FRINGE MUSIC FIX TV ventures to the furthest reaches of the alternative pop multi-verse in search of the most intriguing and imaginative multi-sensory musical accompaniments released weekly. We are thrilled to present to you our selections for the five best music videos released the week of May 29th to June 4th, 2022.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Spitting Off the Edge of the World (Feat. Perfume Genius)"
Cool It Down
Secretely Canadian
Director: Cody Critcheloe
“I see the younger generations staring down this threat, and they’re standing on the edge of a precipice, confronting what’s coming with anger and defiance, It’s galvanizing, and there’s hope there.” - Karen O
“A note on this video, It’s a dream collaboration with one of our favorite artists of the 21st century Cody Critcheloe who did the artwork for our first record back in 2003 and has been making visionary music videos for the last decade. The time to collaborate again came with ‘Spitting,’ the shoot in Kansas City was dream-like, the dreams you have after eating something really greasy right before bed; bizarre, poetic, and intense. Perfume Genius was incredibly gracious to roll in the very cold mud as my co pilot and steal scene after scene with his surreal charm. We trusted Cody implicitly, he surpassed expectations and gave us our November Rain. YYY’s spirit is alive and well through the eyes of Cody Critcheloe. (The) Custom Yeahs limo was largely his handiwork, fueled on love.” - Karen O
Angel Olsen
"All The Good Times/Big Time/Through The Fires/Chasing The Sun"
Big Time
Jagjaguwar
Directors: Kimberly Stuckwisch and Angel Olsen
"At the time of my mothers passing I kept having these super visual dreams about time travel. Later on I decided I’d name the record Big Time, not only because of the song but also as a kind of wink to time expansion and change. When I approached Kimberly Stuckwisch about making these videos, I thought it would be cool to include the storyline of one of the dreams I’d had, and really use it as a way to tell the story of the songs. She added dialogue and events, some that are based in reality and others that haven’t happened, to create a story arc around my dream, to give it a thicker plot, using the music videos within and creating a larger film. I’ve always had a vivid imagination and it was really special to make these subconscious moments real, but it was also a really emotional and raw process and felt almost at times like a spiritual clearing, that by putting myself in the story and moving pieces of it around, I also personally had to re-examine my losses and find a new way to process the events that actually took place in my life. Though most of it is scripted, it is probably the most intimate work I have ever made and shared with the public.. and it serves as an homage to my mother. I only wish my mom was here to listen to the record, because something tells me that she would have really liked this one." - Angel Olsen
Lous and the Yakuza
"Monsters"
Sony Music Entertainment France
Director: Tawbox
070 Shake
"Medicine"
You Can't Kill Me
Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings
Director: Alexander Wessely
“We’re so attached to this physical world, it makes us more susceptible to being hurt. You can’t kill me because I’m more than my body." - 070 Shake "With each album, it’s like you’re being revealed more and more. You Can’t Kill Me shows how dedicated I am to being free within music... Feeling is the biggest ingredient of my music.” - 070 Shake
Maggie Rogers
"Want Want"
Surrender
Capitol Records/Debay Sounds LLC
Director: Warren Fu
“‘Want Want’ started in Maine during the pandemic in a small studio assembled over my parents’ garage. I wrote and produced it with my old bandmate, Del Water Gap. It was really just about the fun of it all. Some bubblegum world to escape to in the middle of the isolation and darkness. The song found its final form over the next year and a half, editing and re-editing with Kid Harpoon until we found the perfect knock-your-teeth-out drums, the right growl of the guitar tone. That roaring synth, it’s just a Prophet stock sound, but it always reminded me a little bit of the intro to “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath. The right amount of bite that still invites you in. The video is about sensuality. About embodiment. About freedom. It was shot in one of my favorite karaoke bars. Sticky floors and fluorescent lit bathrooms. Everything in its right place.” - Maggie Rogers