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Matt Nathanson "Headphones" (Brendan Walter & Mel Soria, dir.)

Yes, Matt Nathanson has his funny side. But for this clip, he put his charitable nature to good use, traveling with the Starkey Hearing Foundation to Peru to give a thousand hearing aids to people in need. Now, these Peruvians can perhaps share that same feeling of invincibility Matt sings about here. Go to starkeyhearingfoundation.org if you wish to learn more.

WATCH IT: Living Sisters "How Are You Doing" (Michel Gondry, dir.)

While the miracle of chilbirth is (often literally) the central frame in this new Michel Gondry video, it's surrounded by all sorts of calamity, ranging from earthquakes to plane crashes and so much more. All of it has that twee Gondry charm of course, which nicely complements the sweet sounds of The Living Sisters, a collaboration between L.A. singers Becky Stark, Inara George and Eleni Mandell. --> watch "How Are You Doing"

WATCH IT: Greg Laswell "Take Everything" (Otto Arsenault, dir.)

The music video in reverse is something always worth revisiting, be it Pharcyde "Drop" or Jack Johnson "Sitting Waiting Wishing" or this recent Greg Laswell video just crowned Best Music Video at the annual Best of the Midwest Awards. Director Otto Arsenault and team choreograph a complex backwards and one-take extravaganza that has Laswell running the gamut from a bouncy ball attack to a fiery guitar all sorts of other little destructions.