Love the dirty-ass bass. She has a unique playing style. The whole thing is great, really.
Video
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.
Haunted
Itโs been 365 daysโฆ
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) October 6, 2024
There are a lot of dead people in this video. If you can’t handle that, don’t watch it.
That said, if I were Israel and this had happened to my country I’d have been even less restrained than they are. Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations and they hide among civilians. Their goal is get their own people killed to whip up sympathy. Pretty fucking slimy. And it’s not that Israel has done everything right, but I understand the rage and the tactics they use. Given the opposition, their choices are narrow.
By the way, butchering civilians at a music festival is indeed a war crime.
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.
Glixen – Moodswing
That is some top-notch shoegaze.
MUZZA – Vale Acevedo
Esta canciรณn es muy divertida.