Loyalty over Love ft. Prodigy – Big Twins
The Hip Hop community suffered a monumental loss in June 2017 when Prodigy passed away. Along with his own storied catalog, the Mobb Deep luminary left behind numerous contributions to other artists’ music…
Midnight Creep – Professor Plumb
No need to lock up your daughters when Denver, Colorado psychedelic metal four-piece Professor Plumb comes around. Midnight Creep is a rumbling, two minute heavy rock celebration of the #metoo movement, eschewing metal’s history of chauvinism, self-indulgence and egotism…
I Hate Your Love (Alfred Beck Remix) – Alfred Beck & Moshiko Vaizman
And this week we got a banger for you. The track comes from artists Alfred Beck and Moshiko Vaizman titled “I Hate Your Love”…
Aquarius – Boards of Canada
Championed by John Peel, and often cited as one of the pioneers of electronica, BOC – a pair of brothers called Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin – hail from Scotland. “Music Has The Right To Children” from which this track comes was their album released in 1998 after sending out countless demos to labels…
Slow Dancing in the Dark – Joji
In the music video for “Slow Dancing in the Dark”, Joji (born George Miller) stumbles around as a half-human, half-goat creature shot in the back by cupid’s arrow, until his legs become too weak, and he face plants on a group of white tiles, waiting to bleed out. Since its release in September, the video as amassed 30 million views…
Can’t Be Seen – The Rolling Stones
Well, office Christmas parties are just round the corner, which means that it’s a good week to talk about affairs. Yes, I know – Merry Christmas! Ho, ho, ho! But wait, it gets worse. Believe it or not, over here in Scandinavia some employers even send their employees on a two-day Christmas cruise – as if one night wouldn’t be enough to stray from the straight and narrow!..
Same Old Eyes – Savannah Conley
Have you ever wanted to be able to see something with someone else’s eyes? Because you’re the only one who sees people the way you see, and you’ll probably never know what people see when they look at you…
Friday Morning – Khruangbin
I have the best job in the world! 😉 Not only do I get to curate two amazing lists – this essay writing list and Music to Grieve to, but if you didn’t know – I get to listen to every track published on musicto.com each week. Yes – it’s a tough gig – listening to sometimes over 30 hand selected tracks and reading their accompanying write ups…
Friday Morning – Khruangbin
Be prepared to take a deep dive into your wild ocean of feelings while listening to Khruangbin. I had the glorious pleasure of recently witnessing the live performance of these three funky gurus creating pure sunlit sounds…
My Own Private I Don’t Know – Fascinator
We jellyfish don’t know anything. You might think we’d be confused by this, but in fact the opposite is true. There’s great certainty in total emptiness. We’re never torn by indecision. We never have to worry about what’s right and what’s wrong. We can just go with the flow and let the waves wash over us…
Oceans – Small Talks
I’ve been following Small Talks for almost a year now, and was stoked to finally see them live this past week at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, opening for both the incredible Broadside & With Confidence…
Who Needs You – Loren Nine
I remember the first time I heard Eva Cassidy. I know exactly where I was when I discovered Norah Jones, the road I was driving down when Melody Gardot commanded I pull over, and listen in hushed reverence…