New Justice video - “DVNO”

The new video from Justice is a visual feast created by graphic genius, and previous director of Kanye’s “Good Life” and the French house duo’s 2007 smash “D.A.N.C.E., So-Me.
The logos are recognizable, but does anyone know what this song is about?

New Wale - “Go Mode” feat. Bun B

The Washington D.C. rapper Wale (pronounced “wah-lay”) has been making waves in the hip-hop community with support from Mark Ronson and various “artists to watch” lists. See the Peels section for details on his upcoming “Mixtape about nothing” inspired by that famous show covering similar subject matter. Wale’s newest joint is a banger to be [...]

New Roots video - “75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)

The grimy new vid from The Legendary Roots Crew is more like whitey’s deconstruction.
Rising Down is out April 28

New Gnarls Barkley video feat. Justin Timberlake - “Run”

The genre/gravity defying duo of Danger Mouse and Cee-lo Green hooked up with JT, formerly of the Mickey Mouse club, for this ’80s era, public access dance-hour video for their new single. It’s as cool as it sounds, but what did you expect?
The Odd Couple is out 4/8

SXSW preview: Stereogum and PASTE mag are coming over

Get out the lovably lo-fi, mildly pretentious china.
Then go here.

Behind the scenes with The Roots - “75 Bars”

On The Roots’ new single, ?uestloves drums sound like they’re at war with Black Thought’s irrepressable vocals. In the video, looks like some poor white guy gets caught up in the melee. Get the mp3 after the jump.

New Beck video - “Time Bomb”

Beck recruited consumerist photographer Chris Jordan for the video for his 2007 iTunes single, “Time Bomb.” It’s no gerbil-abusing Microsoft Paint odyssey, but the zooming images of mass American consumption paired with Beck’s “There’s a time bomb tickin’” refrain make for a subtle but powerful message. What’s Beck up to, anyway? [...]

New What Made Milwaukee Famous video - “Sultan”

The Austin upstarts just dropped the first video from their forthcoming sophomore album, What Doesn’t Kill Us. Lance Armstrong, ehh? They blow up so fast. Be sure to check out the favorite sons’ release party at Emo’s during SXSW.

New Jay-Z video - “I Know”

A quietly dream-like video for Jay-Z’s copasetic, Neptunes-produced American Gangster track, “I Know”. Shout out to the lovely Zoe Kravitz. Also, check out a surprise appearance from Jay after the jump.

New Cribs - “I’m a Realist (Postal Service remix)”

The perennially elusive electronica duo The Postal Service recently emerged on a remix of Brit post-punksters, The Cribs’ song, “I’m a Realist.” The original song is from The Cribs very Strokes-y 2007 album Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever and the remix is one of the very limited collaborations of Dntel’s Jimmy Tamborello and Death Cab [...]