Video Review

VIDEO REVIEWDream Nails "Jillian"

This year, Girls Rock Santa Barbara has developed The Summer of Love Internship, its first ever paid internship for teen girls and gender-expansive youth, which allows the organization to continue to provide a safe, collaborative environment in which to encourage lifelong skills like positive peer...

Girls Rock Santa Barbara

VIDEO REVIEWJanelle Monae "Make Me Feel"

Janelle Monae has spent her artistic career being inspired by the free. Monae's creative influences stem from the greats who came before, like Prince and Bowie. Her latest video “Make Me Feel” is an honest nod to those who inspired a space for artists like Monae to be their own version of free. In...

Desdemona Dallas

VIDEO REVIEWAlice Phoebe Lou "She"

Alice Phoebe Lou had me at “She.” She caught my ear at the end of last summer, and was quickly anchored into my permanent collection of artists whom I play on endless loops to make long bike rides through the city a little more enjoyable, her light and fierce vocals scattered over my summer...

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VIDEO REVIEWKat Cunning "Wild Poppies"

“There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home...” These words bring us back to the childhood story we know so well - they conjure an image of Dorothy deciding to leave the magical place she's just discovered, tapping her ruby red slippers in the hope of returning over the rainbow to...

Desdemona Dallas

VIDEO REVIEWPsymon Spine "Eric's Basement and Secret Tunnels"

The star of Psymon Spine’s latest video, however, is not a person, but a blank canvas. As...

Emily Daly

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VIDEO REVIEWSaint Motel "Move"

Los Angeles-based indie rockers Saint Motel just released a remix for their single "Move," and Jenaux's high-energy rework seems like the perfect excuse to revisit the band's big-budget video for the original. A play on the glitchy aesthetics of of their record, Saintmotelevision, the video is set...

Nicole Ortiz

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VIDEO REVIEWMoon Bounce "Drugs"

Unsurprisingly, Moon Bounce's video for the single "Drugs" is as trippy as its title suggests. Spoofing terrible album art from Wayne Cochran, Grace Jones, Prince, and more, the titillating track takes listeners on a tongue-in-cheek waltz through the aisles of a record store that would make any...

Nicole Ortiz

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VIDEO REVIEWBlood Orange "Better than Me"

Starting with a slam poem and full of choreographed dancing, Blood Orange's Dev Hynes may have figured out a great recipe for directing a captivating music video with his clip for "Better than Me." Its poem accompaniment (Ashlee Haze’s “For Colored Girls [The Missy Elliot Poem]”) immediately brings...

Nicole Ortiz

VIDEO REVIEWKids of the Apocalypse "Better Life"

With their Gorillaz-esque video for "Better Life," Kids of the Apocalypse are changing how you might envision the end of the world.

Nicole Ortiz

VIDEO REVIEWEx Reyes "Bad Timing"

Beautiful cinematography, chill vibes, and impressive Mardi Gras costumes and makeup are to be found in Ex Reyes' recent video for his single "Bad Timing"—meaning, it's a video worth watching.

Nicole Ortiz

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VIDEO REVIEWNENA "Genau Jetzt"

NENA, who you may know from her world famous single, "99 Luftballons," has recently come out with a new video for her latest song "Genau Jetzt" ("Right Now").

Nicole Ortiz

VIDEO REVIEWPhantogram "You Don't Get Me High Anymore"

Phantogram's latest video for "You Don't Get Me High Anymore" is an empowering blast that'll have you ready to cut that lingering crush out of your life for good, while leaving you deeply unnerved.

Nicole Ortiz