2012 was a big year for music, click through for our list of the best music videos of the year.
Culture
Video Series: Young Americans
Young Americans — What Is Your Life Like? — Part 1 of 8 Young Americans is a eight-part film project that reflects on the momental year that is 2012. The film series by Scion A/V in collaboration with Vice and directed by Lance Bangs (Director of Jackass the Movie). During the production of the film series, … Read more
Event: Poloroids by Diego Uchitel at Milk Studios
These photos are from the opening of Poloroids by Deigo Uchitel at Milk Studios in New York. The show (which ended today) took place in conjunction with the release of a book of the same title. In the show you can see originals from his wall of Poloroid snaps taken over the years by Diego Uchitel featuring personalities such as River Pheonix, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Quentin Tartino and more. I’ve always loved Polaroids for their dream-like quality and feel of the printed image. You can find puchase archival prints of Diego’s work from the Milk Studios Store.
Vice Motherboard Re-Launch Event with Rza
Evan Jamie Large Professor Motherboard is basically a tech website about how the future is super scary but also potentially amazing. A good example of the site’s style is this recent post on drones. The site recently underwent a complete re-design and to celebrate VICE threw a party. The party was at a pretty … Read more
Fresh Out the Box Radio
Cities Aviv James Goodmane In the YouTube age radio is a medium that is often overlooked (no pun intended). From a personal standpoint I’ve had a love of radio since childhood. It was where I’d hear new music, interviews with my favorite artists and what I’d blast driving around town. There’s an artistry and personality … Read more
Visualized: Peter Saville and the Origin of Unknown Pleasures
Data Visualization Reinterpreted by VISUALIZED from VISUALIZED on Vimeo. This video is the first in a series on the language of data and its impact on culture. The videos have been created for the VISUALIZED conference, Nov 8 & 9, 2012, in New York City.To celebrate, VISUALIZED interviewed graphic designer Peter Saville about his iconic cover … Read more
Behind the Scenes : Gorgeous Children Grassnlean Dreams Video
GORGEOUS CHILDREN – GRASSNLEAN DREAMS from Max Gardner on Vimeo. (WARNING THIS VIDEO IS ONLY WORK SPACE IF YOU HAVE A COOL BOSS) Director: Max Gardner Camera: Noah Emrich Creative Producer: Ruthie Levy Assistant Director: Alex Knapp Lighting Tech: Cameron McLeod Model: Suzie Screw GORGEOUS CHILDREN are: FACE VEGA and GILA MONSTA. Together they make atmospheric rap that conjure up … Read more
Kanye West – White Dress [Man with the Iron Fists OST]
Being a fan of kung-fu flicks and a Wu-Tang devotee I’m counting down the days until the release of Rza’s directorial debut, “The Man with the Iron Fists“. To tide us over until then, this Rza-produced track ‘White Dress’ has been released with a slideshow-esque video. The song has’Ye spittin like it’s “Late Registration” era. … Read more
IRL Film Trailer
You may have seen director’s Grant Singer’s work in the form of music videos for Sky Ferreira (Everything is Embarrasing) and Brooklyn band DIIV (I Wanna Take you Out). His forthcoming project is a full length film entitled’ IRL’, this is the first trailer for the project. The screenplay is handled by the Senior Editor … Read more
Pusha T- Pain feat. Future (Prod. Kanye West)
Coming off the release of Cruel Summer it seems that the G.O.O.D. Music family is still on their grind heavily. Future joins Pusha T on the hook of this Kanye West produced banger. The punchy dystopian beat compliments one of Pusha’s better lyrical performances of 2012. Well worth a listen above on soundcloud or streamed … Read more