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MVPA Awards Tomorrow, May 31 // Ticket Sales End Tonight!

Tickets sales end TONIGHT (Wednesday, Midnight PST) for tomorrow's MVPA Awards. This is your last chance; tickets will NOT be available at the door.

2012 Music Video Production Awards

  • WHERE: Taglyan Grand Ballroom, 1201 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA  
  • WHEN: Thursday, May 31; 7p cocktail hour, 8p dinner and awards gala
  • TICKETS: $80 @ 2012mvpaawards.eventbrite.com

Suit or cocktail attire required. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Best Music Videos of April 2012

A few days late and a few videos short? We shall see...

The April crop of videos that struck me as keepers was small, yet solid. That said, I feel like I'm missing stuff, so please use the comments to offer up your faves and if warranted I'll do a follow-up playlist of your picks.

PS: It took a lot of self-control to not use a Waste Land reference here.

Best Music Videos of April 2012 — embedded as a playlist below, and/or click the individual posts for full credits and more info)

Dick Clark, RIP

How can you talk about music and TV (or visuals) without paying respect to Dick Clark and American Bandstand?

On a related note, I wish that more of the AB archives were online in some official capacity... Especially the performances.

2012 SXSW Video Screenings and Competition

As anyone with an internet connection knows by now:  The annual SXSW Festival is underway in Austin, TX, running separate music, film and interactive programs. I will be repping for Video Static once again, so don't be shy about reaching out if you'll be there.

In music video news @ SXSW, they will have a 90 minite showcase and music video competition at the follow times/locations:

  • Wednesday, March 14, 4:30p @ Alamo Ritz 1
  • Saturday, March 17, 3:45p @ Alamo Ritz 2

Sitting in a dark theater isn't really the essence of being at SXSW for the music portion, so don't feel bad about missing out on that part, especially since you can click and watch all the entries below.

Click the songtitles for complete credits and contact info via sxsw.com. And/or Click [watch] to do exactly that.

Best Music Videos of February 2012

Maybe it's due to the extra Leap Day, but there were a ridiculous amount of really good videos for February. 

So, with only a bit more hemming/hawing, here are the 24 best videos from February 2012 presented as a playlist — that you can embed or watch like it's a video show — and as individual links below if you'd like to see the video credits and/or read capsule reviews by me and fellow Vstatic writer Doug Stern.

Please use the comments section to add everything I missed, or to take umbrage with my taste (or to point out that only jackasses use words like "umbrage").