Phony Ppl: Why iii Love The Moon

Though their album Yesterday’s Tomorrow will soon celebrate its one-year anniversary, “Brooklyn Soul” crew Phony Ppl has finally given the jazzy, laid-back R&B track “Why iii Love The Moon” the music video treatment. Biking through the streets of Brooklyn as video art is projected onto buildings and fences (even the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch at Grand Army Plaza), Phony Ppl sing of their gratitude to …

Saul Williams: The Noise Came From Here

Activist, artist, actor, poet and all-around Renaissance man Saul Williams won’t rest until the world is free. Creating music to march to, his newest track “The Noise Comes From Here” channels the energy of a restless people, sampling chants and claps. Sometimes it’s easier to “shut out” the global issues of inequality, poverty, war and more, but Williams’ work inspires listeners to look at the …

Ryan Hemsworth feat. Kotomi: Surrounded

In the music video for electronic dance track “Surrounded,” Ryan Hemsworth dons a spandex motion-capture suit, an Oculus Rift Gear VR and performs in an imagined world. Though he’s jamming out alone in “real life,” vocalist Kotomi and a bandmate support him on the virtual stage (set inside a cathedral that might be familiar for Assassin’s Creed players) and they’re joined by dancing fans from …