Music Video Roundup #1

Some days it seems that there are as many music videos as there are songs. We receive far more video submissions than we can possibly …

“Be With You” by Steve Stanchfield

Here is a much better re-use for old cartoons… Steve Stanchfield’s entry in the Erasure Video Competition featuring synched clips from …

“Amateur Rocketry” by AWESOME+modest

AWESOME+modest, the small Brooklyn-based animation studio who did all the animation for Waiting For Superman, the new U2 doc From the Sky …

“Fantasy” by Jérémie Périn (NSFW)

Talk about your “adult swim”: this anime-inspired music video for DyE, directed by French animator Jérémie Périn, is clearly Not Safe …

“Le Soleil Chante” by Delphine Burrus

If the opening titles written on what appear to be toilet paper rolls aren’t an indication, “Le Soleil Chante” (“The Sun Sings”) has a …

“Me Voy” by Carlos Lopez Estrada

Here’s another clever stop motion music video for Jesse & Joy, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada (Chocolate). Cameron Clark was the …

“The Baby Peas”

The Baby Peas were created by musician/voice actor will.i.am to immortalize his hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas (featuring younger …

“Smile” by Max Xenda

Check out all the eye candy in this music video featuring Ukrainian pop singer Jamala (aka Susana Jamaladinova). “Smile” was directed by …

“Countdown” by Céline Desrumaux

Every so often I run across a piece of animation that’s truly special. “Countdown” by ​Céline Desrumaux is one such piece. The …

“The Shore” by Eric Power

Eric Power’s music video for Wiretree’s song “The Shore” is a colorful lo-fi piece made with underlit tissue paper and black cardstock.

“Stare Into the Sun” by Ian Stevenson

UK based Ian Stevenson is a cartoonist disguised as an “artist”. Whatever he calls himself, I like what he does. Here’s one of his groovy …

“The Ladder” by Emily Wormley

Gosh, I really like the vibe from this sweet little hand drawn music video for Andrew Belle’s song The Ladder – produced and directed by …

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