NEW RELEASE: Interpol "No I In Threesome"

Seated beside a dying fire in the cold ruins of an old mansion, Interpol singer Paul Banks listens to the hollow notes played on an unmanned piano. While it may seem like the start of a nifty new horror flick, director Patrick Daughters instead treats us to a visionary and quite literal traipse through the looking glass in the band’s newest effort, “No I in Threesome”. There is no escape from this crumbling edifice, only introspection, as we are guided from the past through the present to an ultimately apocalyptic future in a long tracking shot. Like the song’s theme of a dying relationship, the mansion keeps us moving in an endless cycle where freedom might not be the ultimate desire. (review by Ced Esters) --> watch "No I In Threesome" plus a "making of" special

Interpol "No I In Threesome" (Capitol)
Patrick Daughters, director | Matthew Fone, producer | The Directors Bureau, production co | Denzil Armour Brown, DP | Joe Guest @ Final Cut London, editor | Oily Williams, art director

NEWS: MTVU Woodies Performers Announced

MTV's 24-hour college network mtvU announced the notorious Amy Winehouse as the headliner for the fourth annual mtvU Woodie Awards. The Academy Is... and Spank Rock are also set to perform at the ceremonies, to be held November 8 at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. The show will premiere simultaneously on mtvU and mtvU.com November 15th at 8pm ET.

The Woodies is the only award show to honor the music voted best by the college audience. See a full list of nominees here.

NEW RELEASE: Sea Wolf "Winter Windows"

There's a melancholy that runs throughout the music of  Alex Brown Church aka Sea Wolf. Tales of gypsy women, forests, falling leaves and anything else that fits your vision of autumnal treachery and missed opportunities. Director Cat Solen captures that in her video for "Winter Windows," but she also includes a bit of homemade whimsy that's also a big part of the slowly burning Sea Wolf mystique. The video plays like a hazy dream. It's as if Alex has awoken with an idea for a song that's so darn magical that it causes, well, it causes some spooky and magical stuff to occur. (Sorry. Your author is in a hazy dream state as well and the powers of description are far from his grasp.)  --> watch "Winter Windows" (via MTV Subterraneanblog.com premiere or broadcast premiere on this Sunday/Monday's episode on MTV2 Subterranean)

Sea Wolf "Winter Windows" (Dangerbird)
Cat Solen, director | Justin Benoliel, producer | Partizan, production co | Ross Reige, DP

BOOKED: Lyfe Jennings - Gil Green, director

artist: Lyfe Jennings
song: "Cops Up"
label: Columbia 
director(s): Gil Green
production co: Picture Perfect
rep: Labuda Management

note: director is signed with Merge @ Crossroads

BOOKED: Birdman - Gil Green, director

artist: Birdman f/ Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross
song: "Hundred Million Dollars"
label: Cash Money/Universal Motown
director(s): Gil Green
production co: Picture Perfect  
rep: Labuda Management

note: director is signed with Merge @ Crossroads

SHOT: Slim Thug - Juwan Lee, director

artist: Slim Thug
song: "Theme Song"
label: Geffen
director(s): Juwan Lee
production co: Uncle/Trigger Happy

BOOKED: DJ Drama - Dale "Rage" Resteghini, director

It'll be a near who's who of hip-hop stars — look for high profile cameos in addition to the many featured performers — at the Atlanta video shoot for mixtape king DJ Drama.

artist: DJ Drama f/ T.I., Diddy, Twista, Yung Joc, Young Dro, Willie The Kid
song: "5,000 Ones"
label: Grand Hustle/Atlantic
director(s): Dale "Rage" Resteghini
production co: Raging Nation Films
rep: Yell Productions

PHOTO: On Set with Styles P and Swizz Beatz

Executive Producer Dale Resteghini, Swizz Beatz, director Todd Angkasuwan and Styles P on the set of the Styles P video "Blow Ya Mind," featureing Swizz Beatz.

NEW RELEASE: Juanes "Me Enamora"

Spanish language pop rocker Juanes calls his disillusioned girlfriend's cell, but she's not picking up. Her stuff is in the back seat and she's driving away from him. Luckily, Juanes has pull and he immediately gets a road crew/marching band to block her progress and deliver his message of love via a series of animated high tech signs. Far fetched? Maybe, but Juanes is from Colombia. And as everybody knows, Colombia is a country where the highway department is not just good. It's fabulous. And the directing team Aggressive is known for outlandish greenscreen work and — as you can tell from the before/after shot — this video is yet another fine example of their slick style. --> watch "Me Enamora" (director's cut)

Juanes "Me Enamora" (Universal Music Latino)
Aggressive, directors | JP Fox, producer | Refused TV , production co | Damian Acevedo , DP | Jason Yantz, editor

NEWS: RFM Signs Director Bernard Gourley

Robin Frank Management is now representing director Bernard Gourley of Immigrant Film. Credits include:

• 50 Cent f/ Robin Thicke "Follow My Lead"
  
• Talib Kweli "Hot Thing"
• Hurricane Chris "A Bay Bay"
• Lil' Flip feat. Lyfe jennings "Ghetto Mindstate"
• DJ Khaled f/ Consequence, Kanye West & John Legend "Grammy Family"
• E-40 "Tell Me When To Go"