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Thanks for your patience during our Summer slowdown. We'll be back with our daily barrage of video goodness on Monday.

NEW RELEASE: Marjorie Fair "Empty Room"

Marjorie Fair "Empty Room"  Capitol
Michael Palmieri, director/editor
Dave Robertson, producer
A Band Apart, production company
Description: The singer of Marjorie Fair tries to ride a bicycle across the desert while dragging a powerful magnet that keeps attracting all sorts of large items that inevitably slow him down.

NEW RELEASE: Shelby Lynne "Go With It"

Shelby Lynne "Go With It" Capitol
no director credited
Description: A mix of recording studio footage with a restrained live performance by country artist Shelby Lynne and band.

NEW RELEASE: Chromeo "Rage"

Chromeo "Rage" Vice
Moh Azima, director
Steven Johnson, producer
Factory Features, production company
Description: A very funky and glittery performance video in which duplicates of the two members of Chromeo form a complete band.

SHOT: Rufio - Acquastrada, directors

"Out Of Control" takes place in an office elevator that gets progressively smaller .

artist: Rufio
song: "Out Of Control"
label: Nitro
director(s): Acquastrada
production co: Acquastrada

NEW RELEASE: Damien Jurado "Lion Tamer"

Damien Jurado "Lion Tamer" Secretly Canadian
Ryer Banta, director
Description: This artpiece layers haphazard footage of the forest and the ocean over silhouettes of people.

NEW RELEASE: Antony And The Johnsons "Hope There's Someone"

Antony And The Johnsons "Hope There's Someone" Secretly Canadian
Glen Fogel, director
Description: The strains of this warbly, weird and downright hypnotic torch song are matched with footage of what looks like a middle aged woman thrashing about in an effort to drift off to sleep. The star of the video is Joey Gabriel, an infamous New Yorker who also appears on the album cover for the band's I Am A Bird Now.

NEW RELEASE: Okkervil River "For Real"

Okkervil River "For Real" Jagjaguwar
Zak Margolis, director
Description: Sounds like a countrified version of Guided By Voices and looks like a Peanuts cartoon, but only if Charles Schultz had a major drinking problem and a fixation on twisted fairy tales that take place in the lonely corners of Americana. It's actually real moving if you're a sucker for these things, like I am. If you are, then I recommend you watch the video.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: Trapt with Smith N' Borin

Trapt singer Chris Brown (center) confers with Ryan Smith and Frank Borin, a.k.a. the directing team Smith n' Borin, on the set of the band's video for "Stand Up."

NEWS: Paul Fedor inks with F.M. Rocks

F.M. Rocks has signed director Paul Fedor. His credits include videos for P.O.D. and Jimmy Eat World.

SHOT: Kaci Brown - Nzingha Stewart, director

Director Nzingha Stewart takes the classic Romeo & Juliet story and sets it at a modern high school setting for this debut from Kaci Brown.

artist: Kaci Brown
song: "Unbelievable"
label: Interscope
director(s): Nzingha Stewart
production co: DNA

BOOKED: Young City a.k.a. Chopper - Scott Franklin, director

Young City a.k.a. Chopper steps out from the MTV reality series group Bad Boy's Da Band for this debut on Bad Boy's new South imprint. This video will spotlight Chopper's hometown of New Orleans and is scheduled to boast cameos by P. Diddy and 8Ball & MJG, among many others.

artist: Young City a.k.a. Chopper featuring Corey Williams
song: "Lil' Daddy"
label: Bad Boy
director(s): Scott Franklin
production co: Fred Films
rep: Labuda Management

NEW RELEASE: Good Charlotte "We Believe"

Good Charlotte "We Believe" Epic
Sam Erickson, director
Mark Kalbfeld, producer
Martin Ahlgren, DP
Wyatt Smith, editor
Description: Good Charlotte perform this power ballad on a theater stage that is backed with projected footage of wars and momentous events. Mixed in on the screen are also shots of people from all walks of life holding signs that read, "We Believe" and other messages. As the song crescendos, the theater becomes filled with stolid fans who hold candles in solidarity with the band and their message.

NEW RELEASE: Mudvayne "Happy?"

Mudvayne "Happy?" Epic
Lex Halaby, director
Barbara Benson, producer
Refused TV, production company
Martin Ahlgren, DP
Nicholas Weyman Harris, editor
Description: Mudvayne grind out this cut in a field of flowers and butterflies. Unfortunately, the bucolic setting soon gets overtaken by storm clouds and a fierce tornado.

NEW RELEASE:Life Of Agony "Love To Let You Down"

Life Of Agony "Love To Let You Down"  Epic
Zach Merck, director
Gina Leonard, producer
F.M. Rocks, production company
Ross Richardson, DP
Mario Mares, editor
Description: Metal stalwarts Life Of Agony return with this video off their new CD Broken Valley. Performance is mixed with conceptual footage in which a Life Of Agony computer virus causes major changes in the behavior of people at a diner .