This song has been around the block once or twice, but I heard it again the other day. I was reminded how much I love the way Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett tells stories in her songs.
Check out Elevator Operator and let me know what you think!
The more I hear this song, the more I like it.
We’re all a little bit broken. But that’s what makes us uniquely human, and I’m so here for it.
I quite enjoy Alfie Templeman’s voice.
This particular line speaks a truth I’ve often mused.
Life ain’t got a manual
It came without instructions and (yeah)
Things don’t ever go as planned
Check out Alfie Templeman’s Broken and let me know what you think.
I freaking love this song, y’all!
It’s bouncy and dance-y and just has a way about it I love.
Check out Portugal, The Man’s new ditty, What Me Worry and let me know what you think.
I discovered Erin McKeown Sunday evening at the Lincoln Theatre when she was ‘the weather’ at The Haunting of Night Vale.
She shared that pre-pandemic she had four dates with someone then never saw them again.
As we all went into quarantine, she found herself wondering how many songs she could get out of four dates.
The answer is thirteen.
Thirteen songs about four dates on her record Kiss Off Kiss.
Check out Go Along/Get Along and let me know what you think.
I absolutely adore this song about old friends by this young man, Jordan Topf
This chorus though.
All of the friends I had before
Are raindrops just falling at my door
Every word you said is just a memory stuck in my head
Like a videotape, it’s just a memory slipping away
Echoes in the dark fading where we are
Every word you said is just a memory stuck in my head
Check out Memory by Windser and let me know what you think.
Most of the time you’re happy to be a weirdo. Other times you’re ashamed.
I paraphrased a bit, but these are excellent lyrics of their own accord.
Weird is a blanket we all wear at one point or another. The trick is not wearing Weird’s miserable cousin, Shame.
Most of us outgrow our Shame blankie.
Some of us outgrow our Weirdo blankie.
Some of us grow to the point of letting our Weirdo blankie freak flag fly and giving shame the back of our middle finger.
I may not be the healthiest Weirdo in the room, but I left Shame at the door. I don’t have time for that foolishness anymore.
Check out Weirdo by The Charlatans and let me know what you think.
I absolutely adore this one!
I love that Hold U a love song applicable to a myriad of different loving relationships.
How many times have we said to or heard from someone we love something along the lines of the chorus?
And I will hold you, I will hold you, oh-oh
I will hold you, I will hold you
And I will hold you, I will hold you, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
Check out this Indigo De Souza track and let me know what you think.
This is an old one.
Well 2013 isn’t that old, thought it’s nearly ten years since Modern Vampires of the City was released.
Anyway, my love for Vampire Weekend is well known, so it shouldn’t surprise you that
a. I have a Vampire Weekend playlist and
b. I listen to it frequently
I’ve heard this song thousands of times but on the way home from school Thursday last, this line struck a chord in me.
Wisdom’s a gift, but you’d trade it for youth
Age is an honor, it’s still not the truth
It’s hard not love a song that begins: Every time I see you in the world you always step to my girl
This is Step, give it a listen and let me know what you think.