Ben Young
What’s Up? – 4 Non Blondes
20 January 2020
As we enter a new decade, waiting to hear what 2020 brings us musically, we are given an opportunity to reminisce on some of the great songs that served as our life’s soundtrack to this point…
Stay High – Brittany Howard
7 January 2020
You don’t have to love Brittany Howard, but you HAVE to respect her. Her voice. Her lyrics. Her passionate stage performances….
Time Machine – Alicia Keys
10 December 2019
She can sang, plays the piano like it’s her last name, and is one of the best R&B songwriters and producers in this generation. She’s one of those artists that are so good we take her for granted…
Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
26 November 2019
Don’t you hate when you see people putting them up in November, before Thanksgiving? I mean, we all love the reminder of the songs we loved, and maybe get hip to some we haven’t heard before, but can it wait until we’re a little closer to Christmas…
Whom amongst you decided that Funk music was no longer a thing? I can’t blame millennials for this, Funk left the mainstream’s consciousness by the mid-80’s, if not earlier. According to legend, Funk died on July 2, 1979, when it was kicked off the Mothership by George Clinton and drowned…
7 Reasons to Hate Music Curators
7 November 2019
I get it.
You have a strong dislike towards Music Curators.
But is it justified?
You notice your eyes twitch every time you check musicto.com for the Track of the Week. Have Music Curators somehow become both the kid you hate – the one who sits like a right angle in front of the class, raising their hand before the question is asked, AND the kid you hate – the one who sits like a protractor in the back of the class, talking noise with their crew about how no one uses geometry in real life?
Dreaming in the Daytime – Tuxedo feat. MF DOOM
5 November 2019
“So much on my mind / Sometimes it’s hard to stay focused”
Whom amongst you decided that Funk music was no longer a thing? I can’t blame millennials for this, Funk left the mainstream’s consciousness by the mid-80’s, if not earlier. According to legend, Funk died on July 2, 1979, when it was kicked off the Mothership by George Clinton and drowned…
Get Back Up – Tidal Volume
1 October 2019
One of the perks about being a music curator is unearthing new acts that are growing beneath the surface, but for some reason have yet to emerge…
Real Life – Emeli Sandè
16 September 2019
Church organs (or maybe it’s just called organs) are objectively the best way to open a song. That and a Pharrell 4-count beat. This track of the week is from British songwriter/singer Emeli Sandè, “Real Life”, off her new album with the same name…
Broke ft. J.I.D – Ari Lennox
27 August 2019
Amen, sister. Whomever among us has not been Broke may cast the first bill payment. This is why we work. And when we quit, being broke can be our biggest fear. But not to worry, backed by worry-free guitar plucking, Ari Lennox sings lines like…
Leave It All Behind – Sleeping With Sirens
14 August 2019
If you Google “Sleeping with Sirens”, the excellent decade-old band behind this week’s Track of the…Week, you’ll see the first question in the “People Also Ask” section: Is the lead singer a girl? In today’s muddled sonic landscape, you need a voice like Kellin Quinn to front a band that quite simply, rocks…
Change – NF
7 August 2019
I like to rap but I ain’t gonna do it forever.”
Here’s a riddle: What is the thing all us claim we want, but deep inside, if we’re being honest, terrifies us?
Here’s a hint: it’s the only constant in life.
You guessed it. Change…
Stuck – OSHUN
23 July 2019
“Neo soul” is a common, if not overused term in the music world these days. Everything with a smooth, jazzy beat and soft vocals can be labeled as neo soul, providing the contrast from “old soul” like Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding…