NEWS: CADS Video Awards Winners + Video

The 12th annual CADS Music Vision Awards were held the other night in London (June 27 at the Troxy Cinema, to be exact) and Video Static has gotten hold of the winners list and a couple on-the-scene videos from t he gala.

First: the winners. If you're not from the UK or a registered anglophile, most of these might be new to you. All of them are worth watching. Good stuff.

• Best Director: Saam (Partizan) — Saam's video credits include the Klaxons videos "It's Not Over Yet" and "Golden Skans."
• Best New Director: Sarah Chatfield (Colonel Blimp) — video credits include Noisettes "Scratch Your Name" and Lily Allen "Alfie"
• Best Video: Justice vs Simian "We Are Your Friends" — Rozan &
• Schmeltz, directors
• Best Pop Video: Lily Allen  "Alfie"  —Sara Chatfield, director
• Best Rock Video: The Horrors "Sheena Is A Parasite" — Chris Cunningham, director
• Best Dance Video: Justice vs Simian "We Are Your Friends" — Rozan &
• Schmeltz, directors
• Best Budget Video: Minilogue "Hitchhiker's Choice" — Kristofer Strom, director
• Best Online Video: Robbie Williams "The 80's" — Nahuel Lerena & Pato Byrne, directors
• Best International Video: Feist "1234" — Patrick Daughters, director
• Best Producer: Grace Bodie (Partizan)
• Best Commissioner: Ross Anderson (Polydor)
• Best Art Direction: Hot Chip "Boy From School" — Jay Burridge, art director
• Best Cinematography: Kasabian "Empire" — Tom Townend, DP
• Best Editing: Kasabian "Shoot The Runner" — Joe Guest, editor
• Best Telecine: Gnarls Barkley "Who Cares" — George K at Clear/VTR, colorist
• Best Visual Effects: Kaiser Cheifs "Ruby" — Stylewar, vfx artists
• Best TV Commercial: My Chemical Romance "The Black Parade" (Warner Music) — Brett Sullivan, director
• Best Music DVD: Gorillaz "Phase 2: Slowboat to Hades" (Parlophone) —  JC Hewlett and Pete Candeland, directors
• Best Live DVD: Take That "The Ultimate Tour" (Polydor)
• Best Music Channel: MTV2 UK

Second: video from the event. Two of em. Interviews with lots of inebriated UK music video people. Hosted by the lovely and talented Jen Herrera. Courtesy of Wax Music TV.

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Part 2:

BOOKED: June - Major Lightner, director

artist: June
song: "I'd Lose Myself"
label: Victory
director(s): Major Lightner
production co: MotivFilms
rep: RW Media

PHOTO: Keith Murray "Nobody Do It Better"

It's a sunny scene on the set of Keith Murray "Nobody Do It Better" featuring Tyrese. Pictured from left: Tyrese, Keith Murray and co-directors Vem and Elliott Lester.

The video was produced through No Protection Limited and will support Murray's new album Rap-Murr-Phobia (Fear of Real Hip Hop), to be released July 31 by Koch.

NEW RELEASE: Junior Boys "In The Morning"

Ferrofluid is so 2007. Shortly after the magnetic grey goo — which can do all sorts of fun things — made a prominent and weird appearance in a video for Seventeen Evergreen, it — or, more precisely, its CG equivalent — pops up in this Jaron Albertin-helmed piece for Canadian electronic duo Junior Boys. "In the Morning" features a trio of hipsters scuttling around the streets of Toronto and then succumbing to what looks like an outbreak of scurvy. As they collapse, each character issues a puddle's worth of something that looks and acts a lot like ferrofluid as it shines and devours them. It's a peculiar video, though not surprising given Albertin's surreal take on things. (review by Kevin Holy) --> watch "In The Morning"

Junior Boys "In The Morning" (Domino)
Jaron Albertin, director/editor | Zeitguised, effects/co-director | Alex Moore, producer | Rockit UK, production co | Sam Brown, DP (Jaron Albertin is repped by Rockit in the UK and Spy Entertainment in US/Canada)

BOOKED: Bad Religion - Lex Halaby, director

Punk rock legends Bad Religion returns with this first video off New Maps Of Hell, due out July 10...

artist: Bad Religion
song: "Honest Goodbye"
label: Epitaph
director(s): Lex Halaby
production co: Refused TV

SHOT: Keyshia Cole - Benny Boom, director

Shot in NYC...

artist: Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott & Lil Kim
song: "Let It Go"   
label: Geffen
director(s): Benny Boom
production co: Uncle

NEW RELEASE: Rise Against "The Good Left Undone"

Rise Against escaped the underground quite some time ago, but there they are again, literally, in this hazy effects heavy video for "The Good Left Undone." The band members are all buried beneath the soil, serving as the  roots for a field of flowers. A girl frolics about, plucking flowers and thereby allowing sunlight to pour into these subterranean pockets, but the video ends before we see if the band is able to connect with the youngster. --> watch "The Good Left Undone"

Rise Against "The Good Left Undone" (Geffen)
Neon, directors | Julie Lee, producer | Partizan, production co | Simon Thirlaway, DP | Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer, editor | Ghost Town Media, visual effects

SHOT: Jonas Brothers - Declan Whitebloom, director

Director Declan Whitebloom with teenage rock band Jonas Bros on the set of S.O.S.

artist: Jonas Brothers
song: "S.O.S."
label: Hollywood
director(s): Declan Whitebloom
production co: Merge @ Crossroads

ps: Declan's the dude with the beard. Click the pic to expand, if you need a closer look.

BOOKED: Linkin Park - Mr. Hahn, director

Being directed by Linkin Park's own Mr. Hahn...

artist: Linkin Park
song: "Bleed It Out"
label: Warner Bros.
director(s): Mr. Hahn
production co: @radical.media

BOOKED: Hot Hot Heat - Shawn Kim, director

artist: Hot Hot Heat
song: "Let Me In"
label: Sire/Warner Bros.
director(s): Shawn Kim
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Smashing Pumpkins - P.R. Brown, director

To supplant the current live video for "Tarantula."

artist: Smashing Pumpkins
song: "Tarantula"
label: Warner Bros.
director(s): P.R. Brown
production co: Anonymous Content

P.R. Brown directed Billy Corgan's "Walking Shade" video.

NEW RELEASE: Yung Joc "Coffee Shop"

Rap has changed a lot in recent years, with kiddie rhymes and sing-song hooks replacing the menace of street thugs. Now we have Yung Joc — who has always come across as harder than hard – doing the joke rap thing. The video works perfectly with the track, including comedic appearances by Joc as a bevy of characters that includes Dorf On Rap, Eddie Murphy in The Klumps and possibly even the Prince sketch from Chappelle’s Show.  Director Lenny Bass strikes the right tone with kids helping the rapper(s) sell rims and lattes – disguising the fact that song is really about pushing something just a bit more, um, addictive. (review by Doug Stern) --> watch "Coffee Shop"

Yung Joc feat. Gorilla Zoe
"Coffee Shop" (Bad Boy South)
Lenny Bass, director | Helen Urriola, producer | DNA, production co | Christopher Probst, DP | Zuk, editor

NEWS: BET Awards 2007 Winners

And the music/video winners from last night's BET Awards are...

• Video of the Year: Beyonce "Irreplaceable"
• Best Group: Gnarls Barkley
• Best Hip-Hop Artist: T.I.
• Best Collaboration: Ludacris f/ Mary J. Blige "Runaway Love"
• Best New Artist: Jennifer Hudson (she also won Best Actress honors)
• BETJ Cool Like That Award: Gerald Levert
• Best Gospel Artist: Kirk Franklin
• Best Male R&B Artist: Ne-Yo
• Best Female R&B Artist: Beyonce
• Viewers Choice Award: Birdman and Lil Wayne "Stuntin' Like My Daddy"

Visit BET.com for a full recap, or tune in to BET June 29 at 8pm for a rebroadcast. (PS: The BET playlist was frozen this week due to the awards)

NEWS: CMT Names New Music Programming Exec

Jay Frank will be joining CMT as Senior Vice President, Music Strategy, in August, once he relocates to Nashville. The move was formally announced yesterday by CMT Senior VP and GM Brian Phillips. To quote the press release directly, "Frank will oversee CMT’s Music and Talent division, and all of the network’s on-air and digital music initiatives across multiple platforms, including CMT’s vast range of properties such as films, games, touring and other program enterprise businesses."

Jay Frank comes from Yahoo! Music where he served as Vice President of Music Programming and Label Relations.

MTV Adds for the Week of 7/2/07

MTV Adds:
Avril Lavigne f/ Lil Mama "Girlfriend (remix)" (RCA)
Chris Brown "Wall To Wall" (Jive/ZLG)
Gym Class Heroes "Clothes Off" (Fueled By Ramen)
Justin Timberlake "Lovestoned" (Jive/ZLG)
Kanye West "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Kat DeLuna "Whine Up" (Epic)
Rihanna "Shut Up And Drive" (Island Def Jam)
Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch)

MTV2 Adds:
Common "The People" (Geffen)
Flyleaf "All Around Me" (Octone/A&M/Interscope)
Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Kanye West "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Rise Against "The Good Left Undone" (Geffen)
Timbaland "The Way I Are" (Interscope)
T-Pain feat. Akon "Bartender" (Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Common "The People" (Geffen)
Interpol "The Heinrich Maneuver" (Capitol)
Kanye West "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
M.I.A. "Boys" (Interscope)
Plies f/ T-Pain "Shawty" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic) 
Queens Of The Stone Age "Sick Sick Sick" (Interscope) 
T.I. feat. Wyclef Jean "You Know What It Is" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
The Walkmen "Red River" (Record Collection)

MTV Jams Adds:
Common "The People" (Geffen)
Kanye West "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch)
T-Pain feat. Akon "Bartender" (Jive/ZLG)
Timbaland "The Way I Are" (Interscope)
Yung Joc feat. Gorilla Zoe "Coffee Shop" (Bad Boy )

VH1 Adds for the Week of 7/2/07

VH1 Adds:
A Fine Frenzy "Almost Lover" (Virgin/Capitol)
Goo Goo Dolls "Before It’s Too Late" (Warner Bros.)
Lifehouse "First Time" (Geffen)
Jesse Malin f/ Bruce Springsteen "Broken Radio" (Adeline/EastWest)
Justin Timberlake "Lovestoned" (Jive/ZLG) 

Vh1 Soul Adds:
Ali & Gipp "Almost Made Ya" (Universal Motown)
Common "The People" (Geffen)
Justin Timberlake "Lovestoned" (Jive/ZLG) 
Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
M.I.A. "Boys" (Interscope)
Ne-Yo "Do You" (Island Def Jam)
Notch "Dale Pa Tra" (Cinco De Mayo)

FUSE Adds for the Week of 7/2/07

Adds:
Lily Allen "LDN" (Capitol)
Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch) 

IMF Adds for the Week of 7/2/07

Adds:
Bumblebeez "Dr. Love" (Modular) from Australia
Dirty Pretty Things "Wondering" (Interscope) from England
Flyleaf "All Around Me" (Octone/A&M/Interscope)
Justin Timberlake "Lovestoned" (Jive/ZLG) 
M.I.A. "Boys" (Interscope) from Sri Lanka
Rise Against "The Good Left Undone" (Geffen)
Timbaland "The Way I Are" (Interscope)
T-Pain feat. Akon "Bartender" (JiveZLG)
Yung Berg "Sexy Lady" (YB/Epic/Koch)

Specialty Adds:
Delux "Entre La Guerra Y El Amor" from Mexico
Gallows "Abandon Ship" from England
Goin' Through "12 Akrivos" from Greece
Kate Nash "Foundations" from England
Nena Daconte "Marta" from Spain
Pambo "Tras Nubes" from Mexico
Pastilla "A Marte"  (SonyBMG Latin) 
Patrick Wolf "The Magic Position" (Low Altitude)  from England
The Moog "I Like You" from Hungary
UGK feat. OutKast "International Player's Anthem" (Jive/ZLG)
Wisin & Yandel "Yo Te Quiero" (Machete) from Puerto Rico

Music Choice Adds for the Week of 7/2/07

Adds:
Air "Mer Du Japon" (Astralwerks)
Andre Carr "The Word's Out" (Carr)
Diecast "Nothing I Could Say" (Century Media)
Don Omar "Adios" (Machete Music/Universal)
Elephant Man f/ Wyclef Jean "Five O" (VP/Bad Boy)
Green Day "Working Class Hero" (Warner Bros.) 
James Michael Carroll "Livin’ Our Love Song" (Arista Nashville)
Lily Allen "LDN" (Capitol)
Mala Rodriguez  "Nanai" (Machete Music)
Mario "How Do I Breathe" ( J Records))
Mavado "Dreaming" (VP)
Mink "Talk To Me" (Spitfire)
Norma Jean "Songs Sound Much Sadder" (Solid State)
Olga Tanon "Como Olvidar (Merengue)" (Warner Music Latina)
Pancho Barraza "Los Amantes" (Balboa)
Suzy Solar "Ocean of Love" (Esntion)
Tamika Scott "Greatest Gift" (Atlantic)
Tego Calderon "Los Mate" (Jiggiri/Atlantic)
The Shins "Australia" (Sub Pop)
The Sounds "Tony The Beat" (Scratchie/ New Line)
Traxamillion"From The Hood" (The Artist Records)

CMT Adds for the Week of 6/25/07

Adds:
Brad Paisley  "Online" (Arista Nashville)
Reba McEntire w/Kelly Clarkson "Because Of You" (MCA/RCA) from CMT Crossroads

CMT Pure Country Adds:
Brad Paisley  "Online" (Arista Nashville)
Reba McEntire w/Kelly Clarkson "Because Of You" (MCA/RCA) from CMT Crossroads

Much Music Adds for the Week of 6/25/07

Adds:
Comeback Kid "Broadcasting"
Dragonette "I Get Around"
Feist "1,2,3,4"
Gym Class Heroes "Clothes Off"
Justin Timberlake "LoveStoned"
Mike Jones "My 64"
Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah"
T.I. feat. Wyclef Jean "You Know What It Is" 

NEW RELEASE: Straylight Run "...Living In The Future"

It ain't magic that makes all those objects disappear in the Straylight Run video "Soon We'll Be Living In The Future." It also ain't green screen. Director Travis Kopach — who also delivered a trippy little clip for the band's "Hands In The Sky" — explains the why and the how for this video about literally packing away your memories and emotional baggage...

Travis Kopach, director: "Emotion doesn't exist in green screen. Emotion exists in a tangible piece of set that you can grab and feel. With that in mind we set out to create a completely practical illusion with four 20 x 20 foot sets built four feet off the ground and a lot of locked off camera shots that allowed us to 'split the frame' in the edit and shoot with emotion. Those camera/edit tricks — plus the scenes where we juxtaposed this amazing song against a projection screen of rolling clouds — make up my second video for this band that I absolutely adore."

Straylight Run "Soon We'll Be Living In The Future"
(Universal Republic)
Travis Kopach, director | Jeremy Sullivan, producer | Refused TV , production co | Jon Fordham, DP | Don O'Reilly, art director

BOOKED: Regina Spektor - Philip Andelman, director

artist: Regina Spektor
song: "Better"
label: Sire/Warner Bros.
director(s): Philip Andelman
production co: Partizan

BOOKED: Tokyo Police Club - Kyle Davison, director

artist: Tokyo Police Club
song: "Citizens Of Tomorrow"
label: Paper Bag
director(s): Kyle Davison
production co: Blink Pictures

BOOKED: The Cliks - Michael Maxxis, director

Shooting in New Orleans...

artist: The Cliks
song: "Complicated"
label: Silver Label/Tommy Boy
director(s): Michael Maxxis
production co: Blink Pictures

NEW RELEASE: SMatka "Wrong Love"

Latex, chainsaws, midgets and an s&m menagerie of characters — including a penguin, Nosferatu and some geishas — all come together in this random, yet entertainingly outrageous video from Germany. Director Gero Von Braunmühl casts techoshock singer SMatka in a succession of perverted and not quite pornographic set-ups that are definitely creepy, but never scary — or even erotic, really — thanks to a playful and almost comedic tone. It's as if the message is: Fetishes are fun. Makes sense, since a good portion of the budget was apparently contributed by German latex design company Fetish Universe — who would probably be very happy if you clicked through to buy that sweet "Bat Guy" mask and a pair of assless chaps. Another quite weird aspect of all this is that this is an award-winning clip.  Director GvB was honored on-stage — alongside fellow winners Pedro Almodovar, Oliver Stone and Forest Whitaker — for winning the Best Music Video category at the 10th Annual Hollywood Film Festival. --> watch "Wrong Love" below (note: there is some nudity, so let's call this be unsafe for work)

SMatka "Wrong Love"
Gero Von Braunmühl, director | Dirs-N-Dops, rep | Arturo Smith, DP | Tom Seil & Jochen Kraus, editor

BOOKED: Natalie Imbruglia - Frank Borin, director

Remember her?

artist: Natalie Imbruglia
song: "Glorious"
label: Brightside/RCA UK
director(s): Frank Borin
production co: Shadow Screen Productions
rep: Yell Productions