Results tagged “musicvideos”

Believe it or not, music videos still exist. Sound Tracks trolls the internet to find the best and the worst of local artists' new singles and the good, bad, or otherwise noteworthy visuals that accompany them.

It may be at the other end of the budget spectrum as compared to our very first Sound Tracks–featured video, but the first video from Toronto's Diamond Rings is possibly even more intriguing. Just watch. Over and over and over.

Believe it or not, music videos still exist. Sound Tracks trolls the internet to find the best and the worst of local artists' new singles and the good, bad, or otherwise noteworthy visuals that accompany them.

Rejoice! Final Fantasy finally has a new version of his website!

It’s a strange, perhaps undesirable, thing to admit to, but Torontoist spends a lot of time thinking about R. Kelly. Generally it comes down to one core question that we just can’t answer (nor do we think we ever will): Is R. Kelly a genius or a lunatic? Here is a man who has produced some of the most pitch-perfect songs in the sickeningly syrupy ballad category (including possibly the pinnacle, Michael Jackson’s "You are Not Alone") but recently released Double Up, an album that is either the most astonishingly insightful work of parody, damning the entire current culture of hip-hop and R&B, or the drivelings of a man with the attention span of a dog in an exploding fireworks factory.

Hot on the heels of a sweet little in-store at Sonic Boom, Brooklyn's Nada Surf have further endeared themselves to Torontoist (and allowed us to make yet another obvious "Popular" joke) by so obviously featuring our wonderful city in their new video for "I Like What You Say" (via Chromewaves) from their upcoming full-length, Lucky. How weird would it be if the band actually played a show at Filmore's? Only a sad animated cardboard box knows.

Dundas Square gets a lot of flak for being a cold and soulless expanse of commercial neon and grey granite, and in a new music video for local singer-songwriter-producer Colin Munroe, it still is! But in this case, it's appropriate for his fantastic cover of Kanye West's mediocre "Flashing Lights" track.

Members of comedy group Asiansploitation will stare at you until you come to their show: (left to right) Brian Lee, James Cheng, Sandy Chen, Max Minagawa, Glenn Gabriel, and Gary Chan. Photo by Sushant Verman.

Special guest Victoria Kent sent us this article, and, since it's about Final Fantasy and "This Lamb Sells Condos," we're pretty much obliged to post, especially now that we've interviewed Brad J. Lamb, whose advertising slogan inspired Owen Pallett to write the song. Thanks Victoria!

Last night, at The Worldwide Short Film Festival, Torontoist was lucky enough to catch Scene not Herd, a collection of 16 music videos assembled by journalist Sandy Hunter. Both the music and the quality and uniqueness of the submissions was absolutely incredible. There were a few big names (Sigur Ros, Bright Eyes, The Go! Team, Death From Above 1979, Ladytron, and The Darkness), but plenty of lesser-known gems as well - just the right mix of the familiar and the unfamiliar.

MTV Canada launched three months ago, and since that time one thing has become obvious: it's way better than MuchMusic. Less annoying VJs (including Daryn Jones, of Daryn Jones & Mista Mo fame) and way more addictive content (My Super Sweet 16 and Laguna Beach, to name a few) are just the tip of this sexy, American iceberg. Sure, MTV doesn't have any actual music videos and their website is a huge pain to navigate, but for some reason, that doesn't matter; it's all coated in MTV goodness. The two channels are so unequal in quality, it's like comparing The Daily Show to Last Call with Carson Daly. No contest.

The Resfest screening series kicks it back into play tonight "with a jam packed evening or shorts, music videos & motion graphics." Shorts by Canadians and people who come from other places, as well as music videos for the Bloc Party, The DItty Bops and Yuki. The organizers are also promising to announce some important CanCon news. And while the CEEB's on strike we'll take our 'CanCon news' wherever we can get it. Tix are $10, and the event takes place at 7pm at the Royal.

The WSFF's program of not oft seen music videos is always a good time, even if it's not always true - it can be a bit annoying to pay good money to see Franz Ferdinand's latest onscreen, when you have indeed seen it on Much ad nauseum. But, for the most part, Scene Not Heard offers up little seen gems. This year, we're curious about Howie Beck's video. To wit: 'A nebbish dance floor neophyte aims to conquer his darkest fears by embarking on a regimen of hard core urban/jazz dance training.'

RESfest came and went a few months ago. There were far too many screenings packed into one chaotic weekend for our tastes, but we caught three screenings and satisfied our shockingly cutting-edge video needs for a spell. But we need a fix of some digital majesty pronto! Good thing Resfest has an interim screening of hot music videos (Feist, Dizzee Rascal, Your Mom, Okay Not Your Mom) showing tonight at the Royal. Low low price of ten bucks.