Songwriter Jascha Hoffman teamed up with Brooklyn based filmmaker Benjamin Ahr Harrison to create a music video inspired by the art of Winsor McCay. Says Hoffman:

“When I set out to make a video for my song “Some Hungry Guy,” the visual world of Little Nemo came to mind. The song is about how strange it can be to survive in a hostile world. The lavish panels of Little Nemo depict a young boy navigating a series of wonders and catastrophes in his dreams. It was a perfect fit.

“Director Benjamin Ahr Harrison really came through beyond my wildest expectations. He is not trained as an animator, but using a little digital magic, he was able to lend depth and motion to McCay’s sumptuous century-old panels, which are now in the public domain since their copyright expired. Because McCay was also a pioneer of “animated drawing”— what we now call animation — it felt right to set some his finest drawings in motion.”

(Thanks, Gary Meyer)

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Popeye meets Wilco: “Dawned On Me”

January 25, 2012 11:00 am

King Features has collaborated with rock band Wilco on a comic strip/music video tie-in with Popeye. The sailorman and his crew crossed over in last Sunday’s comic strip (1/22/12 by Frank Caruso and Ned Sonntag) and joined the group in this animated music video (embed below), directed by urban fashion designer Darren Romanelli and animated in Singapore by Peach Blossom Media.

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“Matchstick” by Jeff Scher

January 23, 2012 1:55 pm

Place some watercolors and crayons in the hands of Brooklyn-based filmmaker/animator Jeff Scher and you’ll get this mesmerizing (mostly) nonfigurative music video for the band American Royalty.

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Music Video Roundup #4

January 22, 2012 12:05 am

Stop Hurting by Gareth Axford for group Nova’s Basement.

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Set Loose Black Sail by Dave Brodsky

Music Video for NY based rock band “The Smashup” uses charcoal animation mixed with live action. Directed by David Brodsky, animation by Tim Kellen

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The Shrine / An Argument by Sean Pecknold

Created by Sean Pecknold in Portland Oregon, for the group Fleet Foxes. Animators: Sean Pecknold & Britta Johnson; Character Illustrations: Stacey Rozich.

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“Two Against One” by Chris Milk & Anthony Schepperd

January 12, 2012 2:15 am

It’s a virtual guarantee that every time Philly-based Anthony Francisco Schepperd creates a piece of animation, it’s going to be more incredible than the time before. I don’t know how he keeps topping himself, but the guy is a one-man animation monster. He delivers again with stunning drawn animation on “Two Against One,” a music video he co-directed with Chris Milk for Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi. He animated the entire thing in TVPaint with some After Effects thrown in, but let’s face it, software doesn’t make a damn difference in his case. It’s all skill, baby.

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Music Video Round-Up #3

January 9, 2012 12:05 am

Count Skylarkin & Harvey K-Tel, Dub of a Preacherman by Bristol’s Rumpus Animation

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Mawson’s Peak by Douglas Einar Olsen for the electro group French Horn Rebellion.

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There Is A Gulf was created for the Good Frames project by Ted Newiss.

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Music Video Roundup #2

January 3, 2012 12:05 am

Here’s a batch of recent music videos from around the globe to start off the new year. Remember to keep submitting your videos. We intend to make the music video roundup a regular feature on the Brew.

“My Heart Belongs to You” by Colin Huggins
Video directed by Lev Polyakov (US)

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“Cronache di una marionetta” by Radiochimica
Video directed by Milan Kopasz (Hungary) and Pezze&Bottoni (Italy)

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“Pelican” by The Maccabees
Video directed by by David Wilson (UK)

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“Good Love” by the Whitaker Brothers
Video directed by Malika Whitaker (France)

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“Change” by Chad Turner and Ryan Todd

December 27, 2011 12:05 am

Sacramento California based Ryan Todd and Chad Turner created this retro sci-fi music video for the group Chllngr; a nice mash-up of Heavy Metal, Macross, Bakshi-roto influences:

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