My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
#music

https://youtu.be/Bg4blAX9778
4. GOAT – "Zombie". It's like a socially awkward guy at a party—loud as a plaid leisure suit and trying a bit too hard to be arty. But yet somehow it's also undeniably funky and makes the loud awkward parts work in that context. #music

https://youtu.be/92FNnEYwKhA
3. Henrik Appel – "Nothing to Lose". Stockholm's Henrik Appel's voice is pitched somewhere between a younger Mick Jagger and Nikki Sudden, and he shines on this ramshackle "Angie"-like ballad featuring piano, guitar, flute and a bit of shaker. #music

https://youtu.be/STh6yxK3ssk
2. 2nd Grade – "I Wanna Be On Your Mind". Philly indie rock band is back with their third album and this single, with jangle-pop guitar licks and girl-next-door vocals that leap out of the speakers. #music

My Top 4 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 41):
https://youtu.be/nD3G3j0VEwM
1. Maggie Rogers – "in The Living Room". Following up her amazing "Don't Forget Me", Maggie Rogers is back with another song in a classic '80s-'90s Americana vein, from the song structure to the foregrounded guitars and drums and her impassioned vocal. #music

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
#music

https://youtu.be/M71OmJgkj-w
5. Memorials – "Cut It Like A Diamond". Comes on like a '60s British spy movie soundtrack, all slinky bass, groovy organ and fuzzed out guitars. Think of Portishead, but more rock. #music

https://youtu.be/TFvQOjAOBQ0
4. Waxahatchee – "Much Ado About Nothing". Another simple yet irresistible indie country-folk song from Katie Crutchfield, but notice the way MJ Lenderman starts doubling some of the vocal notes on the electric guitar. #music

https://youtu.be/Zj3JALvSpBY
3. Florist – "This Was a Gift". New York group's indie folk meditation on love and loss is given emotional emphasis by its woozy backing track and weary vocal. #music

https://youtu.be/wU3AAlMs2hI
2. Kerchak x LeoStayTrill – "Jimi Hendrix". Grimy drill track featuring French rapper Kerchak and Zimbabwe-born, London-based rapper LeoStayTrill. A fast-paced thrill ride through cross-Channel hip hop. #music

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 40):
https://youtu.be/h2TJFaxOV7U
1. Ezra Collective – "Shaking Body". Once again drawing from jazz, samba and highlife, Ezra Collective whip up a funky celebration of global dance music. #music

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaInq8iPKi8pmPGlAVpZMluMl
I created a YouTube playlist of all the songs referenced in my poem "Take The Mods Thrifting" from my collaboration with Chris Stroffolino titled "Dreaming to a Click".
The poem itself can be found in the April 25, 2024 issue of the North Coast Journal: https://www.northcoastjournal.com/arts-scene/take-the-mods-thrifting-29560438
#poetry #music

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
#music

https://youtu.be/c7IORfq1UyA
5. Kit Sebastian – "Faust". Kit Sebastian's music, including "Faust", is a delicious stew cooked up in London mixing together Turkish psychedelia, Brazilian tropicalia, French ye-ye and more. #music

https://youtu.be/LAMWAzo_Y4k
4. The Hard Quartet – "Our Hometown Boy". The Hard Quartet is an alt-rock supergroup featuring members of Pavement, Chavez, The Cairo Gang and The Dirty Three. And "Our Hometown Boy" is a psychedelic supersong featuring Byrds-like chiming guitars and three-part harmonies with a loose-'n'-grungy feel. #music

https://youtu.be/ih8xfkayoUI
3. GloRilla – "Hollon". Cicada rhythm trap beat—check. Window-rattling bass—check. GloRilla spitting fierce bar after fierce bar—double and triple check. Slaps. #music

https://youtu.be/nxYadN0XSx4
2. Ezra Collective featuring Olivia Dean – "No One's Watching Me". The British jazz quintet pays tribute to Afrofunk with a strong horn melody and neo-soul singer Olivia Dean driving home the winning run. #music

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 39):
https://youtu.be/eOjZ9A3TGfs
1. Rudimental with Mystic Marley and Flowdan – "Ram Pam". London's Rudimental are keeping drum and bass alive with this crucial dancehall banger featuring Bob Marley granddaughter Mystic on vocals and rapping from grime MC Flowdan. #music

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
#music

https://youtu.be/SnCToK4Jw7w
5. Suzanne Vega – "Rats". If you had told me back in 1984 that in 30 years' time, Suzanne Vega would be writing post-apocalyptic punk songs about vermin, I'd have said, "Who's Suzanne Vega?" since I didn't start listening to her sophisticated folk/pop until about 1987. #music