What's a girl to do for love?

Bat for Lashes (Natasha Khan) is someone you're going to love. Watch her video, What's A Girl To Do?, and you'll see exactly why:



Right? HAC is always looking out for you, and for BMX riders sporting animal masks biking in a choreographed fashion to eerie-licious melodies. Khan totally won us over with this one and director Mattias Montero (a house favorite!) carried out the creepiness we all know we love but are sometimes hesitant to admit.

The video was found after realizing Montero directed Lykke Li's video for Little Bit. He again uses a continuous shot from start to finish with a desaturated and almost overexposed effect, as well as double timing, aka slow-mo vs. fast-mo. It definitely works in achieving great feeling and helping to express what each artist feels:



talk about emotions and inspiration! i draw both from these two.


xoxo

I Love Counting, Counting to the Number 4

Feist on Sesame Street, duh:


She's hot, penguins are neat, video's pretty cute; but you have to admit the baby-friendly lyrics made it kind of eerie! Right? That or the fact that I can't help but think about all the toddlers who might never come to realize all that is Leslie Feist. Think about it—do you remember all of your favorite guest appearances from the ages of 0-5? Probably not.

Wonder if she'll rejoin Broken Social Scene for any upcoming projects, seeing that she's probably too cool now.

Wheee! Or as the image might suggest, Roooarr!

Work it girl, work it.

For Cyn, BSS - Lover's Spit:


And cover a la Feist:


Cheers

P.S. She's playing in Berkeley tomorrow night if anyone's interested; 40$ a pop.

Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?

We're not dead, promise.

To keep you happy and entertained while we regroup and reassess, here is the first music video from She & Him duo, actress Zooey Deschanel (Elf, The Happening) and singer/songwriter/guitarist M. Ward:



Cute, huh? So cute that many Zooeys, in fact, were decapitated in the making of this video. "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" was directed by Ace Norton who has worked with numerous artists we love, from Death Cab for Cutie and LCD Soundsystem to Simian Mobile Disco and Santogold. Check out his work at Acenorton.com (and be sure to watch Desmondh's review on this video—funny guy).

This past March I saw the two in concert at the Great American Music Hall here in San Francisco as part of Noise Pop 2008 and I have to say Zooey is just as cute live as she is on screen. Below are some photos from Brooklyn Vegan:


Cheers