The Vermont-based Thus Love is back with album No. 2, titled All Pleasure, a euphoric post-punk collection of tracks such as the self-titled single in the video above. (And we'd put "Birthday Song" as one of the best of 2024.)
Local duo Beau — Heather Goldin and Emma Jenney — just saw the release of their third album, Girl Cried Wolf.
The video here is for the track "Messy."
The longtime friends and native New Yorkers started writing music together at age 13 in Washington Square Park.
Per their bio: "If in some alternate universe there is a place where The Ronettes, Joanna Newsom, Thom Yorke and Karen O meet, then that is the birthplace of Beau."
Fans of shoegaze-dream pop can check out the recently released debut record by the Los Angeles-based Mo Dotti.
The video here is for "Whirling Sad," a track the band says was inspired by "vintage Lush, the sweeter side of My Bloody Valentine, and SST-era Dinosaur Jr."
Last week, we posted a few reader pics of The Hard Quartet, a new supergroup with local ties, filming a video (from earlier in July) on St. Mark's and First Avenue, including inside the International.
As we noted, group members Emmett Kelly, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney and Jim White were apparently paying homage to the 1981 Rolling Stones video "Waiting on a Friend," a classic clip with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meeting up on St. Mark's Place.
The band released the video today for "Rio's Song," which does its best to follow in the footsteps of "Waiting" some 43 years later ... and featuring Sweeney and Malkmus in the lead roles.
Director Jared Sherbert told Pitchfork, "It's a DIY neighborhood production, and it wouldn't have been possible without our friends and neighbors who came together and took time out of their day to help it happen."
The new music video from local band Midnight Machines has a timely Olympics connection: the clip for "Burning Me Down" features two professional fencers and members of Team USA, Kasia Nixon and Jess Savner. Savner will compete this week in the Paris Games in the Pentathlon event.
Krikor Daglian (who has contributed photos to EVG) and Krisana Soponpong are Midnight Machines, who find inspiration from a range of artists, including LCD Soundsystem, CHVRCHES, The Rapture, Phoenix, Christine and the Queens, Bloc Party and Daft Punk.
"The song is about the complex theme of desire and whether it's better to stay safe in a situation you've known or 'burn it all down' by chasing after something new and exciting," said director Charlie Gillette. "While the lyrics explore the intricate emotions of longing and passion, I wanted to transform the abstract notion of desire into a tangible and exhilarating narrative, portraying a compelling duel between two master fencers."
You can check out the video, which was filmed in April, right here...
The local band Homade released its first music video this past week... check out the punky twang of "Blue Fish" above... and follow @homade.nyc for updates about live shows, etc.
This week, Cocteau Twins launched a new YouTube channel (and online store!) featuring high-res versions of all of their official music videos for the first time... such as "Love's Easy Tears" above from their 1986 EP of the same name.
