The first in a series of videos directed by Alexander Brown heralding the long-awaited return of The Libertines, features a seedy taxi driver, ferrying his customers around Margate in his retro Bentley... when he's not in the pub.The video for Run Run Run is the opening chapter of the series which features characters from the songs on The Libertines new album All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade. And the taxi driver is certainly a classic Libertines character: a sleazy geezer, speeding through the town with a frantic, alcohol-fuelled purpose, played by English actor Geoff Bell (Girl With A Pearl Earring, Kingsman, Stardust).The video was shot across two days, with an action-packed, manic energy that makes the most of the distinctive backdrops and locations in Margate - which happens to be Alexander Brown's home town. "When (commissioner) John Moule told me he had a project that was right up my street I didn’t expect he was being literal!" says Brown. "Working on the new campaign for the Libertines is a real treat for me, I wasn’t sure if I’d have time to take it on but my wife convinced me to give it a go."The only problem was, they didn’t want one video, they wanted five. Not that it’s a huge problem but sometimes it feels like expecting lightning to strike five times. The ideas need long legs. It’s a lot of time to fill!"There is a lot to do still on the campaign and there are always twists and turns along the way, but I really cannot wait to see this huge sprawling Margate opera come together."

Paul Cooke directs a dynamic promo for Interlaker - the new project from former Lonely the Brave singer Dave Jakes.In the video for The Hunger, Dave and guitarist Jack Wrench perform alongside ballet dancers, a ribbon gymnast and a contemporary dancer. The lush cinematic world brings the wistful lyrics to life, by juxtaposing the low-key performance vibes with the vibrant movement and colour around them. Set against a blank industrial setting, the flurry of activity brings life to the environment, representing a new beginning in a world that is uprooted by change in every moment. It's a welcome return to Dave Jakes's brand of rock, joined by guitarist Jack Wrench in what promises to be the start of something very special.

Lillie Eiger directs the surreal, wonky and acidic visuals for new HotWax's latest single.In the video for High Tea, an eccentric meetup at an all-you-can-eat restaurant quickly nosedives into a bad trip, as a cast of eccentric characters have their own twisted version of a tea party. Before long, there's a wave of colourful vomiting, riotous spinning shots and psychedelic textures, putting us in the centre of the rock trio's pandemonium - and it's a brilliant place to be.

IDLES return, on a mission to improve our terrible, benighted lives. We need to get dancing.So with Dancer blaring from every speaker in town, and the band grooving to their own beat, like a gang of Droogs, the townspeople are soon throwing their own shapes - whether they like it or not.Jocelyn Anquetil does a lovely job in capturing the ambiguous essence of IDLES. They appear somewhat conflicted about wielding power over people through their powerful music... but they are going to do it anyway.

New KODE signings Harv Frost and Dora Paphides join forces to direct the impressive promo for The Last Dinner Party's My Lady Of Mercy. Opening with heavenly monochromatic scenes that feel almost daydream-esque, the video develops into a high-energy hallucination, full of theatrical performance and high contrast lighting. The vintage aesthetic works perfectly with the idea and the band's distinctive visual style and energy, transcending the studio setting to reach boundless heights, interweaving abstract narrative vignettes and religious iconography into the concept.Definitely TLDP's most stylish and passionate video to date, it's an impressive collab by Frost and Paphides that's designed to get the heart racing.

Dave Bullivant directs a stirring promo for Zurich alt-rock outfit NONEXISTER, employing a clever plot device to tell a story of victim blaming, touching on racism, police brutality and the patriarchy.The video for How Do You Dare opens with the main character - played by Selina Jones - pinned to the floor surrounded by police. The video then plays out in reverse, giving context to the scene whilst challenging our first assumptions of what is going on. It's a poignant, important video, which uses the reverse-motion technique in an inspired way, and leads to a harrowing climax that is an unfortunate everyday reality for many in society.

Lots of people have thought about who’ll be in attendance at their final farewell - old loves, or even worst enemies - and felt the existential quandary that comes with realising that (depending on your beliefs) there’s no way you can be there to experience it.But what if you could? Callum Lloyd-James's video for Liverpool rock outfit Crawlers answers that very question.In this darkly comic promo for the band's Would You Come To My Funeral?, a funeral descends into chaos, terror and excitement, when the deceased returns to life to settle some scores. “The track and video focus on the concept of whether you’d go to the funeral of an ex-lover, someone you’d once been so close to but now hate, and if you did go how would they react,” explains Lloyd-James.“Once we had that idea nailed down it was such a fun world to explore, looking at the emotional dilemmas of each character, developing the action and how the crowd react to it.“Ultimately though, this was all a big excuse to have a massive punch up in a church, which you don’t get to do every day.”

One the one hand, Alex Lockett's video for New Jersey band Bleachers looks quite simple and straightforward: it captures the band in performance in a studio rehearsal room. And at the start, as frontman and driving force Jack Antonoff enters the studio, it sounds live. But there's nothing simple about the way this marvellously watchable promo has come together.Musically, Bleachers are a throwback, with a clear debt to their antecedents, particularly fellow Jersey-ite Bruce Springsteen. And they radiate a similar exuberant energy to Bruce and his E-Street Band in the early days. All this is here - with a palpable sense of collective joy in the band performing their decidedly old school-sounding song Modern Girl.Lockett puts the viewer right in the middle of it, with an immediacy that actually comes from terrific craft. Brilliantly shot by Ian Barling and edited by Jerry Chia, it's a great experience from first to last. That has a lot to do with Antanoff and his bandmates, as well as the filmmakers, but it feels like the most compelling band performance video for a long time.