I've also noticed a trend of bands not having a bass player, this makes me sad, bands need bass players. (White Stripes/Transplants/Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Now the music video itself, here are basic ingredients for most music videos:
1 song about a young anger/love situation with standard "anthem of a generation" status
Camera on just the band while playing chorus at least once.
Backshot of some everyday story/life (to make a attempt to connect with their fans.) Now this could be a broken family, or a failed relationship, alot of the time booze are involved. Or sometimes just people "hanging out" although they have to try and make these seem like its actually intresting so people are generally always moving for some reason.
A good shot of some type of scene. (the fan base sporting the bands t-shirt or other bands in the scene rocking out to the band playing)
Some type of shot(s) portraying a deep feeling of melancholy or angst. (not required)
Another overused method is each band member has their own "time to shine". This can be applied to the backshot of an everyday story/life. For instance each band member has a verse or so to show their story or what not.
Add in some cool graphics and/or tricky camera tricks and you've got yourself a music video.
Now I'm not really saying anything people don't already know, and that proves my point more, no one is being original anymore. I'm not saying I could do any better, because I'm sure theres people out there just like me saying the same things doing the same things.
(you are not a beautiful or unique snowflake, you are the same organic compound as everything else)