Sing It Loud eyeing Come Around video

Directed by Luke Asa Guidici from the album, Come Around.

Sing It Loud played seven shows before signing to Epitaph records. "I honestly don't know why [Epitaph label head] Brett [Gurewtiz] signed us; we were so bad," said Kieren Smith(guitar) on the band's Myspace page.

A campy style drama that is supposedly hilarious. Not so much, though it's obviously directed at a very narrow demographic. One that requires every single item in their videos to be labeled so as to avoid any confusion. Is that a briefcase or some strange watchamacallit?

In This Moment eyeing Call Me video

Directed by Nathan T. Heys from the album, The Dream- Special Edition.

Some random In This Moment trivia. Maria Brink's(vocalist) first tattoo was of an infinity sign, symbolizing the connection between Maria and her son. Sheri Bodell creates the dresses Maria wears on stage, though she sometimes creates her own from vintage shop purchases. [changetherecord]

Taking a cue from the original Blondie music video, Maria lies seductively on a round bed belting out the band's cover version. As with the original, the backing instruments are thrown in through performance footage. These shots feature green screen work that look like they were left to the last minute. The blurred edges on the white background are quite distracting when the video just cut from the standalone shots of Maria. Few times where you have a cover song and video...

Gene Dante and The Future Starlets eyeing A Madness To His Method video

Directed by Michael Pope from the album, The Romantic Lead.

Gene Dante has been nominated for a Best Male Vocalist award for the radio station WFNX, The Phoenix. Fans can vote for him here. Sweet harmonies and seen it all lyrics combine to form the Gene Dante and The Future Starlets sound.

Looks like someone is trying to bring the glam rock lifestyle back into the mainstream. Too bad its featured in a manner that makes it seem like some sort of social disease. This portrayal would have the likes of Kiss scratching their heads. Has their way of life been scrubbed out of media? Looks like it.

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Green Day eyeing 21 Guns

Directed by Marc Webb from the album, 21st Century Breakdown.

Nirvana's bassist, Krist Novoselic called Green Day's latest release their best work so far. He describes their work as "real punk," though some other critics have noted the band's latest work is treading in the pop rock waters. Drummer Tré Cool did mention that although punk rock is their mainstay, they pulled the essence of classic rock and roll during witting.

A track from the final act of the three act arch that is "21st Century Breakdown." This is the first video to feature the two central characters of the concept album, Christian and Gloria. The realities of war are literally taking place around the couple, with bursting chairs and hole strewn walls. Throughout the chaos, they remember each other and even have a chance to hug and kiss for a scene straight off the album cover.

mewithoutYou eyeing The Fox, The Crow and the Cookie

Directed by Amy Carrigan and David Bell from the album, It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright.

The Fox, The Crow, and the Cookie is one of many stories in Bawa Muhaiyaddeen's book My Love You My Children: 101 Stories for Children. mewithoutYou's latest album delves into and explores the teachings of the Sufi mystic.

The childlike stage and puppets in the video go hand in hand with the themes of the song and who they would be directed toward. The Sufi mystic's book is basically a "right or wrong" template for kids to learn, making the visual interpretation an easy fit for a "Sesame Street" segment.

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Papa Roach eyeing I Almost Told You That I Loved You

From the album, Metamorphosis.

[...Band can't seem to cope with their identity], summation of AbsolutePunk's review of Papa Roach's album. Yet the band feels they, "walk that line between metal, hardcore, punk rock and pop music, and we do our best at trying to make it all tasteful." Looks like they are having a hard time keeping up with their multiple personalities.

The video features a walk down what is probably the hallway between Sodom and Gomorrah. The whole lesbian thing is starting to get overused in rock. It used to be a quick glance at some lip action and that would cause fervor. Now, it's just there like its not a big deal, as it all starts to become mainstream. Of course it all goes together with the themes of the song but if you end up in such a place for almost loving someone, somethings up...

The Brainchild eyeing Conversational Tennis

From the album, Conversational Tennis.

Chris Dowling(vocals, guitar) has played since he was 10 years old, professionally since he was 15, his first gig was in front of 1000 people. He ended up supporting the likes of Tina Turner, Rod Stewart and Queen before settling into a band.

Video footage taken from a tennis loving family reunion can be viewed below. Nothing really stands out while watching, though the grandma(?) juggling one object and being proud of it does bring a chuckle...


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Black Tide eyeing Warriors of Time

Directed by Lance Sells from the album, Light from Above.

Black Tide fans who are gamers can listen to their tracks on a variety of video game releases. Shockwave is featured on Skate 2, Show Me The Way can be heard on Motorstorm: Pacific Drift and Warriors of Time is on NHL 09. These tracks are currently featured or will soon be available for download on Rock Band.

If you have watched "Afro Samurai," the animated video below should look similar. Like a Saturday morning kids cartoon version. Even the band's mascot "The Bastard" has similarities to Justice, one of the bad guys in the story. Even the snow filled landscapes... enough with the comparisons. Great video, the machines will never win...

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Double Dagger eyeing Vivre Sans Temps Mort

Directed by Cat Solen from the album, More.

Vivre Sans Temps Mort underwent a lot of work during the songwriting process, needing more concentration as compared to other songs on the album. They had the idea to make a song that would consist of only one note, trying to balance minimalism with enough variety to make it entertaining. [AuralStates]

This is one morbid kid putting together a toy car. As a parent, one would say, "great job son for undertaking such a complicated project". That is until the final piece is revealed. One could say he probably went through the situation based on the real world segments of the video. "I wrote my first will when I was nine years old..."


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Viva Voce eyeing Octavio

Directed by Alicia Rose from the album, Rose City.

In the beginning there were only two, Kevin and Anita Robinson, making up Viva Voce. When it came time to write Rose City, it became clear to them that they would want to expand their sound, after mingling with The Shins in 2007. Thus came Corrina Repp and Evan Railton to fill out the new Viva Voce sound.

What can be presumed to be two lovers, writing secret notes to each other turns into something that has been prevalent in U.S. headlines recently. What was going on with the key room? Who put the keys there? Why?