A low-kew, lo-fi playlist inspired by that Friday after-work feeling.
A Playlist for Friday
Video of the Day: The Avalanches “Because I’m Me”
One of my Official Favorite Albums Of 2016 (So Far) is The Avalanches' Wallflower, released this July and a whole sixteen years (read: musical lifetime) after the Australian genre-mashing outfit's critically acclaimed first, Since I Left You. The new album is a rich scrapbook mosaic of samples from all kinds music cut and pasted together to make a pretty... Continue Reading →
Dear 2015, I Already Love You
This year looks like it's going to be the year of my favourite music releases. Pretty much every morning when I wake up and scroll some news feed or other there's always a little teaser, or even better, a whole new single that gets me right in the gut - a tear was shed for... Continue Reading →
#ThrowbackThursday: Electric Guest
Since music is basically the bricks that line memory lane (well, that and the sense of smell), and I’m also always listening to something old while discovering something new, it only makes sense that I appropriate #ThrowbackThursday for a bit of aural nostalgia. Sometimes I think that the universe puts certain music in my life... Continue Reading →
Video of the Day: Unknown Mortal Orchestra ‘So Good At Being In Trouble’
I don’t know, maybe it’s “Release Videos In My Favourite Places” Week because today Unknown Mortal Orchestra unleashed their video for “So Good At Being In Trouble”, parts of which was shot at the Venice beach promenade (and even features a muscle man I once rode the bus with from downtown) -- which also brings... Continue Reading →
Song of the Day: Javelin – Nnormal
Just be prepared because your mind may be blown a little. When the song first comes on (after you get past some eerie beeping) you definitely hear hip-hop and you definitely feel something in your nerves that makes them twitch in a dance-y fashion. But this song goes just beyond that and takes you into... Continue Reading →
Cover of the Day: Joss Stone ‘The High Road’
This is the original: Joss Stone’s performance cover of ‘’The High Road’’ is about as soulful as you would expect from her (complete with the gesturing back-up singers that put their hands to their brows to search for the high road that’s hard to find). The British singer recorded her own version of the Broken... Continue Reading →
Bitch? Please
"Bitches Be Crazy" is actually one of my favorite things to say and I haven’t given much thought to the way that the word ‘bitch’ is now a part of everyday vocabulary; unless the context implies that the word is being used in its true sense. But Lupe Fiasco’s “Bitch Bad” made me think of... Continue Reading →
Spoek Mathambo at the Echoplex (Hells Yeah!)
“Ek sê LA, I’m Spoek Mathambo.” Nthato “Spoek Mathambo” Mokgata wasn’t exactly addressing a lot of LA, but the fifty something strong crowd was sure happy to see him. Emerging from the dark of the Echoplex, people clamored to the front not only to get as close as they could and take iPhone photos but... Continue Reading →
Dear Music, I Love You 