Ninja Tune Records commissioned Anthony F. Schepperd to make a video for the title track off NYC hip hop producer Blockhead's album, "The Music Scene," released late last year. The director came through with this Dr. Seussian animation that imagines a psychedelic, post-apocalyptic New York where humans don't exist and animals and TV rule. Amazing stuff....read more
Australian rockers Beaches are ready to release their their sophomore album, She Beats, and recently dropped this fun, lighthearted video to whet our whistles. Created for "Send Them Away," a bright, catchy number that screams summer fun, the Ben Montero-directed video is suitably lighthearted and sunny, with color-splashed animations of the girls playing along and cruising in a convertible.......read more
For SHFT's maiden voyage to SXSW, we packed in a lot of great stuff into one SHFT-y day in Austin. The Weather Channel, a new SHFT partner, produced a panel, "Climate Change and the Individual," with us and we announced our first app, Food Tripping, which we built with Ford. We had our cameras in tow to capture an amazing farm-to-plate meal by chef Sonya Cote on Springdale Farm, with......read more
"Trojans," the supremely catchy debut single from Aussie brother band Atlas Genius, has been generously outfitted with new video courtesy of Tyler Nicolson. The Montreal-based animator/director, whose excellent "No Noodles" animation recently appeared on SHFT, delivers another charming stop-motion claymation piece. In the vid, a cute old guy hangs with some colored, moving clay blocks. As the......read more
What the hell is a Taragana Pyjarama? Who cares when it sounds this good! The Danish producer scores with "Girls," a joyful jam that really sticks in your head for something so mellow. The accompanying visuals take us through seasonal landscapes ranging from snow to beach, with some kaleidoscopic good times along the way. Taragana Pyjarama's self-titled debut is out now via Fool......read more