Imaginary Cities on Tuesday released their video for "Bells of Cologne," the addictive single off their sophomore record, Fall of Romance. The sci-fi-driven clip features Marti Sarbit and Rusty Matyas performing surrounded by the glow of stage lights. It's quite the big, "imaginative" set of visuals for this indie act on the rise.
Frank Ocean continues to perform new music while on tour overseas. The singer performed a new track in London on Tuesday night. The song is tentatively titled "Pray."
Only ten months after releasing her sophomore album, Halcyon, Ellie Goulding will repackage the record and re-release it as Halcyon Days, a set which will now include seven brand new tracks (including her new single "Burn"), due to arrive on Aug. 26. The new version of the album will also include collaborations with Madeon on "Stay Awake," DJ Fresh on "Flashlight" and BURNS on "Midas Touch." The singer on Monday also released a stunning set of visuals for "Burn," a song which is likely to do very well on the charts.
Mumford & Sons multiply themselves in their new video for the title track of their latest album, Babel. A camera circles around a large, old building while the band performs the song and is duplicated (thanks to fancy editing, of course). You'll just have to see for yourself.
UPDATE (07.09.13): Kanye West on Tuesday claimed that the leaked version of his "Black Skinhead" video was not the "official" version. He said that the final product would release within the next week. We have removed the video below per request by the rapper.
He explains that the final version of the video is something he's "been losing sleep over." He also took a shot at the one who leaked the video, simply stating: "FUK YOU!"
His buddy JAY Z may have been having all the fun on Twitter today, but Kanye West apparently wants in on the fun of this busy post-holiday Monday. Ye has unveiled the new visuals for "Black Skinhead," the first official single off his latest album, Yeezus. Despite having projected music in video form across the globe, he had yet to provide a video for the new record.
He's the top seller for 2013 albums, and today Justin Timberlake unleashes quite the set of visuals for "Tunnel Vision." The seven-minute clip features JT singing and dancing while beautiful women—who have lost their clothes—appear on the screen.
Just days ahead of her forthcoming album's release, Skylar Grey on Wednesday shared an intimate new video for her latest track, "White Suburban." The song comes off Don't Look Down, her debut record, which releases on Tuesday (July 9).
Janelle Monáe has shared the new video, just as promised, for her latest track "Dance Apocalyptic." And this time, The Electric Lady is letting her hair down and having fun as she and her friends dance "until the end" of the world.
Phoenix on Tuesday premiered the video for “Trying to Be Cool,” the second single from their latest album, Bankrupt!, out now on Loyaute/Glassnote Records. The video was directed by the CANADA collective and was filmed entirely live in full takes of the song. It's a very fascinating, spectacular clip, full of dancers and bubbles and perhaps an artful interpretation of the song's lyrics about pretentiousness.
With Despicable Me 2 set to release on July 3, Pharrell Williams appeared Wednesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform "Happy," his track off the film's soundtrack. He performed the song from L.A.'s El Rey Theatre.
Mayer Hawthorne debuted a new video on Wednesday for his latest single "Her Favorite Song." The clip was directed by Marc Klasfeld (who has previously directed videos for Katy Perry, JAY Z and others). It precedes Hawthorne's forthcoming album, Where Does This Door Go, which arrives on July 16 via Republic.
