Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

We kick things off this week with the soulful, impassioned new video for "Lady, You Shot Me," from Har Mar Superstar, which finds the unabashed crooner taking his sound in an adventurous direction on his stellar new record, Bye Bye 17. We also have a stirring MN Original performance from the local neo-soul outfit, Southside Desire, drawn from an episode that just aired over the past weekend.

In addition to those fine clips, we've got rousing new videos from Hardcore Crayons, the Farewell Circuit, and Multiple Cat, as well as a live TV studio performance from Color Pharmacy, fantastic clips from both Caroline Smith & the Goodnight Sleeps and Prof recorded live at First Avenue, and a wild Oreo spot soundtracked by Owl City. We also shine a spotlight on a really cool new video and performance concept by Jake Schaefer called Standing Room Only, which kicks off with a spirited collaboration between Murs and Fashawn. Enjoy!

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Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

This week we get into things with a brand new video from the Minneapolis trio Is/Is, a hazy, diamond-vision clip that captures the enthralling spirit of their new single, "Hunter." We are also featuring a raucous Radio K in-studio performance by Marijuana Deathsquads that everyone should take twenty minutes and get down to -- it will treat you right. For those of you who were lucky enough to be at the 4onthefloor's raucous release party at the Turf Club, the band has released a brief recap video that collects some of the untamed energy in the room that night. We've also got wonderful new videos from Reckless Ones, Taj Raj, Villa Rosa (Maria Isa & Muja Messiah), Patches & Gretchen, 3Flection. We're also shining a spotlight on a new City Of Music video for Local Natives that was shot in Minneapolis and features interpretive dancers adding their own distinct flavor to the song. And, the Canadian quintet Chic Gamine took a moment while they were in town to shoot their new video in the Triple Rock. Enjoy!

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Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

This week we kick things off with the strikingly gorgeous new video for the Ocean Blue's soaring new single, "Sad Night, Where Is Morning?" which was deftly directed by veteran local musician Christian Erickson. We also have a wintry, eye-catching new clip by Colin Stetson, which was filmed by Isaac Gale and David Jensen and features lovely images created by Dan Huiting (along with the ethereal vocals of Justin Vernon). In addition to those gems, we have new videos from A Firm Handshake (featuring Zach Sobiech, Sammy Brown, and Reed Redmond), Metasota, the Prizefighters, Tattooed Millionaires, and a clip for Courtney Yasmineh that was shot and directed by frequent Gimme Noise photographer Steve Cohen. We also have featured a dynamic new live session with Night Moves, as well as a couple of indelible in-studio performances by On An On and Wild Child. Enjoy!

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Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

This week we kick things off with a fresh, raucous new video from Prissy Clerks, who just celebrated their first ever live appearance in New York City, and are now starting to get the national attention that they truly deserve. We've also got a dynamic new video from Astronautalis, who just won over Winona at the Mid West Music Fest the night before he jetted off to Europe for a big tour. There's also a wild new clip from Tickle Torture, a lovely MN Original performance from Cloud Cult, who are set for two sold-out First Avenue shows this weekend, as well as an enthralling new video from Strange Names. We are also featuring new videos from With a Gun for a Face, the Chord and the Fawn, Color Pharmacy, Schoenburg, and a spirited Radio K in-studio session from Bear the Sound. Enjoy!

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Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

This week we kick things off with the first installment of Wiping Out Thousands' new video blog project, Crossing Wires, which aims to intimately and awesomely capture live performances by the duo, beginning with this clip shot recently in the Entry. There's also a brand new video from Low, who were just recently announced to be taking part in this summer's Rock the Garden. This week we're also featuring a tender ode to Lake Harriet by Carrie Rodriguez, dynamic new videos by the hip-hop upstarts Crunchy Kids as well as recent Rhymesayers signees the Uncluded, live clips from Saint Anyway and Crankshaft and the Gear Grinders, an MN Original performance from Ashley Gold, and a couple terrific Radio K in-studio performances from the Ericksons and Bora York. Enjoy!

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Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

This week we kick things off with a smooth new video from rising Minneapolis MC Greg Grease, who is set to play our inaugural 10 Thousand Sounds Festival in June. We've also got a new Cloud Cult video to get fans excited for their forthcoming two-night stand at First Avenue in a few weeks, an insightful State of the Artist profile on the multi-talented Mankwe Ndosi, a fiery spoken-word takedown of the Minnesota ideal by Guante, and an imaginative sonic collaboration between John Keston and some rail cars. There are also new clips from United Teachers of Music, Regal Treats, Pittsburgh MC Jasiri X (with the help of Brother Ali), and a covers challenge video series involving Joey Ryan and Farewell Milwaukee's Ben Lubeck, with each musician delivering a new take on one another's songs. Enjoy!

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Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

This week we lead off with another uplifting video from inspirational signer/songwriter Zach Sobiech. "Sandcastles" is a collaborative duet with Sammy Brown that only adds to the musical legacy that young Zach continues to craft. There's also a graphic, NSFW new clip for the recent Flaming Lips creative excursion with adopted Twin Cities son Bon Iver, a glimpse of Strange Names in the studio, a highlight video of McNally Smith's recent sojourn down to SXSW, and a clip from a unique new musical direction for a Duluth mainstay, Marc Gartman's Fever Dream. We've also got plenty of great hip-hop vids on offer, featuring a full live set from Kill The Vultures, a return of Micranots, and a hilarious collaboration between Prof and the MC Type that you just have to see to believe. Enjoy!

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Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

This week we lead off with an Alice In Wonderland nightmare clip from the atmospheric Minneapolis garage rock quartet, Crimes, taken from their new record, Thin Sunlight, which is coming out in May. There's also a new Brother Ali video relased in support of the Occupy Homes movement (featuring Tom Morello, Jackson Browne, Slug, P.O.S. I Self Devine, and others), a trailer for a forthcoming documentary on Grant Hart, an MN Original preview of their upcoming Rock The Garden special, an intimate Live Letters performance from Fathom Lane, as well as a host of recent radio in-studio sessions from Why?, Django Django, Aby Wolf & Grant Cutler, and Frightened Rabbit. Enjoy!

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Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.

Ahead of Low's highly anticipated show at the Fitzgerald this Saturday night, an intimate la Blogotheque live performance from Paris by Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker leads the way in this week's installment of Local Frames. Don't fret, restless readers, we've got plenty of other upbeat videos to get you moving too, including a live P.O.S. performance from McNally Smith, a new video from recent Rhymesayers' signees the Uncluded (a collaboration between Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson), a clip from the Oddfathers, as well as a promo video for the upcoming show by the Squares and a rousing Radio K studio session from recent Are You Local? winners, Carroll. Enjoy!

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As the Twin Cities music scene grows, more and more artists are creating music that demands our attention. Combine the music with talented filmmakers locally and beyond, and you have a fruitful mix of distinct skills that generates more locally connected music videos than ever before.

While it's impossible to shine a spotlight on all of the great music video work going on around the area, Gimme Noise has created a regular segment, Local Frames, which will help bring some much deserved attention to a few of the standout videos of the moment from local bands or those filmed by local directors.

Here's our twenty-fourth installment of Local Frames, featuring ten recent video selections for your viewing pleasure.

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