Combining VFX and puppeteering in the video for "Young Rut" by PAPA, director NORTON gives life to a pair of pants and a shirt who fall in love with each other. Drawing inspiration from Disney films, as well as from the work of animator Kirsten Lepore, NORTON gives enough character and… Read More

It’s hard to ignore the similarities between Michael Kenneth Williams’s character Omar Little on The Wire and his character in the MGMT music video for "Cool Song No. 2," directed by Isaiah Seret. These similarities are no surprise given the fact that the video co-writer, Mindy LeBrock, actually has a… Read More

Bitter lemons never looked so sweet as they do in "Fresh Made Lemonade" by Barnaby. Popping images surround a subdued shadow of grey as Barnaby. does his best to stay moody amid a wash of colour. GreenDore Films, made up of childhood friends and directors Tom Green and Justin Theodore, have been bubbling… Read More

Shot in Barcelona, the video for "El Niño" by Buffetlibre ft. We Have Band features a man, played by Isak Férriz, who is frustrated with life. At the time of production, it turns out director Paloma Zapata was dealing with some frustrations of her own, and she was able to… Read More

"Indie Cindy" by Pixies, directed by LAMAR+NIK, is a narrative video that mixes camera sources and moves forward and backwards through time. The video is the second collaboration between the band and the directing duo, and like their previous collaboration, "Bagboy," it is a lot darker than most of the… Read More

Director Elliott Sellers has been on a roll this year. He’s established a style that combines beautiful live action footage with perfectly placed visual effects, like in the video for "Heart Heart Head" by Meg Myers. In this video, Meg gives an amazing performance, holding nothing back, as she drags… Read More

"Graceless," The National and director Sophia Peer's second collaboration from the excellent Trouble Will Find Me album, features the band members drinking lots of beer and ruining their nice suits at a sweet pool party. It was shot at The National frontman Matt Berninger’s parent’s house, and features the band jumping in the pool, sliding down a slip and slide,… Read More

Coming off their massively successful song and video for "Safe And Sound," Capital Cities turned to Carlos Lopez Estrada to co-direct their newest video for the song "Kangaroo Court." The band came up with the idea of a nerdy Zebra trying to get into a club that doesn’t allow his… Read More

In the last two years, director Phil Mucci has established a distinct style in the music video world, to the point where he has written his own rules on how things get done. Starting with "The Devil's Orchard" by Opeth in 2011, Phil has released a string of dark and… Read More

It’s not easy to get a music video audience emotionally attached to a singing tree and animated bird, but in the video for "You & I" by Crystal Fighters, director Elliott Sellers pulls it off. Shot the same weekend that Elliott and the band also shot the video for "Separator,"… Read More

Portugal. The Man lead singer John Gourley and director of photography Michael Ragen have a pretty close relationship. So close, that Michael has actually worked on all of the Portugal. The Man videos as either a DP, or as a director. Their latest collaboration, "Modern Jesus" directed by AG Rojas,… Read More

The beautiful and dramatic animated music video for "Daydream/Wetdream/Nightmare" by Saint Motel centers around a Danish fisherman and his wife’s troubled and unfaithful relationship. Director and animator Sidsel Wittendorff Sørensen landed on this narrative after listening to the song and getting images of the sea stuck in her head. We… Read More

Before his death in 2009, actor David Carradine’s last on screen performance was for a short film that was based on an Ours song and directed by Michael Maxxis. This film was never released. Four years later, Ours lead singer Jimmy Gnecco approached Michael to repurpose the footage to be used in… Read More

A concept that began with some test footage shot in an aquarium, "Nightlight" by Dungeonesse, directed by Ariana Natale, beautifully combines Jellyfish and an invented loft style bedroom in the middle of a warehouse in East Brooklyn. The video features Jenn Wasner of Dungeonesse in her fabricated bedroom and is full… Read More

Prior to signing with Athem Films, director Tim Hendrix took on a passion project with an idea that might have started out bigger than the budget. "Teenage Rhythm" by GRMLN is a high-energy video of high school students having fun and causing trouble in their hometown, but with all the… Read More

Mansions are a staple, almost right of passage for rappers when partying in music videos. But making the mansion party music video your own is a daunting task, a task director Andrew Hines took on in A$AP Ferg's "Shabba" video, honing in A$AP Mob's ideas into a cohesive promo, and… Read More

"Everybody's Something" by Chance The Rapper is the fifth music video from his infectious mixtape Acid Rap. Starting with "Juice" at the beginning of this year, Chance has teamed up with director Austin Vesely on three of the five projects and has taken distinctively different approaches to each of the… Read More

From the first public mention of Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience projects, there has been a buzz around them that hasn’t stopped, even nearly six months after the release of the first album. From interactive campaigns, to a weeklong residency on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, to now four pretty… Read More

Hip Hop videos are rich with tradition. Whether it’s rap hands, mean mugging, or random dudes everywhere, there are music video elements that have appeared in every era of hip hop. In the video for "Hive" by Earl Sweatshirt, director Hiro Murai takes some of those traditional hip hop elements… Read More

When it comes to making a one shot music video, all the elements need to be in place on both sides of the camera for the video to work out. For the Wild Nothing video for "Only Heather," directed by Ryan Reichenfeld, they not only needed to find an actor… Read More

It’s rare that a story about a dude murdering people and putting the in the back of his car will make you laugh, but that is exactly what happens in "Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster" by Thee Oh Sees, directed by John Strong. The video has the feeling of a short film,… Read More

Shake The Baron is quickly gaining notoriety for their incredibly polished promos. Self-confessed serial storyteller Alex Amoling took on the challenge of making the video for the all important title track from Ghost Hits, taking a more bruising approach when retelling the story of a break up. With their previous work heavily featuring post-production,… Read More

2013 has been a great year so far for Alex Lee and Kyle Wightman, also known as BRTHR. Each of their five videos released this year has been more complex and ambitious than the one before it, and each has served as a way to further their aesthetic as directors.… Read More

Mr. Killums - El-P’s drug, sex, and violence addicted squirrel puppet - has a very storied music video history. We’ve been fans of Killums since he appeared in two of our favorite videos from last year, El-P’s "The Full Retard" and "Stay Down," so we were super excited when we… Read More

For the video “I Dream in Neon” by Dirty Beaches, director Michael Lawrence traveled to Germany to collaborate with Alex Zhang Hungtai (aka Dirty Beaches) on the project. The dark and partially autobiographical video features Alex as a the main character, highlighting what Michael describes as him putting “everything” into… Read More