You’ll want to take a shower after seeing these hot, sexy new Subaru Forester ads featuring near-naked (aren’t they always near-naked?) sumo hunks.

Well-executed and fun, but I’m a bit disappointed in the sumo tie-in. Really? It’s because the car is Japanese? That’s it? No line about “heavy-duty performance” or some other one-liner?

Oh well. By DDB Canada.

#12: Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More

Mumford & Sons is one of those bands that follow a journey music lovers know all too well: Underrated band gives everyone a chubby,  gets called the next big thing, becomes the next big thing, then becomes overrated. Well, listen and decide for yourself. Their folk rock is guaranteed to be contagious.

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Emoticon Boy is unhappy. Emoticon Boy is mean. Emoticon Boy is now in one of the best ads I’ve seen this year.

Big budget, big fun, and great music courtesy of Queen for South Africa’s new player in the cellular market, 8ta (a name based on “heita”, which means hello).

Fantastic work by McCann Erickson, South Africa.

Smart copywriting. An ad that encourages us to get off our duffs and watch real music by forcing us to look inward at our stupid, lazy digital selves. By Marcus Thomas.

Never get lost again with Sony’s new “In-Dash Audio Video Receiver with TomTom Navigation”, a product in desperate need of a better name. There’s an R&B one with lovely ladies in this campaign but I didn’t include it because I hate R&B.

By 180LA.

Wicked short film/music video featuring the track Judgement Day by The Thunderclaps. Mixing stop-motion and cartoon, the piece is bold and in-your-face and highly reminiscent of highly stylized anime. I can’t think of a better way to start a Friday.

Produced by WIZZ.

Another incredibly impressive music video by Edouard Salier, this time a “prequel” to his previous video (for Massive Attack’s “Splitting the Atom” at the bottom of this post). Boy is it a worthy followup; which is saying a lot since “Splitting the Atom” is one of my all-time favorite music videos.

Dark and badass stuff (despite the bunny). From Motionographer.

Basketball season is finally here. Let’s boot this baseball bullshit out the window and make way for a real sport. To celebrate the new season, Adidas is  launching new shoes for Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard with a campaign featuring… Ken Jeong? Damn right. Turns out I’m not the only Koreasian who has a hunger for the court and is a self-made billionaire.

Hot shiz by 180 LA with more to come.

A mind-numbingly inspired animated music video by David Wilson that will shove its fist up your nose and stimulate your cortex to a creative orgasm.

Via Motionographer.

In case you missed it, it’s another in a long line of crazy choreographed OK Go video’s with viral potential – only this time with DOGGIES!!! Weeee!!!

Hey guys, I’m getting sick of your relentless and demented commitment to making awesome music videos. I keep waiting and waiting for you to fall on your faces, and yet here you still go. Jerks.