There's a certain perverse charm of having a heavy band like Deftones in a usually quiet library. It's not as perverse as a hot librarian fetish, or dousing a troupe of dancing lingerie girls with blood, but not to fear: This rather epic video covers all those bases with a majesty that makes it all seem way less random than it might sound. --> watch "You've Seen The Butcher"
Are all your calls collect in the afterlife? This Metric video from director/artist Christopher Mills doesn't tackle those kinds of post-mortem communication issues as he uses animation to follow a casket to its final resting spot. --> watch "Collect Call"
Director Jodeb (center, bottom) and producer Geoff McLean (left) with Deftones and the cast of "You've Seen The Butcher"... and it looks like the shot was taken after the butchery took place.
Canadian alternarock supergroup of sorts Broken Social Scene bring a little organic destruction and creation to a museum in this video directed by Makapoon (aka Adam Makarenko & Alan Poon). Performance is presented as deconstructed and jagged 3-D projections, an effect made possible by a scanning technology that sounds reminiscent of that Radiohead video that was created with frickin lasers. --> watch "Forced To Love"
Turns out dogs are no different than bored teens in the suburbs: They meet up, they run around, they sneak into a neighbor's yard to hit the pool. Any other connections you might make — including those of the defecatory category — are left to your imagination. Director Mike Juneau keeps it clean and just presents it as a dog day afternoon in this video for indie rockers Tokyo Police Club. (PS: You can own the video, and two remixes of the track by donating as little as $1 to the ASPCA through TokyoPoliceClub.com. All proceeds go to the ASPCA. And, of course, no dogs were harmed in the making of this video.) --> watch "Boots Of Danger (Wait Up)"
Strangeness surrounds Canadian band Billy Talent in this video for "Diamond On A Landmine". A disorienting intro leads into performance within a tiny claustrophobic room where, among other odd touches, creepy baby masks hover in the ether and disembodied arms try to grab hold of the band. --> "Diamond On A Landmine"
Christopher Mills takes some Dead Weather live footage shot by Tim Wheeler and essentially blows it out, making for a look that's somewhere between an x-ray and the black/white Halftone dots of a newspaper (or a Lichtenstein print, if that's a more impressive reference). --> watch "Blue Blood Blues"
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"
Archival footage of The Good Life — childhood, family, showgirls, etc — gets mixed with snippets of war and order in this performance video for Three Days Grace directed by Michael Maxxis. --> watch "The Good Life"
A femme fatale literally steals off with the singer's heart in this wild chase of a video for Sweet Thing. Director/animator Chris Mills manipulates 2D and 3D with live action and animation as the band gets chased down, captured and then taken to a place where nobody gets out alive. --> watch "Dance Mother"
