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• Song of the Day #1,665: ‘Lupine Dominus’ – Thee Oh Sees

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  This is the second video of the week to feature both a strip club and gay sex. One more and we’ve got ourselves a trend. I’m more and more impressed by the cinematography and direction of these clips. Today’s video has some beautiful camerawork, with Scorsese-esque Steadicam shots exploring its [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,664: ‘Cheerleader’ – St. Vincent

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  St. Vincent showed up in my video round-up last year with ‘Cruel,’ a video in which she was kidnapped by a family, forced to serve them and then buried alive in the front yard. This year she returns as a giant museum exhibit who breaks free from her bonds before [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,663: ‘Hey Jane’ – Spiritualized

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  Every video I’m featuring this week deals with either gender issues or sexual orientation. Today’s clip, by English band Spiritualized, is more like a short film than a music video. Directed (quite well) by A.G. Rojas, it follows a day in the life of a transgender prostitute, including his interactions [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,662: ‘Bad Girls’ – M.I.A.

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  The song that came up most often in my Web research on the best videos of 2012 was this one — M.I.A.’s ‘Bad Girls.’ The combination of excellent cinematography and the sociopolitical statement of depicting Muslim women driving proved irresistible for many critics. Indeed, this is a compelling (and entertaining) [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,661: ‘The Old Songs’ – Joe Jackson

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  1991′s Laughter & Lust was the last “traditional” album Joe Jackson released, and it was my first exposure to him (apart from knowing ‘Steppin’ Out’ and ‘Breaking Us in Two’ from the radio). I remember buying the album because the cover and general vibe reminded me of Elvis Costello’s Spike, [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,660: ‘I Wish I Were In Love Again’ – Joni Mitchell

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  It’s funny that, for a guy who isn’t a fan of Joni Mitchell, I own four of her albums. I bought Court and Spark and Blue somewhere along the way in my quest to own all of the albums a person should own. I never listen to them, but I [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,659: ‘Losing You’ – Solange

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  Talk about growing up in the shadow of greatness. Solange is Beyoncé’s little sister, a young woman who no doubt wants to be the Eli Manning of pop/R&B music, but better hope she doesn’t wind up the Stephen Baldwin. While Solange is a pale imitation of her goddess older sister, [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,658: ‘My Country’ – tUnE-yArDs

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  tUnE-yArDs first showed up on this blog during a recap of last year’s Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll, in which hundreds of music critics’ top ten lists are combined to generate a list of the year’s best songs and albums. tUnE-yArDs’ album wound up topping that list, shocking me [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,657: ‘Every Single Night’ – Fiona Apple

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  Fiona Apple has released some wonderful videos during her career, many courtesy of one-time boyfriend Paul Thomas Anderson. My favorites are the big-band dance number they staged for the ‘Paper Bag’ video and the slow-mo black-and-white clip accompanying her cover of ‘Across the Universe’ (recorded for the film Pleasantville). Watching [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,656: ‘R U Mine?’ – Arctic Monkeys

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  Next up in my series of memorable 2012 videos is a clip from British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. The band has been on the back burner for several years after blowing up in 2006 with one of the fastest-selling independent rock albums in history. They were pointed to as [...]
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