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Nirvana’s 10 Best Videos, Ranked
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Nirvana on 09/20/2025 by Kurt OrzeckFrom the Vault: Country Music That Doesn’t Blow – Sweet Tea, Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
Posted in Essays, Videos with tags Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Heartless Bastards, Mystic Valley Band, Sweet Tea on 09/19/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
We like country too. Yes, really. Well, sometimes. When it’s good. Because a lot of it isn’t. Then again, a lot of music in a lot of genres isn’t good. On the other hand, a lot of music in a lot of genres is good. Weird how that works.
Moving on.
We’re having a kanipshin after hearing the new project by Alex Maas of the Black Angels and self-described Heartless Bastard Erika Wennerstrom. It’s called Sweet Tea and sounds sweet as can be: Get converted by this touching live cover of Tim Harden’s “If I Were a Carpenter”:
Video Interview: Der Weg Einer Freiheit Frontman Nikita Kamprad Delivers Straight Talk
Posted in Interviews, Videos with tags Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Nikita Kamprad on 09/18/2025 by Kurt OrzeckThorsten Schaeben and I recently interviewed from Veil of Sound interview Der Weg Einer Freiheit frontman Nikita Kamprad about the German melodic death band’s new record for Season of Mist, Innern. The very well-spoken music vet was about as candid as you can get. Check out the conversation:
Best New Music Videos (August 2025): Packaging, Spaceface, Runnner, Cosmic Reaper, Oruã
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Cosmic Reaper, Dusted Angel, Jonathan Hultén, Nine Treasures, Oruã, Packaging, Rocket, ruã, Runnner, Spaceface, Tithe on 08/31/2025 by Kurt OrzeckWe hear ya here at The Bad Penny: We cover too much metal, not enough metal, etc. One common denominator across all genres is that artists are capable of creating captivating, innovative, original, hilarious and harrowing music videos regardless of genre. With that in mind, here are the clips we enjoyed the most in the month of August, two thousand whatever.
1. Packaging’s “In Your Pocket”
On Tyranny: John Lennon and Yoko Ono Were Wrong; Karma Does Not Exist
Posted in Essays, Features, On Tyranny, Videos with tags Donald Trump, John Lennon, karma, Plastic Ono Band, Power to the People, trump, Yoko Ono on 08/30/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Today marks the 53rd anniversary of “Power to the People,” a performance by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band. As a nation, we are thirsting for our own contemporary music megastars (Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Drake, Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny, etc.) to re-create such an event at a time even more perilous than when the peace activists of yore performed at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Side note: The whole “karma” concept that Lennon and Ono preached? Yeah, that’s proven to be a fallacy. No amount of suffering that could befall Donald Trump from here on out would be commensurate with the amount of damage he’s done to our country, which will take many decades to repair.
Fortunately, Lennon isn’t around to bear witness to the atrocities that are occurring every day in the U.S.
Check out these previous installments of The Bad Penny’s On Tyranny series:
• Poll: Are You Afraid of Attending Concerts as the Military Patrols US Cities?
• Haggus Frontman Blasts Punk Bands’ Silence on Gaza, ICE
• As US Citizens Get Disappeared and Terrorized, Chile’s Mawiza Reflects
• Punk Legends UK Subs Denied Entry Into US Due to Alleged Trump Criticism
• Kuwaiti Metal Artist Abzy Calls Hate ‘A Black Hole’
• Hungarian Black-Metallers Sear Bliss Lost ‘Freedom’ In Orbán’s Autocracy
• Necrofier Frontman Wonders ‘Is It Going to Be Like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?’
• ‘People in America Have Blinders On,’ Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe Says
• Musicians Living Under Authoritarian Rule Speak Out
• Mark Mallman Says ‘Suffering Artists’ Are a Myth, Making Art Isn’t a ‘Job’
• Cellista: ‘Creating and Existing Under Trump’s America Is My Act of Radical Resistance’
3 Youngish, Anti-Bro Comics You Should Know: Jack Tucker, Connor O’Malley, Chris Fleming
Posted in Comedy, Videos with tags Chris Fleming, Connor O'Malley, Jack Tucker, Zack Zucker on 08/30/2025 by Kurt OrzeckJack Tucker (Zack Zucker):
Connor O’Malley:
Chris Fleming:
Best New Music Videos (July 2025): Spinal Tap, Deftones, Ozzy Osbourne Tribute, Kayo Dot
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Deftones, Kayo Dot, Orbit Culture, Ozzy Osbourne Tribute, Spinal Tap, The Armed on 07/31/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Reading is such a bummer, man. Supposedly it leads to blurred vision and other maladies. Rock videos, on the other hand, are so much more fun – and, according to America’s beloved and revered Secretary of Health and Human Services, actually regenerate eyesight instead of damaging it. With that in mind, here’s a test-pilot of a potentially recurring series on The Bad Penny: The 10 most entertaining, hilarious and depraved videos of the month. Here are the ones that captivated us most in July:
1. Spinal Tap’s “Stonehenge” (feat. Elton John)
2. Orbit Culture’s “Hydra”
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