Sunday Music: Playlist For May 2020

The spring of 2020: under quarantine, but still coming into summer. Here’s a playlist of some new (to me) and old favorites that I’ve been listening to. This one starts off pretty high energy, mellows into some R&B, drops in on some New Orleans horns, gets rocking, and then turns almost country (almost, but not …

Sunday Music: Playlist For March 2020

I started this playlist before we were quarantined, but finished it off just as things were getting underway. Funny how it plays differently. This is not strictly new music here, there are a few trips down memory lane. I reread High Fidelity before watching the reboot (still have to rewatch the 90s movie), so a …

Sunday Music: Beach Bunny – “I’m Afraid Of Winding Up Alone, But That’s Not Love”

Beach Bunny has been slowly maturing into an indie-pop, surfer punk powerhouse. The newest record, Honeymoon, is a testament to their understanding of the form and the personal touch Lili Trilifio and her bandmates bring to these songs. There’s a deep, melancholy quality fo these otherwise upbeat songs. An example from “Cuffing Season,” Maybe we …

Sunday Music: To See Your Face Again

Jeff Rosenstock is still randomly haunting me apparently. “Pash Rash” is off of 2016’s record, Worry. Nostalgia, self-awareness, a desire for direct human connection and not life via smartphone screen - it’s all here with the pleading cry to “see your face again.” 30-something pop-punk with the sense of a looming existential crisis. Here are …

Sunday Music: To See Your Face Again

Jeff Rosenstock is still randomly haunting me apparently. “Pash Rash” is off of 2016’s record, Worry. Nostalgia, self-awareness, a desire for direct human connection and not life via smartphone screen - it’s all here with the pleading cry to “see your face again.” 30-something pop-punk with the sense of a looming existential crisis. Here are …

Sunday Music: Everywhere I Look, It’s Just Routine Pain

I’m still digging into this new Spanish Love Songs record (Brave Faces Everyone), but I am intrigued. Nihilism with pop-rock sensibilities? You’ve got my attention. The line, “everywhere I look, it’s just routine pain,” hurts to even read let alone hear. There’s a struggle here and it feels authentic. It’s the slight sense of optimism …

Sunday Music: Playlist For January 2020

Kicking off the new decade and ending the old - with style. As always, these songs are mostly new music from 2019/2020 releases. Here is the iTunes link. If anyone wants to make a Spotify link (or any other service), post it in the comments or email me and I’ll add more links. If anyone …

Sunday Music: I Hope When I Die, I Feel This Alive

Whether you played in bands or just went to local shows growing up, nothing quite captures the feeling like Beach Slang's "American Girls and French Kisses." Possibly one of my favorite choruses ever, It's Friday night and I'm in the basement Screaming out my lungs with my best friends I hope when I die, I …

Sunday Music: Remember Sports Reissue “Sunchokes”

Remember Sports reissued their first album, Sunchokes, this week. It's a fun record - poppy and punky, full of introspection, and we get to hear them working out their influences from their own voices across eight songs. Even though the original is only 5-years old, it's clear they have come a long way. I think …

Sunday Music: New Playlist For October 2019

I’ll let the music and these brief notes speak for themselves. Music today is so good right now. I’m in complete awe of such a variety of artists across multiple genres, it's inspiring. Much like the content explosion in our golden age of streaming/television, I think we are seeing something similar with music. Find the …