Music Vid: Explosions In The Sky - Be Comfortable Creature

Having terrorised the streets of London in last year's Chris Morris-directed film Four Lions, it does seem at least that the Honey Monster shed a few pounds during his fun-run. Here, his life is fully documented and put to music by Explosion In The Sky's ever reliable brand of sky-gazing post-rock.

Be Comfortable Creature is taken from the album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, out now.

Music Vid: Panda Bear - Alsation Darn

I don't think I'm the only one to think that after so much anticipation, and the magnificence of 2007's Person Pitch, Tomboy comes up just a bit short. Nevertheless, Panda Bear's new album has its moments of brilliance, and the melancholic Alsation Darn is probably the pick of the bunch. Here's the mind-bending music vid.

Music vid: The Walkmen - While I Shovel The Snow

No band does "wintry" better than The Walkmen. This is a band, after all, which has written songs called In The New Year, No Christmas While I'm Talking and The North Pole. And Lisbon, another superb outing from the New Yorkers, features another seasonal offering with While I Shovel The Snow and this video.

Her Name Is Calla - Long Grass

Despite having been around for a good few years now, The Quiet Lamb, which came out on Denovali Records in October, is actually Her Name Is Calla's first full-length release. And full-length doesn't mean semi-skimmed -  at twelve songs and 75 minutes, this is full-fat. Some of its songs - Condor & River, Long Grass - have been doing the rounds for a while now, but if you haven't seen the band's simple but effective video to Long Grass, here it is.

Zeroes

In the days of X-Factor, truly nothing is sacred.

The flawless original:


The fine modern re-interpretation:


The descecration:

Music Video: Spoon - Nobody Gets Me But You

Spoon's 2010 album Transference is a much pricklier affair than 2007's universally liked Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, but there's no getting away from its fine closing track Nobody Gets Me But You. Here's its raw music vid:

New Music: iLiKETRAiNS - A Father's Son

Leeds' finest musical historians iLiKETRAiNS are returning with their second full-length album,  He Who Saw The Deep, on October 25th. Here's the video for single A Father's Son, a janglier affair than much of their previous work, though the words "Pry these words from my cold dead lips/ home is where the heart is" remind you who you're listening to.

The band will be playing the following dates in support of the new record:

14/10 - Hull, The Deep
25/10 - Glasgow, O2 ABC2
26/10 - Manchester, The Ruby Lounge
28/10 - Birmingham, Hare and Hounds
2/11 - London, 100 Club

New Music: World's End Girlfriend

Japanese avante-garde/classical/post-rock/electronic maestro Katsuhiko Maeda, otherwise known as World's End Girlfriend, returns this week with a new album Seven Idiots, his first release on his own Virgin-Babylon Records. Check out first single and video Les Enfants Du Paradis, below. Anyone who's seen this guy live can concur how freaking amazing he is.

How Could You Have A "Top 50 Videos of the 90's" List...

And not include this stunning gem?

Click on the pic to view the Pumpkins' classic Tonight, Tonight video. A homage to the silent Georges Méliès film A Trip To The Moon, it's the pinnacle of a fine collection of music vids the band made across the 90s. Pitchfork did at least include the cut for 1979 - see the rest of their list here.

As for the worst video, well, it may be one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite bands, but the video for Velouria is a real shocker.

New Music: Grinderman, Women

Welcome back Nick Cave, Warren Ellis and chums. Grinderman are back, and they are as delightfully dirty as ever:

Grinderman - Heathen Child (released 30th August)

Calgary band Women also return this month with their second record, and if this cut is anything to go by, it might be something a bit special. Discordance at its prettiest. This is probably not the official video, but it should be:

Women: Locust Valley (from Public Strain, out late-August on Jagjaguwar)