LP - Lost On You

A: LP
S: Lost On You

Of all the feelings we are capable of feeling, melancholy is my favourite. A warm despair, maybe, or a desperate warmth, a consoling sadness, which is a logcial contradiction, but there's nothing logic about emotions. Capturing all this in a stunning song, here's LP.

... I'll never get to heaven.

Fleetwood Mac - Cool Breeze (Jeremy Spencer Cover)

A: Fleetwood Mac
S: Cool Breeze (Jeremy Spencer Cover)

Here's a rhythm as smooth as it gets. If you'd ask me, Grace Jones was probably listening to this cover just before she wrote Slave To The Rhythm. She probably wasn't but a little bit of utopian phantasy on Thursday never hurt no one.

... love, break those chains.

Ruen Brothers - Aces

A: Ruen Brothers
S: Aces

Not one to compare bands, I'd say that Ruen Brothers is what you end up with if Tony Christie joined The Black Keys, which is probably my wildest band cast dream come true. Add lyrics about gambling, it's as jack as any pot gets.

... she's just gambling my dreams.

Husky Rescue - Sound of Love

A: Husky Rescue
S: Sound of Love

Husky to the rescue! What might sound like your animal shelter of choice is in fact the exact dose of discoteria that will get you through today's Tuesday hysteria. If you want to support Finnland's hottest export, please buy the new record directly from their very own record label shop at www.elcaminorecords.com

... can't get too close to you.

Sarah Blasko - I Awake

A: Sarah Blasko
S: I Awake

The things you miss out on when hanging around Spotify too much! It took me Amazon's new Good Girls Revolt trailer to realize Blasko has released several records during the past six years missing on the streaming service but not worth missing out of.

... my heart is an adventurer.

Kings Of Leon - WALLS

A: Kings Of Leon
S: WALLS

So much yaaaaaaas! This might be, hands down, the best Kings Of Leon song ever. For all the talk on how much they have changed on their last couple of records, this was wasn't just worth it, but perfect in every possible way.

... if you know what’s right then you’ll walk away.

Laura Gibson - Two Kids

A: Laura Gibson
S: Two Kids

Ooops she did it again. Last week la Gibson released another video for a song taken off her latest record Empire Builder, which, according to Gibson is "the best thing I've made, ever". Watch it now, run later.


... throw out every sorrow we've had.

The Songaminute Man - You Make Me Feel So Young

A: The Songaminute Man
S: You Make Me Feel So Young

Music makes everything better. Even Alzheimer. When 80 year old Ted McDermott was diagnosed with the disease back in 2013, his son Simon found singing while they drove around Blackburn helped his father cope with the illness. One thing lead to another, and after a couple of videos of the two singers went viral, Ted, The Songaminuteman, releases his debut single today.

... you make me feel there are songs to be sung.

Pentatonix & Dolly Parton - Jolene

A: Pentatonix & Dolly Parton
S: Jolene

If you thought Miley Cyrus' cover of old Jolene was the most interesting update this old lady is ever going to get, La Parton herself is here to prove you wrong. With nothing but a five mouths strong acapella band, this is as fresh as Brangelina's divorce.

... I could never love again.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door

A: Creedence Clearwater Revival
S: Lookin' Out My Back Door

There are many a wisdom in this world, but the most important one is that everything looks better in black and white (as proven by this CCR classic) except for maybe Indian Summer (as proven by Indian Summer around the world).

... bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.

Norah Jones - Carry On

A: Norah Jones
S: Carry On

Well I never thought I'd see the day. Norah Jones is back. My feelings range from mildly excited to utterly entertained because I always had a soft spot for her. You might disapprove, but we all know nothing is more rocknroll than not caring about other people's opinion. 

... what you have lost, I've never found.

Bon Iver - 33 GOD

A: Bon Iver
S: 33 GOD

Hello Monday. 15 days to go until the release of Iver's new album 22, A Million, which will
feature unbelievably crazy song titles, and I guess if you look at the transformation from his last record, unbelievably crazy songs.
... when we leave this room it's gone.

Whitney - Polly

A: Whitney
S: Polly

Let's officially end summer the same way we started it - with a band called Whitney. Their sundrenched melodies fade perfectly into Indian Summer, which is unique, because I usually have band's strictly classified by seasons.

... I lay awake in all kinds of darkness.

Drama Duo - Forever's Gone

A: Drama Duo
S: Forever's Gone

Put some drama in your Saturday, and whilst you are at it, welcome fall with open arms. Here's to my favourite season, not stone cold like winter, but shyer than spring or summer, slightly morbit, but not dead inside. Oh how I have missed you.

... I'll love you far after forever's gone.

Young M.A - OOOUUU

A: Young M.A
S: OOOUUU

Asked if OOOUUU is about a specific person named Stephanie? - Young M.A answered: Stephanie is such a common name, there’s a lot of women in the world named Stephanie so it goes. A lot of people named Stephanie will be like, “Why did she have to come at me like that!?” That’s the new Becky now.

... you call her Stephanie? I call her Headphanie.

Chet Faker - Fear Less

A: Chet Faker
S: Fear Less

Producer Nick Murphy, formerly known for his work as Chet Faker, ditched the moniker last week. Now, he’s shared his first track since the name change. It’s called Fear Less and you can stream it right here, right now, right wow.


... you were scared to be yourself.

Róisín Murphy - Whatever

A: Róisín Murphy
S: Whatever

Much of the internet is full of praise for La Murphy's take on self directed music videos, whereas I to me it looks more like a video straight outta Snapchat, and we all know that Instagram is my favourite app visually. But the lyrics are dope.

... live while you miss me.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities

A: Red Hot Chili Peppers
S: Dark Necessities

Here's the stone cold truth: skating in a Red Hot Chili Peppers music video won't make you a better skater, but you will look sexy while you fail harder. Dark Necessities is taken from The Getaway, not their most provocative album to date, but smoothly satisfying.

... you got no time for the afterthought.

Easter - Kilometer

A: Easter
S: Kilometer

Support your local baguette dealer. Berlin based band Easter venture to French suburbs for one song only, pledging their allegiance for white bread everywhere while casually dropping another single off their current EP, New Cuisine Pt. 2.

... this is you coming over me.

Sia - The Greatest

A: Sia
S: The Greatest

With her latest song and video, Sia pays tribute to the victims of the Orlando shooting. But on a day like today, 15 years after this world changed, it is nothing but universal, proving that Sia might just be the most important person in pop music right now.

... I see another mountain to climb.

Molly Nilsson - The Only Planet

A: Molly Nilsson
S: The Only Planet

Berlin's fiercest Swede is back. The magical melody and touchingly clever lyrics grow on you as you find yourself listening to The Only Planet over and over again. Molly's nostalgic pop takes you on a journey through life and death to a No Mans Land, on the border between reality and dream.

... give me an endless sunset.

ABBA - Dancing Queen

A: ABBA
S: Dancing Queen

40 years old this week - and still as foxy as ever. Or, as The Guardian put it, the best song ever written, while also claming that there are only two kinds of wedding discos: ones that open with Dancing Queen, and terrible ones

... friday night and the lights are low.

Kanye West - Fade

A: Kanye West
S: Fade

This might be NSFW, obviously depending on the work you do. Behold the homage to Flashdance that is Kanye's video for the ’80s-indebted Fade, starring Teyana Taylor, her fiancé and Cavs star Iman Shumpert, their months-old baby, and lots of sweat.

... I think I think too much.

Charlotte Day Wilson - Work

A: CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON
S: Work

Welcome to the most honest declaration of love, and probably the most stunning song you'll find all week. Yes, I know it's only Wednesday. Meet Toronto's Charlotte Day Wilson offering gospel-tinged R&B on her second single Work.

... cause people come and go.

Mickey 3D - Sebolavy

A: Mickey 3D
S: Sebolavy

This might just be the weirdest music video since the French Revolution. Or since Marie Antoinette lost her head - which is about as fitting a comparison one can make when watching this. Eat chickpeas, not chicken.

... on finit par tout oublier.

IMANY - Silver Linings/Clap Your Hands

A: IMANY
S: Silver Linings/Clap Your Hands

The first single straight off her second album The Wrong Kind Of War, Imany doesn't just deserve your attention, but your commitment. Simple messages, powerfully delivered - what the world needs now.

... sometimes you hide or you run away.

Matthew Perryman Jones - Land of the Living

A: Matthew Perryman Jones
S: Land of the Living

What is this? Early September and temperatures are still ranging between heatwave and sandstorm. I am done with summer. I don't even mind how moody it was. But why stick around now? At least transform into Indian summer, if you must.

... you cannot love in moderation.

Weyes Blood - Seven Words

A: Weyes Blood
S: Seven Words

OMG, Weyes Blood had me at male mermaids! The second thing you'll notice about Seven Words is its closeness. Tinged with a gentle honesty that recalls the finest folk music made on the West Coast in the ‘70s, it draws out emotion from the songs’ sound in evocative, bold color.

... now I face tomorrow. 

DJ Shadow Feat. Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak

A: DJ Shadow Feat. Run The Jewels
S: Nobody Speak

Earlier this year, DJ Shadow recruited Run The Jewels’ Killer Mike and El-P to spit furious verses on Nobody Speak. Today, we get the video for the song, and it’s so fucking more great than today being Friday it's killing me.

... heyyo here's a gun, son, now run.

Emmanuelle - Italove

A: Emmanuelle
S: Italove

Die Antwoord might think you're freeky and like you a lot, but Emmanuelle actually thinks she loves you. And even though loving might sound less sexy than a quick liking, Italove sound oh so so much more sultry.

... I think I love you.