The music keeps on coming! Over the weekend Pitchfork streamed their music festival on YouTube -- head to their channel to see some live clips from the show. We also featured some fun videos -- one of a guy playing a bicycle handlebar (cool), one about a daydream that comes true, and Jack White�s surprising new video, which was directed by none other than Hype Williams. We�ve got lots coming this week, but we�re most excited by far to welcome Matisyahu to YouTube Presents on Friday. Got a question for him? Now�s the time to ask it. Wonder who else is going to appear? Subscribe to the channel.
Nas� �Life is Good� playlist
In 1994, a young rapper named Nasir Jones almost single-handedly resuscitated hip-hop lyricism with his debut album Illmatic. Here was a rapper who told stories. Nas has never strayed far from his reputation as hip-hop�s lyricist, and his 10th studio album, Life Is Good, is being universally hailed as a mature masterpiece which keeps the immediacy of his ghetto imagery and leavens it with a decent dose of wisdom. (�Daughters� finds the rapper worrying about his daughter�s dating life.) It�s a hopeful record, which is why the man himself joins us today with a �Life is Good� playlist.
Incoming: MS MR
This indie band is still developing, but for a young band, MS MR have a seriously strong video aesthetic, as their own work demonstrates. Today they unload an epic playlist of their inspirations, and it�s a doozy -- every video is worth your undivided attention, if you can give it.
Beirut: Santa Fe
In the past few weeks, Beirut has been quietly (okay, not SO quietly) releasing a trove of music videos for their latest album The Rip Tide. To date, two of them have been directed by Sunset Television, a directors collective based in, of course, Williamsburg in Brooklyn. While what they do looks like found footage (think found footage pioneers like Everything Is Terrible), it�s actually not: these folks make their own videos and do their best to make them seem like garage-sale VHS finds. It�s a fascinating project, and it�s led to a regular comedy series with Pitchfork. Now, we had a hard time picking our favorite, but �Santa Fe,� with its Italian cinema mouth-feel, came out on top.
Sarah Bardeen, music community manager, recently watched �'Paz y Guerra' by Bayonics.�
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