Almost definitely the last year-end list of 2012 from us, as far as we know. With honorable mentions going to the respective collected ’12 works of Alberto Rossini and Shallow Rewards, check our 25 favorite videos of 2012 after the jump…
25 JULIA HOLTER | Moni Mon Amie
[director: Yelena Zhelezov]
24 LOL BOYS | Changes
[director: Jerome LOL]
23 FRANK OCEAN | Pyramids
[director: Nabil]
22 CHAIRLIFT | I Belong in Your Arms (Japanese version)
[directors: Caroline Polachek + Eric Epstein]
21 RYAN HEMSWORTH | Charly Wingate
[directors: Hector de la Vallee + Octave Abaji]
20 TORO Y MOI | So Many Details
[directed by HARRYS]
19 JESSIE WARE | Sweet Talk
[directed by Joel Wilson]
18 ANTWON | Living Every Dream
[director: Brandon Tauszik]
17 CAPTAIN MURPHY | Du∆lity
[director: ???]
16 NITE JEWEL | One Second of Love
[director: Delaney Bishop]
15 LANA DEL REY | Ride
[director: Anthony Mandler]
14 DIE ANTWOORD | Baby’s On Fire
[directors: NINJA + Terence Neale]
13 M.I.A. | Bad Girls
[director: Romain Gavras]
12 TAME IMPALA | Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
[directors: Joe Pelling + Becky Sloan]
11 PHÉDRE | In Decay
[director: Jesse Ewles]
10 SHABAZZ PALACES | are you…can you…were you? (felt)
[directed by Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes]
09 PURE BATHING CULTURE | Ivory Coast
[director: Sean Pecknold]
08 FLYING LOTUS | Until the Quiet Comes
[director: Kahlil Joseph]
07 EARL SWEATSHIRT | Chum
[director: Hiro Murai]
06 KILLER MIKE | Big Beast
[director: Thomas C. Bingham]
05 ODD FUTURE | Oldie
[director: Lance Bangs]
04 DANNY BROWN | Grown Up
[director: Greg Brunkalla]
03 MAJOR LAZER | Get Free
[director: SoMe]
02 ZEBRA KATZ | Ima Read
[director: RUBEN XYZ]
01 GRIMES | Oblivion
[director: Emily Kai Bock]
Grimes video at #1 is spot on.
all about the top 3, then numbers 4 through 24. all excellent choices. only thing I might have added would be __________.
What about the real Emily Kai Brock masterpiece? http://youtu.be/cVFw0E0Gnps
surprised to not see Spiritualized – Hey Jane video… it is so freaking good
bloody mouth was sick though
new toro vid should be higher.
Oldie at 5? quite the minimalist approach…
I believe captain murphy says who directed it at the very end. I remember checking out the dude’s twitter page
it’s xavier magot
kahlil joseph is on another level
where the puck is the Rhye video at? ‘The Fall’ was the most emotional shit I’ve seen in years.
I think Grimes – Genesis should be on this list!
I think Grimes – Genesis should be on this list!
I love Grimes and I love the “Oblivion” video, but Zebra Katz was cleeeeearly the #1 video of the year.
Beirut – rip tide?