There's not usually a fine line between reality and fantasy in a music video. If anything, most music videos are highly distanced from reality — unless you care to pretend that even the most mid-level artist can like like Hugh Hefner. But things are quite blurry for the lonely woman in this new Arctic Monkeys video, who finds that she's not just passively watching her favorite band on TV, but actually communicating and connecting with them as if they are actually right there with her.
PS: I'd be willing to bet that more people would be into this than 3D TV.
There's always been a punk philosphy to Odd Future, but now they have an actual punk band on the label, which means Full Beavis: Fire, slamdancing and weed, oh my.
The spirits of Billy Bragg and Joe Strummer are strong in this lo-fi walakabout video for King Krule that loosely plays with the tried-and-true topic of class divisions in Londontown.
Focus Creeps go for a gritty '80s vibe, complete with video artifacts, statics and ghosting as Willy Moon and his girl make do on the other side of L.A.