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WATCH IT: All Time Low "I Feel Like Dancin" (Matt Stawski, dir.)

It's major label time for All Time Low, which means product placements, excessive sexytime and getting derivative when it comes to the video concept. Of course it's all a parody, or a clever way of getting all the perks of selling out while maintaining that indie cred. --> watch "I Feel Like Dancin"

All Time Low "I Feel Like Dancin" (Interscope)
Matt Stawski, director | Paul Bock, producer | Refused TV, production co | Andrew Shulkind, DP | Scrambled Visual, vfx | Paul Rice, production designer | Serge Gay Jr, artist | Shane Reed, colorist | Cathy Pellow, exec. producer | Andrew Ibea, commissioner  

Steven Gottlieb at May 23, 2011 in Interscope, New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

WATCH IT: Cee-Lo Green "It's OK" (Matt Stawksi, dir.)

Director Matt Stawski and illustrator Serge Gay Jr constuct an Ultra Loungey world for Cee-Lo to croon this retro-soul cut. --> watch "It's OK"

Cee-Lo Green "It's OK" (Elektra)
Matt Stawski, director | Christina D King, producer | Refused TV, production co | Serge Gay Jr, artist | Cathy Pellow, commissioner

Steven Gottlieb at December 6, 2010 in Atlantic, New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

WATCH IT: Cast Spells "Glamorous Glowing" (Behn Fannin, dir.)

If you've bemoanded the lack of truly colorful and electic frontmen in music today, then perhaps seeing a literally colorful and electric lightbox as the star of a music video is a dream come true. A floating and flashing monolith floats around the city broadcasting various patterns (and possibly messages) to this Cast Spells track. --> "Glamorous Glowing"

Glamorous Glowing "Cast Spells" (Sargent House)
Behn Fannin, director | Refused TV, production co

Steven Gottlieb at November 19, 2010 in Refused TV, Sargent House | Permalink | Comments (0)

WATCH IT: The Young Veins "Talke A Vacation" (Behn Fannin, dir.)

After starting out with an homage to the b/w Ed Sullivan golden age of TV, The Young Veins jump forward to the color era with this sunny video full of split screens, washed-out colors, split-screens, and lots of period details. --> watch "Take A Vacation"

The Young Vains "Take A Vacation" (One Haven)
Behn Fannin, director | Refused TV, production co | Andy Patch, DP

Steven Gottlieb at October 12, 2010 in New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

WATCH IT: Tera Melos "Frozen Zoo" (Behn Fannin, dir.)

If you are what you eat, then the dudes in this Tera Melos video are clearly hopped up on a lot of pills as they parade around a city in very kinetic outfits. --> watch " Frozen Zoo"

Tera Melos "Frozen Zoo" (Sargent House)
Behn Fannin, director | Refused TV, production co

Steven Gottlieb at September 9, 2010 in New Releases - 2008 June, Refused TV, Sargent House | Permalink | Comments (0)

WATCH IT: Cee-Lo Green "F**k You" (Matthew Stawski, dir.)

Cee-Lo Green manages to score the pop hit of the year, except for the fact that it's called "Fuck You" and is essentially a Motown-worthy middle finger to a woman who has done him wrong. Director Matthew Stawski focuses on the sweet hooks, setting the action at a retro soda shop where we learn that Cee-Lo's anger stems from never having much luck with the ladies. --> watch "Fuck You"

Cee-Lo Green "Fuck You" (Elektra/Warner UK)
Matthew Stawski, director | Paul Bock, producer | Refused TV, production co | Damian Acevedo, DP | Serge Gay Jr, artist | Scrambled Visual, vfx | Dustin Blackburn, casting director (To roughly quote producer Paul Bock, it's pretty hard to find parents willing to let their kid lip-sync "fuck you" in a video)

Steven Gottlieb at September 1, 2010 in Atlantic, New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

WATCH IT: New Found Glory "Truck Stop Blues" (Matthew Stawski, dir.)

The touring life is Loony Tunes for New Found Glory, both in terms of the Serge Gay Jr cartoon drawings that director Matthew Stawski peppers throughout this video and for the band's mental state as they attempt to refuel themselves at a truck stop. --> watch "Truck Stop Blues

New Found Glory"Truck Stop Blues" (Epitaph)
Matthew Stawski, director | Refused TV, production co | Andy Patch, DP | Scrambled Visual, fx 

Steven Gottlieb at July 26, 2010 in Epitaph, New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

WATCH IT: The Young Veins "Change" (Behn Fannin, dir.)

Director Behn Fannin delivers an Ed Sullivan old-school TV performance piece  — if you're a young'n, you can sub Nirvana "In Bloom" for the visual reference — to perfectly match the British Invasion sounds of The Young Veins. --> watch "Change" (MTVU premiere)

Young Veins "Change" (One Haven)
Behn Fannin, director/editor | Refused TV, production co 

Steven Gottlieb at June 30, 2010 in New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (1)

WATCH IT: El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez "Miercoles"

Here's a little more Spanish for ya: Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez presents his jazzy/folky/spanishy new trio El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez with a stripped down performance video that is the exact opposite from the man who previously brought you this. (The alternate review of this video is: Here's a little Miercoles for your Monday.) --> watch "Miercoles"

El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez
"Miercoles" (Rodriguez Lopez Productions)

Omar Rodriguez Lopez, director | Refused TV, production co | Michael Rizzi & Kristofer May, cameras | Adam Thomson, editor

Steven Gottlieb at March 1, 2010 in New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

SHOT: Alkaline Trio - Matthew Stawski, director

Director Matthew Stawski (third from left) on set with Alkaline Trio...

Alkaline Trio and Matthew Stawski

  • artist: Alkaline Trio
  • song: "This Addiction"
  • label: Epitaph
  • director(s): Matthew Stawski
  • production co: Refused TV
  • rep: Matt McGreevey

Steven Gottlieb at January 19, 2010 in Epitaph, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

WATCH IT: Omar Rodriguez Lopez "Asco..."

Being that the song title "Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos" translates into something somewhat dirty, it shouldn't be a surprise that Mars Volta member Omar Rodriguez Lopez has sex on his mind here. That said, this is a video full of surprises. The first is Lopez's willingness to out marriage before sex out of respect for his religious lover (played by Mexican singet Ximena Sariñana). The second is what they decide to do with their miscarriage. --> watch "Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos"

Omar Rodriguez Lopez
"Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos"
(Rodriguez Lopez Productions / Refused TV)

Omar Rodriguez Lopez, director | Cathy Pellow, producer | RefusedTV, production co  | Adam Thompson, editor

Steven Gottlieb at December 7, 2009 in New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN: Sea Wolf "Wicked Blood"

Director Alan Tanner conjures up the ghost of Ed Wood in this spooky send-up of campy DIY horror flicks for Dangerbird Records act Sea Wolf. Actress Shannyn Sossamon stars as the damsel in distress (a required role in all things horror), while the Sea Wolf crew and various indie music notables (especially from Tanner's Saddle Creek scene) take on the supporting roles. --> watch "Wicked Blood" via MTVU.com premiere or Vimeo

Sea Wolf "Wicked Blood" (Dangerbird)
Alan Tanner, director | Craig Bernard, producer | Refused TV, production co | Larkin Seiple, DP | xxx, editor | Ashley Fenton, production designer | Liz Garner + Martha Cary, art directors

Steven Gottlieb at October 30, 2009 in Dangerbird, New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (0)

SHOT: The Script - Aggressive, directors

  • artist: The Script
  • song: "Breakeven"
  • label: Epic
  • director(s): Aggressive
  • production co: Refused TV
  • DP: Simon Thirlaway
  • Commissioner: Cal Aurand

Steven Gottlieb at August 18, 2009 in Epic, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (2)

WATCH IT: All Time Low "Weightless"

All Time Low Director Matthew Stawski uses animated titles in a sort of "pop-up video" style to point out the brutal truths at an All Time Low concerts. You see, the There might be a few too many degrading disses at the expense of groupies — methinks the boys are a bit torn between fascination and disdain — but for the most part it's all good-natured, with just as many of the barbs being directed at the band as at their fans. Bonus points for getting Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz on-board to slag ATL, who then in turn gets shot down by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182. Somewhere, Billie Joe Armstrong is laughing at them all. --> watch "Weightless"

All Time Low "Weightless" (Hopeless)
Matthew Stawski, director | Paul Bock, producer | Refused TV, production co | Damien Acevedo, DP 

Steven Gottlieb at July 7, 2009 in Hopeless, New Releases, Refused TV | Permalink | Comments (2)