What’s black and white and … black and white? Brooklyn band Parquet Courts‘ new city symphony of a video for “Black And White.”

For those who have not yet discovered the glory that is Parquet Courts, the band is out with their third album, Sunbathing Animal, Tuesday (June 3) on What’s Your Rupture?/Mom+Pop. The followup to 2012′s critically acclaimed LP Light Up Gold — and crasher of an EP, 2013′s Tally All the Things That You Broke — the new album has been weaving its way through the Web and TV for a while now. “Black And White,” for one, premiered on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” with the entire album streaming on NPR.

Now, that ominous, finger-snapping, jittering track has some visuals, courtesy of directors Austin Brown and Johann Rashid and inspired by the experimental films of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin.

It’s a simple video — featuring a black and white stroll through lead singer Andrew Savage’s Brooklyn neighborhood, ending with that image projected on a wall in an empty room — but it’s meant to capture all the life and living inherent in a mere walk through the city.

Think of that next time you amble to the corner store and back.

Brenna Ehrlich

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and ...

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What’s black and white and … black and white? Brooklyn band Parquet Courts‘ new city symphony of a video for “Black And White.”

For those who have not yet discovered the glory that is Parquet Courts, the band is out with their third album, Sunbathing Animal, Tuesday (June 3) on What’s Your Rupture?/Mom+Pop. The followup to 2012′s critically acclaimed LP Light Up Gold — and crasher of an EP, 2013′s Tally All the Things That You Broke — the new album has been weaving its way through the Web and TV for a while now. “Black And White,” for one, premiered on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” with the entire album streaming on NPR.

Now, that ominous, finger-snapping, jittering track has some visuals, courtesy of directors Austin Brown and Johann Rashid and inspired by the experimental films of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin.

It’s a simple video — featuring a black and white stroll through lead singer Andrew Savage’s Brooklyn neighborhood, ending with that image projected on a wall in an empty room — but it’s meant to capture all the life and living inherent in a mere walk through the city.

Think of that next time you amble to the corner store and back.

Brenna Ehrlich

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and ...

Jun 3, 2014 | No Comments on Parquet Courts’ ‘Black And White’ Video Will Make Your Brain Twitch

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The guys from “Wedding Crashers” proved that nuptials are the holy grail for hooking up with single women. Blame it on the love in the air — or the open bar — but where there’s a bride, there’s usually a bridesmaid hoping to be swept off her feet.

That’s why “Guy Code” staff writer/inventor Andy Stuckey (he’s got TWO jobs that don’t suck!) has designed a tuxedo just for the male wedding guest who’s hoping to, well, benefit from the situation.

“We combine the classiness of a tuxedo with the convenience of a jumpsuit,” Stuckey tells Andrew Schulz on Wednesday night’s “Jobs That Don’t Suck.” In the sneak peek below, Stuckey demonstrates why the extraordinary ensemble gives a whole new meaning to the term “easy access.” He’s even given it a clever name to go with its promiscuous premise: the “Fuxedo.”

Check out the clip to see how the Fuxedo can take you from James Bond to birthday suit in three steps flat, and watch “Jobs That Don’t Suck” Wednesday night at 11/10c on MTV2!

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Joss Whedon isn’t exactly keeping a low profile. He’s currently directing “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time, producing “Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.” — and in his off-hours, writing the independently released “In Your Eyes,” via his own production company Bellweather Pictures.

But Whedon didn’t just write “In Your Eyes,” he also provided a song for the soundtrack. The song, “Crumblin’” is performed by Noah Maffit and Jessica Freedman, and marks the first time Whedon has penned music for the screen since “Much Ado About Nothing” in 2012.

For those who know Whedon better from his time behind the camera than his time behind the piano, the multi-talented creator has a long history with the musical arts. After (surprisingly) writing a song for the direct-to-DVD “The Lion King 2,” he composed the songs for the legendary musical episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” titled “Once More With Feeling.” A critical and fan-friendly hit, it has spawned multiple sing-alongs and screenings over the past decade.

He then wrote the iconic title track for his own show, “Firefly,” in 2002, followed by the highly successful web series “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” in 2008, which included more than eight new songs.

Other than the musical commentary track for “Dr. Horrible,” Whedon hasn’t had a multitudinous musical output as of late, but hopefully this “In Your Eyes” track will change his tune.

The soundtrack for the movie will hit digitally on June 10, and CD on July 8 from ...

If there weren’t already enough reasons to love Catelynn Lowell, she just gave us another.

The former “Teen Mom” castie just shared a new photo on Instagram, and it’s not your basic, duck-faced pout ‘n’ pucker selfie. Truth be told, we still would have been pleased if it was (<3 u selfies), but this picture is special — Catelynn has a co-star. Is it her doting boyfriend, Tyler? Nope. Not unless the dude has fallen victim to some evil witch’s spell that transformed him into a pig!*

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Yes, you read that right. Catelynn shared a portrait of herself getting all cuddly with a pig. An. Actual. Pig.

In Cate’s defense, it’s a fact that oinkers make excellent (if strange) pets. They’re super-clean and really intelligent! Plus, they’re where bacon comes from. (We kid, we kid.) And there’s clearly something extra unique about this particular piggy if Catelynn is so smitten. Perhaps we have a case of “Charlotte’s Web: The Sequel” on our hands! Could it be that this porcine patootie is heir apparent to Wilbur’s throne? There’s really only one way to be sure: Catelynn must now adopt a pet spider and introduce it to her swine. If the spider and the pig become besties — and webs spelling out accolades for the pig begin to appear — then we have our answer. If the pig eats the spider, well, we also have our ...