Category: Videos (Page 24 of 52)

Yvonne Strahovski gets her paint on (and little else) for SoBe

January 17, 2012 / Will Harris

Fans of NBC’s “Chuck” are no doubt already starting to get depressed about the fact that they soon won’t be getting a weekly dose of the gorgeous Yvonne Strahovski any longer, but thanks to SoBe LifeWater, they’ll at least have some really hot photos to fall back on for a little while.

Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat with charming Yvonne about her work with SoBe and how she came to serve as a spokesperson for their new line of beverages featuring Coconut Water, but we also chatted about the end of “Chuck,” what she’s got on her plate in the future, and how she came to team up with CollegeHumor.com for a sometimes funny, sometimes disconcerting parody of three – well, four, actually – notable pop stars.

Celebrities, Entertainment, Interviews, Television, Videos

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Friday Video – Diamond, “Sunburn”

January 13, 2012 / David Medsker

Click here to listen to Diamond’s Don’t Lose Your Cool on Spotify

Man, is this a nice breath of fresh air – high-energy pop rock without the snark.

This Baltimore/Chicago quartet has surely run into dozens of comparisons to Weezer and Jimmy Eat World, and they are both apt and fair, but there’s something different here; the vocals aren’t pinched. There is an effortlessness in singer Justin Gilman’s voice that Rivers Cuomo will never know, and the hooks are gargantuan. Between this and the upcoming album from Cheap Girls, 2012 is already off to a good start for pop that rocks, and thank goodness. We were running out of patience for all of those hipster folkie outfits with a full-time ukulele player.

Music, Videos

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Friday Video – Tam Johnstone, “We Are Animals”

January 6, 2012 / David Medsker

Tam Johnstone is a FOB (Friend of Bullz-Eye) dating way back to 2002, when he released his first album under the name The General Store. His father is Davey Johnstone, who has served as Elton John’s guitarist since Madman Across the Water, and naturally, son was interested in music, but didn’t want to be a daddy clone. The General Store’s first album, Local Honey, is pure West Coast pop, with gentle slide guitar and breezy harmonies, as well as a countrified cover of the Thompson Twins’ “Hold Me Now.” The band’s second album, Mountain Rescue, was much more in the Neil Young vein.

And then there’s this.

Now recording under his own name, Johnstone is unveiling a completely different side of his musical personality. The lead track from his new album Fantastic Animals (this one just under Tam’s name), “We Are Animals” is a spot-on Adam Ant tribute – which makes sense, considering he’s spent the last two years in a cover band – and in fact bests everything Ant’s released since “Friend or Foe.” Tribal drums, check. Plucky acoustic guitar backed by heavy bar chords, check. High-pitched vocal, checkmate. Curiously, Ant himself is doing his first US tour in ages. He’d probably get a standing ovation if he played this.

Music, Videos

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Anarchy from Axe

January 2, 2012 / Bullz-Eye Staff

Axe has a new graphic novel coming and you can see more about it at their YouTube page. You can actually vote on how the story will develop so check it out.

Lifestyle, Videos

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Friday Video – Andrew W.K., “Party Hard”

December 30, 2011 / David Medsker

Click here to listen to Andrew W.K.’s I Get Wet on Spotify

Some of you may remember that this is the song we ran for last year’s pre-New Year’s Eve Friday Video column. What can we say: it speaks to us.

It’s sad that good time rock and roll music has been out of style for nearly a decade. Call it a generational thing, but all of these bands that whine about their feelings…they really did ruin rock music. We miss fun. Please come back, fun.

Happy New Year, everyone. Make sure you live to see the dawn of 2012. Of course, the Mayans say that we’re all dying at year’s end, but don’t you want to be there to see it happen?