https://youtu.be/KFwVIkSf7mk
4. cumgirl8 – "Quite Like Love". Self-described Manhattan "sex-positive alien amoeba entity" score here with a banger that sounds like it was made by a whacked-out Tom Tom Club. #music

https://youtu.be/22ZegppjB5c
3. Chief Keef – "1, 2, 3". Chicago drill rap pioneer meets 1960s soul via ear-catching samples of Bobby Womack and Wilson Pickett. #music

https://youtu.be/JvSPp-4LBeA
2. Treanne – "Sharing My Body". A spare, raw slowburner that captures all the trepidation of the morning after using little more than piano, bass and a vocal. #music

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 20):
https://youtu.be/T0Se1-n_hdI
1. Jake Bugg – "Zombieland". A Britpop-adjacent rocker from Nottingham singer-songwriter Bugg that hurtles along for nigh on 3 breathless minutes. #music

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https://youtu.be/iybZTElHqIM
5. Angus and Julia Stone – "Down to the Sea". Australian siblings hypnotize with this tense indie folk gem. "They tell you you're forgiven, but you're not". Perfectly written, arranged, played, sung, and recorded. #music

https://youtu.be/lUnpIO-OTx0
4. Fcukers – "Bon Bon". Meanwhile, in another corner of '90s rock, New York's Fcukers spin up this laid-back electronic shuffle pitched somewhere between Deee-Lite and early Daft Punk. Dig that sine-wave bass. #music

https://youtu.be/-DmixSHLIn0
3. Beabadoobee – "Take a Bite". Bea's back with another '90s-indie-rock inspired confessional, this time recorded with producer/guru Rick Rubin. #music

https://youtu.be/o5I1wz1j64k
2. Hinds featuring Beck – "Boom Boom Back". That's what Spanish garage-rock duo Hinds are bringing in this strutting single from their fourth album, with help from Beck (who's seemingly become everyone's go-to collaborator lately, with a high banger ratio.) #music

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 19):
https://youtu.be/rnUnuCqqEUg
1. Johnny Hunter – "Frustration". You'd be forgiven for writing this Australian quintet off as a Sisters of Mercy clone on hearing this track, but the dramatic postpunk intensity and cinematic goth-rock excitement quickly won me over and they might do you as well. #music

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https://youtu.be/YwdVlUUa7xU
5. The Decemberists – Much of the mythohistorical weirdness of the band's early output has fallen away, leaving just their unique sense of arrangement and Meloy's distinctive phrasing to adorn this lovely song. #music

https://youtu.be/b_ahoz_pwtI
4. Bat for Lashes – "Home". Slowburner whose tenderness is given a dimension of heartache and longing by distortion on the bass and vocals. #music

https://youtu.be/PdQpQFvdIp8
3. Amadou & Mariam – "Mogolu". Mali's first couple of music is back with a new tune that's got their familiar swing. #music

https://youtu.be/_EzFiRyiij8
2. DIIV – "Frog in Boiling Water". More woozy, whammy-bar dreaminess from the album of the same name by Brooklyn's DIIV. Strong followup to week 13 top 5 pick "Everyone Out". #music

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 17):
https://youtu.be/nWW4tFuzxGE
1. St. Vincent – "Big Time Nothing". Annie Clark brilliantly channels the sound and swagger of Fashion-era Bowie and (duh) Big Time-era Peter Gabriel. #music

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https://youtu.be/SCtkn9W9GJ8
4. Melvins – "Working the Ditch". Familiar yet welcome sound of doomy sludgy riffs, howling feedback and dark shouty vocals. "It was a dark time for us/The whole goddamn godless world". #music

https://youtu.be/irGCDBkIH1Y
3. Bon Enfant – Trompe-l'oeil". Postpunky bass and guitar that goes from punky stabs to jangly licks, plus singing en francais (band is from Montreal). #music

https://youtu.be/KHocVRUlvkk
2. Fontaines D.C. – "Starburster". Irish indie rockers come back strong with solid lead drumming, James Bond guitar, gasping in the choruses, and numerous other little flourishes that all just work. #music