THE BEST:
'Spring
(Among the Living)' - My Morning Jacket
Speaking of jackets, US rock band My Morning Jacket have a
new track out – a seasonal ode to Spring accompanied by psychedelic visuals of
Yosemite’s Vernal Fall (the group’s upcoming album is set to be titled ‘The
Waterfall’). It’s a sprightly piece with some vaguely Southern-flavoured vocals
and steadily evolving guitars that weave in and out of one another.
'Not Like Here' - Mar
With its synth swells and seductive male vocals, ‘Not Like Here’ sets itself up to be a slowjam for serenading the ladies to. But then in comes the pitch-shifted vocals followed by a surprise spacey synth-bass breakdown. Now even I want to make babies with Mar.
'Young Black
Mind' - Dolphin
I don’t feature many jazz songs on this blog because it’s not really my forte, but this new track from Baltimore artist Dolphin about his mother’s influence on his life is sentimental and beautiful enough that any music listener can appreciate it. Impressively, the dude is a one-man band, singing and performing all instruments on the track as well as producing it.
'Puzzle' - Lapalux
UK electronic artist Lapalux is starting to sound a lot like
Flying Lotus, which is a good thing so long as he doesn’t end up completely
hi-jacking the producer’s sound in the future. British singer, Andreya Triyana,
provides some sweet soul amongst the sparkly chords. Listen here at Soundcloud.
THE WORST:
'Pilates' - Donmonique
This chick tries to rhyme Honda with Sunday and the result
is ‘Honday’. That’s unforgivable.
'Yoga' - Janelle Monae & Jidenna
I’m a huge fan of Janelle Monae but this naughty ass-shaking anthem
just isn’t for me. ‘Bend over. Let me see
you do that Yoga’. I love how coincidentally the worst tracks this week are named 'Pilates' and 'Yoga'.