Posts Tagged ‘video’

THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND, CLAP YOUR HANDS

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

This is The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band’s new video. And yes, three people do count as a “big damn band” if they sound like this.

If you want to make things interesting when you fill out your census report this year, list everybody in this video as a resident of your household and write a brief description of what they look like as their occupation. It’ll be all the better if you have a one bedroom apartment. I’m pretty sure they’ll build a bus stop and a community center right in front of your building the next day.

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has a new album out later this month, and is playing on the Warped tour this summer, which I’m sure will cause a lot of guys from pop-punk-mangina bands, who spend three hours every morning perfecting the delicate balance of cocking a beany impossibly far back on their hollow skull and Biebering their bangs to their forehead to say, “Fuck. Wow. Shit.  Damn. This is… this is what it’s supposed… shit. I’m a fucking fraud.” I’m looking at you, Disco Curtis.

BROTHER SAL, “SCENES ON SUNSET”

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

That’s Brother Sal’s new video, featuring Jeremy Renner from “the Hurt Locker” and Brian Wright, Jamie Drake, Matt Ramsey, Jenn Whittenburg, and a bunch of other really talented musicians. In case you’re wondering, if you’re ever standing on the corner outside a venue in Hollywood where Sal is playing, and you see him coming from the end of the block, this video is almost like an exact replication of him walking that 25 yards. It takes five minutes, because he stops, talks to the ladies, shakes a few hands, sings a song or two, and shares a smoke with a hobo. No shit. He’s like the Mayor of Selma Avenue.

You can get this song on Blood and Dust, which is amazing. Plus, Sal will probably be playing it live at the Hotel Cafe on Friday nights for the next few weeks. It’s an eyebrow scorcher live.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, THIS FUCKING JOB VIDEO

Friday, March 5th, 2010

It’s not like I need to prime the pump for the Trucker’s new record the Big To-Do coming out on March 16th, but hey, it’s DBT, and sometimes I just can’t help myself. The album’s fucking epic, and I’ll probably give myself a happy seizure writing the full review. You can read more about This Fucking Job here.

Big thanks to jonicont for making this and other high quality DBT videos and posting them on his youtube channel. Shooting and recording live music isn’t easy, especially with a band as loud as the Truckers, but he does a damn fine job. And no one has captured them playing People Who Died this well (believe me, I’ve looked for it):

I’m pretty sure the Truckers cover this song so much, because it’s the only song in the world where more people die than in one of their own tracks, plus it’s badass.

Of course, the show ain’t over until I hear Let There Be Rock, which has admittedly made for some awkward situations when I drunkenly refuse to leave the venue if they haven’t played it. “Polite but firm” my ass, security dudes.

Ok, I’ll reluctantly quit my DBT video binge after just three videos, but if you’re a Trucker fan (and you should be) you need to check out jonicont’s youtube channel and subscribe to it, he’s got some great stuff, including the Big To-Do’s vinyl only bonus track Girls Who Smoke.

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