PostModern JukeBox

Submission 9,939

About

PostModern Jukebox is a band fronted by American composer and musician Scott Bradlee. The band covers contemporary pop songs in the style of 1920s, 30s, and 40s popular jazz.

Online History

On April 17th, 2009, musician Scott Bradlee uploaded his first video to his YouTube channel ScottBradleeLovesYa^[1], which features Bradlee playing a "A Night in Tunisia" on the piano. As of September 2014, the video has gained over 34,000 views.

Bradlee uploaded the first PostModern Jukebox video, titled "Postmodern Jukebox Ep. 1 – "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga – ft. Emma Walker, Brandee Younger" on February 22nd, 2010. As of September 2014, the video has gained over 210,000 views.

The first PostModern Jukebox video to go viral was a cover of Macklemore's "Thrift Shop" which was uploaded on February 11th, 2013. The cover was featured on many sites including The Laughing Squid^[2] and ViralViral Videos.^[3] By September of 2014, the video had gained over 5.7 million views.

As of September 2014, the series' two most popular videos are a 1950s cover of Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop," which was uploaded on September 3rd, 2013, and has gained over 10.3 million views, and a cover of Lorde's Royals which was uploaded on October 31st, and has gained over 8.6 million views.

Streamys Appearance

On September 5th, 2014, it was announced^[9] that Postmodern Jukebox would be the house band for the 2014 Streamys. Their performances were often tweeted as being highlights of the show.

Yep, I'm drunk in love

. Drunk in love with PMJofficial</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/scottbradlee">scottbradlee
! #Streamys— Streamy Awards (@streamys) September 8, 2014

Though the band was not nominated for a Streamy, they released this video after their return home:

As of September 2014, PostModern Jukebox's Facebook page^[4] has gained over 64,000 likes, and Bradlee's own Facebook page^[5] has gained over 57,000 likes as well. The band's Twitter account^[6] has gained just under 3,000 followers and Bradlee's own page^[7] has gained over 9,000 followers. A subreddit /r/postmodernjukebox was created March 1, 2014, and has 516 subscribers. The ScottBradleeLovesYa YouTube channel^[1] also currently has over 680,000 subscribers and 108.8 Million views. Scott Bradlee also features Postmodern Jukebox's work on his Vine account, which has 530 followers.^[8]