Allen HuangHere’s a smattering of reviews that are up way too late for you to take advantage of, but nonetheless you should know about (for better or for worse). All these films were screened at the most excellent so far 2011 Seattle International Film...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Is Tropical blends old school cartoon and video game with real life in this video where boys will be boys. The headshots are okay because it’s animated violence, kids, and fake chemistry sets with briefcases full of money and boxes labeled...
To go along with Screaming Females’ community-based concept, DoodleDrag is this DIY animated film for “Wild.” Black-and-white drawings provide the backdrop as a kooky photography-based figure, reminiscent of Bert from Sesame Street...
Morning Teleportation is certainly a band that radiates all of the positive vibes and energy of its music. With this music video for “Expanding Anyway,” I’m glad the band — young as it is — has taken a rather old-school...
A bit of short notice on this one, as this show goes on in T-minus a couple hours, for the SE neighborhood First Friday Art Walk in Portland. However it’s totally worth writing about, the most interesting part actually taking place not today...
It’s nice when bands have the impetus to be involved with the visual representations of themselves. We saw it a lot this year with album covers, but it doesn’t happen nearly as often with music videos. Matt Kronish of Infantree took...
If you are just joining us, START FROM THE BEGINNING. #36 Glasser Ring True Panther Sounds BUY / DOWNLOAD THIS ALBUM Glasser’s Ring is a mash-up of styles — a brilliant combination of the fragilities of new age with the boldness and...
The thing I like about Fol Chen videos is that they barely ever make sense, yet present nonsense in such a captivating way. This line art video for “C/U” features cat ladies — only they’re not really cats so much as they are...