Apathy – Abist

Apathy – what a perfect name for an essay writing track!  

I’m sure like me you’ve never felt any lack of enthusiasm or lack of concern for your project – no – never – honest…

Ruby – Foster The People

Sometimes it’s all just so exhausting – you know?

Everyone has their own “thing” to deal with – the thing that drains you of energy and intent – the thing that has you spiraling down into bad behavior and ever increasing distance from normal.  And what do you do when you’re here?  When you’re self sabotaging and listening to the wrong voices?…

Feel My Needs – Weiss (UK)

Es simple y sencillo esta canción representa libertad, diversión,
aventura y lo mejor de todo, pasión, cada Viernes Annie Mac lanza un
episodio “Mini Mix” desde la BBC Radio en Londres, solo que en ésta
ocasión tuvimos el placer de escuchar la tremenda selección que hizo
el señor Danny Howard, entre 2 horas de música reconocí muchos de mis
tracks favoritos,…

Make Me Feel Like Your Bitch – Parallelephants

Parallelephants are a local synth pop band based out of San Antonio TX. Since I currently reside there, I’m pretty hip to what’s popular as far as local talent goes. This is my favorite local band and they don’t half as much love as they deserve in my opinion. Their unique blend of electronic, alternative and hip hop gives them a unique voice in the city that can’t be easily replicated.

Uno Mas – N.O.R.E ft Pharrell Williams

Yet another Pharrell Williams produced track makes it to  my playlist and he features in it too 🙂 This time he teams up with rapper N.O.R.E who used to be known as Noreaga, one half of the rap duo ‘Capone-N-Noreaga’ before he ventured on a solo career…

Mind Over time – Interpol

It’s not easy to explain the deep connection I have with Interpol’s music, it’s something so intimate, so personal, something difficult to describe…

Revelations – Mos Def (Now Yasiin Bey)

A good playlist should be designed like a musical version Plato’s Symposium on any given topic or style. There should be variety, but there should be focus. There should be intent, but there should also be a playful looseness…

Ex-Factor – Lauryn Hill

“Loving you is like a battle / And we both end up with scars.”  The push and pull of love is a topic tailor-made for musical atonement.  Hip-hop/R&B artist Lauryn Hill sealed her spot as a musical icon with just one studio album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.  Released in 1998, it is the perfect example of a timeless album…

Miragem (Sem razão) – Xênia França

A lucid, confident woman with a powerful voice singing over soft jazzy instrumentals, about distinguishing blind infatuation from true, peaceful love… It can’t get any classier than this!!…

Marked for Death – Emma Ruth Rundle

This week I have the pleasure of sharing the exquisitely crafted, aphotic, opening and title track from Emma Ruth Rundle’s 2016 pièce de résistance, “Marked for Death”. Dynamic, spacious and powerful the album certainly sits atop my favs of the last 5 years…

On The Door – Just Like Fruit

You know sometimes you just make a hasty decision that you come to regret later when choosing songs to include in your blog or playlist. This is what happened to me when a Brighton-based rock’n’roll band Just Like Fruit sent me one of their songs, “On The Door.” I took a quick listen and passed on it but yet, for some strange reason, the song kept playing in my head. Weeks would go by and I’d decide to listen to the track again….

Changes – Langhorne Slim & The Law

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Langhorne Slim reveals that his track “Changes” is about, “the beauty and terror of having breakthroughs and transformations in life, only to discover that there are infinite amounts of both. The pursuit of the groove must be groovy.”…