.
Animal Collective: We Go Back. 2022. Production design and art direction by Winston Hacking.
Party Dozen: The Worker. 2022.
The Horrors: Sea Within a Sea: Directed by Douglas Hart. 2009. From Primary Colours, NME's Album of the Year, 2009.
Yak: Victorious: 2016.
I Break Horses: I'll Be the Death of You: 2020.
Otoboke Beaver: I Am Not Maternal: 2022. Video and animation by the band's guitarist, yoyoyoshie.
Melody's Echo Chamber: I Follow You: 2012. If you like that video, try "Some Time Alone Alone."
Sonic Youth: lncinerate: 2006. This is the wild ripping hail of mainstream disconnect. This is how you not-write a masterpiece. This is how you paint with music. This is how you give a fuck and not give a fuck simultaneously. Watch and learn.
Kasabian: Reason Is Treason: 2004. Directed by Scott Lyon. Strangely, they made the video for the alternative mix (the "Jacknife Lee mix," as it's called). The album version of the track is actually better; to hear that, click here.
The Verve: Live in London 1993: Four songs: Star Sail, Slide Away, Virtual World, Blue. This performance, for me, is iconic, possibly for the simple reason that I saw them exactly one month after this October 1993 London show; their performance, absolutely on fire, looked exactly like this, but it was at the Variety Arts Center, downtown LA. The nineties was a horrific time for music; and in my view, the emergence of British indie like The Verve and Suede marked the beginning of an era.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Bellbottoms: 1994.
Softcore: A short film/music promo by Norwegian film director Kristoffer Borgli. Highly recommended.