Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
July 14, 2015
Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Leave a comment
1999 was an inexplicable time for rock. Nu metal was ascendant. At least “Bawitdaba” can be appreciated for its insanity, but we are all wondering what we were thinking with the “Nookie.” But Korn (of all bands) have actually stood the test of time. “Freak on a Leash” is a legitimately great song, and in 2015 it is still revealing its depth and power.
June 29, 2015
Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Red Eyes, The War on Drugs Leave a comment
This is one of those songs that just goes on and on, and you just don’t want it stop, but to keep going on and on. Also, there’s a kid in the music video who looks like Putin.
May 12, 2015
Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Best Songs of 2015, Florence + the Machine, What Kind of Man 1 Comment
You may have just seen this one on SNL. It might just be the best song of 2015. As for the video, it’s striking. (Partially NSFW.)
April 15, 2015
Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Colors, Larkin Poe, Psychedelic Folk, Roots Rock, True Detective Leave a comment
I saw this video on mtvU the other day. This band is not necessarily usually my sort of thing. It features visuals that remind me of the True Detective opening credits.
March 26, 2015
Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Keith Stanfield, Race Relations, Run the Jewels, Shea Whigham, Zack de la Rocha Leave a comment
This video features a wrestling match between Shea Whigham, who you may know from Silver Linings Playbook or Take Shelter, and Keith Stanfield, who you may know from Short Term 12 or Selma.
March 9, 2015
Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Carly Rae Jepsen, Things That Are Comcastic, Tom Hanks Leave a comment
Yep, the buzz is deserved.
February 19, 2015
Bob's Burgers, Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Leave a comment
Attention, Sleater-Kinney and Bob’s Burgers fans (there’s probably a good amount of overlap there already):
August 24, 2014
Awards Shows, Music, Music Videos, Television, Video Music Awards Leave a comment
The 2014 VMA’s are airing tonight Sunday, August 24. (The nominees can be found here.) Predicting the winners is a crapshoot. Here’s who should win:
Video of the Year: Sia – “Chandelier”
Best Male Video: Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Best Female Video: Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Artist to Watch: Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
Best Pop Video: Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Best Rock Video: The Black Keys – “Fever”
Best Hip-Hop Video: Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”
MTV Clubland Award: DJ Snake and Lil’ Jon – “Turn Down For What”
Best Collaboration: Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – “Dark Horse”
Best Direction: OK Go – “The Writing’s on the Wall” (Directors: Damian Kulash, Aaron Duffy, and Bob Partington)
Best Choreography: Sia – “Chandelier” (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
Best Visual Effects: OK Go – “The Writing’s on the Wall” (Visual Effects: 1stAveMachine)
Best Art Direction: Arcade Fire – “Reflektor” (Art Director: Anastasia Masaro)
Best Editing: No opinion
Best Cinematography: Lana Del Rey – “West Coast” (Director of Photography: Evan Prosofsky)
Best Video with a Social Message: This category is very silly.
Best Lyric Video: I don’t watch lyric videos that often.
And check out this list I wrote for Starpulse of 10 classic music videos that did not win Video of the Year: http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2014/08/24/10_classic_music_videos_that_did_not_w
August 18, 2014
Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Leave a comment
This is the best music video I’ve seen in a while:
August 15, 2014
Music, Music Videos, Watch And/Or Listen to This Leave a comment
Do you like music videos based on Renaissance paintings? Then check out alt J’s “Tessellate”:
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