The Burning Hell released their latest album all of three days ago, but with a super-abundance of free time on their hands it seems like they’ve found ample occasion to get creative and a little stir-crazy. The latest video from the band, the self-explanatory “I Want to Drink in a Bar,” has loquacious lyricist Mathias Kom pinned between desire and restraint as he waxes poetic on his quarantine feelings. Continue reading Music Video: The Burning Hell Yearn for the Forbidden Fruit of Human Contact on ‘I Want to Drink in a Bar’
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Single: Michael S. Ryan’s Decade Old Song About His Last Career Setback, ‘This Way’
The music industry may have taken a proverbial arrow to the knee this year, causing everyone involved to rethink their career paths. Some musicians are eager to pivot and capitalize on our new reality, others are prepared to pack it in, and Michael S. Ryan is preparing to weather the storm. The latest in his series of monthly singles, “This Way” is an ode to “believing in the path you’re on, inspiration, and the thing inside us all that motivates us to do what we do.” Continue reading Single: Michael S. Ryan’s Decade Old Song About His Last Career Setback, ‘This Way’
Music Video: Beauts Return to a World We May Never See Again on ‘Shut In’
Beauts ask a big question with the release of their brand new video for “Shut In”: Do you remember fun? Taken from the release of their debut full-length album, the song has proven to be somewhat prescient. Continue reading Music Video: Beauts Return to a World We May Never See Again on ‘Shut In’
Music Video: Rick Sparkes + The Enablers Return With a DIY Approach to ‘All the Gold in California’
Rick Sparkes + The Enablers, like most folks, have a bit of time on their hands. With a bit of material all ready to be pulled from Rick’s back pocket, he’s picked up a side hustle as a video direction. The DIY approach Sparkes took to their new single, “All the Gold in California,” is probably the only way it could ever be done. Filmed at home, the song has a strong streak of independence to it that balks at the idea of any sort of industry yoke. Continue reading Music Video: Rick Sparkes + The Enablers Return With a DIY Approach to ‘All the Gold in California’
Music Video: Wordburglar Describes the Universal Constant of ‘Your Friend’s Brother’
When Wordburglar brings up “Your Friend’s Brother” there’s a good chance that you know exactly who he is talking about. The song might even be further evidence that the universe is nothing more than a poorly scripted simulation filled with cookie-cutter NPCs and recurring tropes. At least Wordburglar’s description of this character is charmingly familiar, even if it does sound like they were pulled directly from the packaging of a Garbage Pail Kid and given a decade or so to grow sweet retail. Continue reading Music Video: Wordburglar Describes the Universal Constant of ‘Your Friend’s Brother’