MGMT: Electric Feel

Cliptip favourite psychedelic glam band MGMT have a second surrealist music video out to support their single Electric Feel. The album Oracular Spectacular is a high rotation, highly recommended gem here on the cliptip ipod. The video is directed by Ray Tintori, and features an animatronic band straight out of your local Chuck-E-Cheese restaurant set in a forest of elfish revellers. It's reminiscient of a sunday afternoon in Montreal patchouli soaked Tam Tams. Watch the music video (qt).

MGMT: Time To Pretend

MGMT (formerly know as The Management) are a surf-rock psychedelic glam band outta Brooklyn. And they're very cool. In fact expect to see more of them here, cause I like 'em. This is the first single and video, and it warps the mind as much as the ear with its crazy visuals and stoner sounds. And not to be outdone, the video is also available in trippy 3D as well. Are you getting the feeling the 3-D video thing is becoming a trend? Fellow Brooklynite Ray Tinori directs the video. Watch the music video (qt). Download the 3-D video (qt).

THE BEES: Who Cares What The Question Is?

Sure it seems honky tonky, but its really the next psychedelic single from post-post-retro-rockers the Bees (or as they're called in the US, A Band Of Bees). Again defying their Isle of Wright origins for dusty Americana sounds, the six piece recruit auteur Chris Hopewell to direct this sunshine on the horizon plasticine magic van slash Moby Dick adventure slash city tour bus clip. All I know is this band always looks like they're having fun. Watch the music video (qt).

BATTLES: Atlas

Can anyone categorize the sound of Battles? Is it prog rock, electro rock, glam rock, alt rock or psychedelica? I've got no idea, but this first video from their latest long player Mirrors is a rollicking thumper with weird vocal overlays and serious T. Rex percussion. The video is a beauty: glass boxed, dynamic angles and vivid rich colour saturations directed by photographer Timothy Saccenti. Cheers to tipster Jesse M. Watch the music video (qt).

THE BEES: Listening Man

Okay. Here's my tiny rant: why the hell is this goddamn record only available on import? I walked into the local record store and to my delight, this lovely third album from The Bees was on sale! On closer inspection, it was priced at $32.99. HIGHWAY effing ROBBERY! Why is it that record labels are soooo consumed with stupid chart topping crap acts? Are they trying to drive me to P2P downloading? I should have picked it up while in London and ate the exchange rate. Well, these blokes from the Isle of Wright and their psychedelic ways are supposed to be released stateside June 5th. So if you like their flavour as much as I do, go go plastic. Watch the music video (qt - stream).