My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 32):
https://youtu.be/fe_-zjw203Y
1. Flammer Dance Band – "Trenger Ikke Dra". Norwegian septet channeling the spirit of psychedelic Afrofunk (for almost 9 minutes in this case). I'd have guessed this was recorded in Nigeria in the '70s if I hadn't looked it up. #music

https://youtu.be/o1eQvJOp5ww
2. Chase & Status with Stormzy – "Backbone". On this hard-hitting grime track with jungle breaks thrown in, London's Chase & Status lay down a runway and rapper Stormzy takes off from it. #music

https://youtu.be/vOEyFpFidEU
3. Jarrow – "Birthmark". Melbourne's Dan Oke, a.k.a. Jarrow's new release is the kind of garage pop they seem to excel at down under. Is it the jangly guitars? The melodic basslines? Vocal harmonies? Whatever it is, I can't get enough of it. #music

https://youtu.be/8TOFw04uZTA
4. Fontaines D.C. – "Here's The Thing". One of my favorite young Irish indie rock bands, Fontaines D.C.'s latest pairs Pixies-esque guitars with falsetto vocals for a 2:44 blast of adrenaline. #music