New music this week from They Might Be Giants, Snarls, Eaves Wilder, Foo Fighters, Hana Lili, Mary and the Sharks, Snocap, Yaya Bey, Pond, The Itch and much more. Enjoy!
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Let's talk about the music, starting with the new album from Yaya Bey, "Fidelity". I've only added one song from the album to the playlist, but I think the album is going to be important in the long run. I'm really not qualified to explain it all but the whole album reads to me as an explanation/history lesson about the black experience in the United States. Tracks like "The Great Migration" and "Forty Days" are both great but as a white male I just don't have the background to fully appreciate it, no matter how empathetic I can be. I highly recommend listening to the album as a whole. To me it's reminiscent of some of the work Stevie Wonder did in the 1970's.
They Might Be Giants new album might be their best in over a decade, and I've added previous singles to the playlist before now, but my favorite song on the album is easily "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)". It has a great video too.
Snocaps' self-titled debut album could very well be a one-off but I hope not. Sisters Allison (Swearin') and Katie (Waxahatchee) Crutchfield have recorded a new album together, working in the same band for the first time since their teens. They haven't abandoned either of their current bands, but they wanted to do an album together. It's a fun indie jangle-pop album and worth the listen.
The new Foo Fighters album will drop later this week and I'm looking forward to it. Dave Grohl's songwriting just keeps getting better and the stuff I've heard is easily among their best work. This week's playlist closes out with "Asking For a Friend", which will also be the closing track of "Your Favorite Toy" as I understand it. It's a good closer.
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Robert De Niro is an anti-vaxxer. I has a sad.
The Onion now officially owns Infowars. Surrealism is now swallowing its own tail.
Kash Patel, a man who appears to be visibly drunk in public all the time, is suing The Atlantic to prove he's not a drunk. The Atlantic responded (and I'm paraphrasing here), "Bring it, drunky!!"
Tim Apple (er, I mean Tim Cook) is stepping down.
So is yet another woman from the Crime Administration for poor behavior. Patterns, anyone?
So are we at war with Iran again/still/blockade/war crime?
And because I love you, check out this live performance featuring Joey Dosik - vocals, Cory Wong - guitar, Ariel Posen - guitar, Kevin Gastonguay - keys, Yohannes Tona - bass, and the legendary Bernard Purdie - drums:
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