Here’s an example of a beautiful video, with a simple treatment and profound meaning. It’s the new Liars video for a song called Scissor. Enjoy.

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For all those artists freaking out about no budgets for videos anymore, here is MIA doing her thing in the basement. Ingredients include: a MacBook video ichat camera, creative lighting, letting go and “getting in the zone”. Sit back and soak in the song. A video made by a computer for computer watchers.

M.I.A.’s new album will be released in the summer of 2010

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(Aloe Blacc, soul singer for the opening song of HBO’s How To Make It In America)

If you’re watching HBO’s new show, How To Make It In America (On Episode 2 now), you’ll notice this NY based show begins with a soulful anthem — sort of a throwback to Bill Withers. After all, the inspiration for the main characters’ denim line is inspired by 1970’s New York era, which is going draw upon a rich history of early funk, hip hop, latin boogaloo, and punk rock.

Anyway, the voice you hear on the opening title is new artist Aloe Blacc, an American soul singer, rapper, and musician. His first album entitled “Shine Through”, was released by Stones Throw Records in 2006, the same label that brought you Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, J Dilla, among other respected underground artists.

(The crew hanging out at Freeman’s Restaurant off the Bowery)

With this new HBO show (compared to the NY version of Entourage) we don’t have the wonderfully complex foil such as Jeremy Piven’s character, Ari Gold… but we DO have the NY equivalent, Luis Guzman (with this sordid gangster past) who is trying to chain down his demons post-prison — wrestling his “inner thug”. Like Jeremy Piven, it seems Luis will present an endless amount of fascinating subplots with his shady past unraveling before our eyes…. ohhhh, the possibilities.

(The new Ari Gold. Luis Guzman is the seasoned actor acting as anchor of this show)

In general it appears each actor has an inherent love for the soul of New York. Most are born and bred here. Cred Casting. I gotta admit, I seem to relate more to the characters for this series, considering the fact they multi-industry peers (gallery owner, clothing designer, interior designer, etc). Socializing in New York means befriending people with diverse passions. Toss in the fact people are rocking Alife, eating at Freemans, and hearing War’s “Me and Baby Brother”. HBO did an authentic job here. Props.

If you don’t live in NY, you can purchase the song, walk around with your headphones, and feel “the hustle” of the city. Read more about Aloe’s work at StonesThrow.com. The 12-inch vinyl for “Dollar” will be in stores April 2010. There is an advance digital release, which is also available on iTunes. Instrumentals for both tracks are included. His album “Good Things” will be released in 2010.

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Behold the debut record from Dan Black. It’s in stores everywhere today with bonus tracks, including “Symphonies” featuring Kid Cudi! The art is tight. The videos are creative… plus Kid Cudi is killin’ it with his new HBO show How To Make It In America …

Keep an eye open for these 2 men. Their new video is below:

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It’s another morning of movie marathons out at the Sundance Film Festival. Below is a report from one of our editorial bookers, Greg Krelenstein, who was sent to report for V Magazine…

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(Teenage Paparazzo, by Adrian Grenier)

Today, kicked off my Sundance 2010, and already I’ve been immersed in what the festival really does best—the introduction of fresh cinematic voices both in features and documentaries.

(Douche, playing at Sundance this week)

Sundance, Day 1
By Greg Krelenstein

I was introduced to 13 year old papararazzo Austin Visschedyk in Adrien Grenier’s (of Entourage fame) Teenage Paparazzo. The documentary is just as much about the relationship between the juvenile paparazzo and Grenier, formed after he snapped a photo of him, as it is about society’s relationship and obsession with tabloid culture and the desire for fame. Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Eva Langoria Parker, Rosie O’Donnell, all make cameos as well, weighing in with their perspective on the subject of the modern star system and the machine that feeds it …

(Read the rest of this post at Vmagazine.com)

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