Welshly Arms, being a small yet upcoming band have very few media appearances and those they do have are mostly on minor indie radio stations or small channels. However, that being said, they have featured on billboard magazine a couple times, most recently for their newest release, "Learn to let go"
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Billboard magazine's post on Welshly Arms's new track
"Learn to Let Go"
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They even did a facebook live stream on billboards facebook channel:
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Screenshot of live stream
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It is not unusual for a band like welshly arms, of their size and being indie to not be covered largely by the media as they are not "mainstream," and currently have a more niche appeal and smaller following.
Most of the appearances tend to be small local shows such as those below:
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Interview with welshly arms on ALT 92.9 a local alternative radio in Boston
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This is from an interview called "The lounge" in which Welshly arms did a Q&A after a show on 101WKQX ...
From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Genre: Alternative rock, blues rock, indie rock Started: 2013
Members:
Sam Getz – lead vocals, guitar
Brett Lindemann – keyboard, vocals
Jimmy Weaver – bass, vocals
Mikey Gould – drums
Bri Bryant – vocals
Jon Bryant – vocals
Timeline:
First EP - Welcome: 2013
2nd EP - Covers 2014
1st Studio Album - Welshly Arms 2015
3rd EP - Legendary 2017: Reached US Billboard Alternative Songs Chart No. 14 2nd Studio Album - No Place Is Home - 2018
Director(s): Hiro Murai Act: Childish Gambino Genre: Trap - Afrobeat Track: This is America Released: 2018
The opening shot lasts a total of 1:41 and features a man sitting in a empty warehouse with a guitar, the camera spins to Glover who holds a gun up to the mans head that is now covered by a bag and shoots him.
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This music video was extremely well received by most critics for its representation and statements towards the state of America at the moment and the oppression of the black community. There are many moments of symbolism throughout the whole video, many more easier to spot then others which is part of what made the video so special.
Andrew Goodwin: The 6 defining features of a music video
Throughout the entirety of the music video there is a very strong relationship between the visuals and the music - The pace and beat of the music seems to rely on the visuals rather then vice versa. For example:
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At the point of the gunshot the music changes drastically from the upbeat, joyful afrobeat music too the more aggressive trap. This change is used to great effect and makes the statement that this killing is what is going on in America at the moment as the line "This is America" immediately precedes.
Through a lot of Childish Gambino's music videos, especially those directed by Hiro Murai, there is a noticeable style that emerges. These videos seem to feature long takes and feature Gambino up close and personal to the camera. This is extremely noticeable in "Sweatpants" which shares a lot of similar characteristics in how it is filmed.
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"Sweatpants"
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The video seems to be one huge continuous shot and features again, like This is America, Gambino singing/rapping directly into the camera whilst moving around the set.
Another defining feature which is mentioned above is the use of intertextual references in "This is America," although instead of being to films or other videos its to the history of America, for example Gambinos pose is meant to resemble the Jim Crow poster which was used to ridicule freed black slaves.
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comparison of Gambino's pose to Jim Crow
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Another reference which is quite brutal is that of the 2015 Charleston Shooting at an African Methodist Episcopal Church. In which Gambino is seen dancing into the room and then has a gun thrown at him which he then uses to fire at the singers.
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Director(s): Andy Morahan Act: Guns N' Roses Genre: Hard Rock - Symphonic Rock Track: November Rain Released: 1992
The narrative of the music video is linear it opens with Axl alone in a dim-lit bedroom swallowing a handful of pills and progresses through 2 paths, the first the "lost love" story and the other the performance. The "lost-love" is about Axl rose marrying his girlfriend however by the end of the video we see his bride in a open coffin at her funeral.
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Andrew Goodwin: The 6 defining features of a music video
November rain features a lot of Andrew Goodwin 6 features:
Firstly, the video demonstrates the genre characteristic for hard rock of having a performance on stage. This is done using a variety of techniques, there are many panning/ moving shots from the point of the crowd, shots behind the band looking over at the instruments, close-ups of band members and my favourite shot which is of slash in the desert outside the church playing guitar shot from a helicopter which sweeps in front of him blowing all the sand into shot.
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Slash in desert playing guitar
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There is a relationship between the music and the visuals, for example, at the beginning of the song, the music is softer, more calm, the imagery reflects this, the stage is very dark with the band barely visible, however, when the song progresses and becomes more uplifting the stage brightens up and there are many more stage lights.
Stage during slower section
Stage during upbeat section
Also, there are many close-ups of the artists, not only on stage but also through the wedding etc.
Lastly, the intertextuality of the video linked to two other Guns videos, estranged and don't cry, is possible, all three videos follow similar plots and production style.
Director(s): Unknown Act: Iron Maiden Genre: Heavy metal Track: Can I Play With Madness Released: 1988
The video features a school class on a Art trip, the Art teacher, played by Graham Chapman (Monty Python) criticises a young student for drawing Eddie (Iron Maidens mascot)
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Andrew Goodwin: The 6 defining features of a music video
The students drawing of Eddie
Parts of the video feature iron maiden during a stage performance, a defining feature for metal videos. Iron Maiden can be seen live at there life after death concert on a small TV covered in cob webs, another Goodwin feature. This is part of the many intertextual references shown in the video, the first being Eddie both being drawn and appearing in the sky.
Iron Maiden playing live on the TV
There is also multiple "references to notion of looking," firstly is the picture of the band inside the magazine and the other is the band on the TV playing live in concert.
