All the Playlists

Don’t Die Curious – Tom Rosenthal

26 March 2018

This is a song that I think I need to listen to almost every day or have the lyrics printed and framed. Like many of Tom Rosenthal’s songs, there’s a playful aspect to the lyrics, but at its heart, it’s a deep and motivating song about living a full life and pursuing your passions with abandon,..

Praktice – Young M.A

26 March 2018

Young M.A. has kept to her own in the past few months, with minimal content but quality when it comes time for the drops. Today she references AI’s infamous “practice” media interview on a new single with production from Buda da Future & Amadeus

Man Down – Shakka ft AlunaGeorge

26 March 2018

In Canada right now we’re experiencing what we call our “Third Winter”. This comes after two separate weeks in February and March (respectively called “Fool’s Spring” and “Spring of Deception”) where the temperatures usually rise to the double digits, before plunging below zero again. I’m crossing my fingers we won’t see snow again, but there’s no end in sight for our winter coats, hats and gloves. 

Crimen, Divina, Productor – Charly Garcia

26 March 2018

Un guion escrito por Raúl de la Torre y Puig, el célebre autor de “Boquitas Pintadas” son los cimientos para la película argentina “Pubis Angelical”

El film, no escapó de la censura y cuando se intentó averiguar la causa de la misma, el que en ese momento era el jefe del ente declaró: «Porque jamás se debe dejar pasar un título semejante. Una película con ese título tiene que ser una barbaridad y el Estado argentino no puede gastar plata en semejantes bodrios»…

Make It By – Coastal Club

26 March 2018

As soon as I heard this song, I knew it needed to be on the playlist. The Coastal Club sticks to their name and the sound really captures the vibe of the coast. Wavy feel to the songs that makes you feel great. Has a similar feel to Hippo Campus in my opinion, and incorporates fantastic guitar fills…

Empire Liquor Mart (9127 S. Figueroa St.) – Gabriel Kahane

26 March 2018

“On March 19, 1991, Latasha Harlins was shot and killed during a dispute over a bottle of orange juice.

She was fifteen.

Her killer received no prison time”

They Gave Me A Lamp – Public Service Broadcasting

26 March 2018

This sweetly soothing instrumental builds to a euphoric climax on the back of rousing brass and angelic backing vocals but the emotional weight is carried not by the growing grandeur of the arrangement but by the words of two working class women from the valleys of South Wales recalling their own humble contribution to an historic struggle for workers’ rights…

Knots – Lisa Hannigan

26 March 2018

A couple of weeks ago, I completed the “30 Day Song Challenge”. Basically you’re given instructions to pick a song for the span of 30 days. Some – “a song about drugs and alcohol,” or “a song that’s a cover by another artist” – were easy. Some, like “a song by an artist with a voice that you love,” were harder…

Mein War (feat. Julia) – Dakon First

26 March 2018

Every once in a while, we get a track sent to us that catches us quite off-guard. Sure, we’ve spent the past few months talking about the victories we overcome in our daily lives (and the music we listen to as the soundtrack to those victories), but it’s easy to forget that there are people out there going through a much more dangerous form of struggle. The kind that can get you killed…

Necessary Evil – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

26 March 2018

Gripping. Just saying the word grabs your attention, but it can be used to describe so many things: equipment, movies, emotions and even music. This word gets used when we become fully dependent on an external source, we have to put out trust in the grip – in the story or in the equipment.

Wander With Me – Tom Misch, Carmody

26 March 2018

Al fin llegué al fondo de todo y descubrí el grandioso mundo musical de Tom Misch, compositor Londinense que creció en un rico ambiente de músicos, desde pequeño aprendió el método Suzuki y su familia se sorprendió al notar que saliendo de la escuela se dedicaba a componer canciones, pasó la mayoría de su infancia escuchando Rock y con la suerte de tener amigos que le compartieron el gusto por el Hip Hop,…

Part 17 – Given Circumstances

26 March 2018

I’m up early on the first day of the new half term. Slam on my freshly purchased cassette at Maynard Road. More Steve Miller. An echo of Erotes.

“…in the winter time when all the leaves are brown and the wind blows so chill…”

The staff room’s busy. There’s the smell of coffee, small groups gathering to chat. ‘We hired a little place in New England. Beautiful in the Fall.’…