BUG 21

MGMT - Congratulations

Star Trek meets the sick muppets in band in Dessert with alien thing... Directed by Tom Kuntz.

Wacky lo-fi video aesthetic in their very popular early videos but have recently turned down the noise and upped the production value without sacrificing the weirdness.

Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome

Following singer Jonathan Everything’s very specific brief, 40 or so animators brought their own distinctive embellishment to a few seconds of greenscreen performance by the band, following a path from idealised (photoshopped) beauty to human imperfection, and then way, way beyond.

Chase & Status - Let You Go

Searing portrait of the parasitic host of a rabble-rousing morning TV show, much like our own Jeremy Kyle. Directed by directing duo thirtytwo - Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern.

Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On

Director whose work regularly appears at BUG – Keith Schofield. It’s for the Canadian pop-electro outfit Chromeo and is an inventive and goofy interpretation of the catchy song’s title and lyric – Don’t Turn the Lights On.

The xx – Islands

Directed by Saam Farahmand, a short sequence of choreography seems to be repeating continuously, but each time it changes almost imperceptibly. In its way this short, very structured video reveals its emotional depth in a way that beautifully reflects the quiet impact of the music by the band.

Arcade Fire – We Used to Wait

The latest and arguably most high-profile example of interactivity yet: created by leading director Chris Milk and Google’s Aaron Koblin, Arcade Fire’s video for We Used to Wait uses the power of Google Maps and cutting edge HTML5 code to create a unique and emotionally powerful experience for the viewer, called The Wilderness Downtown. It is the very sine qua non of the evolution of music video.

UNKLE - The Answer

BUG 21 guest John Hillcoat directed a memorable turn by actor Ray Winstone..

Grinderman - Heathen Child

More from our guest John Hillcoat. This time for Nick Cave side-project Grinderman, a riotous exercise in highly charged untrammelled creativity by musician and director at the height of their powers, for Heathen Child.

The Books - A Cold Freezin' Night

Directed by Paul de Jong, Nick Zammuto. Some lo- fi experimental cut-up fun for brainy American folktronica duo The Books.. Most shot on a Fischer Price Camera..

GRUM - Through the Night

DJ extraordinaire Grum’s Through the Night by Los Angeles- based three-man directing team The General Assembly, who have bravely dared to tread in the footsteps of one of the classics – Beastie Boys’ Sabotage – but then very successfully plough their own furrow, so to speak, with a homage to the homoerotic subtext in various movies and TV in the eighties.