WATCH IT: Cee-Lo Green "F**k You" (Matthew Stawski, dir.)

Cee-Lo Green manages to score the pop hit of the year, except for the fact that it's called "Fuck You" and is essentially a Motown-worthy middle finger to a woman who has done him wrong. Director Matthew Stawski focuses on the sweet hooks, setting the action at a retro soda shop where we learn that Cee-Lo's anger stems from never having much luck with the ladies. --> watch "Fuck You"

Cee-Lo Green "Fuck You" (Elektra/Warner UK)
Matthew Stawski, director | Paul Bock, producer | Refused TV, production co | Damian Acevedo, DP | Serge Gay Jr, artist | Scrambled Visual, vfx | Dustin Blackburn, casting director (To roughly quote producer Paul Bock, it's pretty hard to find parents willing to let their kid lip-sync "fuck you" in a video)

WATCH IT: New Found Glory "Truck Stop Blues" (Matthew Stawski, dir.)

The touring life is Loony Tunes for New Found Glory, both in terms of the Serge Gay Jr cartoon drawings that director Matthew Stawski peppers throughout this video and for the band's mental state as they attempt to refuel themselves at a truck stop. --> watch "Truck Stop Blues" 

New Found Glory"Truck Stop Blues" (Epitaph)
Matthew Stawski, director | Refused TV, production co | Andy Patch, DP | Scrambled Visual, fx 

WATCH IT: The Young Veins "Change" (Behn Fannin, dir.)

Director Behn Fannin delivers an Ed Sullivan old-school TV performance piece  — if you're a young'n, you can sub Nirvana "In Bloom" for the visual reference — to perfectly match the British Invasion sounds of The Young Veins. --> watch "Change" (MTVU premiere)

Young Veins "Change" (One Haven)
Behn Fannin, director/editor | Refused TV, production co 

WATCH IT: El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez "Miercoles"

Here's a little more Spanish for ya: Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez presents his jazzy/folky/spanishy new trio El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez with a stripped down performance video that is the exact opposite from the man who previously brought you this. (The alternate review of this video is: Here's a little Miercoles for your Monday.) --> watch "Miercoles"

El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez
"Miercoles" (Rodriguez Lopez Productions)
Omar Rodriguez Lopez, director | Refused TV, production co | Michael Rizzi & Kristofer May, cameras | Adam Thomson, editor

SHOT: Alkaline Trio - Matthew Stawski, director

Director Matthew Stawski (third from left) on set with Alkaline Trio...

• artist: Alkaline Trio
• song: "This Addiction"
• label: Epitaph
• director(s): Matthew Stawski
• production co: Refused TV
• rep: Matt McGreevey

WATCH IT: Omar Rodriguez Lopez "Asco..."

Being that the song title "Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos" translates into something somewhat dirty, it shouldn't be a surprise that Mars Volta member Omar Rodriguez Lopez has sex on his mind here. That said, this is a video full of surprises. The first is Lopez's willingness to out marriage before sex out of respect for his religious lover (played by Mexican singet Ximena Sariñana). The second is what they decide to do with their miscarriage. --> watch "Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos"

Omar Rodriguez Lopez
"Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos"
(Rodriguez Lopez Productions / Refused TV)
Omar Rodriguez Lopez, director | Cathy Pellow, producer | RefusedTV, production co  | Adam Thompson, editor

HAPPY HALLOWEEN: Sea Wolf "Wicked Blood"

Director Alan Tanner conjures up the ghost of Ed Wood in this spooky send-up of campy DIY horror flicks for Dangerbird Records act Sea Wolf. Actress Shannyn Sossamon stars as the damsel in distress (a required role in all things horror), while the Sea Wolf crew and various indie music notables (especially from Tanner's Saddle Creek scene) take on the supporting roles. --> watch "Wicked Blood" via MTVU.com premiere or Vimeo

Sea Wolf "Wicked Blood" (Dangerbird)
Alan Tanner, director | Craig Bernard, producer | Refused TV, production co | Larkin Seiple, DP | xxx, editor | Ashley Fenton, production designer | Liz Garner + Martha Cary, art directors

SHOT: The Script - Aggressive, directors

• artist: The Script
• song: "Breakeven"
• label: Epic
• director(s): Aggressive
• production co: Refused TV
• DP: Simon Thirlaway
• Commissioner: Cal Aurand

WATCH IT: All Time Low "Weightless"

Director Matthew Stawski uses animated titles in a sort of "pop-up video" style to point out the brutal truths at an All Time Low concerts. You see, the There might be a few too many degrading disses at the expense of groupies — methinks the boys are a bit torn between fascination and disdain — but for the most part it's all good-natured, with just as many of the barbs being directed at the band as at their fans. Bonus points for getting Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz on-board to slag ATL, who then in turn gets shot down by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182. Somewhere, Billie Joe Armstrong is laughing at them all. --> watch "Weightless"

All Time Low "Weightless" (Hopeless)
Matthew Stawski, director | Paul Bock, producer | Refused TV, production co | Damien Acevedo, DP 

WATCH IT: Street Sweeper Social Club "100 Little Curses"

Guitar god Tom Morello continues raging against the machine with new band Street Sweeper Social Club, a militant little metal/rap/funk act with the outspoken Boots Riley of controversial rap group The Coup on vocals. Director Matthew Stawski provides lots of revolutionary symbols behind the band's performance, while also illustrating a tale of greed and capitalism gone wild with actor Breckin Meyer. --> watch "100 Little Curses" (directors cut, Quicktime)

Street Sweeper Social Club
"100 Little Curses" (ILG)
Matthew Stawski, director | Alfred Tomaszewski + Nina Tahash, producers | Refused TV, production co | Scrambled Visual, fx/editor