Month: May 2024

I first heard Noah’s voice on his duet with Phoebe Bridgers, Killer + The Sound. See the P.S. at the end of this post for how much I love that song.

I love this song because it feels like it has a little bit of that country music heart, which is what I grew up on. But, I think I love it more because it also blends all that stuff together in a more indie way. This song will sound SO different from The Sound when you listen to it below! You’ll see what kind of range Noah has…and then you’ll be floored by Killer + The Sound. You’re welcome!

The entirety of North Cath is getting paved this week. It will be a daily exercise in patience for me. Join me in trying to be as Zen as possible regarding it. 🙂 That’s the intention I’m setting today. Like one of my all-time favorite people Alyssa Sample intoned to me once, “I will observe, not absorb”.

Be good, do good.

P.S. You NEED to listen to this song. The cool part? Killer, and The Sound, are separate songs by Phoebe, and Noah respectively.

All three are distinct. The combination of them creates one of the most beautiful songs I’ve heard in my life. They are joined on this song by Noah’s sister, Abby, and I’ll think you’ll see why it rates so highly for me. But listen to either song separately first, and then the combo.

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I thought maybe it was too soon for another Middle Kids song, but honestly, this song kicks ass, and it’s too good not to share. I’m a little miffed at myself that it didn’t make the top 100 honestly, but there are literally 518 songs on the playlist. That’s a lot of bonus tracks for you! Middle Kids are quickly becoming a favorite of mine.

“The line is very fine, between free and paralyzed, and I’m riding it all the time, my breath is my life, but my mind’s a parasite, and it’s eating me alive, I am on bend away from a break, I am one stop away from the precipice of crazy, I am holding all the pieces in place, but maybe you’ve got to break me to see what I’m made of, I am one bend away, I am on step away, I am holding all the pieces in place, but maybe you’ve got to break me to see what I’m made of”

What a fucking battle-cry for the downtrodden and depressed. Lead singer Hannah Joy Cameron has a fan-friggin-tastic voice.

So if you’re feeling either of those feelings there, let this be the anthem that begins your upswing. Love ya. The world needs you. Be good, do good.

PS. Here’s the link to that other Middle Kids post!

https://wordpress.com/post/everything-etc.com/2463

The late, great Dolores O’Riordan, ladies and gentlemen. Bearer of maybe the most distinctive sounding voice on the list, she kills this one.

“We should of lied but I cried so hard, the ridiculous thoughts, ah, we should have lied, have lied, have lied, but you’re gonna have to hold on…”

I remember a girl in my school doing a gymnastics routine to Zombie in a talent show, and I was enthralled by the interpretation of the music in the movement. I remember thinking she was pretty cool for doing that in front of the…I guess it would’ve been middle school. I’m not sure how it took me until last year to come into contact with this song.

Her voice still hits now. I really enjoy Now, which I’ll post the link to at the end, but of course Zombie is an all-timer and seems…fairly poignant right now. Personally, I’m terribly disillusioned with our government and terrified at what’s going on in Palestine. I feel helpless and more scared than I’ve been in a long while.

BGDG…the world might depend on it.

As I’ve stated over and over again, the Hip Hop sucks me in with wordplay and great beats. The jazz beat that Tyler and Weezy use here is something I never thought I’d hear people rapping on. I love the creativity these two bring to the genre.

Weezy’s verse, as usual, as fantastic.

“Excuse me, pardon me, the wind, it blow so hard at me, like mother nature arguing about some baby father beef, I’m stuck in the middle of the sandwich like slaughter meat, got my middle fingers to the cameras that’s recording me, from y’all to me, brrt, stop callin’ me unless you’re ordering, I’m on the beach, I got my feet out, and I stay on my feet, the corner beat, I’m on a deep route, just throw the ball to me, thought all this lean would have me senile, I guess they see now, let’s touch down, catch a beat down, like I catch touchdowns, I fuck ’round, and slow the beat down and take the drums out, and speed up my flow, I’m so greedy, I’ma eat my own flow, and I’m in need of a flow, may eat me a rapper, I might as well eat me a hoe..”

He continues, but I felt like that was a big enough block of text!

Enjoy the vibe on this Wednesday. We might not be on the beach with our toes out, but we can still be warm to those around us. BGDG.

“She’s a fire sign, and I don’t really know what that means, I’m a cold night, and I wanna be close to the heat, I don’t wanna get burned, I don’t want love like that, but I can’t go any further ’til I start coming back, I’m a rock-star, and I’m never around when you need, like a race-car driving away from the scene, does she want me to stay?, does she want me to pack?, you can’t push me any further ’til I start coming back”

The Beaches are absolutely one of my favorite finds of last year. Each time I dive into their discography I’m left rocking out with them. I bet you still remember Blame Brett by them! Check out a version with Royal & The Serpent at the end of the post!

They have their finger on the pulse of those early-20s relationship roller-coaster vibes. Their songs are bops. End of story. Enjoy them in all their splendor! 😀

BGDG.

Simultaneously dark and beautiful, this song from Jenn Champion is such a great mix of musical atmospheres.

“Leaving home at 17, I was on tour at 23, giving up on everything, my drinking ain’t stopping for no one, never been in a fist fight, but I married a hot dyke, she’s wearing a Misfits shirt ’cause she’s a Metallica fan, RIP cliff, the television you missed, Kim lost her diamond earring in the ocean”

It’s a great coming of age song, I think, and I think also talks about how we end up looking back on it with more perspective.

That allows us to envision the future we want for ourselves. Set that intention today. Whatcha want? Go get it.

BGDG.

This song is simultaneous one of the most beautiful on the list and one of the most lonely. The mark of a good song though, to me, is how well it manifests the emotions that went into writing it into the listener. This one hits.

The strings version in particular with it’s classical sound, is absolutely gorgeous. Both versions are powerhouses.

“I can’t tell which way is home, I’ve been gone for so long, it’s an empty world up here, I skip stones and wonder how long ’til I’m discovered?, it’s a quiet life up here, before my time runs out, what if I run away to Mars?, would you find me in the stars?, would you miss me in the end if I run out of oxygen, when I run away to Mars”

I think every now and then a dash of melancholy listening is ok. It wakes me up to the good things going on in my life after a little listening sesh with songs like this. It’s cathartic somehow. Like a shared experience with someone.

Thanks for sharing this song and these words with me! I’m honored.

Happy Mother’s Day!

BGDG.