hooves on the turf

Vincent Moon of La Blogotheque has outdone himself. You’d think that with the take-away shows’ outright goodness and the final inclusion of Sufjan Stevens in it, our beloved Stevens would steal the show, but he doesn’t. My Brighest Diamond comes really close, though (and yes that is The National guitarist performing with them). You may scroll down for a quick fix of Sufjan, but here is the real deal:

“The Lakes of Canada”
I won’t take it for granted that nobody died during the making of this.

Everything else.

Publicity photographs of My Brightest Diamond tend to be aesthetically conscious, and there is a similar intention in this video for “Magic Rabbit” by photographer Murat Eyuboglu. It’s primarily the slowness of it, but also the photographic quality and the way in which Shara Worden fits in perfectly that makes me really like it. Some of the imagery borders on being cliche, but the rest is refreshing, and the almost whimsical editing makes it work. Besides, this Alfred Brown remix of the song is pretty fantastic, and he’s got other good stuff on his myspace page.

More great new music videos after the jump.