So you can beat Through the Fire and Flames in Guitar Hero on expert and you think you can shred? You think that being able to press five buttons in rapid succession is impressive? Aleksandr Hrustevich laughs at you and your plastic Les Paul guitar. He sees your five buttons and raises you many, many…
Below you will find the11-minute short film We Were Once a Fairytale in its entirety. What is it exactly? Tough to say, but it is definitely different. Here’s what the Sifter knows: – Originally debuted at the Los Angeles Film Fest back in June (LAFF) – Collaboration between Kanye West and Spike Jonze (Where the…
Billy Corgan called it, “the closest we’ve ever come to realizing everything we wanted.” It was the Smashing Pumpkins’ highest-charting single, reaching number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and on the Modern Rock Tracks charts. Did you know the video that had to be made and…
When visuals and audio compliment each other, good tings happen. Here we experience another fan-made video that has been so well received, the artist has actually made it their official music video! Artist: Ólafur Arnalds Song: Ljósið Album: Found Songs Director: Esteban Diácono Toolbox Software: Adobe After Effects Plugin: Trapcode Particular v2. and Trapcode SoundKeys…
Student, fan, and super-talented Joerg Barton has created a beautiful music video for French singer Soko’s hit song, I’ll Kill Her. Completed as a university project with $0 budget, this puts countless big-budget mainstream music videos to shame. Dare I say it’s even better than *gasp* Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy video? Judge for yourself after watching…
Strawberry Swing is an audio-visual delight. An uplifting song by Coldplay, complimented beautifully with a stunning concept by visual artists Shynola. Lyrics and details on the making of after the vid, enjoy! Some highlights from a Q & A with Shynola below: Had you had this idea up your sleeves for a while, or was…
Thanks to Tonewise for sending me this link yesterday. It’s a Lego remake of the classic rap video Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ by the Wu-Tang Clan. Released in November of 1993, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) was one of the seminal albums of 90s east coast hip hop. Definitely one of the first groups that…
Old-school classic from my favourite rapper Jay-Z. This music video is from the film Streets is Watching released in 1998. It features the tracks Friend or Foe off Reasonable Doubt, and Friend or Foe ’98 off In My Lifetime Volume 1. Streets is Watching was one of those straight-to-video films that loosely tied together a…
I love this track and love this group. Classic material from 1996, with the infamous Rap Video Manual music video included! 13 years later, one wonders how much the ‘manual’ has changed? Wikipedia blurb: The 1996 release Illadelph Halflife was the group’s first album to crack the Top 40 on the Billboard 200 chart, spurred…
There are certain songs I will never outgrow and this will always be one of my favourite tracks of all time. Found some great tidbits from the Wikipedia article, see below for a collection of information on this timeless track: – It is the fourth track from Pink Floyd’s album Dark Side of the Moon…
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