Keaton Henson, "Small Hands"

"Small Hands," the lead single off Keaton Henson's Dear LP, is a bittersweet affair, full of mournful lyrics and beautiful boo-hoo melodies. Director Joseph Mann perfectly matches the visuals to the vibe, with this somber video featuring handcrafted animal puppets (courtesy of Blinkink puppet honchos Jonny & Will) coming to life to tell a heartbreaking story of love and loss. Never knew......read more

Small Black "Bad Lover"

Small Black is Long Island duo Josh Kolenik and Ryan Heyner, whose self-titled EP was released earlier this year on Jagjaguwar. "Bad Lovers" is the second single off the release. We have no idea what's going on in this Nick Bentgen-directed video, but it suits the hazy, fuzzed-out sound of the song, so who cares? Not us. ...read more

Back to the Start

Longtime farming advocate Willie Nelson lends his voice to Coldplay's "The Scientist" in this charming piece of stop motion from Johnny Kelly. The story follows the plight of a farmer who, in an effort to modernize his farm, turns it into an industrial animal factory. Seeing the error of his ways, he reverts back to a small-scale, sustainable farm. The film was commissioned by Chipotle "to......read more

Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill"

Thom Yorke describes "Harrowdown Hill," from the 2006 album "Eraser," as his most political work. After coming across some of Chel White's short films, Yorke asked the director and partner at Bent Image Lab to make the video. Using Bent's "Smallgantics" technique -- a variation on tilt-shift photography, in which objects in images are made to appear......read more

Macro Kingdom III

Clemens Wirth continues his creative vision with the third instalment of his Macro Kingdom series. With a macro lens affixed to his camera, Wirth captures ethereal images of natural phenomena in miniature. The popular videos unveil the unseen in the universe around us.   “The minute is a special place, unseen microcosms within a unseen universe bind us together," writes Wirth. "Our......read more