Side projects are a funny thing: mostly, we go into them with a curiosity as to how exactly the result will be different than the artist’s “main” band or musical output. That’s not to say people don’t get excited about the music, just that typically the main draw for new projects from artists we’re already familiar with is to see how they take what we know to be their strengths and shape them into some sort of new sound.
Back once again for the renegade master… Oops, wrong meeting. Yes, it is time for my round up of the smartest music videos I’ve seen this month. Whether it’s sleek and shiny or gruesome and garish, I’ll watch it with both eyes peeled and all of my senses involved. This time around it’s the turn of the full band performance video. Stipulations of entry into this list include all members of band accounted for on film and at least five close up shots of instruments being played. These are great tracks this time around too whereas last month I chose a great video for an awful track. Yes. It was Babymetal. I digress, away we go!
I like music that is just fun. Nothing really special about it in terms of reinventing the wheel, but just music that is really fun to listen to. Normally I find this with sludge music or even doom metal, mostly because at the end of the day it all begins…
You’ve just settled into your timeshare villa for a few weeks holiday. The one just up from The Mars Volta themed restaurant and within walking distance of the beach. You can see the elusive wild Botch floating just off the shore. The smell of Exotic Animal Petting Zoo lingers sweetly…