August 2012

WATCH IT: The-Dream "Dope Bitch" -clean- (Lance Drake, dir.)

Drugs bad. Money good.

The original coketastic video The-Dream "Dope Bitch" gets overhauled for those outlets who ain't feeling the "music as narcotic" theme of the original. Now, it's music as money. Cocaine bricks get swapped for gold bricks, while the some of the snowdrift effects get swapped for some golden scrims (thankfully: no golden showers). Even a straight-edger could tell you the original version is more, uh, addictive, but this is a good example of how you can clean something up for the kids. --> watch "Dope Chick"

WATCH IT: Wax "Rosana" (Casey Chan, dir.)

One look at Rosana and your mind will be in the gutter, clouding what you see in this clever, yet dirty, yet not not at all, video for L.A. rapper Wax. --> watch "Rosana"

Wax "Rosana"Casey Chan, director | Andrew Kurchinski, DP

WATCH IT: 3OH!3 "You're Gonna Love This" BEHIND THE SCENES

And if you thought all those fancy trickshots in the new 3OH!3 video "You're Gonna Love This" were all just editing and fx tricks, here's a behind-the-scenes that shows that not only were they real, but that it took many many many takes for the bros to hit all their marks. --> watch "You're Gonna Love This" Behind The Scenes

WATCH IT: Millionyoung "Youthless" (Juan Camilo Gonzalez, dir.)

Pretty sure this isn't a metaphor for the futility of wind power, but also not entirely sure how or why the bloodied and battered skateboarder is pulling off gravity-defying windmill moves near a windfarm on what looks like the eve of the apocalypse. That said, I am positive it looks cool. --> watch "Youthless"

Millionyoung"Youthless" (label)Juan Camilo Gonzalez, director | Mama Brigette, producer

WATCH IT: The Donnies The Amys "Machines" (Sylvia Sether, dir.)

An organic performance video for a song about machines. --> watch "Machines"

The Donnies The Amys "Machines"Sylvia Sether, director/editor | VanNessa Manlunas, DP | Aidan Stanford, colorist

WATCH IT: Avicii x Lenny Kravitz "Superlove" (Rich Ragsdale, dir.)

Dance music may make him feel good, but it certainly doesn't make him cool. --> watch "Superlove"

Lenny Kravitz x Avicii"Superlove" (Roadrunner)Rich Ragsdale, director | Fallout Ent, production co | Laure Scott, rep | Rick Ernst, editor

IN PRODUCTION: Skrillex f/ Damian Marley - Tony T. Datis, dir.

artist: Skrillex f/ Damian Marley
song: "Make It Bun Dem"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Tony T. Datis
production co: DNA
producer: Arezki Ahcene, Michael Manasseri
exec. producer: Missy Galanida, David Naylor
commissioner: David Saslow

IN PRODUCTION: Ciara - Christopher Sims, dir.

artist: Ciara
song: "Sorry"
label: Epic
director(s): Christopher Sims
production co: DNA
producer: Michelle Larkin
DP: Christopher Probst
exec. producer: Missy Galanida, David Naylor
commissioner: Camille Yorrick

IN PRODUCTION: Pig Destroyer - Phil Mucci, dir.

artist: Pig Destroyer
song: "The Diplomat"
label: Relapse
director(s): Phil Mucci
production co: Doomsday Ent.

WATCH IT: High On Fire "Fertile Green" (Phil Mucci, dir.)

Decoding the imagery of this dizzying High On Fire video possibly requires one to be high on something or other, althouugh even I was able to make the connection between "Fertile Green" and the thatch of shrubbery that looms so large here. Otherwise, I'll leave it to director Phil Mucci:

August 2012

WATCH IT: The-Dream "Dope Bitch" -clean- (Lance Drake, dir.)

WATCH IT: Wax "Rosana" (Casey Chan, dir.)

WATCH IT: 3OH!3 "You're Gonna Love This" BEHIND THE SCENES

WATCH IT: Millionyoung "Youthless" (Juan Camilo Gonzalez, dir.)

WATCH IT: The Donnies The Amys "Machines" (Sylvia Sether, dir.)

WATCH IT: Avicii x Lenny Kravitz "Superlove" (Rich Ragsdale, dir.)

IN PRODUCTION: Skrillex f/ Damian Marley - Tony T. Datis, dir.

IN PRODUCTION: Ciara - Christopher Sims, dir.

IN PRODUCTION: Pig Destroyer - Phil Mucci, dir.

WATCH IT: High On Fire "Fertile Green" (Phil Mucci, dir.)

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Sunnan "My Love For You" (Nicolina Knapp, dir.)

No Floor "Keep Time" (Dan Fromhart, dir.)

Tyler Goldchain "All On My Own" (Coral Ortiz, dir.)

The Dissonance Theory / Soda Cracker Jesus "Stories That I Get To Tell Today" (Soda Cracker Jesus, dir.)

Hana Vu "Hammer" (Henry Kaplan, dir.)

Maria Chiara Argirò "Light" (Raoul Paulet, dir.)

Hybrid "BULA DITSELA" (Thabang Young, dir.)

Chris Pellnat "Wandering Squandering" (Chris Pellnat, dir.)

Reuben Cannon "Don't Forget" (PJ Germain, dir.)

Matracia "Favorite Ghost" (Tyler Jensen, dir.)

Visions of Hell "Visions of Health" (Matthew Lawrence & Daniel Lovegrove, dir.)

iönä "Tick Tick" (Glen Mountford, Iona Kohler Alven, dir.)

Christina Goh "Arts - Muses" (Baptiste Auffray, dir.)

Thrills & The Chase "A Special Place in Hell" (Roberta Fabruzzi, dir.)

John Presnell "Nursing Your Shadow" (Adam Barnick, dir.)

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