WATCH IT: Spoon "Written In Reverse"

Celebrated rock photographer/director Danny Clinch captures a loose, in-studio performance by Spoon in this simple, yet beautifully shot b&w video. The only bits of trickery involve mirrors, a motif that obviously relates to the song title for "Written In Reverse," but also results in some disorienting shots of the band and their reflected doubles. --> watch "Written In Reverse" (via PitchforkTV)

Spoon "Written In Reverse" (Merge)
Danny Clinch, director | Carrie Bornstein, producer | Three On The Tree, production co | Danny Clinch, DP | Gabriel Weinshel, editor | Josh Goleman, Danny Clinch, Gary Ashley, camera op's | Jill Kaplan @ Skyway Productions, commissioner

BOOKED: Titus Andronicus - Claire Carre, director

• artist: Titus Andronicus
• song: "A More Perfect Union"
• label: XL
• director(s): Claire Carre
• production co: Partizan
• commissioner: Jill Kaplan @ Skyway Productions

BOOKED: Diane Birch - Dennis Liu, director

• artist: Diane Birch
• song: "Valentino"
• label: S-Curve
• director(s): Dennis Liu
• production co: Radical Media
• comissioner: Jill Kaplan @ Skyway Productions

SHOT: Norah Jones - Toben Seymour, director

• artist: Norah Jones
• song: "Young Blood"
• label: Capitol 
• director(s): Toben Seymour 
• production co: Black Dog

WATCH IT: Billy Talent "Saint Veronika"

"Saint Veronika" is a rag doll girl seeking an escape from her rag dog home before she unravels into the dogma that's got the rest of her rag doll family under wraps. It's a creepy video — as they usually are when Michael Maxxis is directing — but it's a smooth fit with the lyrics and message of this Billy Talent song. --> watch "Saint Veronika" plus a Making-Of featurette

Billy Talent "Saint Veronika" (Warner Canada)
Michael Maxxis, director | Geoff McLean, producer | Vision Entertainment, production co | RW Media, rep | Adam Marsden, DP | Dave Decarlo, editor | Adam Wilson, production designer | Baked Goods, vfx

WATCH IT: AFI "Beatiful Thieves"

The brooding post-goths of AFI look upon the cokewhoredouchebags at a posh, debaucherous party with equal amounts of interest and disdain. That said, anyone with even an ounce of curiosity would Google the word "Venemum" emblazoned on singer Davey Havoc's flask and realize real quick that they probably won't be tempted to join in on the coke-fueled orgy. --> watch "Beautiful Thieves"

AFI
"Beautiful Thieves" (Columbia)
Travis Kopach, director | Ted Suarez, producer | DNA, production co | Russell Griffith, DP | David Tabbert, stylist | Andrew Ibea, commissioner

PHOTO: Marc Webb on the Green Day set

Director Marc Webb on the set of his new video for Green Day "Last Of The American Girls," due out soon...

Photo by Devin Sarno

SHOT: Dommin - P.R. Brown, director

• artist: Dommin
• song: "Tonight"
• label: Roadrunner
• director(s): P.R. Brown
• production co: Bau-Da Design Lab
• rep: Hello
• producer: David Lawson

BOOKED: Emmure - Benjamin Eck, director

Gotta love a Kids reference...

• artist: Emmure
• song: "I Thought You Met Telly and Turned Me Into Casper"
• label: Victory
• director(s): Benjamin Eck
• production co: RSM

SHOT: Brutha - Rage, director

• artist: Brutha
• song: "One Day On This Earth"
• label: Def Jam/IDJMG
• director(s): Dale "Rage" Resteghini
• production co: Raging Nation Films
• rep: Yell Productions
• commissioner: Mildred Delamota