Andrew Jackson Jihad – Gift of the Maji 2

Andrew Jackson Jihad prove that all you need to make an entertaining music video is a camera, a car, some friends and some fireworks.

Especially fireworks.

Reggie Watts Announces Comedy Central Special, Tour Dates

Reggie Watts

There’s a lot of news in the world of Reggie Watts these days. You can see the best hair in biz May 11 on Comedy Central, when Reggie Watts: A Live at Central Park makes its debut. It’ll subsequently be released May 15 in a CD/DVD package. The very next day, monsieur Watts will hit the road on a nationwide tour, bringing his comedy beatboxing to a venue near you.

And if that wasn’t enough, the premiere of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC is slated for June 8. Speaking of which, if you haven’t seen the 10-minute preview of the show, watch it right now! RIGHT NOW!

Watch the Comedy Bang! Bang! preview and see the Reggie Watts tour dates.

Cheyenne Marie Mize – Wishing Well

So yeah…this is me…wearing a bear hat and dancing in a mall…then again, the video itself is pretty self-explanatory.

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mewithoutYou Goes Independent for New Album, Ten Stories

If you’re a normal Buzzgrinderer, it’s probably not breaking news that May 15 marks the release of mewithoutYou’s first independent full-length, Ten Stories. That said, you can get a lot more information on the album and the circumstances surrounding its creation in this new video clip.

And as the late Billy Mays would say — wait, there’s more. The band recently premiered a new song from the record, February, 1878. Based on comments from members of mewithoutYou, 1878 is a pretty accurate representation of what Ten Stories entails. It’s got some Foxes-style edge and a little freak-folkiness of It’s All Crazy. So in a sense, it inhabits roughly the same territory as Brother, Sister.

Travis Shettel – The Rock Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Little Tyrant Productions recently shared a video of Travis Shettel performing performing The Rock Revolution Will Not Be Televised. These days, the former Piebald frontman is hard at work on a new project, TS and the Past Haunts. It also includes members of Summer Darling and Kissing Cousins.

Frank Lenz – Bankroll Dinner 2

Frank Lenz

Frank Lenz is no stranger to film scoring. He provided the tunes for Strictly Background a few years ago, and now he’s back at the documentary soundtrack game.

Lenz has lent his talents to a doc about Christian card counters. And yes, that’s exactly what it sounds like — church-going folks that play blackjack professionally. Titled Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians, the picture has been featured everywhere from The New York Times to Variety.

The soundtrack is out today from the fine folks at Velvet Blue Music. You can sample Lenz’ musical wares right here, though, with the somber Bankroll Dinner 2.

Loma Prieta – Fly by Night

Loma Prieta recently released a video for Fly by Night from their Deathwish Inc. debut and appropriately-titled fourth record, I.V. It was shot by Evan Henkel of The Waiting Room in and around the Bay Area.

The hardworking quartet is currently on the road with Birds in Row, followed by a short tour with Converge, then finishing up the run with some solo dates.

Algiers – Blood

Algiers is a self-described “experimental gospel noise soul pulp” response to current racial, political and economic tides. Blood comes from the no wave trio’s first musical documentation released by Double Phantom.

Bleached – Searching Through the Past

Bleached is made up of the Clavin sisters — Jennifer and Jessica — who previously played in Mika Miko. This time around, however, things are less raucous. Jennifer told the Washington Post:

I mean it doesn’t feel as punk. Bands that are punk, they don’t really have plans. [With Mika Miko] it was just, let’s start a band and play music. And now we’re actually trying to write good songs and caring a little bit more. Before we didn’t really care.

Cheap Girls Perform Communication Blues

Cheap Girls played a few songs for Nervous Energies, including their latest single, Communication Blues.

The band’s third album, Giant Orange, comes out Feb. 21 on Rise Records. You can hear the album version of Communication Blues over at Spin.