Oxford Remedy, the Get Up Kids, Tech N9ne, and more of the best local music videos

It’s a mostly indie-as-hell edition of Cine Local this month, with vids from young turks like Oxford Remedy and Lovergurl, new music from scene veterans the Get Up Kids, and a vintage performance from Lawrence’s Proudentall. Also: fresh new hip-hop from Rory Fresco and Tech N9ne.

Oxford Remedy, “Vending Machine” 

Doug Osborne’s video for Oxford Remedy might be a little flash flash flash for the quartet’s recent single, but it captures the band’s live presence and gives a look at the gang in the studio. The security camera video and footage of a young girl in clown makeup are arguable the least interesting things going on, here, which is saying something.

You can snag “Vending Machine” and the band’s other single, “Fake,” on Bandcamp. Oxford Remedy opens for Phoenix’s Nanami Ozone at Revolution Records on Tuesday, May 21. Details on that show here.

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Lovergurl, “Take A Bow” 

After a lengthy hiatus, the YouTube series Blind Covers is back, and one of its first new episodes features Kansas City synthpop act Lovergurl covering Muse’s “Take a Bow.” Shot and recorded at the Rino, you get not only a short, fun interview with the band, but a look into Lovergurl’s creative process as the band interprets the lyrics to the song.

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The Get Up Kids, “The Problem Is Me” 

The Get Up Kids turn 25 next year, and if you’ve heard anything off their forthcoming LP, Problems, you’d be surprised. There’s a vigor in the band’s recent music that seems to have shaken off the relaxed aspects of their last album, 2011’s There Are Rules. While it’s always tempting to say that bands are “returning to their roots” when a record like Problems is released, “The Problem Is Me” and lead-off single “Satellite” stand right up there with anything off Something to Write Home About.

Director Shawn Brackbill’s video sees footage of the band playing, interspersed with interpretive dancers, and all shot on grainy, arty Super 8 film.

Problems is out this Friday, May 10, on Polyvinyl Records, and you can order it here.

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Proudentall, “Amnesty International Benefit Holcom Park 04.26.1997 Lawrence KS”

Filmed by former Kansas Citian Greg Franklin (the Believe It or Nots, Jackie Carol), and “digitized/cleaned up/preserved” by Michael Angeletti, this half-hour set from Lawrence indie rockers Proudentall might have some fuzzy audio, but it’s pretty impressive. While it seems there’s quite a bit of random video footage popping up on the ‘Tubes every week, rarely do you get anything where the lighting’s good enough to actually see the band. Evidently, Franklin sent Angeletti a box of stuff, so keep an eye on the Royal Basement YouTube channel for more local blasts from the past.

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Rory Fresco, “Kamikaze” 

Connor Limbocker’s video for Rory Fresco’s “Kamikaze” is shot in and around a corner market, and while the video doesn’t venture far away, the vibrant colors make it feel like it’s doing some real tripping. The track’s off Fresco’s new LP, True Story, which is out now. You can also catch another Limbocker-directed video for “Bang Bang” here, which also takes a singular location and makes the absolute most of it.

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Tech N9ne, “Like I Ain’t” 

Tech N9ne’s latest, N9NA, dropped last month on the venerable rapper’s own Strange Music label, and along with it came this cinematic video that involves protestors, police, and a ritualistic sacrifice. Then Tech gets thrown into a madhouse, and stuff gets really weird. As YouTube user Valient Productions ably notes, “This song slaps harder than my dads belt.”

N9NA is out now, and you can snag it from Strange Music or any number of other online merchants. Tech N9ne’s next show in the area is StrangeFest at the Kansas City Live Block in Power & Light on Saturday, June 1. Details on that show here.

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Are you a local musician with a new music video to share? Email nicholas.spacek@gmail.com.