August Video Challenge: JJAMZ, Heartbeat
And now, JJAMZ‘s homage to both The Police and ’80s horror movies, or, the creepiest video I have watched this summer. Seriously, I love this song but this video totally gives me the howling fantods....
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge: Janelle Monáe feat. Big Boi, Tightrope
Here are Janelle Monáe and Big Boi with Tightrope, from her second record, The ArchAndroid. Favorite line: You can rock or you can leave. The post August Video Challenge: Janelle Monáe feat. Big Boi,...
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge: Rose’s Pawn Shop, Dancing on the Gallows
Because I always enjoy bluegrass fused to rock and roll and played at punk speed, and most especially so when the fiddle is good. And Tim Weed, who is playing the fiddle for Rose’s Pawn Shop, is very...
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge, Green Day, Oh Love
Because sometimes I just have to take a moment and be full of love for Green Day. This is Oh Love, from ¡Uno!, due in late September. It reminds me, again, how Green Day is one of the bands that made...
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge: Marianne Faithfull, Ballad of Lucy Jordan
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan, by Marianne Faithfull, brought to you, in a roundabout way, by a labeled but track-list-less mixtape I found in my tape box this weekend. I had to listen to it to find out...
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge: Mykki Blanco & the Mutant Angels, Head is a Stone
A little something to get your blood moving on Monday morning: Head is a Stone by Mykki Blanco & the Mutant Angels, the creation/alter ego of poet and multi-media peformance artist Michael David...
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge: Melody Gardot, Baby I’m A Fool
Another one I found while looking for something else: Melody Gardot, with Baby I’m a Fool from My One and Only Thrill (2009). While I am not usually into jazz, Gardot has a stunning voice and I always...
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge: Didier Wampas, Eternellement
Here is Didier Wampas singing Eternellement, one of my favorites from Taisez Moi, while dressed as a vampire and playing a very special guitar. PS/ETA: If you listen very carefully to the chorus,...
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge: Oh Ginger, And So It Goes
Oh Ginger is Lindsay Holler (Charleston SC) and Michael Hanf (New York NY), and together they sing sweet delicate beautiful songs. They have two EPs out so far, Oh! Ginger and [oh ginger] and a third...
View ArticleAugust Video Challenge: Dan Keyes, Untitled
While we’re on the subject of unGoogleable songs, here’s one more. The video doesn’t give a title, but I’d name it Find You Lost, Leave You Found essentially to distinguish it from all of the other...
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