Artist: Sapient Video: "Seeking New Skin" Highlight: "I wrote this song with the 'state of the world' on my mind, with a bit of tongue-in-cheek flavor that I can't help but indulge in," Sapient tells Spinner. "A lot of people wonder about the subliminal messages in the video, they ask a lot of questions and have theories. Nobody has nailed them ...

Artist: Reuben and the Dark Video: "Shoulder Blade" Highlight: "I was thinking about the video, and remembered my older brother telling me about all these tapes he had found at our parents house," Reuben Bullock tells Spinner. "The footage I found couldn't have been more suiting, almost as if it was filmed for the song. I didn't know much about ...

Artist: Rohypnotise Video: "Fade to Grey" Highlight: "5:30 am: I awake in our Bushwick loft to fanatical ladyfriend trying to arouse me in a very nonsexual way," Rohypnotise (aka Lucola Bang) tells Spinner. "We meet up with cast and crew -- i.e. said ladyfriend shooting the clip (Chela May) and my one other friend BJ Ham who appears as the ...

Artist: Lexie Roth Video: "Stay or Go" Highlight: "This song is for sitting back and letting yourself feel something," Roth tells Spinner. "It's a treat to see all of these beautiful early spring Martha's Vineyard landscapes that not very many people get to see. My director Joel Henderson and I tried to create a whimsical, beautiful yet ...

Artist: Fine Times Video: "Hey Judas" Highlight: "The whole idea for the video came about pretty spontaneously," vocalist Matt Moldowan tells Spinner." I'd been re-listening to episodes of 'Lights Out,' which is this old-time radio drama from the '30s & '40s. One episode in particular, 'The Ball,' involved a sort of bizarro masquerade. The ...

Artist: The Dead Ships Video: "You Were Young" Highlight: "I think as kids we all looked around at this lethargic flood of ordinary people doing ordinary things and wondered when they compromised," singer/guitarist Devlin tells Spinner. "I remember in high school, settling was something we would never let happen to us. In college settling wasn't ...

Artist: GHXST Video: "Doomgirl" Highlight: "Doomgirl is like a '90s cult movie, all you need is a girl and grunge rock," singer/guitarist Shelley X tells Spinner. Watch GHXST's "Doomgirl" Video ...