Schultz + Forever: Backwards

With an ’80s-style exuberance and a NSFW music video that starts with a statement-making shot, “Backwards” makes for quite the experience. The vision of Schultz + Forever’s Jonathan Schultz and directors Glen Bay Grant and Ejner Seidelin, the music video features the Danish-born singer-songwriter posing as a nude model—before appearing and performing clothed. The song will appear on Grand Guignol, out next year.

Avey Tare: Ms Secret

With visuals “inspired by the coral and nautical motifs throughout [his 2017 album] Eucalyptus as well as this year’s total eclipse,” Avey Tare’s new music video for “Ms Secret” moves forward with beautiful, thematically-linked animation. Directed by Jack Kubizne, the video was developed by Steve Meyer with additional animation by Rick Manlapig and background art by Stephie Miller. The track itself has a measured grace …

Austra: Change the Paradigm

A B-side from this year’s Future Politics, Austra’s “Change the Paradigm” slowly burns on an electronic fuse. Just after two-thirds of the way in, the track completely lets loose. It’s a turbo-charged number ready for the dance floor. Before 2017 ends, the band will be playing a final show in their hometown, Toronto.