Streetgang

Rhythm will bring about peace. It will give birth to beauty. It will move even the most primitive people, such as the post-apocalyptic troglodytes who populate this typically odd video from directors Andreas and Filip Nilsson for electronic act Royksopp featuring Karin of Fever Ray/The Knife. The hero here is Runar, a self-described "humble thinker and gambler" with the chops of a jazz drummer and enough chutzpah to don a loincloth and ride a drum-quad through the Scandinavian hinterlands, spreading a beatific message of peace and love.

• artist: AFI
• song: "Medicate"
• label: DGC/Interscope
• director(s): Paul Minor
• production co: Streetgang Films
• rep: Labuda Management / Free Agent UK

• artist: St. Vincent
• song: "Marrow"
• label: XL/Beggars
• director(s): Terri Timely
• production co: Streetgang Films/Furlined
• rep: Labuda Management

• artist: Vagabond
• song: "Don't Wanna Run No More"
• label: Geffen UK
• director(s): Paul Minor
• production co: Streetgang Films
• rep: Free Agent UK/Labuda Management

Screw acting lessons. Wannabe thespians looking to get in touch with their innermost pain and trauma just need a few seconds sitting across from indie rocker St. Vincent. That's all it takes to reduce them to tears.