It’s only getting easier and cheaper to make a music video these days — and all the more important, as artists compete to be heard, largely without the benefit of big pushes from major labels. For those reasons, the music video has undergone something of a mini-renaissance. Every week ARTINFO video editor Tom Chen, photo editor Micah Schmidt, and performing arts editor Nick Catucci will choose five of the most visually engaging music clips from the previous few days, presenting highlights from each in a video supercut, and a slideshow of stills that link back to the full videos.

This week:

Wilco bogey with Popeye and friends in “Dawned on Me.”

Matthew Dear take you inside a lava lamp with “In the Middle (I Met You There).”

Nicki Minaj pushes “hot” and “pink” into new territories in “Stupid Hoe.”

Kate Bush puts on a little show in “Eider Fields at Lake Tahoe.”

Mastadon take the expressway through your skull with “Dry Bone Valley.”

Previously: Music Videos from Shelly in Athens, the Kills, Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn, Nat Baldwin, and Black Pus
Ten Museum-Worthy Music Videos, From Bright Eyes to R.E.M.