Sea of Glass

Animation, music and photography are juxtaposed to explore the liminal space between land and sea. A short and beautiful film by Sean Vicary....read more

Terrain

Foreign shapes envelop and blend with London's landscape creating a surreal unity. A wonderfully visual confection with a great track to accompany it. The piece is by Irrum K and Jeremy C. Music by Beach House - Take Care (Sub Pop). ...read more

Stomacher, "Untitled/Dark Divider"

Los Angeles cinematographer Sean Stiegemeier developed his time-lapse technique in Iceland, where he shot the Eyjafjallajökull eruption with amazing results. This music video, for "Untitled/The Dark Divider" by Stomacher, picks up where that one left off. Shot over the period of a year, the video includes footage shot in Prague, Japan, Banff, Utah, Oregon and California. Bonus: Download......read more

I Break Horses, "Hearts"

Alex Southam of OOF Video directed this gorgeous video for the title track off I Break Horses' upcoming debut album on Bella Union. Southam's combination of nature, Super 8, time-lapse, and band footage provides a perfect visual backdrop to the Swedish duo's dense, shoegazey pop sound. Great spring fare. ...read more

Fragments of Iceland

This video from French filmmakers Lea Amiel and Nicolas Libersalle gives us yet another reason to want to visit Iceland, that magical land of geysers, glaciers and volcanoes. The highly stylized piece shows off the stunning landscapes of the island nation in all their sweeping glory. It's a pleasing interpretation of place, all nicely synced up to Cinematic Orchestra's "To Build a Home"....read more

In South America

Vincent Urban and his gang of globe-trotting mates are at it again, this time traveling across most of South America in a "rusty Land Rover," from Argentina, Chile and Bolivia to Uruguay, Paraguay and Southern Brazil. The five-minute video, spotted at The Atlantic, is full of time-lapse shots and epic landscapes that  have us itching to book a trip south.  "We brought our......read more

Moby & Mark Lanegan, "The Lonely Night"

Lighten Up star Moby and alt-rock legend Mark Lanegan make an unlikely duo on "The Lonely Night," a Record Store Day single featuring downtempo beats by Moby underneath Lanegan's raspy vocals. The track will be available on limited edition 7″ backed by a remix from Photek. Thanks to director Colin Rich, "Lonely Night" now has a video as well. It's a time-lapse trip through arid California,......read more

Human Error

Wind power may be clean, green, and renewable, but it doesn't come without it's problems. Turbines are noisy as hell and they pose serious risks to flying wildlife and sensitive shoreline habitats. So Cornell University engineers have responded with a brainy new way of drawing electricity from moving air. The prototype technology, called Vibro-Wind, involves oscillating wind pads that......read more

David Byrne's Bike Racks

Is (Via Treehugger / Fast Co Design) Images: Decker Yeadon...read more

Plum Flower Deer

Yoho Hang Yue, an art director at Crush in Toronto, teamed up with his wife Queenie Zhu to produce this lovely tale about about a pair of Plum Flower Deer who are separated by an act of man but are rejoined in the afterlife. The Plum Flower Deer is one of the most auspicious, divine animals in Chinese culture. The Plum Flower Tree itself has been the subject of innumerable paintings and poems,......read more