"Conspiracy Theory" with Frank Finkle (TRUMP'S BUDGET PLAN)

*Warning: PIRATE RADIO is on the air*


"It is I, New Newsman with the news. Today we talk about the TRUMP BUDGET PLAN and ask ourselves 'What would America be like if Jeb Bush was president?"



"We go to our reporter in EARTH BETA for an interview of the typical American...Kevin?"



Hi-ho! This is Kevin D. Frog here, and I'm going to talk with a typical American after they just heard about the Bush Budget Pan on EARTH BETA.



"Well, we don't need Meals-On-Wheels if we replace all the humans with robots. Why, I have one right here to replace me after the zombie apoc...opps...I said too much already."



"I have a million egglets and I don't have to pay any egg taxes, thanks to complicated and favorable egg tax laws. You eggers do whatever you egging want. The Eggs will always outlast."



"I voted for Bernie Sanders, so all you idiots can suck it!"



"I know I'm a clock and all, but I think everything around here is going backwards somehow."



As you can see, the people here are very complacent about how they live. Their mail still comes on time and the people that will suffer aren't in their face.



"Fascinating report. EARTH BETA is practically the same Earth, but with a different president?"



Oh no, Jeb Bush isn't on Twitter talking about conspiracy theories or television ratings or building a Mexican wall or saying the Russians are friendly or making a fool of himself on the international stage.



"So, EARTH BETA is a better place then?"



Oh God, yes! You should come over. There's a sale on bagels at Maury's House of Bagels and everything.

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First it was Bugs Bunny, now it's The Muppets? And what's this Earth Beta nonsense? This is garbage, Gladys.
Delete the whole thing and start over...

Tei Shi "How Far"

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Tei Shi will deliver her debut full-length Crawl Space at the end of the month, but before its arrival, the Argentine indie pop singer has shared a video for "How Far."
 
It follows a previously unveiled video for "Keep Running," and this time Tei Shi teamed up with production studio DREAMTIGER to create the video.
 
"Relationships often feel like getting hit by car," DREAMTIGER said in a statement about the clip. "It's about a relentless force always following you, always dragging you back, and sometimes you don't know whether you can survive."
 
It finds the singer escaping from the trunk of an abandoned car and trudging down an empty snow-covered road — though getting away proves to be no easy task.
 
The creative team also revealed that "How Far" drew inspiration from Costa-Gavras's film Z and an unreleased Kanye West video that was directed by Steve McQueen.
 
See those influences manifest onscreen by watching the new video for "How Far" below. Crawl Space is due out in Canada on March 31 via Arts & Crafts.
 

Tasha the Amazon "Watch It Burn"

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Toronto MC Tasha the Amazon earned herself a Juno nomination for Rap Recording of the Year with last year's Die Every Day EP. Now, she's unveiled a video for EP cut "Watch It Burn."

Directed and edited by Colin G Cooper, the new clip sees Tasha armed with a serious flamethrower in setting a pile of scrap wood ablaze. She and her crew also have plenty of fireworks on hand for more explosive power, in case her tracks weren't enough.

You can "Watch It Burn" in the player below.

Arca "Reverie"

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With Arca's new self-titled album edging ever closer, the producer has rolled out a new set of out-there visuals.

Arca's latest video is for the record's "Reverie." As a press release explains, it was shot in one take and features Arca himself, Alejandro Ghersi. The video comes courtesy of longtime visual collaborator Jesse Kanda.

Depicted in the video as wounded mechanical matador, Ghersi said in a statement, "Bullfighting is a piercing metaphor: you are fighting a bull, and at the same your self. You are not the victim or the oppressor, you are both— animality and bestiality are conflated. Evoking sex invokes our animality... And evoking our animality, in turn, invokes spirituality."

You can watch it play out for yourself below.

Arca will arrive on April 7 through XL Recordings.

Rick Ross "Trap Trap Trap" (ft. Young Thug & Wale)

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Rick Ross delivered his new LP Rather You Than Me today (March 17), and to mark the occasion, Rozay has released a video for the Young Thug- and Wale-assisted "Trap Trap Trap."

Directed by Ryan Snyder, the clip finds Ross rolling through the streets in his cherry red chariot, cruising by police even though an ankle monitor he's wearing won't quit beeping. Elsewhere, Thugger and Wale appear to deliver their own verses. 

Rather You Than Me is out today through Epic/Maybach Music Group, and can be streamed here. Watch the video for "Trap Trap Trap" in the player below, and read our interview with Ross here.

Twist "Calendar Girls"

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Laura Hermiston of BB Guns and Holy Fuck's Brian Borcherdt delivered their debut LP as Twist last year, and in looking back at Spectral, the group have shared a video for "Calendar Girls."

Directed and produced by Brittany Lucas and Jacq Andrade, the video is set at a house party, examining less what men and women are saying while in conversation, but more so what they're thinking.

The band explained the thought process behind the new clip in a statement, which reads:

"Calendar Girls" is a reflection on how people treat each other like products, in relationships and otherwise. I was thinking about men's magazines and how the way women are objectified creates a mentality where romantic and sexual relationships become a form of consumption. Sometimes it feels like the drive to acquire material possessions and the desire to be with someone gets some how mixed up. It changes how you appreciate the people in your life when society encourages you to form superficial infatuations with people you've never met.

Spectral is out now through Buzz Records. Watch the video for "Calendar Girls" in the player below.

Tour dates:

03/14 Dallas, TX - The Crown and Harp
03/15 Austin, TX - SXSW @ Bungalow *
03/17 Austin, TX - SXSW @ Swan Dive - Canada House
03/20 Denton, TX - The Lion's Den
03/21 Hot Springs, AR - Valley of Vapour Fest ^
03/22 Nashville, TN - drkmttr

* with Weaves, Jimmy Eat World
^ with Weaves

Sex with Strangers "Forget What You Know"

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Sex with Strangers released their latest LP Discourse last fall, and now "Forget What You Know" from that record has been given the music video treatment.
 
The Scott Matthews-directed clip takes its inspiration from the works of David Lynch, giving viewers a mysterious, surrealist thriller over the course of four minutes. In addition to masked appearances from the band, the clip also features a performance from renowned contortionist Stephanie Van Dyck.

As Sex with Strangers themselves put it: "Think Eyes Wide Shut meets True Detective meets Cirque du Soleil."
 
The band have made the audio track of "Forget What You Know" available for free download over here, and you can tune into the video premiere for the same song down below.