New Music Friday
Apr. 9th, 2022 02:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
singedsunI have thought about this post literally all week. Maybe because I knew I was seeing one of my favorite bands in the whole world for the first time this week, but also because it's just GOOD right? MUSIC, man. Music is fucking great. I would shove all the new albums I listened to this week into this post, but I just don't think I can, there's TOO MUCH.
Enough, here's some music.
First up, this song who's video I haven't been able to get out of my head. It's not strictly from this week, but it's still new enough, so I'm counting it. It's "Blow" by Jackson Wang and like, I can't tell you how much I want to like literally crawl inside this video and live in it. It's mind-blowingly good. It's Moulin Rouge vibes, La Boheme vibes, very New Orleans vampire aesthetic, and with a slick pop sound and just a bunch of gorgeous people. I swear, if you like pop, this is for you. The choreography, the costumes, this video I love it so much. I have thought about this video all week and have been excited to share it.
Let's take an album break. If you like... soulful funk, a little Parliament Funkadelic mixed with some Pink Floyd and a take that's still unique, The Main Squeeze is for you. Like they're already great and they often do covers on their channel and they're each great on their own. But this ALBUM!! It's called "To Be Determined" and very specifically the song "Sun Goes Down"! it reminds me of the song Maggotbrain by Parliament Funkadelic in the very best way and I kept it on repeat for almost the whole of Wednesday, it just scratched my brain right.
Next video, let's talk about this! This is Bree Runway's "Somebody Like You". And do you remember those 80's like Madonna and Janet Jackson beats? This is got this, we're in the electronic pop queen. She's an English singer/songwriter of Ghanaian descent and this video doesn't have any, but she's also a rapper. But it's pure goth pop vibes and I'm here for it.
Let's take a break for a brief mention of several new albums and EPs even knowing I won't them all:
Orville Peck - Bronco
Of Monsters and Men - Ófreskja
Isak Danielson - King of a Tragedy
BANKS - Serpentina (about time we had a new BANKS album tbh)
The Veer Union - Manifestations
Last video for this post, though there's so many others I could share. But let's talk about this one. This is "Hold Ya" by Brasstacks & Lawrence. This is funky and big on the brass and just a fun song. The video is remotely done, but I think it's a good show of the the banks personalities. Speaking about Lawrence specifically though, this is the band I saw for the first time ever in person on Thursday. I am over the moon about it, and for sure it's going to be all I talk about to anyone in my vicinity for the next several weeks. Going to this show was like... IDK it was goosebumps on my arms and down my neck and it reminded me not only of why I like concerts so much, but also just that feeling of seeing a band you love so much for the first time. It feels magical. They come out with all this energy and it's just a wonderful experience. I will definitely always try to see them in the future. They're just fun and very good.
OMG ETA: I forgot one of the best parts of this show! The opener for Lawrence was a young woman from Nashville named Lindsey Lomis. And now, if you've been here awhile, you know that outside of these big panini events, I go to a LOT of concerts. It's one of the things I like most in the world, seeing the music I love live and in person. Okay, so that said. When I say to you that I don't think I have EVER. Like EVER in my 30+ years of going to concerts, EVER seen a young artist come out on a stage, by themselves and only a guitar (and a bass guitar at that) and COMMAND attention in the first few notes. ASTOUNDING. It takes some big old balls of confidence to just bring a crowd to a pindrop silence while you play. And she did it. First words out of her mouth as she started singing and everyone was rapt. She's good. Soulful indie pop vibes, very Taylor Swift if she played bass and sang with the voice of a sultry smokey goddess. I wish the song she opened with was out now, but it's not yet. So instead, here's just a link to her last EP, "Into the Madness". Definitely the last you'll be hearing from me about Lindsey.
Anyway, there's a bunch of other stuff out. There's a new Miley Cyrus album, a new Father John Misty album, new songs from Bishop Briggs and Lizzy McAlpine. But that's probably enough from me.
I hope you enjoyed this batch of new music an can find something new to listen to! Please let me know in the comments if there's something that's been on your list this week that you've loved listening to.
Enough, here's some music.
First up, this song who's video I haven't been able to get out of my head. It's not strictly from this week, but it's still new enough, so I'm counting it. It's "Blow" by Jackson Wang and like, I can't tell you how much I want to like literally crawl inside this video and live in it. It's mind-blowingly good. It's Moulin Rouge vibes, La Boheme vibes, very New Orleans vampire aesthetic, and with a slick pop sound and just a bunch of gorgeous people. I swear, if you like pop, this is for you. The choreography, the costumes, this video I love it so much. I have thought about this video all week and have been excited to share it.
Let's take an album break. If you like... soulful funk, a little Parliament Funkadelic mixed with some Pink Floyd and a take that's still unique, The Main Squeeze is for you. Like they're already great and they often do covers on their channel and they're each great on their own. But this ALBUM!! It's called "To Be Determined" and very specifically the song "Sun Goes Down"! it reminds me of the song Maggotbrain by Parliament Funkadelic in the very best way and I kept it on repeat for almost the whole of Wednesday, it just scratched my brain right.
Next video, let's talk about this! This is Bree Runway's "Somebody Like You". And do you remember those 80's like Madonna and Janet Jackson beats? This is got this, we're in the electronic pop queen. She's an English singer/songwriter of Ghanaian descent and this video doesn't have any, but she's also a rapper. But it's pure goth pop vibes and I'm here for it.
Let's take a break for a brief mention of several new albums and EPs even knowing I won't them all:
Orville Peck - Bronco
Of Monsters and Men - Ófreskja
Isak Danielson - King of a Tragedy
BANKS - Serpentina (about time we had a new BANKS album tbh)
The Veer Union - Manifestations
Last video for this post, though there's so many others I could share. But let's talk about this one. This is "Hold Ya" by Brasstacks & Lawrence. This is funky and big on the brass and just a fun song. The video is remotely done, but I think it's a good show of the the banks personalities. Speaking about Lawrence specifically though, this is the band I saw for the first time ever in person on Thursday. I am over the moon about it, and for sure it's going to be all I talk about to anyone in my vicinity for the next several weeks. Going to this show was like... IDK it was goosebumps on my arms and down my neck and it reminded me not only of why I like concerts so much, but also just that feeling of seeing a band you love so much for the first time. It feels magical. They come out with all this energy and it's just a wonderful experience. I will definitely always try to see them in the future. They're just fun and very good.
OMG ETA: I forgot one of the best parts of this show! The opener for Lawrence was a young woman from Nashville named Lindsey Lomis. And now, if you've been here awhile, you know that outside of these big panini events, I go to a LOT of concerts. It's one of the things I like most in the world, seeing the music I love live and in person. Okay, so that said. When I say to you that I don't think I have EVER. Like EVER in my 30+ years of going to concerts, EVER seen a young artist come out on a stage, by themselves and only a guitar (and a bass guitar at that) and COMMAND attention in the first few notes. ASTOUNDING. It takes some big old balls of confidence to just bring a crowd to a pindrop silence while you play. And she did it. First words out of her mouth as she started singing and everyone was rapt. She's good. Soulful indie pop vibes, very Taylor Swift if she played bass and sang with the voice of a sultry smokey goddess. I wish the song she opened with was out now, but it's not yet. So instead, here's just a link to her last EP, "Into the Madness". Definitely the last you'll be hearing from me about Lindsey.
Anyway, there's a bunch of other stuff out. There's a new Miley Cyrus album, a new Father John Misty album, new songs from Bishop Briggs and Lizzy McAlpine. But that's probably enough from me.
I hope you enjoyed this batch of new music an can find something new to listen to! Please let me know in the comments if there's something that's been on your list this week that you've loved listening to.
