Music Videos Are Art

“There’s a lot goin’ on!” In this very special episode, Lisa interviews writer Christian Pan about his latest collection of erotic short stories titled Unknown Pleasures. We then chat about classic 90’s music videos related to the stories. We deep dive into the wild journey that is Guns N’ Roses‘s Don’t Cry; we find Nirvana […]

The Knocks; Big Data; Laura Jane Grace. We love you, Baby! These charming and legitimately hilarious music videos bring us laughter, joy, and even some thoughtful social commentary. Join us as we discuss why we love them. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and email us your music video suggestions! Playlists for each episode are on our YouTube channel. Free to listen […]

The Wombats; Lewis Capaldi. This week we find a little humanity and vulnerability in unlikely spaces — dating apps and strip clubs. Join us as we chat about why we love these sweet, funny, clever music videos. And if you’ve never heard of us – give us a try! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and email us your music […]

BANKS; Inhaler; Yves Tumor; Lil Nas X. We know all the best bands are affiliated with Satan, but are all the best music videos? Join us for a little sinful fun as we chat about these (unexpected) representations of the Devil and enjoy some pop music along the way! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and email us your music […]

Purple Disco Machine; Pulp; Daði Freyr; Stromae; Melanie Martinez; Phoebe Bridgers. Whooie, we’ve got a LOT of thoughts and feelings about this incredible list of Music Videos. There’s a generational dance-off (Boomers v. GenZ), a doll sharing family secrets, and looots of complicated feelings about dads! Join us for a little Music Video therapy and […]

From Residente to Megan Thee Stallion, we’ve got a different kind of episode for you this week. In anticipation of the 2023 Berlin Music Video Awards taking place in June, we’re spotlighting some of last year’s winners. This is a fun way for us to incorporate new and *different* kinds of music videos, esp. international […]

Sam Fender’s “Hypersonic Missiles”; alt-J’s “Hard Drive Gold”; Yard Act’s “100% Endurance”; White Lies’ “As I Try Not to Fall Apart”. Can the meaning of life be explained by music videos? We think so! Join us as we chat about these sweet, touching, existential music videos. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and email us your music video suggestions! Playlists […]

Somber’s “Violet Days”, Stars’ “Patterns”, K. Flay’s “High Enough”, Zedd’s “Stay the Night”, and The XX’s “Islands”. Relationships are dances! In this episode we look at music videos that spotlight duet dancing, or what could be called couple or relationship dancing. Our selection is admittedly heteronormative, but it’s still a really great collection of dancing […]

Pulp’s “This is Hardcore”, Monarchy’s “Disintegration”, & Madonna’s “Material Girl”. This episode is all about 1950’s aesthetic and playing roles—two themes that go surprisingly hand in hand! We talk about the parallels between pornography and life; a uniquely beautiful representation of the bored housewife with wild sexual fantasies trope; and finally how not to woo […]

Bat for Lashes’ The Bride. We have been excited to do this episode since the beginning! This series of videos is one of our most beloved. We cover the three music videos and one live performance from Bat For Lashes’ album The Bride, which tells the story of a bride whose fiancé dies on the […]

Dove Cameron, The Regrettes, Phoebe Bridgers, Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion + more! Hey bitches! This one’s for you. But whatever your gender, we think you’re going to like this one. Kick your feet into some stirrups and join us as we chat about some fun, fabulous, feminist music videos! We talk politics, sex, […]

Stromae’s “Fils de Joie“, Miike Snow’s “My Trigger” and “Genghis Khan“, and Perfume Genius’s “Describe“. In this episode we take a look at the sexier side of the military industrial complex. Kind of. Drawing on themes from Dr. Strangelove, we look at music videos that reference the sexualization of war and conflict. We start with […]

AFI’s “Medicate”, Silversun Pickups’ “Bloody Mary”, Blondie’s “Long Time”, Interpol, Bishop Briggs, Hole, White Lies, and more! What makes a rockstar look cool? In this episode we examine AFI’s Medicate and Silversun Pickups’ Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) to see if we can discern to what extent its nature vs. nurture that gives musicians that X-factor […]

Who are we and what are we doing here? We are Austin and Lisa and we think music videos are the highest form of art (duh!). We are non-experts but huge music video fans. We want to share our discussions of music videos and why we believe they are underappreciated forms of art. Each episode […]