https://youtu.be/rCsKs6jc8Xs
5. Chromeo – "Lost and Found". Chromeo take a pinch of synthpop here, add a dash of Controversy-era Prince there (man, those keyboard stings in the chorus take me back!), and whip up this tasty concoction. #music

https://youtu.be/HmlFomhih3g
4. Kid Kapichi – "Can EU Hear Me?" Rousing punk anthem from Hastings (UK) group taking on Brexit's fallout ("I don't want to live alone on this island/but they put it to a vote, and they just kept lyin'") Can't decide whether to smash the system, or just turn this up and shout along. #music

https://youtu.be/8xjBYOBUvNM
3. Myriam Gendron – "Long Way Home". Lovely throwback to the golden age of British folk-rock (Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Nick Drake) from Montreal's Gendron. #music

https://youtu.be/1uQtZDTGM14
2. Liam Gallagher and John Squire – "Raise Your Hands". Maybe it's not as flash as "Just Another Rainbow", the first single released by this meeting of Britpop titans, but this is still a solid chune that plays to both men's strength and will get heads nodding. #music

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 11):
https://youtu.be/RuB2ktUlsRI
1. The Black Keys – "This is Nowhere". Another swingin' single from forthcoming album Ohio Players, this is like audio crack, with its raspy bass riff, super-groovy shuffle beat, and funky organ. #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/0WuPk7reHZA

https://youtu.be/_j-XJa535WA

https://youtu.be/teUbtMwL4RU

https://youtu.be/uAgsn7la3jg

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 10):
https://youtu.be/oSiyo5N0rIg

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https://anviltonguebooks.blogspot.com/.../three-poems...
Three more of my hypnopompic diary poems from book 3, "Apophenic Epiphanies" are now live at the Anvil Tongue Books blog. Be sure to check around the site for more great writing by Giorgia Pavlidou, Adam Francis Cornford, John Olson, John Guzlowski, Heath Brougher, Heller Levinson, and Will Alexander, among others. #poetry

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/dNC0VhrmCFs
5. Kaiser Chiefs – "Noel Groove". Leeds indie rock band with the first track on their new (eighth) album, a mid-tempo (but surprisingly danceable) rocker with a falsetto chorus that encroaches on Bee Gees territory. #music

https://youtu.be/y4Xrf8KUTQk
4. Rosali – "Bite Down". A smooth trip-hop arrangement cushions North Carolina singer-singwriter Rosali's offbeat meditation on a relationship that's reached an impasse. #music

https://youtu.be/34QhEdr2KMo
3. Kaeto – "Don't Ask". London-based Scottish art punk Kaeto brings a Deee-Lite vibe to this exploration of body image and consent. Slinky and weird in just the right ways. #music

https://youtu.be/Ob1Tr6DMkJE
2. Keli Holiday – "Horsepower". Australian musician Adam Hyde is Keli Holiday, strutting to a throwback Happy Mondays groove and spinning some loopy metaphor for turbo-charged sex appeal. #music

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 9):
https://youtu.be/bIMOzjcETXA

https://reapthrill.com/2024/03/01/less-apocalyptic-please-a-review-of-steve-carlls-hypnopompic-diaries-book-i-ii/

The online literary journal Reap Thrill has just published a very kind review of my new Alien Buddha book, Hypnopompic Diaries. I hope you'll head over and check it out as Reap Thrill deserves the traffic, and then maybe head over to Amazon and pick up a copy of the book. 🙂 #poetry