Blog: Buzz Bands

Indie sextet Races' first video, for their single "Big Broom," was great fun, with balloons, confetti and little in the way of collateral damage. "Lies" is another story, as lies often are. With director Edward Chase Masterson again at the helm, the video imagines frontman Wade Ryff as a despised figure running from his egregious sins, not to mention those who get piece of him in retribution. Both the setting ("the suburbs most of us grew up in," the band says) and the song make for plenty of food for thought. The band's debut "Year of [...]