Video: COOL NUTZ FEAT. MIKEY VEGAZ "HIGHER" ***OFFICIAL VIDEO***DIRECTED BY BEEJAN IRANSHAD

BOAT, THE ANGRY ORTS, ZOO ANIMAL, ORCA TEAM ( Mississippi Studios , 3939 N Mississippi) Although the earnest punk-rock adherent in me is perturbed by BOAT's dilettantish approach to making music (creative helmsman D. Crane once admitted that the band isn't a "primary focus of his" and he began "writing songs just for fun"), it's pretty difficult to stay irked when everything they've done has been nothing short of irresistible. (Perhaps it's just jealousy, then.) Last year's Dress Like Your Idols is no exception—"(I'll Beat My Chest Like) King Kong" in particular contains hooks [...]

There are a lot of visual puns going on here. Not only are the mountains at "Higher" elevation than, you know, the ocean—but Cool Nutz may or may not be revealing the strategy he uses to keep those Nutz so Cool. Now, I know that our copy editing squad would take issue with the title of Cool Nutz's forthcoming record flashed across the screen 36 seconds into the vid ("Cool Nutz='s Dope")—but even the copy desk can agree that far too few rap videos are filmed at Mount Hood, and that Mr. Nutz's jacket is totally gigantic. [...]