Director Randal Kirk II treats a grafitti artist's murder as if it were a modern-day Bibllical tale in this ambitious clip for The Pirate Signal. The ambitious clip lives up to the "Saga" aspect of the sing title, tracing the real life tale of SkAR, an underground street artist as he rises from very humble beginnings only to wind up in trouble when he tags over a rival crew's wall (more details on SkAR and the video here). --> watch "The Saga Of Dirty Street Kids"
While the miracle of chilbirth is (often literally) the central frame in this new Michel Gondry video, it's surrounded by all sorts of calamity, ranging from earthquakes to plane crashes and so much more. All of it has that twee Gondry charm of course, which nicely complements the sweet sounds of The Living Sisters, a collaboration between L.A. singers Becky Stark, Inara George and Eleni Mandell. --> watch "How Are You Doing"
Sometimes even the worst pessimist needs to have a little faith that metamorphosis is taking place. This trippy NYC adventure video for Trumpeter Swan stars some upside-down chin characters plus a woman who transforms from human to butterfly. --> watch "Eternal Pessimist"
Trumpeter Swan "Eternal Pessimist" Jeremy Phillips, director | Lindsay Mann, DP | Vesta Goodarz, make-up
Minus The Bear live and in slo-mo, shot on-location in Philadelphia. --> watch "Hold Me Down" (via MTVU premiere)
Minus The Bear "Hold Me Down" (Dangerbird)Adam Rohlein, director/editor | Ghost Atomic, production co | Doomsday Ent, rep (note: Rothlein is signed with Symphony 19 for music videos)
This Walkmen video shot underneath the Brooklyn Bridge on a snowy afternoon is almost gorgous enough to make me miss winter. Almost. --> watch "While I Shovel The Snow"
