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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Video New Ringo Deathstarr!

Posted by Rob Simonsen on Thu, Jan 31 at 10:08 AM

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Yes, okay, the A.V. Club was probably right to list Ringo Deathstarr as having one of the worst band names of ‘07, but that doesn’t change the fact that these guys rock.

And yes, okay, this video for “Some Kind Of Sad” looks like it was shot in one of their basements for a total of $6 (that’s how much a 12-pack of PBR is, right?), but it seems to fit perfectly with this song. I mean, this is exactly what the videos they’re paying homage to look like, and in the age of digital video trickery when it’s so easy to make a technically amazing video, the back to basics approach seems a bit refreshing.

Can I be the first to say that this whole jangly, distortion-heavy, Jesus & Mary Chain revival needs to keep happening. Please? Big Muffs for all!

(HT to Indie MP3 for the video)

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