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Since reintroducing themselves via footage of naked young people, Sigur Rós have been mostly focused on being great live, offering full streaming video of themselves live, and making music videos that capture them performing, well, live. The Nick Abrahams-directed clip for the majestically horny "Við spilum endalaust" doesn't step out of line, although there is some slow-mo trampoline jumping and Jonsi heads superimposed over confetti bursts to remind you that this is an ART ROCK BAND. The fact that it's pixelated isn't an aesthetic choice, though. It's just shit resolution.

Uploads of Coldplay's latest Vida vid hit YouTube starting last Friday only to be aggressively taken down by EMI. Now the clip's back in an official capacity, so you can confidently click here and expect to see it without error.

Joseph Arthur might be homeless, but that doesn't mean he can't put together another visually interesting video. In the flickering, home movie-style clip for Temporary People's anthemic "Faith," we see Arthur drop his daughter off at his ex's place, don his sunglasses and cowboy hat to drink away the sadness, take a drive in his convertible with the top down, collapse on the side of the road, and then get revived by some kind of dancing spirit. No offense, Joseph, but this is probably why you didn't win custody. Once he trades his car in for a space in a trailer park, though, things start looking up.

The second season of Mad Men may be over, but Sterling Cooper's bodacious office manager is never far from our minds. While researching old Everclear videos (don't ask) we discovered Christina Hendricks starred in the band's "One Hit Wonder" ten years ago. Mix yourself an Old Fashioned and watch it here.

You have to hand it to Brandon Feathers: The man will not give up on those avian shoulder pads. He wore them in the Killers' Day & Age promo pics, "Human"'s dusty video, and they, along with that giant kosher "K," made the trip to the UK for the band's rendition of the song on Jools Holland. The performance? The band gets pretty into it. So much so, that one of Brandon's feathers gets ruffled ... or erect? Note the above screen grab and then move on: