The Twilight Singers - On The Corner

What this video is

Released in early 2011, 'On the Corner' arrived as the lead single and sole official music video from Dynamite Steps, the fifth album by Greg Dulli's Twilight Singers on Sub Pop Records. The band occupied a unique position in indie rock as a long-running cult act descended from The Afghan Whigs, with Dulli widely respected for his psychodramatic songwriting. Pitchfork described Dynamite Steps as Dulli's best work…

Why it matters

Represents the peak of Greg Dulli's post-Afghan Whigs creative arc within the Sub Pop indie ecosystem. The track's blaxploitation-inflected wah-wah guitar and thundering rhythm section — described by Sub Pop as evoking the Whigs' 1996 album Black Love — situates the video at the intersection of…

The director

Michael Sterling Eaton is an American multimedia artist, filmmaker, photographer, and music producer based in California. Born in San Diego, he began his photography career at age 12. His career spans surf, fashion, music, and entertainment industries. He…