“The Mountain” feat. Dennis Hopper & Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash.
“The Moon Cave” feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought.
“The Sad God” feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar.
From The Mountain, the ninth studio album by Gorillaz.
Directed by Jamie Hewlett, Tim McCourt, Max Taylor and Jonathan Djob Nkondo.
Written, directed and edited by spktra.
Director’s note: This music video took 5 years to make. I wanted something that felt like it could have come from an authentic cel animation production and then been lost to time.
Painstaking detail went into researching the effects of film on animation, from grain, halation, bloom, and color shifts, to how traditional optical effects were achieved and how subtle movements in cel photography gave the image additional texture.
The goal wasn’t just to mimic a style, but to capture that feeling you have when you watch old animation.
Producers: Jessica Wen and Michael Fish.
Animation: Tamás Pazmany and Regina Nemes
Character Design: Glenn Wong, Louis Picard and Zac Plucinski
Character Color Stylist: Chris Hooten
Background Art: Alfie Marley
Creative Consultant: Eric Williger
Synopsis: A song inspired by the story of the Monkey King from the Chinese novel Journey to the West.
In this story, a powerful monkey, born from a magical stone, is trapped beneath a mountain by Buddha after becoming too powerful and causing chaos in heaven.
Hand painted with acrylics on acetate film.
Directed by Dante Zaballa.
Animated by Dante Zaballa and Nespy5euro.
Painted by Ago Carrera, Azul Segovia, Dante Zaballa, Eze Matteo, Juana Molina, Marina Pla, Seba Gaugin, Simon Wilches Castro, Sofi Galarce, Sukermercado and Vrea.
“White Christmas” is from the album Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition).
Directed by Lior Molcho
Cinematography by Danit Sigler
Animated by Damon Wellner
Sculptures by Gabriel Garcia
Produced by Chen Biton
Edited by Danit Sigler
Set Design by Katie C. Shipley
Armatures by Jay Kyle
Moldmaking by Dan Adams
Seamstressing by Hana Shay Solomon
Leisure Hour is a midwest emo/pop punk band from Muncie, Indiana.
The single “Jenny” was released February, 2025. The band is currently on tour.
Vocals & Guitar: Isaiah Neal
Vocals & Bass: Grace Dudas
Drums: Raegan Gordon
Animated by: Chance Duffy
Art by: Taylor AW Duffy
Caravan Palace is a French electro-swing band based in Paris.
“City Cook” is from their fifth studio album Gangbusters Melody Club, released in 2024.
Synopsis: A psychedelic love letter to Los Angeles that transforms familiar streets into kaleidoscopic dreamscapes.
The goal was to bring the city’s energy to life in a surreal journey that bends reality while remaining deeply rooted in Chicano culture.
The project reimagines Los Angeles not just as a physical place but as an emotional landscape shaped by memory, nostalgia and reinvention.
Written and directed by Paul Trillo.
Original art by Paul Flores.
Directed and designed by Winston Hacking.
Stop motion animation by Philippe Tardif.
Cinematography by Winston Hacking and Philippe Tardif.
Foxwarren is Dallas Bryson, Avery Kissick, Darryl Kissick, Colin Nealis, and Andy Shauf.
“Listen2me” is from the album 2, available for purchase and to stream on all major streaming services.
Tomoaki Baba is a Japanese saxophonist who studied at the renowned Berklee College of Music. After graduating, Tomoaki moved to New York City and performed with artists such as Terence Blanchard, Dayna Stephens and Terri Lyne Carrington. He now resides in Japan.
Directed by Hoji Tsuchiya.
Character designs by Shotaro Kitada.
Animated by Hoji Tsuchiya and Shotaro Kitada.
Synopsis: A young man and three women are snowed in at a remote country house. The arrival of a mysterious newcomer slowly transforms how he sees his own desires and the way others see him.
Directed by Antoine Dahan, Clement Delaby and Rayan Takhedmit.
Nick Delffs’ single “Without Touching” is off the album Transitional Phase.
The music video follows a lonely widower and his search for sasquatch.
Director: Jon Sortland
Camera operator: David Nicholson
Monster fabricator: Elena Kasimova
Directed by Isabelle Aspin and Brian Smee.
“Across My Jaw” by Dan English was released November 19, 2024.
Additional vocals by Melody English, Aerial East, and Max Freedberg.
Strings by Marybeth MacKay, Camellia Hartman and Khristine Raymond.
Drums by Noah Hecht.
Khruangbin consists of Laura Lee Ochoa (bass guitar and vocals), Mark Speer (guitar and vocals) and DJ Johnson (drums, keyboards, and vocals).
Their blend of classic soul, dub, rock and psychedelia earned them a 2024 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.
“May Ninth” is from the album A La Sala.
Directed by Jenny Lucia Mascia and Jeremy Higgins.
Directed and animated by Jeff Scher.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ previously unreleased “Never Be You” appears on Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition).
“Never Be You” was first recorded by Maria McKee for the 1984 film Streets of Fire, directed by Walter Hill. In 1985, Rosanne Cash’s rendition became a #1 country hit.
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