Weekly Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0CG5JwwpS7LriFvDXP4dIj?si=02cxS8V6QkGJW8sTo1l6NQ
Madelaines picks
Never Heard a Sound, from The Paper Kites 2013 album States, is full of acoustic guitar and dreamy harmonies. The Paper Kites are an indie-folk band known for their whimsical acoustic guitar riffs and their discography will have you feeling nostalgic. If you need some music to listen to while working or studying, this band is one to keep in mind.
Kurt Vile is an alternative-indie singer-songwriter and former guitarist for mid-2000s rock band War on Drugs. Feel My Pain comes off of Viles 2013 album Walkin On A Pretty Daze [Deluxe Daze (Post Haze)]. The song is on the longer side at a little over six minutes long and features a finger-picked guitar melody, soft drums and Viles low voice. The lyrics of Feel My Pain seem to be inviting someone in to get to know your faults and bad traits but only if they want to and think they can handle it.
Alternative-pop band Grand Lotus has around 30,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and Move! is the bands fifth most popular song with just over 90,000 streams. Move! opens with a bright guitar riff and the song stays upbeat throughout its entirety. The songs lyrics are about getting to know each other before the very beginning of a new relationship, with the singer asking the other individual to make a move.
Dereks picks
While certainly not a deep cut by any means, Ive been hypnotized by the Talking Heads 1983 funk-rock record This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) since my sophomore year of high school. Its self-proclaimed naive melody wraps around my body like a weighted blanket, its lyrics cheerful and comforting. Its such a fun song I cant help but smile when I listen to it. Singer David Byrne is famous for his creative but sometimes nonsensical lyrics, though this songs thesis is clear: theres no place like home.
Animal Collectives 2009 Guys Eyes is equal parts Talking Heads as it is Beach Boys, homogenizing the psychedelic rhythms of the 70s with the lush vocal harmonies akin to Brian Wilson. Vocalist Noah Benjamin Lennox sings over himself, layering his voice on top of itself once, then twice, then thrice over. This vocal arrangement symbolizes the songs theme of someone being pulled in every which way, torn between staying faithful to their partner and indulging in lust and desire. This idea is exemplified in the adjacent bridges which loop the phrases need her and then what I want.
I first heard White Meadow over this past spring break the day after it was released at their NYC concert and it is absolutely incredible. I caught COVID-19 presumably from the moshpit immediately afterward, in which I laid in bed all day listening to Bladees and Ecco2Ks 2022 hyperpop collab album, Crest, for a week straight. White Meadow is by far my favorite track, and dare I say it, their best song, period. Neither artist writes verses, rather, each sentence is sung as a line in a stanza from a poem: Blue light siren call, behind the city wall. Asphalt, acid wash, wash up against the rocks.
Parkers picks
While its not a popular opinion, I love live albums just as much as studio recordings. Hearing a great group perform onstage creates a lively atmosphere that just doesnt exist in the studio. Some of the best albums of all time were recorded from live concerts and these songs, while great as studio recordings, take on a new life when performed for an audience.
Rhiannon was what proved Stevie Nicks to be a mainstay in Fleetwood Mac and the mystical lyrics penned by Nicks make this one of the bands best songs. While the track sounds great on the 1975 album Fleetwood Mac, it takes on a whole new life on this recording, taken from the 1977 Rumours Tour. Not only is it three minutes longer than the studio recording but Stevie Nicks delivers powerful vocals further cementing her as a rock legend.
One of the best parts of the Disney+ series The Beatles: Get Back was the complete showing of the famous Jan. 30, 1969 Rooftop Concert. Seeing The Beatles final live performance in its entirety was marvelous and even more fantastic when the band released the audio of the concert as an album. In roughly 40 minutes, The Beatles played five songs with some being played multiple times. Get Back was played three times with the second take being the best. The camaraderie and charm of the Fab Four can be felt strongly in this track and its an important part of music history.
From the live album The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, Badlands is one of many songs on the album that shows what a powerhouse Bruce Springsteen is live. The Boss is one of the finest live performers of all time and all of that energy shines through in this live recording of the first song from the 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Daijas picks
As It Was is Styles latest single from his upcoming album Harrys House. This single has only been out for one week but has already broken Spotifys record for most-streamed track in 24 hours for a male artist. This song is different from his previous works as we hear him experimenting with a 70s groove beat and Christmas church bells that sound weird at first but it makes the song fun.
Justin Vernon, lead singer of Bon Iver, talks about latching onto the person you love, but in the end, driving them away. The vocals in Beth/Rest are distorted. Thats normal for Vernon, but it doesnt hide the pain and emotion in the song. The last two minutes of the song is just the instrumental, but it lets you think about the lyrics again and what Vernon is trying to say to his lost partner.
The Gold was originally performed by Manchester Orchestra, who wrote it from the perspective of a miners wife. With Phoebe Bridgers version, you are able to truly feel what the miners wife is trying to describe to her husband. Bridgers vocals further give the song a melancholy feeling.
Angelinas picks
Kodaline is an Irish pop-rock band whose song All I Want was featured in season 9 of Greys Anatomy. It described the heartbreak that singer Stephen Garrian felt when his girlfriend went on a trip without him then returned home with another man. One of the more agonizing lines of the song is, When you said your last goodbye I died a little bit inside. I lay in tears in bed all night, alone without you by my side. But if you loved me, whyd you leave me?
The Lumineers have been producing music since 2002, and have written a long list of meaningful music. My Eyes is one that has always stuck with me. It can be assumed that the subject of this song is heroin: the lure of the drug, all the things an addict feels it can offer them, but then the innocence that is lost. The chorus depicts it beautifully, What did you do to my eyes? What did you sing to that lonely child? Promised it all, but you lied. You better slow down, baby, soon. Its all or nothing to you. It is as if he is singing directly to the substance itself.
This upbeat song that is Getaway just makes you want to dance to the beat or drive with your windows down on a hot summer day. It is about taking your valuables and the one you love and just running away, escaping just the two of you. No regrets, just freedom.
Graces picks
Fresh Hops is a funky band with a sound thats hard to put in a specific genre. They have hints of bluegrass, rock, and funk. This song is about the grandma of one of the band members calling and telling him he needs to write a reggae song. The lyrics are fun, the violin is a cool addition to the sound. Its a total dance song.
Silverchair has many songs that make the heart hurt. Miss You Love is a beautiful song about conflicted feelings and heartbreak. It has soft melodies along with grunge-sounding instruments. The line that gets me every time is I love the way you love, but I hate the way Im supposed to love you back.
Something Corporate never fails to create jamming songs. Only Ashes has great guitar riffs and even better lyrics. If you are into pop-punk or alternative bands, Something Corporate is a band you have to check out. You can hear the inspiration Something Corporate has given current pop-punk or alternative bands.
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