April 2007

Having never been a mathlete — shit, let's face it, I can barely count to 11 without taking my socks off — I've never fully understood how a band could be greater than the sum of its parts. This video provides the answer for Maximo Park by daring to reveal that there are actually duplicates of all five band members who rock alongside the core group. --> watch "Our Velocity" in Quicktime or at YouTube

artist: Kevin Michael song: "We All Want The Same Thing" + "Vicky's Secret" + "Difference" (3 video package)label: Downtown/Atlantic director(s): The Beta Movement production co: Boulevard Productionsrep: Refused TV

MTV Adds: Carrie Underwood "Wasted" (Arista) Crime Mob "Rock Yo' Hips" (BME/Reprise) Dashboard Confessional "Stolen" (Vagrant/Interscope) Nine Inch Nails "Survivalism" (Interscope) R. Kelly f/ TI & T-Pain "I'm A Flirt (remix)" (Jive/ZLG)

Adds: Lil Boosie f/ Webbie "Wipe Me Down" (Trill/Asylum) Ludacris "Slap" (DTP/Island Def Jam) Mims f/ Cham & Junior Reid "This Is Why I'm Hot (remix)" (Capitol) Pretty Ricky "Push It Baby" (Atlantic)