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December 1, 2013

Watch This: Vol. 2

Welcome to the second weekly installment of Watch This, where clips of bands playing live get highlighted. This week there’s a few full sets, a lot of user shot material, and enough great music to fill a cold Sunday afternoon. Enough formalities. Here are the clips.

1. Perfect Pussy live at 285 Kent

UnARTigNYC recently made a trip over to the legendary Brooklyn venue to shoot an entire set of one of Heartbreaking Bravery’s favorite bands; Perfect Pussy. The amount of feedback in the clip is almost overwhelming but Perfect Pussy exude passion and sincerity throughout. This is necessary viewing of a band that’s going to force people to reckon with them, whether they like it or not.


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2. Midnight Reruns at Cactus Club (Record Release Show)

Midnight Reruns recently put out one of the year’s best records. To celebrate this the band played Milwaukee’s Cactus Club. Good Land Records had someone on hand to film the entire thing, which is worth going through. Since the show’s split into several videos, “Grand Slam” was chosen to represent them since it’s the greatest Thanksgiving song in forever.


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3. King Khan & the Shrines – Thorn in Her Pride (Live on 89.3 The Current)

The Current has consistently proven itself to be one of the best radio stations operating in America and their video archives are certainly a good reflection of their high quality. They recently invited King Khan & the Shrines in for a song and the results are well worth watching. Take a look.


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4. Benny the Jet Rodriguez (Live at Fest 12)

Razorcake has been a safe haven for emerging punk artists for several years now, providing indiscriminate coverage for the artists they believe in. Benny the Jet Rodriguez, whose recent “Run.” video was featured by this very site, happens to be one of those bands. It’s easy to see why Razorcake would take interest in them from this short clip of them playing the most recent Fest in Gainesville, FL.


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5. Tenement (Live at Fest 12)

For information about Razorcake, see the blurb above this one. They know Tenement is the best band, Heartbreaking Bravery knows they’re the best band, and even Meredith Graves (from Perfect Pussy) knows they’re the best band. Make sure to watch all three clips of them for more irrefutable evidence. Enjoy the sight of Dillinger Four’s Patrick Costello making the set an even more unique experience for everyone. “Spit in the Wind” was chosen as the featured video as it’s the best Christmas song. Enjoy.

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November 26, 2013

Benny the Jet Rodriguez – Run. (Music Video)

Home. Run cover art

There was a time when it seemed like every other music video that an “alternative” band released was just the group of misfits responsible for the song having a blast with each other. While that branch of filmmaking certainly isn’t dead, its numbers have dwindled considerably. This is the very reason why whenever that kind of video surfaces now, the carefree nature stands out more than ever. Both The National (“Graceless”) and Swearin’ (“Dust in the Gold Sack”) used the aesthetic to craft two of the year’s most memorable videos. Basement poppers Benny the Jet Rodriguez exude that kind of slapdash nonsense with an infectious glee. They took their name from a character in The Sandlot, their music often resembles The Replacements on a particularly good night of drunken debauchery, and their music video for “Run.” features them playing baseball with firecrackers. Firecrackers. It’s all done tastefully and the sheer amount of joy manages to bleed through.  This is the best kind of pick-me-up. Both the video and the band are well worth returning to. You can buy Home. Run from No Idea and watch the video below.

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