Superslice 100: Best of 2012
Behold, our curated collection of what we found to be some of the best cultural bids of the past year. We opened our virtual doors on May 2011 — 2012 was our first full calendar year. We have grown since then, so the list has also expanded. The previous group of the Best 30 has […]
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Chum (Official Video) / Chum (Explicit)
Earl “The Hip Hop Pearl” Sweatshirt drops the refreshingly stark video for the poetic and personal rap ballad Chum, which we previously featured. Also, check the lyric video version below. The video was directed by the always great Hiro Murai. Ribbit. –@teemunny
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It’s Only Life (Official Music Video) / The Shins
Check out this well-made M. Night Shyamalan-esque (in a good way) music video for It’s Only Life by The Shins. The mysterious, slightly disturbing video was directed by proven, unique talent Hiro Murai, who we have previously featured. Frontman James Mercer is caught by some type of shadow monsters in a setting which will be known as “suburban apocalypse”. The […]
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Cheerleader / St. Vincent
Comes the music video for Cheerleader from the album Strange Mercy by Annie Clark, or as the music world would know her…St. Vincent. The Dallas-bred, New York City-based artist, and former member of The Polyphonic Spree, with this album, assembles an emotionally complex, musically layered collection of songs. It is almost expected from a vocalist, […]
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