A skullatastic totem appears on our hero's car hood and it's all he needs to work up the courage to get revenge on his strange (very strange) co-workers. --> watch "Cash For Gold"
Remember knowing exactly how many school days were left until Summer vacation? If so, this Cloud Nothings anthem is for you. Director/animator Jack Kubizne dips into the imagination of a schoolkid with a head full of dark (yet day-glo) fantasies. --> watch "Stay Useless" (MTVU Premiere)
Cloud Nothings "Stay Useless" (Carpark)Jack Kubizne, director
How to make an underwater video with tips/tricks from director Gustavo de la Torre:
1) Don't let anyone drown — "We practiced a lot with the band because even something as simple as keeping your eyes open can be complicated when you are concentrating on playing a song underwater. And since the video was filmed in a pool owned by the guitar player, it was a controled environment and everything was pretty safe."
Actress Helena Bonham Carter is the sad-eyed lady of the library. Bored. Repressed. Ready to break free. Rufus Wainwright is anything but repressed. He shows up in various guises, all of which are disruptive and serve to lure Helena into discovering what's under her cover (if you know what I mean). --> watch "Out Of The Game"
OK Go have made themselves famous with their (mostly) self-created music videos, but of late the clips have gotten so big and out of control that it seemed the band had fed them after midnight. For "Skyscrapers" the band returns to the stripped down and focused approach that orignally had them dancing in the backyard and on treadmills.