Man-Cat Explains the (Very NSFW) Video for "Yeast"

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Man-Cat "Yeast" video
​Get ready for gross out.

Pop deconstructionists Man-Cat, whose mission statement reads: "We're just trying to feed pop music back to the consumers in the most subversive way possible," have reactivated their long dormant YouTube video for "Yeast."

And it's comprised solely of "pizza delivery boy porn" clips (insert "extra sausage" joke here). But it's not all "funny ha ha," explains a shadowy representative from the Man-Cat organization.

"[The "Yeast" video is] constructed out of clips from pizza delivery boy porn. You know, grandiose commentary about popular media consumption blah blah blah. Sorry we're so disgusting."

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Take Cover: Sweetbleeders Cover PJ Harvey

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PJ Harvey's musical style suits Sweetbleeders well. These local rockers were spot on in reproducing her sound, even though a man was singing her songs.

The idea to cover PJ Harvey arose when Stateside Presents' Charlie Levy asked the band to play Cover the Crescent a few weeks ago. Vocalist Robin Vining agreed and initially offered to play some Fiona Apple Songs.

"Out of the million artists that you can cover I don't know why we went with PJ Harvey," said drummer Steve Dueck. "I think we just thought it would be more fun.
There's a certain sense of androgyny. I think that's what I like about PJ Harvey too...there aren't many women artists who do the kind of things that she does," replied Vining.

It is not likely that "Hair" or any other PJ Harvey song will show up in a Sweetbleeders set any time soon--"If we're playing for three or four hours we might. If we're playing for 40 minutes, probably not," says Vining.

Sweetbleeders' next show is at The Trunk Space on Monday, February 13 with Parenthetical Girls.

We swung by bassist David Marquez's house in downtown Phoenix to hear Sweetbleeders' take on PJ Harvey. Check it out after the jump.

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Boys and Frogs Debut "Lay Your Wet Hair Down" Video

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​Any news of an upcoming Boys and Frogs music video is good. This Peoria indie pop group has an outstanding track record of starring in beautifully produced music videos.

Boys and Frogs has once again struck gold with the carnival-themed video for its latest single, "Lay Your Wet Hair Down," which officially premieres on Thursday, February 16 at Madcap Theaters during a free geek-themed Third Thursday concert.

"Lay Your Wet Hair Down" is available as a free mp3 download on the band's Soundcloud page.

Boys and Frogs was kind enough to give us an advanced peek at the video. Check out colorful ferris wheels, waltzes on a bumper car track, and a fire breathing girl with a Skrillex haircut after the jump.

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Watch This Excellent Flotsam & Jetsam Vintage Electronic Press Kit

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​We're knee deep in finishing up our 100 Greatest Songs of Arizona list (to be released next week). It's been a lot of fun digging through Arizona's musical past and present, and also pretty mind blowing to realize the contributions Arizona's artists have made to America's musical culture as a whole.

We've read plenty of liner notes and consulted a few experts (including you, loyal reader), but we've also spent plenty of time digging around on YouTube for exotic Arizona exports. This 1992 Flotsam and Jetsam electronic press kit is a perfect example of the excellent stuff we've found floating about on the Internet's waves. Over the course of the videos 6 minutes and 6 seconds running time (that's only missing a single 6), the band pimps its then latest record, Quatro on via KSAR's Metal Works program.

There's bodacious babes, discussion of bass players that have left the band (Jason Newsted, who famously went on to Metallica, and Troy Gregory, who left for Prong), a bunch of dudes who have never played bass in the band, and a glowing endorsement from a random dude shopping at Zia Records in Tempe: "The Beatles -- they were a really good band. They ain't no Flotsam and Jetsam, though."

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Take Cover: Roll Acosta Does The Beatles

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It's only January, but Tucson acoustic popsters Roll Acosta are having a good year so far. The group is set to play its second residency show at The Rogue Bar on Friday, February 3 as part of the Occupy Rogue Bar series. The Foleys and Field Tripp will join Roll Acosta for an all Beatles night, which is fun for fans of local music and classic rock alike.

We stopped by Roll Acosta's band house in Tucson to hear their take on "A Taste of Honey."

"The arrangement that we came up with was specific to the instruments we play. We're not the guitar, bass, and drums band, we're a little less conventional, so to do something that kind of fit our style meant retooling the song a bit," said drummer Andre Gressieux.

"We figured it would be smart to just go away from the arrangement, like listen to it then just, I don't know, have a shot of whiskey and do something else," guitarist Jake Acosta adds.

Roll Acosta describes their stripped down version of "A Taste of Honey" as more rhythmic and chill than the original. Check it out after the jump.

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Take Cover: Bogan Via Covers Department of Eagles

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Bogan Via is fairly new to the local music scene, but has already made a striking impact on their audiences. The Phoenix-based pair plays a mixture of folk and indie pop that combines vocal harmonies with acoustic guitar and keyboard to shake up the typical boy-girl-indie-duo dynamic.

I swung by Dustin Youso's backyard birthday/going away party to record Bogan Via's take on "No One Does It Like You" by Department Of Eagles. "I just love that they use their voices as instruments and there's so many great harmonies," says vocalist/keyboardist Madeleine Miller.

"They're probably one of the bands that I respect the most. The songwriting is ridiculous, there's just so much talent with the vocals. I've always been really attracted to harmonies and it's a song that suits our personality," adds Bret Bender (vocals, guitar).

Bogan Via's is scheduled to perform Friday, February 11 with The Madera Strand at The Trunk Space.

Check out Bogan Via's version of "No One Does It Like You" after the jump.

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Eight-Year-Old Juliet's Hardcore Song About Fish and Her Dog

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One of the most fundamental rules of the internet is that everything is more entertaining with cats or kids (okay, not everything, perv). After seeing Jorge and Alexa Narvaez perform this adorable version of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' "Home," we had high hopes for any kid singing outside of a pageant, with the exception of Rebecca Black, of course.

Next in the line of little girls doing badass things is "My First Hardcore Song" by 8-year-old Juliet. Juliet channels her inner Walls of Jericho to share her love of her dog and fish. The song includes a breakdown of Juliet picking up change, doing the windmill, and "opening up the pit" with stuffed animals on a trampoline.

Check out this brutally adorable video after the jump.

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Jerusafunk Wants to Get You Wet This Friday at The Lost Leaf (Video)

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​Did you know that you can find "sexified Jewish folk funk" right here in Arizona?

It's true.

And you'll be able to experience the groovy rhythms of this funky take on traditional Klezmer music when Flagstaff's Jerusafunk stop by the Lost Leaf on Friday, January 20.

We caught up with clarinetist Jessie Demaree and guitarist Chris Del Favero for the skinny on the bands first foray into funk/Klezmer fusion and the meaning behind "Bulgar from Kiev."

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Nomadic Explains "Hypocrite"

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​If you think playing a show in a tiny corner of a dive bar is hard, try playing a set in a van driving down the road.

That's what you'll see in local rock band Nomadic's new video for their song "Hypocrite," off their current three-song EP, TURN, the second in a series of three EPs that will eventually make up a nine-song release. The band, who shot and directed the video themselves, say they were trying to show off their sense of humor in the clip, which also happens to showcase their ability to deftly play instruments in very close quarters.

"We are in the music business to have fun, and we hope everyone else enjoys it as well," says bassist Brett Dooley. "Even a serious-sounding song can have some foolishness going on in it."

The song indeed does have a serious message, with Dooley calling it an emotional response to fake people who misrepresent themselves.

"Be straightforward in dealing with other people," Dooley says. "That doesn't necessarily mean to be brutally honest when it doesn't provide any benefit, while hurting feelings, but it does mean to just be yourself."

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Mathmadix: Legal Pot and "F*ck SB1070"

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​Local rappers, Mathmadix unveiled the official video to their new single "Puff Pass" this past weekend. The video is the first look at the group's long-awaited album, In a Class of Our Own.

The song's pretty self-explanatory, but the video debut marks the first time the outfit dabbles in video production.

We caught up with rapper Knawledg for the low-down on the music video that starts with the disclaimer that, "all individuals in this film are medical marijuana patients."

Follow the jump for his take on smoking the sticky-icky, the new album and that other controversial state law, Senate Bill 1070.

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