NEW RELEASE: Herman Dune "1-2-3-Apple-Tree"

With puppets, how can you go wrong? Okay, bad question. Nevertheless, director Toben Seymour's third video for Herman Dune stars felt versions of the band members running down the streets of Los Angeles from a somewhat insane crowd of kids and their adult counterparts. It's kinda weird and fun, but in some people's hearts the Summer of Love never ends. Unless, of course, you don't like hippies. (review by Kevin Holy) --> watch "1-2-3-Apple-Tree"

Herman Dune "1-2-3-Apple-Tree" (EMI)
Toben Seymour, director | Justin Benoliel, producer | Commondeer, production co | Ross Riege, DP | Ryan Bartley, editor | Ghost Town Media, effects

note: Director Toben Seymour is now signed with DNA.

BOOKED: Herman Dune - Toben Seymour, director

artist: Herman Dune
song: "123 Appletree" 
label: Source/EMI 
director(s): Toben Seymour
production co: Commondeer

BOOKED: Maps - Toben Seymour, director

artist: Maps
song: "You Don't Know Her Name"
label: Mute
director(s): Toben Seymour
production co: Commondeer

NEW RELEASE: Aqueduct - Charles Spano, director

Take the material things that you think you can't live without, pile them up and set fire to it all. Even if it doesn't make you feel better, it'll look pretty cool. Unfortunately, we don't get to see what this Devil's Tower of crap looks like when ablaze — music video depictions of fire will probably never rebounded to their pre Beavis And Butthead controversy level. But, we do witness the resoluteness of Aqueduct's David Terry, who rightly decides that his beloved Moog keyboard is absolutely essential to his essence and decides to spare it a fiery fate. --> watch "Living A Lie"

Aqueduct "Living A Lie" (Barsuk)
Charles Spano, director | Justin Benoliel, producer | Commondeer, production co | Steven Drypolcher and Hiro Murai, DP | Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer, editor

BOOKED: What Made Milwaukee Famous - Toben Seymour, director

artist: What Made Milwaukee Famous
song: "I Decide"
label: Barsuk
director(s): Toben Seymour
production co: Commondeer
commissioner: Jill Kaplan/Skyway

BOOKED: Aqueduct - Charles Spano, director

artist: Aqueduct
song: "Living A Lie"
label: Barsuk
director(s): Charles Spano
production co: Commondeer
commissioner: Jill Kaplan/Skyway Productions

SHOT: Voltage - Charles Spano, director

This video for experimental act Voltage will be a strange meditation on buildings, trees and other inanimate (or animate) objects.

artist: Voltage
song: "01"
label: Flameshovel
director(s): Charles Spano
production co: Commondeer

SHOT: The Willowz - Toben Seymour, director

Director Toben Seymour ensnares The Willowz in a clutter of wires for "Cons And Tricks." Photo below shows the director (far left) with singer/guitarist Richie James Follen (center) all tangled up in cords.

artist: The Willowz
song: "Cons And Tricks"
label: Sympathy For the Record Industry
director(s): Toben Seymour
production co: Commondeer

SHOT: Make Believe - B. Driscoll-Luttringer, S. Drypolcher & H. Murai, directors

Performance by indie rockers Make Believe is projected onto a masked man in a white room for this new video.

artist: Make Believe
song: "Small Apartment Party Epiphany"
label: Flameshovel
director(s): Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer, Steve Drypolcher & Hiro Murai
production co: Commondeer

NEW RELEASE: Smoosh "La Pump"

Smoosh "La Pump" Pattern 25
Ace Norton, director
Charles Spano, producer
Commondeer, production co.
Johnny Sweeney, head animator
Toben Seymour & Ace Norton, cinematographers
Description: It would be easy to dismiss Smoosh as a novelty band, but the truth is that these two Middle School girls from Seattle are pretty darn good. In this primarily Claymation video, the kiddie indie rockers decide to overturn a ban on rock music in their town. Although their performance gets unplugged by a mean old mayor, the Smoosh Claymation characters ultimately win the battle thanks to a little help from their human counterparts. Highly recommended for fans of homespun stop-motion animation.