Friday Playlist
“Snowflakes” – Dropkick Some beautiful, hazy, power pop to start this week’s list. Is it asking too much that our days of snowflakes on the ground be done for this year? “Hardly” – Free Range This week’s Alternative Number One was Juliana Hatfield’s “My Sister.” Thus I listened to a lot of other ’90s alt rock by women and women-fronted…
Friday Playlist
A crazy week in our house, for a bunch of reasons, so my comments on this week’s batch of music will be even more half-assed than normal. Never fear, the songs are still good! “Focus” – Preoccupations This band’s sound never changes much, even though their name has changed over the years. They still have this great, timeless, post-punk sound.…
Friday Playlist
“Eden” – Baths A little world music influence to this buoyant, fun track. “Ankles” – Lucy Dacus We are officially on the clock for a new Lucy Dacus album. No surprise it seems like it’s going to be wonderful, as usual. “Take Your Aim” – Rocket Some serious Smashing Pumpkin vibes on this track. Fortunately their singer is better than…
Friday Playlist
We stay knee-deep in the new music another week. “Prisoner of Beauty” – The Limiñanas, Bobby Gillespie I can find almost no information about this song or band, which is from the far south of France. So all I can say about it is that it 100% sounds like it should have been in some gritty film during the mid-90s…
Friday Playlist
No sign that the current pace of new music will slacken any time soon, which means I will continue to have the pleasure of providing music to soundtrack a good chunk of your Fridays for the foreseeable future. “People Of Substance” – Craig Finn DAD ROCK ALERT!!!!! Craig Finn has new music out! And it is produced by Adam Granduciel!…
Friday Playlist
“Giving Up” – Michigander This sounds super happy, which was how I wanted to start this week’s playlist. Then you evaluate the lyrics and see it’s not happy after all. There’s a metaphor in there somewhere. “Jealousy” – Phantogram While we need happy songs at the moment, I’m also down with ones that sound good and pissed off. “Wants Needs”…
Friday Playlist
The new music for the new year continues to pile up, so for at least the next couple weeks I’m going to share extra-stuffed playlists. Think of them as musical firewood to keep you warm as the polar vortex announces its unwelcome arrival. “Here We Go Crazy” – Bob Mould Hey, Bob Mould has new music out! Hey, I just…
Friday Playlist
We’re finally back in the normal swing of things this week. I’m pleased to say my various new music playlists are being refilled after the holiday break. I should have no trouble coming up with regular-sized playlists full of new music for the foreseeable future. “Mallee Country” – Indian Pacific Nothing like some lovely, jangle pop from Down Under to…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 109
Chart Week: January 7, 1978 Song: “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” – Crystal Gayle Chart Position: #16, 22nd week on the chart. Peaked at #2 for three weeks in November/December 1977. What is the first American Top 40 show I remember listening to? If you know me, you understand that I wish I could identify that broadcast to…
Friday Playlist
Still not back in a normal music groove yet, so today you get one of my occasional, fun, “let Spotify spit some random tunes out and make a playlist from them” deals. “Spin The Bottle” – The Juliana Hatfield Three What a great blast from the early Nineties. “Needle” – Middle Kids Even their “mediocre” songs from overlooked EPs sound…