Song of 2025: Alison Goldfrapp – Sound & Light

What do you want? What do you really need? Okay forget that… what would make you feel good right now in this moment no matter what? Sound & Light. This year feels like a series finale that should have come three seasons back. Everything came to such a pressure point that it felt like aContinue reading “Song of 2025: Alison Goldfrapp – Sound & Light”

Lykke Li – I Never Learn

I Never Learn This tattoo-worthy sequence of three words is seared in my brain. I think about it often while driving, working, exercising etc.. The level of self-assessment by someone who has fought through the same shit as me is jarring. There’s a stormOnly love remains “Why am I like this?” I’ve asked myself. IContinue reading “Lykke Li – I Never Learn”

AG Cook/Charli XCX – Lucifer

Kicking around my head since its release, this song has remained on repeat throughout this year. It preceded BRAT summer and all that Charli would accomplish as a newly mainstream artist, but grabbed my attention moreso than any individual track in the BRAT universe. Being that AG Cook is her most frequent collaborator, it’s justContinue reading “AG Cook/Charli XCX – Lucifer”

Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism

What the hell is Radical Optimism? According to Dua Lipa, “It’s like looking on the bright side of any situation.” That sounds pretty vague, but listening to her third studio album, her perspective becomes clear while the seawater runs off her head as she emerges from the depths of everything that has brought her toContinue reading “Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism”

Sensational Songs: Savoir Adore – Dreamers

Definitely a song I’ve leaned on for many chapters in my life, I’m thrilled to share this one. Right off the top, you know it’s good shit. A bubbly bass line and tip-tappy guitar riffs welcome you into this grandiose assertion that your life might never be exactly what you targeted, but the people aroundContinue reading “Sensational Songs: Savoir Adore – Dreamers”