New Flying Lotus video “Mmmhmm”

Director Ceri Levy offers music lovers a tantalizing glimpse behind the animated façade of chart-topping super-group The Gorillaz in this music documentary that traces the origins of the band while following them into the recording studio and out on tour.

The follow-up to Alexis’s brilliant animated/claymation Video Musics is coming soon:

“Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong” is a one hour multimedia video opera based on the 16th century Chinese novel “The Journey to the West”. The project combines line drawing and watercolor animation as well as stop motion and claymation.

It has musical contributions from Rachel Blumberg (M Ward, Arch Cape), Cory Gray (Norfolk & Western, Carcrashlander), Shelley Short (Hush) as well as visual contributions from Cynthia Star (Coraline, Moral Orel, Robot Chicken), Becca Taylor (Punk Planet, Arthur) and Ezra Claytan Daniels (Darkhorse Comics, Top Shelf Comics).

The DVD/Vinyl release is on Africantape(EU) / Slowtrain(US) scheduled for fall 2010.

Metermaids vs. Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks,” newly-titled “Yellow Tape” off the Hello Mixtape mixed bj DJ Rob Swift.

From Pitchfork:

For just the second time during their complete cover of INXS’ Kick, Beck has given lead vocal duties to St. Vincent’s Annie Clark, and the results are stellar: She straight kills “Never Tear Us Apart.” This is perhaps the first song from Beck’s Record Club project that could be released as a single that would appeal to people beyond Beck completists. There’s a Phil Spector, ’60s vibe happening here thanks to the violins, Clark’s lovely vocals and Angus Andrews’ harmonies (which is something I never, ever thought I’d write). Great stuff.

This is true vision. Thanks for the link S!