!!!(Chk Chk Chk): "Must Be the Moon"
Honorable Mentions: Zach Galifianakis's version of Kanye West's "Can't Tell Me Nothin," Bjork - "Declare Independence," Justin Timberlake - "Let Me Talk To You/ My Love," Menomena - "Evil Bee"
(I do realize that I have seen a very small portion of the endless music videos put out these days, so these are the ones that just stuck in my mind. Also, the director -and not necessarily the artist- is who should get the bulk of the credit...but other than Michel Gondry and Zach's homemade video, I don't know the names associated with the videos listed)
Best Take Away Show from La Blogotheque:
Tie! (I couldn't make up my mind): Sufjan Stevens and Menomena
Sufjan Stevens
Session included a cover of The Innocence Mission's "The Lakes of Canada" and a collaboration with friends at the Musicnow festival. The stand out, his rendition of "The Lakes of Canada" was filmed in Cincinnati on top of the building that was housing the festival. La Blogotheques's unparalleled cinematography captured the essence of this song perfectly. Plus, he played the whole thing on a sloping roof! For the complete session, visit La Blogotheque here
.Menomena
The Portland boys' La Blogotheque session featured awesome songs from their excellent 2007 release, Friend and Foe: "Wet and Rusting" and "Rotten Hell." Apparently filmed in domestic sections of Paris, "Wet and Rusting" doesn't just stand out as a raw, almost-as-good-if-not-better-than-the-real-thing rendition but also some wicked, unreal dancing moves from a passing boy -not to mention Blogotheque's uncanny direction abilities which capture all of this perfectly.
Check out the session in its entirety here
.#62.3 - Menomena - Wet and Rusting
Honorable mentions: The Arcade Fire, Alan Sparhawk, The National, Loney Dear, Beirut
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