Big Sean Feat. Lil Wayne, Jhene Aiko - Beware (Explicit)

A: Big Sean Feat. Lil Wayne, Jhene Aiko
S: Beware
C: Beware - Single

Hiphop, to me, is most probably the ultimate proof how clever music can be - especially when it comes to lyrics, obviously. Here to back up this theory of mine is Big Sean and that Lil Wayne, and somebody called Jhene Aiko.

... why you let these hoes tear what we had right apart?

Young Karin - Sirens

A: Young Karin
S: Sirens
C: Sirens - Single

Right then, use your brain one last time before you let it explode all over the weekend. This is Icelandic band Young Karin, formerly known as Highlands, from Reykjavík and their genre is digital.

... we used to laugh, now the tables have turned.

ON AN ON - Drifting

A: ON AN ON
S: Drifting
C: Drifting - Single

Releasing their first song in two years, it's On An On! Remember when we fell in love with them first time around with Every Song and The Hunter? Judging from Drifting, history will repeat itself, turning this crush into a love affair.

... it's not you, it's just a dream, just a fake.

Florence + the Machine - What Kind Of Man

A:  Florence + the Machine
S: What Kind of Man

C: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (out 29.05.15)

Think a relationship standing at a crossroad, on the verge of breaking up, or maybe taking another turn. What Kind Of Man will be its ultimate anthem. Mark your calendars, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is out May 29.

... sometimes you're half in and then you're half out.

Sufjan Stevens - No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross

A: Sufjan Stevens
S: No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross
C: Carrie & Lowell

Once again, Sufjan Stevens is finger-picking and whisper-singing to guide us towards cold moments of solitude and reverence. It's comforting to hear his voice again, only inches from our ears. Carrie & Lowell, his seventh LP, is out March 31.

... I take one more hit when you depart.

The Singles - Candy

A: The Singles
S: Candy
C: Candy - Single

Scarlett Johansson has joined a girl group! ScarJo, Holly Miranda, Kendra Morris, Julia Haltigan, and Este Haim (yes, the HAIM girl) make up The Singles, and their first song, "Candy," sounds like if Robyn hung out with TV on the Radio and the Go-Go's.

... you got me in the mood for love.

Rose Laurens - American Love

A: Rose Laurens
S: American Love
C: American Love - Single

If this foxy lady won't get you into your funky Sunday mood, I don't know what will. When it comes to music's history, the eighties were definitely my favourite time of all times. Where the hell did it all go wrong?

... won't you come back, and stay.

Jonas Alaska - If Only As A Ghost

A: Jonas Alaska
S: If Only As A Ghost
C: Tonight

Hello Summer! I've read on a newsletter that this would be the reaction one gets when listening to Jonas Alaska. I wouldn't agree. I got more the Bonjour Tristesse feeling, and I put the album on repeat immediately.

... could you please come back to me.

inc. - A Teardrop from Below

A: inc.
S: A Teardrop from Below
C: A Teardrop from Below - Single

Greetings from a place known as No World. judging from this new single, the next album from Inc. will be nothing but amamazing. If this isn't the perfect sound to lose yourself in order to find yourself - I don't know what is!

... this heart needs a home.

The Slow Show - Bloodline

A: The Slow Show
S: Bloodline
C: White Water

If you want The Slow Show short summary, take this: Manchester's most un-Manchester like band. If you want the long version, buy their debut album White Water, available for pre-order now, out March 9.

... I won't let you get me down no more.

Miami Horror Feat. Cleopold - Love Like Mine

A: Miami Horror Feat. Cleopold
S: Love Like Mine
C: ALL POSSIBLE FUTURES

“Weirdness and sunshine” are two things Miami Horror clearly love and totally sound like. They are back and releasing their new album All Possible Futures in April. It’s a self-confident, jazzy bit of psychedelic funk-pop.

... we are running out of time.

Christian Steiffen - Ich hab dir den Mond gekauft

A: Christian Steiffen
S: Ich hab dir den Mond gekauft
C: Arbeiter Der Liebe

Next up is my second favourite German troubadour, singing basically about the same thing as Savage Garden did in 'To The Moon & Back' - just with a slight darker, meaner, cynical, violant and less romantic touch to it.

... es war gedacht für eine Nacht.

Babyman - Tiger In The Night

A: Babyman
S: Tiger In The Night
C: Tiger In The Night - Single

How about we put the oogie into boogie. Many peculiar tales are told about Bronco "Babyman" Babic. And from the sound of it, they are all absolutely true.

... ready for the fight.

Chromatics - Just Like You

A: Chromatics
S: Just Like You
C: Dear Tommy

Now that Valentine's Day is over, all I can say is: Fuck love, let's dance. And when you come down from the high you've been dancing on, Chromatics are here to comfort you with the first single of their next album.

... he even says the same things.

Carnival Youth - Never Have Enough

A: Carnival Youth
S: Never Have Enough
C: No Clouds Allowed

Life is about seeing what's good, and not what's not. There's the old saying that a glass can be half full or half empty. Or how I put it after hearing this song: you can see the sun's light, or the shadows it creates.

... we all are your friends.

Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You

A: Michael Bolton
S: How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
C: Forever Eyes

Boy oh boy, when the eighties were perfect, they were thoroughly perfect. That video, the hair, the air! The voice! The feelings! When did music lose all that? When did we lose all that? When did it become cool to feel nothing?

... all that I've been livin' for is gone.

Jessie Ware - Champagne Kisses

A: Jessie Ware
S: Champagne Kisses
C: Tough Love

Put some classic vintage design chairs into a music video and you have me hooked immediately. But even without all the visual effects and extravaganzza Jessie Ware wins today with, if you ask me, the bestest song on Tough Love.

... when there's nothing left except you and this.

Years & Years - King

A: Years & Years
S: King
C: King - Single

Wherever this one came from, can I please have more? It's like Savage Garden, but now, and it good. This is what music would be like if it hadn't taken a wrong turn in the nineties. This is perfect brilliance.

... I wanna feel like you've let me go.

Laura Welsh - Undiscovered

A: Laura Welsh
S: Undiscovered

C: OST Fifty Shades Of Grey

It's a countdown! Not just because Laura Welsh is such a babe - by the way: aren't all Lauras babes? - but since it will only take two more songs ehrm days until FSOG hits the cinemas, I'm sure we can dwell on this soundtrack a little bit longer.

... you don’t wanna look ahead.

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

A: Ellie Goulding
S: Love Me Like You Do
C: 50 Shades Of Grey - Single

Right then. I didn't read the books, I won't watch the movie when it hits theaters this week, but from what I've heard and learned so far, I am going to love love love the soundtrack to this so called world wide phenomena - or how I call it, Harry Potter for housewives.

... what are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?

CHROMATICS​ - Yes

A: CHROMATICS​
S: Yes
C: Lost River - Soundtrack

Imagine you had three free wishes - what could it be? Ryan Gosling directing a movie, Christina Hendricks playing the lead role, and Chromatics composing the soundtrack? Halleluja, they've all come true.

...

I’m From Barcelona - Violins

A: I’m From Barcelona
S: Violins
C: Growing Up Is For Trees

The bunch from Barcelona is back and by the sound of it, spring is lurking around the corner, or as one user on soundcloud put it: the summer soundtrack has arrived early this year. Growing Up Is For Trees is out March 25th.

... I need your helping hand.

Janet Jackson - Go Deep

A:  Janet Jackson
S: Go Deep
C: The Velvet Rope

It's that time a week again to go deeper than deep and travel way back in time. Say hello to the innocence of the 90s, that foxy lady Jackson and a track taken from one of the bestest albums ever ever produced.

... we don't get no sleep.

Elderbrook - Could

A: Elderbrook
S: Could
C: Simmer Down

There isn't a whole lot to read about Elderbrook on this interweb of ours. In fact, you will find more pictures on his Instagram account than words written to describe his music. So you fill have to find his greatness all by yourself.

... if you wanna switch off, you could.

Marina And The Diamonds - I'm a Ruin

A: Marina And The Diamonds
S: I'm a Ruin
C: Froop

Here's the next chapter in Marina And The Diamonds' book called Froop, which will be released on April 6. But for those of you who can't wait, there will be one track released every month until the whole record is out.

... I could treat you better but I'm not that smart.

Boards Of Canada - Cold Earth

A: Boards Of Canada
S: Cold Earth
C: Tomorrow's Harvest

Today's mood: A lot of white space and a whole lot of emptiness. I guess February won't turn out as short as it is supposed to be.

... 

Andrak - Lotus Hour

A: Andrak
S: Lotus Hour
C: Lotus Hour - Single

As everybody knows, I'm not one to make lists. But had I made a Artists-To-Watch-in-2015 list, I'm pretty sure Berlin based all around artist Andrak would have made one of the top spots.

... I wanna radiate energy - G - G - from my body.

Scott Matthew - Ruined Heart

A: Scott Matthew
S: Ruined Heart
C: This Here Defeat

Put some delicacy in your Sunday. Here to help you is Scott Matthew with a song as delicate as a snowflake dancing in the sunlight. The album This Here Defeat is out on March 20, so stay tuned.

... feelings that must die leave us in ruins.