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WATCH IT: Hot Hot Heat "21@12" (Michael Maxxis, dir.)

Canada is strange. Really strange. Like, Gummo strange. OK, maybe not that strange. Director Michael Maxxis unveils a side of Canada that's anything but glamorous (yet still polite), matched with a storyline that could come from an episode of Napoleon Dymamite (if it was a series). The epic tale revolves around a birthday party and Hot Hot Heat's quest to get something to bring as a gift. Weirdness ensues. --> watch "21@12"

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WATCH IT: Darker My Love "Two Ways Out"

Despite the song title "Two Ways Out," there seems to be no exit from the black void that serves as the setting for this creepy little clip   for psychedelic West Coast rockers, Darker My Love. The tone is way more surreal than existential, thanks to a clever trick in which director Toben Seymour portrays the band as a collection of disembodied heads and hands and instruments that float about and get all mixed up in various ways. The video is debuting today as an all day premiere on mtvU.