Needy Bees – Nick Hakim
I love showcasing artist’s where the biggest challenge is choosing which of their songs to write about…
Videotape – Radiohead
There once was a boy named Dilan Cruz, a boy I never knew and will never know, a boy who could have been my brother, my family, my friend, a fellow student in any stage of my life…
Eternal Youth – RŮDE
This week’s track is a special one, after hearing this track my life literally changed. RŮDE’s Eternal Youth was the opening of a lofi playlist I once found on YouTube…
Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass – All Time Low
“So, I wrote you a song, hope that you sing along / And it goes, ‘Merry Christmas, kiss my ass!’” Clearly, someone – rather a specific girl – is firmly planted on the ‘shit-list’ of pop-punk band, All Time Low…
Harriet Tubman’s Gonna Carry Me Home – The Long Ryders
Paying tribute to one of America’s greatest 19th century folk heroes, Harriet Tubman’s Gonna Carry Me Home is a history lesson from a white Southerner sung in the voice of a long-dead black slave – a spiritual in the great oral tradition, giving a lesson in bravery and compassion to a new generation, from the faithful to the faithful…
House Party – Anja Kotar
“House Party” by rising pop singer Anja Kotar is the anthem for down-time. Who says you have to go out every weekend and be social?…
Deluxe Electric Ninja Mistress – Daikaiju
Daikaiju’s “Deluxe Electric Ninja Mistress” sounds more like the name of a sex toy (um, a curiously kinky one, I might add; if any Bad Dragon people are reading this, give me a call) than the title of a surf song…
Ava’s Song – Jimmy Olson
Jimmy Olson is a force. This track exhibits his funky individuality as an artist, songwriter, and keyboard warlock. “Ava’s” unique piano melody pulls at the heartstrings while simultaneously…
Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
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…
Is It You – Cassie
Its game on. You set your eyes on that person; then going forward with your moves ready. The question that pops out: is it to play or to be in love? Your opening line is a set up but you’re not really sure what comes next…
Midnight – Motel Radio
Tangled in otherworldly harmonies – “Midnight” is delicately strung into an emotional encapsulation of the complexity that grows within our deepest infatuations…
La Luna – Hindi Zahra
Have you ever just wanted to shut out everything around you and be transported to another part of the world where everything is different and new and exciting…