Music video by Madi Diaz performing Gimme a Kiss. (C) 2012 Small Horse Records
Did you know that local pop songstress Madi Diaz has a brother who's in a speed-metal band? At least, that's what her publicist tells me was the partial inspiration for the above clip. Diaz's video for "Gimme a Kiss" — a tune that
I recently describedas being "sweetly jaunty and playful, like the weirdo pop of a Regina Spector or an Imogen Heap, but with a little taste of straight-ahead, Top 40 sensibility" — was directed by Erich Weiss, and you can see it above or via
Diaz's VEVO channel. The dichotomy of a sweet, sentimental pop tune paired with Crow-like face paint and Halford-esque leather-daddy gear: It's rich!
