In New Music Video for ā€œEl Paso,ā€ Ziemba Tells the Tale of Two Cities

Originally appeared on. Grimy Goods.Ā  Like most of Ziemba’s body of work, her new video for ā€œEl Pasoā€ is dense and significant. The track comes from her 2016 record, Hope Is Never, which she spoke with me extensively about last year. She explained how the city impacted her life as a borderlander, or more specifically as a ā€œchild of NAFTA,ā€ which instigated her family’s move … Continue reading In New Music Video for ā€œEl Paso,ā€ Ziemba Tells the Tale of Two Cities

Clowns are supposed to bring joy to children, but what we’ve noticed recently is that the make up can hide something far more sinister. Not to say any of the painfully British clowns in Brenda’s video forĀ ā€œChildrenā€ are prone to become homicidal, but seeing them with smartphones, expressionless and uninterested, does remind us that their happiness is all an act.Ā  Continue reading

Joy Again hit with a one-two punch in their new two-part music video, featuring their singles,Ā ā€œKimā€ andĀ ā€œOn a Farm.ā€ The former is energetic though the subject drifts into emotionally vulnerable territory, while the latter track is practically its antithesis, recommending bad advice over a slow acoustic melody.Ā  Continue reading