BOOKED: Chris Walla - Aaron Stewart-Ahn, director

Chris Walla is set to singlehandedly destroy the myth of indie rockers as slackers: Not only is he the guitarist/producer for Death Cab For Cutie, he's also the proprietor of the Seattle recording studio Hall Of Justice and has produced albums for Tegan & Sara, Hot Hot Heat and The Decemberists, just to name a few. He's now about to take the spotlight for a little bit as he bows his forthcoming solo album Field Manual with this video for "Sing Again."

Director Aaron Stewart-Ahn previously collaborated on the DCFC video album Directions in addition to directing videos for The Album Leaf and The Decemberists.

artist: Chris Walla
song: "Sing Again"
label: Barsuk
director(s): Aaron Stewart-Ahn
production co: Mister Boomboom
commissioner: Jill Kaplan/Skyway Productions
rep: Laure Scott Representation

BOOKED: Nicole Atkins - Josh Forbes, director

artist: Nicole Atkins
song: "Maybe Tonight"
label: Columbia
director(s): Josh Forbes
production co: Winch + Pulley
rep: Lanette Phillips Management

SHOT: AbsentStar - Walter Robot, directors

artist: AbsentStar
song: "For God's Sake"
label: Columbia
director(s): Walter Robot
production co: Merge @ Crossroads

SHOT: Ghostface Killah - Juwan Lee, director

artist: Ghostface Killah f/ Kid Capri
song: "We Celebrate"
label: Island Def Jam 
director(s): Juwan Lee
production co: Triggerhappy/Uncle

SHOT: Prima J - Ethan Lader, director

artist: Prima J
song: "Nadie (No One)"
label: Geffen
director(s): Ethan Lader
production co: Kleiner, Inc.

NEW RELEASE: Pissed Jeans "Ice Cream"

Oh, you may scoff at the lactose intolerant and claim it's nothing more than a little flatulence, but just think for a moment about all the young boys and girls who associate nothing but pain with something delicious like ice cream. That is what this Pissed Jeans video is all about, approximating the bubbling punk rock fury with the gastrointestinal discomfort experienced by a woman who heeds the evil call of her local ice cream man and plunges into a Trainspottingesque bout of hallucinations and night sweats. Sure it's silly, but not nearly as silly as the outro which features a band portrait with a puppy. --> watch "I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)" (YouTube)

Pissed Jeans "I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)" (Sub Pop)
Monty Buckles, director

NEW RELEASE: Simple Plan "When I'm Gone"

I'm not one to shed a tear for any youngster cruising down Sunset in a Mercedes convertible, but the girl in this video has got it bad. She's in throes of a breakdown as she waits/hopes for a phone call from Simple Plan singer Pierre Bouvier. Hallucinations set in and she starts seeing Pierre everywhere she looks: The advertisements all have Pierre. The parking valet is Pierre. Even the blogger with purple hair is Pierre (Hilton). Pierre is everywhere, except for her cellphone's caller ID display. That sense of ubiquity is not so imaginary, however: The restyled and even poppier than before Canadian rockers seem to be covering all their bases as they set up the February release of their new self-titled album. Yesterday included promo stops on MTV's TRL and Fuse's The Sauce, while the aforementioned kowtow to Perez Hilton has also reaped the expected reward. --> watch "When I'm Gone"

Simple Plan "When I'm Gone" (Atlantic)
Frank Borin, director/editor | Ari Weiner, producer | Shadow Screen, production co | Yell Productions, rep | Michael Pescasio, DP | 20 Twenty, vfx

SHOT: Avenged Sevenfold - Wayne Isham, director

artist: Avenged Sevenfold
song: "Afterlife"
label: Warner Bros.
director(s): Wayne Isham
production co: Merge @ Crossroads

BOOKED: The Knux - Jason Bergh, director

artist: The Knux
song: "Cappuccino"
label: HHH/Interscope
director(s): Jason Bergh
production co: UX Entertainment

BOOKED: Panic! At The Disco - Shane Drake, director

artist: Panic! At The Disco
song: "Nine In The Afternoon"
label: Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen
director(s): Shane Drake
production co: Red Van Pictures
rep: Labuda Management

note: Shane Drake is signed with Merge @ Crossroads

NEW RELEASE: The Little Ones "Ordinary Song"

This showstopper of a video from directing team Terri Timely is pretty gosh darn delightful. Essentially the music video equivalent of a Russian nesting doll, the walls and confines for each scene breaks away to reveal the next — similar in style and construct to Michel Gondry's Bjork video "Bachelorette," and the recent spate of AT&T commercials directed by Wes Anderson. The storyline following the progress of this "Ordinary Song" by The Little Ones from a recording session to the point where it seeps out into the populace and becomes the soundtrack of our lives. --> watch "Ordinary Song"

The Little Ones "Ordinary Song" (Heavenly/Astralwerks)
Terri Timely, director/production co | Donivan Sell , DP | Zoe Kim and Sarah Applebaum, production design

SHOT: Salvador Santana - Josh Forbes, director

Video in the works for Salvador Santana — aka the son of music legend Carlos Santana. Josh Forbes is directing with the Walter Robot team contributing animation.

artist: Salvador Santana Band
song: "Summer's Day"
label: VBE
director(s): Josh Forbes
production co: More Fancy
rep: Lanette Phillips Management

SHOT: Bellmer Dolls - James Throckmorton, director

artist: Bellmer Dolls
song: "Desire"
label: Hungry Eye
director(s): James Throckmorton
production co: Brooklyn Independent

SHOT: Chiodos - Josh Graham, director

Director Josh Graham (third from left) on the set of "Lexington" with Chiodos. Click the pic to expand — even if it's only to confirm that there is indeed a Black Flag logo on Mr. Graham's T-shirt. Nicely done.

artist: Chiodos
song: "Lexington  (Joey Pea-Pot With A Monkey Face)"
label: Equal Vision
director(s): Josh Graham
production co: Refused TV

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 12/17/07

MTV Adds:
Chingy f/ Amerie "Fly Like Me" (DTP/Def Jam)
J. Holiday "Suffocate" (Capitol)
Seether "Fake It" (Wind-Up)
Simple Plan "When I'm Gone" (Atlantic)
Styles P f/ Swizz Beatz "Blow Ya Mind" (Koch/D-Block)

MTV2 Adds:
Chevelle "I Get It" (Epic)
Chingy f/ Amerie "Fly Like Me" (DTP/Def Jam)
Escape The Fate "Situations " (Epitaph)
Hurricane Chris f/ Boxie "Playas Rock" (Polo Grounds/J)
Rick Ross f/ R. Kelly "Speedin" (Def Jam)
Simple Plan "When I'm Gone" (Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Andrew Bird "Imitosis" (Fat Possum)
Birdman "Hundred Million Dollars" (Cashmoney/Universal Motown)
Chevelle "I Get It" (Epic)
Escape The Fate "Situations " (Epitaph)
Graham Colton "Best Days" (Universal Republic)
Juanes "Me Enamora" (Universal Latino)
M.I.A. "Paper Planes" (Interscope)

MTV Jams Adds:
Cheri Dennis "Portrait Of Love" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Fat Joe f/ J. Holiday "I Won't Tell" (Imperial)
Hurricane Chris f/ Boxie "Playas Rock" (Polo Grounds/J)
Kia Shine "Wow" (Universal Motown)
Ludacris "Down In The Dirty" (DTP/Def Jam)
Ne-Yo "Go On Girl" (Def Jam)
Trap Starz Clik "Get It Big" (OnDeck/Universal Republic)
Tyra B "Givin' Me A Rush" (Reprise/Warner)