Playground magazine

Nothing like a video directed by one of the most prestigious directors in the world to bring a record to life. And, as this particular record was made by David Lynch, who better than himself to make the video? The creator of “Blue Velvet”, “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive” puts images to the title track of his album “Crazy Clown Time”. The result is seven minutes of “intense psychotic backyard craziness, fuelled by beer” (says Lynch).

You'll probably have heard “Bashful”, one of the four inventive, frayed electronic pop slices from Kwes' Warp-released EP “Meantime”. Director Ian Pons Jewell made a video for it, telling the story of a group of people stuck in a hotel elevator and how they deal with the situation, singing, snapping their fingers, flirting or eyeballing each other.

The Shins are on our monthly video chart for the second time in a row. This time with “The Rifle’s Spiral”, the opening track from their recent “Port Of Morrow”. Award-winning director Jamie Caliri uses stop-motion techniques to bring to life an animated world where surrealism and fantasy go hand in hand, with young magicians, dark lords and giant rabbits. According to Caliri, watching “Hugo” three times in a row was a huge influence on this exquisite piece.