Really unique sound. Great vocals. I like the creepy-ass people-as-mannequins moving around subtly in the background. Nice touch.
Music Video
RENEE – Ojalรก Te Vaya Mal
Detesto mucho los videos musicales verticales (aunque solo empieza asรญ), pero aรบn asรญ es divertido. Ademรกs, Renee ha perdido mucho peso. Apenas la reconocรญ. Se ve genial.
Gloory Hole – EL OFICIAL
Me gusta mucho esta banda de malditos raros.
Since You’re Gone – The Pretty Reckless
I don’t even like the song that much but Taylor’s voice is amazing. She has such control while singing so loud. Also, blonde goth girls are the rarest species of true goths. They are becoming endangered and should be protected at all costs1.
The Bobby Lees – Dig Your Hips
Love the dirty-ass bass. She has a unique playing style. The whole thing is great, really.
Heartworms – Warplane
Really like this song and video. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s that it is hard to go wrong with weird goth girls and an ominous yet appealing melody.
Bogans (Royals/Lorde Parody)
You have to be fairly familiar with Australian culture to really get this, but damn this is well done.
Confidence Man – SO WHAT
Fun song. And I like how absurdly fit they both are. A lot of gym time there.
Gloory Hole – HUIR EN VANO
This reminds me of forgotten 1980s art rock that came out about the same time as the Talking Heads were popular.
OMNIMAR – FVCK AI
This is a modern protest song.
Automatic – Turn Away
Nice melancholy vibe.
Live a Little
I know I embedded this one on the old iteration of my blog, but I think this music video is one of the best of the last 20 years. It’s a masterclass of compositing and using CGI invisibly to achieve a thematic goal (not just for being flashy). It’s perfectly lit, it’s fun, and it never gets boring despite being extremely (by design) repetitive. It’s just great film-making all around.
And importantly for me, it shows a lot of Florrie playing drums. She is the real deal there; she was a professional session drummer for years. (And if you don’t know what that means, you have to be really fucking good to be a studio session drummer.)
Waxahatchee – Much Ado About Nothing
Damn, Katie Crutchfield is such a great songwriter.
Pacifica – Take On Me
The bassist is absolutely fucking tearing it up and they barely show her! Damn she kills it. Wish the camera had spent about 50% of the time on her alone. Great live cover, though, especially for having no keyboards.