The Elected - Not Going Home

What this video is

Released in early 2006 on Sub Pop Records, 'Not Going Home' sits at the intersection of the Los Angeles indie folk-rock scene and the broader mid-2000s American indie rock resurgence. The Elected, a side project of Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley, represented a wave of artists expanding the emotional and sonic vocabulary of indie rock by drawing on classic rock forebears — The Beatles, The Band, Gram Parsons — while…

Why it matters

A representative artifact of mid-2000s indie rock music video production: low-budget but aesthetically intentional, warm-toned and humanistic, favoring emotional authenticity over stylistic spectacle. Reflects the genre's preference for directorial talent from within indie film circles rather than…

The director

Nik Fackler (b. ~1984, Omaha, NE) is an American filmmaker and musician. He gained early recognition directing music videos for Saddle Creek and Sub Pop artists before completing his award-nominated feature debut Lovely, Still (2008/2010), starring Martin…