December 2009

Fairy tales without happy endings aren't worth remembering. So, Paramore singer Haley Williams prepares to lay her childhood demons to rest in this fantastical video for "Brick By Boring Brick." Director Meiert Avis keeps the clip memorable with an elaborate retelling of the lyrics tale, referencing Alice In Wonderland and other fairy tales, but with a look that's most reminiscent of the burnt-orange narco-dreamworld of the Nirvana "Heart Shaped Box" video. --> watch "Brick By Boring Brick"

Don't worry about the briefcase. Don't ask what DJ Khaled has going on with the Chinese mafia, or what side he's playing. That whole intro in this video for "Fed Up" is basically what they'd call a red herring in the suspense genre. "Fed Up" is really about going big, really big. We're talking sportscars, speedboats,  motorcycles, helicopters, plus a guestlist that's even bigger than all of that.

Director Robby Starbuck has officially launched his own full-service production company, RSM, boasting a roster of himself and directors Marco de la Torre, Greg Ephraim and Benjamin Eck.

Select video credits include:

Robby Starbuck, director - click for links

Director Isaiah Seret and co-director Alex Ebert of The Masses reaches an epic scale in "Kisses Over Babylon," a trippy sci-fi piece that's much better described as a short film than a music video. Various classic films seem to have been on Seret's brain — I get vibes from The Last Temptation Of Christ, Caligula (ie: there are boobs) and even Conan The Barbarian (ok, maybe not) — delivering a sense of grandeur and ambition  that you rarely see, especially in videos for indie acts like Edward Shape & The Magnetic Zeroes.