1. "The Writing's on the Wall" - OK GO - The first release from their new album raised the bar in their tradition of escalation of all-in-one-take videos. I must give them the respect they deserve for playing with a lot of optical illusions.
2. "Digital Witness" - St. Vincent - My favourite videos have always tended toward the slightly surreal. St. Vincent has always incorporated that into her videos in spades. Bonus for a cool color palette. David Byrne must be proud.
3. "Agora" - Bear Hands - Here's a cool take on a lyric video that also captures what i imagine would be the living quarters of an agoraphobic.
4. "Do You" - Spoon - Who's destroying the city? Spoilers: giant rampaging toddlers.
5. "Dangerous" - Big Data - Is it the shoes that make you kill people by explosive head butts? Or is it just a clever marketing scheme? This video kind of scares me... Or is it just really, really meta? In any case the baseline is mesmerizing.
6. "When You Were Mine" - Night Terrors of 1927 (featuring Tegan and Sara) - Interpretive dance and cool splicing effects create an interesting video.
7. "Come With Me Now" - Kongos - I want to be a bearded rock accordionist... or a rock banjo player.
8. "Coming Home" - Kaiser Chiefs - Vignettes along the road...and another rock accordionist!?!?
9. "After the Disco" - Broken Bells - Sorta like "Groundhog Day"?
10. "Shia LaBeouf" - Rob Cantor - Weirdy goodness...
11. "I Wanna Get Better" - Bleachers - Best video about therapy with cool cameos.
12. "Every Other Freckle" - alt-J - Girl Version | Boy Version - These videos perfectly capture the almost sinister mood of the song... Do you think it might be about carnal desire?
13. "Holy Branches" - Radical Face - This video made the song for me. A bit creepy, but perfectly atmospheric.
14. "Daughters" - We Were Evergreen - Imagine the challenge of choreographing this. Cool result.
15. "Snug as Fuck" - Liam Finn - WTF? Don't forget to kiss the rat on Jubilancy Day
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