“Body” – Briston Maroney
It’s always exciting when young artists prepare to release their second album, and it seems like it will be as good as their first one.
“Roll the Credits” – Danielle Ponder
As if it isn’t enough that Ms. Ponder can sing like this, she also used to be a public defender. What are all my attorney friends doing in their free time?
“Hard to Build. Easy to Break.” – Cowboy Junkies
The Cowboy Junkies have pretty much sounded the same for 30 years. Which, in their case, is not a bad thing.
“Easy Out” – THALA
This starts out nice enough, and then those dreamy guitars kick in for the chorus and it becomes something special.
“The Last Remaining Light” – Far Caspian
This song seems perfectly suited for now, when that solstice-time light lasts deep into the evening.
“Sink In” – Hello Mary
Super mid-90s alt-rock vibes here. Nineties icon Tanya Donnelly has given this band her stamp of approval.
“You Got the Love” – Rufus & Chaka Khan
Debut album, side one, track one. Outrageous.
“School” – Paw covering Nirvana
For my birthday I decided to spend much of the day listening to Paw. I did not realize their two late career EPs had both been added to Spotify, so I was able to listen to them for the first time in many, many years. This is the song that got them in trouble with Courtney Love, who allegedly asked them to stop playing it. Four guys from Lawrence, KS somehow made a Nirvana song roar even louder than the original.
Two videos this week from the Live at Daryl’s House show.
The “Surrender” performance popped up after I searched for other Cheap Trick songs earlier this week. Then I started digging through the other performances from that series that were available, and Cee Lo helping out on “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” was one of the best.