Jackie Popovec with The Vindys is featured on the Mix Morning Show -- showcasing their single, "Bugs" and it's video being selected to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in NY

Lead singer Jackie Popovec joined us this morning to tell us more about the experience.

The Vindys, one of Ohio’s favorite bands, released their critically acclaimed album Bugs in 2021. The music video for the album’s title track “Bugs,” was selected as one of eight music videos that will be shown at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival in the SHORTS: BATS**T CRAZY line-up alongside videos from Lizzo and The Black Keys among others. Screenings are June 9 at 8:15pm at the Angelika, June 14 and 17 at AMC 19th St. East 6 at 9:15pm. Tickets are on sale on May 2.

Youngstown rock band The Vindys will make its presence known at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

The band’s video for “Bugs” – the title track from its 2021 album – has been selected for screening at the prestigious film fest, which takes place in New York in June.

The music video for the album’s title track “Bugs,” watch it was selected as one of eight music videos that will be shown at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival in the SHORTS: BATS**T CRAZY line-up alongside videos from Lizzo and The Black Keys among others.

A Youngstown band is set to be one of only eight in the nation shown at a New York film festival.

The Vindys are set to partake in the Tribeca Film Festival in the SHORTS: BATS**T CRAZY line-up alongside videos from Lizzo and The Black Keys, among others.

The Tribeca Festival on Tuesday announced its lineup of short narrative, documentary and animated films, as well as music videos, across 12 programs.

These shorts could use some therapy.

Playing in this program:

The Vindys - “Bugs”

A restless night's sleep for Jackie Popovec, lead singer of The Vindys, sends her on a wild inception-like dream within a dream.

The Jefferson Area Music Band Department is bringing back live music with a Wednesday night concert.

The concert, featuring the regional indie band, The Vindys, will begin at 7 p.m. in the newly renovated Falcon Auditorium at Jefferson Area High School, presented by JAHS’s music technology class.

On the same evening as the rehearsal, on ESPN’s ACC Network, Popovec’s voice, with the same lyrics and hard-driving melody, were being used in a 30-second promotional spot for ACC women’s softball.

The sound of the string section swelled during the introduction to the song “Classic,” and Jackie Popovec nearly swooned at the beauty of it. It was one peak moment in a concert that was full of them.

More than 30 instrumentalists with the Canton Symphony Orchestra will rock out with Northeast Ohio-based alt rock band The Vindys on Saturday.

The Youngstown rockers will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday with the full Canton Symphony Orchestra at Umstattd Hall, 2331 17th St. NW. Lead singer Jackie Popovec said the band is always up for new things, but this is a first – and she’s got some butterflies.

It was good to see all the post-show praise from people catching The Vindys for the first time. The Youngstown band's high-octane set showcased Popovec's thrilling voice. She elicited the night's first "DAWN-E ...DAWN-E" chant, properly laying on the Pittsburgh accent heavily.

The Vindys, “Bugs” (self-released): The Youngstown trio releases a special vinyl edition of its widely praised, genre-spanning 2021 release. You can pre-order signed copies via the group’s website (the-vindys.square.site) and catch the band’s special acoustic performance at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 25, at Record Connection, 32 Youngstown-Warren Road in Niles. 330-544-1946 or record-connection.business.site.

The Vindys, one Ohio’s favorite bands, will release a special vinyl edition of their album Bugs this Record Store Day on Black Friday, November 25, 2022. And in honor of the release, The Vindys has released the music video for the album’s title track “Bugs,” today. The song, with mesmerizing and hypnotic beat, was mixed by Ryan West (Rihanna, Eminem, Jay-Z). Metaphorically “Bugs” is about the things that keep Popovec awake at night, but the video, which was directed by Pete Campbell and filmed at a private home in Canfield, OH, was inspired by her real-life experience of finding 10,000 yellow jackets behind the walls in the ceiling of her bedroom. Says Popovec, “we took this literal story and made a sort of inception-like dream within a dream music video where I fall asleep and wake up to insects (The Vindys band members) disturbing me. The video follows a spiraling wonderland into several scenes before waking up and realizing it was all a dream.”

Youngstown’s the Vindys just announced that they'll release a special vinyl edition of their album Bugs on Friday, Nov. 25. The band will also appear at an in-store signing at 10 a.m. that same day at Record Connection in Niles. The signing will feature a special acoustic performance too.

The Vindys is a straight-forward, in-your-face, rock & roll outfit with a few twists and turns. Equipped with a horn section, they came out swingin’ for the fences and were hitting home runs all night long. Rock & roll in the style of Led Zeppelin with two solid guitars leading the way for Popovec to cut through the chaos with superb vocals. A little bit country, a little bit reggae and a lot of rock & roll will brighten up anyone’s day.