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Music Video of the Day: Favorite Transgressions by Sleigh Bells (2018, dir by Derek Miller)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

My past is littered with the bones of men
Who were fools enough to sleep on me
A missionary in a sea of mercenaries, who knows what the past will bring?

My favorite transgressions
Lost track of the light
My favorite transgressions
Lost track of the light

From the edge of a life in the present tense
I need something that resembles a defense

My past is littered with the bones of men
Who were fools enough to sleep on me
No reprieve, no redemption
No reprieve, no redemption

No reprieve, no redemption
No reprieve, no redemption

Hideous words for hideous things
How dare you, how embarrassing
When I wanna get cut in the middle of the night, well, I know how to clip the wings

Hideous words for hideous things
How dare you, how embarrassing
When I wanna get cut in the middle of the night, well, I know how to clip the wings

(Favorite Transgressions by Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss)

Play it loud and enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Hello Again by The Cars (1984, dir by Andy Warhol)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Happy Pop Art Day!

Today seems like a good day to share a music video that was directed by one of the most important pop artists, Andy Warhol!

Hello Again was the first of three music videos that Warhol would direct before his death in 1987.  According to Greg Hawkes, who played keyboards on the song, “I think [Warhol] mainly did some of the conceptualizing and showed up to be an extra. And he invited his various friends to be in it. It was like any video shoot, but with a more interesting cast of characters. And you could always look over on the set and go ‘Hey that’s Andy Warhol.'”

And, of course, Warhol plays a role in the video.  He appears as a bartender, one who is intently watching a special on sex, violence, and rock music.  Among the patrons sitting in the bar is a young but instantly recognizable Gina Gershon.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Shotgun Mouthwash by High Contract (2017, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This song can be found on the T2: Trainspotting soundtrack and the video features some clips from that film.  You might not notice because there’s a chance you’ll distracted by the audience trying to kill the lead singer.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Teen Challenge by Great Grandpa (2018, dir by Hugh Sherman Donkin)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This video just dropped yesterday.

What can I say?  I’m going to like anything that combines retro cop shows, creative differences, visible boom mics, and berets.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Invisible by Ashlee Simpson (2006, dir by Marc Webb)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This song, to be honest, is a bit of an inside joke between me and my BFF, the wonderful Evelyn.  Way back in 2007, whenever we wanted to be annoying or cute or whatever, we would start singing this song.

Of course, our version was a bit more aggressive than the Ashlee Simpson version.  Whereas Ashlee sang the song as an anthem of survival (this was after the whole Saturday Night Live lip syncing thing), Evelyn and I turned it into a declaration of war.  Now you’re saying you knew me when I was invisible?  That was your first and final mistake, pendeja…

Of course, just as Evelyn and I were doing out own cover of Ashlee Simpson, Ashlee Simpson was doing a cover herself.  Invisible was originally written and performed by Kira Leyden and Jeff Andrea of the Ohio-based band, Jaded Era.

As for the video of Ashlee’s version, it is mostly notable for having been directed by Marc Webb.  Webb, of course, would go on to direct (500) Days of Summer*, the Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies, and Gifted.  (I don’t care what anyone says.  I like (500) Days of Summer.)  The video was inspired by Million Dollar Baby and was shot on the same set as that film.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: One Match by Until The Ribbon Breaks (2018, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I don’t have much to say about this video so here’s some Until The Ribbon Breaks trivia!  UTRB often writes their music in front of a projector.  According to frontman Pete Lawrie-Winfield, “For me, it just allows my mind to wander further than the confines of where it normally would. Silent moving images of nature, space, a busy street, whatever it maybe, take on a new sense of gravitas when soundtracked and vice versa. The music is given meaning by the image.”

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Lottery by Jade Bird (2018, dir by Kate Moross)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s music video of the day is the video for Jade Bird’s Lottery, which dropped just two days ago on the 18th.

It’s a lovely song with an appropriately straight-forward music video.  It was directed by Kate Moross, whose first directorial credit (according to the imvdb) was for Alpines’s Ice and Arrows in 2011.  Between that video and this one, Moross has directed videos for Jessie Ware, Arthur Beatrice, Disclosure, Wild Beasts, All We Are, and others.

Enjoy!