Something magical was going on in the mid 2000’s. The glimmer of pop music had tarnished and we were all sick of the picture-perfect perspective of “happy” popstars. As much as she looked the part, Lily Allen was not just another cute girly vying for popularity votes. She had a fuck of a bite, andContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: Lily Allen – Smile”
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Sing it Saturday: Caroline Polachek – Fly to You
Caroline Polachek paints a different world with each of her songs. They feel ancient, but hundreds of years in the future at the same time. She pulls out emotions from each of us and gives the feeling that the journey we’re witnessing is our own. In Fly to You featuring Grimes and Dido, the trioContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: Caroline Polachek – Fly to You”
Sing It Saturday: Tove Lo – Grapefruit
“What a fun song!” I thought. Sick rumbling synth beat, awesome drums, crystalline vocals. Hearing it feels like wearing the best outfit of your life. It gives the sensation of being younger and more alive. You’re basically flying, until you pay attention to the lyrics. She goes from vague: One two, GrapefruitHow am I backContinue reading “Sing It Saturday: Tove Lo – Grapefruit”
Sing it Saturday: Yuna – Loud Noises
A piano riff right at the top will always get me. This bouncy, soaring melodic song is pure and sentimental. You feel like you’re playing in Andy’s bedroom in Toy Story, no worries or concerns. “I promise you my friend, we’ll grow old together and never look back” The song moves along sweetly but realistically,Continue reading “Sing it Saturday: Yuna – Loud Noises”
Sing it Saturday: Lykke Li – Carousel
I hate writing about Lykke Li sometimes. It’s like trying to describe a bubble. It’s kind of a rainbow, but also absolutely clear. You remember a perfect circle, but wasn’t it shifting the whole time? It was definitely there, but now it’s not, and I can’t prove it’s existence. Where are we now? I’ve beenContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: Lykke Li – Carousel”
Sing it Saturday: LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
LCD Soundsystem epitomizes the early aughts. James Murphy’s deadpan lyrical delivery set atop a production filled with clicks, blips and thuds feels as quirky and smooth as the very best of The Postal Service/Death Cab. Someone Great is mellow and melancholy. Murphy’s subdued rage feels like he was pissed eight days ago but hasn’t sleptContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great”
Sing it Saturday: SZA – Supermodel
SZA isn’t a Party gyal, as she Tweeted the night after the SOS album release event. As much as we’ve learned about her since the release of her 2017 opus Ctrl, so much still hangs in ambiguity. I think she prefers that, and I don’t mind it either. I love filling the gaps with howContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: SZA – Supermodel”
A Message to 2022
“Sheesh!” Said Lizzo in “2 Be Loved (Am I ready),” a song that resonates with me more and more as we come to the close of 2022. I’d be lying to say it was a totally “bad” year, but there were enough bullet-point negative aspects to ’22 that make me look back across the scopeContinue reading “A Message to 2022”
Sing It Saturday: Carol Ades – Sadtown USA
Every once in a great while, I hear a song that fits my taste so perfectly that I’ll fly off the tracks of my own thoughts. I drop whatever task I was working on or whatever conversation I was in to focus my entire attention on the song to the point that I almost forgetContinue reading “Sing It Saturday: Carol Ades – Sadtown USA”
Lorde: Solar Power Tour
I hate the winter. I’ve learned in my life to process hardship and treat it as temporary, just as you should with the better times. It is fair to acknowledge the negative swing of the pendulum, and take enough time to heal before progressing. Lorde is an artist whom I can comfortably say I haveContinue reading “Lorde: Solar Power Tour”
I'm Just Gonna Dance All Night 