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Watch a short fashion film directed by Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter This brand new short film from one half of Daft Punk features people with beautiful faces, people with long faces and people with no faces.
Johnny Greenwood performs Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint Radiohead virtuoso performs the classic Steve Reich compositions for electric guitar.
Ariel Pink – Witch Hunt Suite For World III Ariel Pink’s stunning, uncomfortable 9/11 symphony receives release and video.
Mount Kimbie - Carbonated That sleepy walk home after a night of dancing is the subject of Tyrone Lebon’s video for this much-loved cut from ‘Crooks & Lovers’.
Ford and Lopatin – I Surrender Milky synths, Autre Ne Veut and that actor from the American Pie movie in the video for synth mucker-abouters Ford and Lopatin’s new song I Surrender.
Lemonade show Yours Truly round their neighbourhood The San Francisco/Brooklyn band chat about food and play their new song Neptune live.
Chairlift - Amanaemonesia Brooklyn duo make a brilliant pop song (and video) you’ll have trouble forgetting.
Watch a Bulgarian folk choir sing in a forest Quite astonishing footage of renowned choir Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares who’ll perform as part of the Barbican’s Transcender season.
Radiant Dragon - Terminal Hurtle through space to sounds of the cosmos in new video from ecstatic electronic producer.
Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans Foreclosure blues over found footage, an uneasy feeling, a made star new’s vid.
Kassem Mosse mixes for 60 minutes in Berlin German producer brings down stacks of equipment for a riveting live set at the Boiler Room’s first Berlin broadcast.
Objekt mixes for 60 minutes in Berlin A sterling showing in sharp dubstep minimalism from the Berlin-based enigma.
Scarlett Johansson and Lulu Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde The ‘Lost In Translation’ actress has contributed to a new Serge Gainsbourg tribute album with his son Lulu, and a pretty video has been made in the process.
Shlohmo - Just Us Rising LA producer’s slinky, warm song gets a square-eyed, rose-tinted video.
20 Jazz Funk Greats relaunch Top Of The Pops, basically Blog overlords collaborate with artist Mark Brown to launch half-hour round-up of video art and music every Thursday.
Sleep ∞ Over - Casual Diamond Texas artist Stefanie Franciotti floats around in muted colours for the first single from her album.
Gruff Rhys's Malaysian anti-fascist skinhead film Watch the super, ‘Furry musician’s soundtrack to Turner Prize nominee Phil Collins’s film on Malaysian skinheads who are cool politically, The Meaning Of Style.
Destroyer – Savage Night At The Opera Dan Bejar’s girlfriend’s motorcycle through through gloaming Vancouver is the perfect backdrop for his hypo-rock jam.
Emika - Professional Loving A hillside is set on fire in the silky new single from Berlin-based artist Emika.
Afrikan Boy stars in trippy ghetto army video Afrikan Boy, in military officer garms, inhales oxygen and drinks blue tea in the video for DJ Shadow’s new track.
Koreless - Lost In Tokyo New track played by Jamie XX on the BBC is given a video of atmospheric Japan-at-night footage.
Maria Minerva - Once Upon The Estonian musician self-produced a video, showcasing the streets of London.
Iceage - You're Blessed The Danish band have self-produced a video, filmed during their US tour.
Neon Indian has invented an instrument Watch a wacky and trippy video of Alan Palomo introducing his mini-synth, which seems to be ripped from some 80s VHS tape.
Jovontaes – Falcon Skating through Louisville, Kentucky while blasted intricate psyche jams that spiral to the infinite heart of Forever’s afternoon while drinking cold-filtered beer, another case of the internet fulfilling our dreams.
Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna - Fly The hip hop and R&B superstars rise from the ashes to rule the world. Just a normal day, then.
The Weeknd – The Birds (Part 1) Seemingly official video appears for one of latest mixtape Thursday’s standout tracks from Toronto R&B singer-songwriter.
Queener - Libya's Lions Libyan rapper Queener blends destructive imagery with operatic urgency in a video that you won’t be forgetting for a while.
Beyonce – 1+1 Highlight from the queen of pop’s fourth album gets video.
Throwing Snow - Shadower The more eery than irie dubstep producer releases video of the ghosts of the summer of 88.
The House That Trax Built Trax will release a Screamin’ Cain-directed movie about Chicago’s early house scene, which will feature in the label’s 25th anniversary package.
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic P Diddy, Nas, OutKast etc feature in Def Jam documentary from a few years ago on why the Brian de Palma crime opera flop is so beloved by rappers.
Leiber And Stoller - The Masters Behind the Masters Fab vid on Jerry Lieber, the dearly departed guy who wrote loads of the best songs ever with his partner Mike Stoller.
Watch Faris Badwan's Cat's Eyes perform live on a three-storey circular white cord curtain in Camden last night Last night, excellent Joe Meek-channelling band Cat’s Eyes performed against architect Ron Arad’s stunning Roundhouse 360° installation.
The Field - Sweet Slow Baby Kompakt’s Axel Willner will release his new album ‘Looping State Of Mind’ in October, and there’s a grainy black and white video up now for a tracks.
A grainy clip of Diana Ross making an entrance is still a thing to behold Watch this 1983 footage of the soul diva showing the world how to open a gig in Central Park.
Origamibiro - Quad Time Soothe screen-burn with this spell-binding live video from the Nottingham trio.
The-Dream - Murderer While we wait for his free album, the hip hop star releases a song on a film soundtrack.
Bon Iver - Holocene Watch the awe-inspiring new video for the newest single from Bon Iver, premiered on the National Geographic website.
Richie Hawtin interviews Anish Kapoor Richie Hawtin and Anish Kapoor chat before the techno leader performs his show at the ambitous sculptor’s closing show.