Aussies dominate this year's list
Local music video institute Rage has revealed its best 50 videos of 2014, with Aussies Sia and Chet Faker leading the names in first and second respectively.
Sia's world-dominating video for Chandelier was named the top clip of the year, with Faker's Gold coming in second. Two other Aussies also cracked the top ten in HITS for Loose Cannons, The Amity Affliction for Pittsburgh and Courtney Barnett for Anonymous Club.
There were heaps of Aussies to feature in this year's countdown, which screened on the ABC over the weekend, including rapper Iggy Azalea, veteran outfit Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, local hip hop stalwarts Hilltop Hoods, Brisbane-based rock champs Violent Soho and psych/fuzz ensemble King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Check out the full list below:
1. Sia – Chandelier
2. Chet Faker – Gold
3. Queens Of The Stone Age - Smooth Sailing
4. Slipknot - The Devil In I
5. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
6. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
7. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
8. HITS - Loose Cannons
9. The Amity Affliction – Pittsburgh
10. Courtney Barnett - Anonymous Club
11. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
12. Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater
13. Violent Soho - Saramona Said
14. Chet Faker – 1998
15. DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
16. Mac DeMarco - Passing Out Pieces
17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Higgs Boson Blues
18. Northlane – ROT
19. Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – Fancy
20. Haim - If I Could Change Your Mind
21. Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders - Come On Back This Way
22. Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap
23. The Veronicas - You Ruin Me
24. Arctic Monkeys – Arabella
25. Childish Gambino – Sweatpants
26. Alt-J - Hunger Of The Pine
27. Client Liaison - Feed The Rhythm
28. Mastodon - High Road
29. Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me
30. Weird Al Yankovic – Tacky
31. Violent Soho - Fur Eyes
32. Die Antwoord - Ugly Boy
33. DZ Deathrays - Gina Works At Hearts
34. Kiesza – Hideaway
35. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
36. Pharrell Williams – Happy
37. St Vincent - Digital Witness
38. Behemoth - Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel
39. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Hot Wax
40. Fascinator - Showin' Off
41. Tiga – Bugatti
42. Alt-J - Every Other Freckle
43. Arcade Fire – Afterlife
44. Flight Facilities - Two Bodies
45. I Killed The Prom Queen - Thirty One and Sevens
46. Jack White – Lazaretto
47. San Cisco – Run
48. Russell Morris - Van Diemens Land
49. Twelve Foot Ninja - Ain't That A Bitch
50. Magic Hands – Limousine