Carly Rae Jepsen - Party For One

A: Carly Rae Jepsen
S: Party For One

While it is true that a new Carly Rae Jepsen track is always cause for celebration, it’s also true that the celebration is likely to be attended by a small but aggressively vocal collection of fans who will express their joy with such deafening shrieks, squeals, and screams that it will drown out the song. And happy new year to the rest of us.

... somebody's in your way.

The Cars - Hello Again

A: The Cars
S: Hello Again

In 1984, Hello Again was the fourth single from the band's album Heartbeat City. The music video for the track was directed by Andy Warhol, who also appeared in the video as a bartender. A then-unknown Gina Gershon also made an appearance. Keyboardist Greg Hawkes said that he thought Andy mainly did some of the conceptualizing and showed up to be an extra and invited his various friends to be in it.

... you gave your body, you gave your best.

Sade - By Your Side

A: Sade
S: By Your Side

This blog turns ten years next year and this is the first Sade song that hits the list. So anyway, here we go with By Your Side from the year 2000 which means it is legal now and if you have been playing it during your booty call hours all this time just remember it wasn't consensual.

... you know me better than that.

POLIÇA - Lime Habit

A: POLIÇA
S: Lime Habit

With a more tropical sense of rhythm, Lime Habit showed Polica's electro-noir given more shades of colour around the edges than from what we heard on the brilliant Shulahsmith. The lyrics are most diary like of any of the other songs on United Crushers . sayed singer Channy Leaneagh of the song.

... flic flac you're a habit to beat.

Rhye - Count To Five

A: Rhye
S: Count To Five

Ever wondered what the difference between Rhye's first album Woman and second album Blood is? Frontman Milosh explained that the band spent the then last few years on the road translating the debut album from a bedroom project into a full live experience. With Blood, it’s been the opposite process; the music and sounds were really born out of the live environment and are built for performance.

... bring yourselves to me.

Thom Yorke - Silent Night & Reckoner

A: Thom Yorke
S: Silent Night & Reckoner

Shame this unique mash-up was wasted on an American audience, but besides that, Thom Yorke has had quite the year. His most recent output, the Suspiria soundtrack, came earlier this year. One of its singles, Supsirium, just made the 2019 Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song. Radiohead was announced as part of the 2019 class of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees. Last night, Yorke capped off his busy 2018 by using Silent Night as the intro, allowing its beat, along with his iconic croon, to bleed into Reckoner.

... we separate like ripples on a blank shore.

Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again

A; Kate Bush
S: December Will Be Magic Again

Some songs and posts you'll find on this sight are pretty self explanatory, like this one by Miss Brexit herself. So I would like to take this opportunity to wish Britain the most and maybe last magic December. And if it hasn't been so far, you got six days to go.

... come to cover the lovers.

Daft Punk - Veridis Quo

A: Daft Punk
S: Veridis Quo

Christmas or not, here comes a track that fits both cases perfectly. Veridis Quo is the eleventh track by Daft Punk, from their second studio album Discovery, as well as its pseudo-title track. The title of the song can be read as 'very disco' which in turn says, discovery.

... 

Miley Cyrus Feat. Mark Ronson & Jimmy Fallon - Santa Baby

A: Miley Cyrus Feat. Mark Ronson & Jimmy Fallon
S: Santa Baby

Sleigh, Miley, sleigh.
Happy holidays y'all.

... and I can buy my own damn stuff.

Cardi B - Money

A: Cardi B
S: Money

Cardi B has released the video for her single “Money.” Check out the clip, directed by Jora Frantzis, below. The striking visuals feature Cardi in a variety of incredible outfits pole dancing, counting money, and even breastfeeding. She also plays piano naked.

... ten different looks and my looks all kill.

Mitski - Nobody

A: Mitski
S: Nobody

Around the thirtieth time Mitski cries out to nobody, nobody, nobody on her single, Nobody, the word begins to dissolve at the edges into a spectral echo, as if somebody has slipped so far from her imagination that its shape is decaying. Nobody, from her album Be the Cowboy, is Mitski gone disco, and she uses this shining opportunity to sing a love song to the void. 

... venus was destroyed by global warming.

Yves Tumor - Noid

A: Yves Tumor
S: Noid

Tumor’s track Noid saw a significantly switch in the experimental songwriter’s tactics. Instead of floating among genre signifiers, Tumor’s smashing them together into jarring and captivating contrasts. Older and more gripping than his previous work, Noid plunges the communal, exuberant vernacular of disco and soul into a haunted vat of explicit despair. It’s a beautiful new strain of pop darkness only Tumor could conjure up.

... I'm not part of the killing spree.

Janelle Monáe - Crazy, Classic, Life

A: Janelle Monáe
S: Crazy, Classic, Life

Grammy-nominated artist Janelle Monáe has just released a standalone music video for her track Crazy, Classic, Life from her album Dirty Computer. The video itself is from the beginning of Monáe’s film project Dirty Computer - An Emotion Picture, and it features Monáe in a punk aesthetic partying with her other friends, or dirty computers.

... I just wanna break the rules.

Miya Folick - Stop Talking

A: Miya Folick
S: Stop Talking

Meet Miya Folick, a reasonable singer-songwriter with an unreasonably amazing voice. The L.A.-based artist draws inspiration from Buddhism, Björk, and the bliss of leaving parties without a trace. Co-produced with Justin Raisen who also worked for Charli XCX and Angel Olsen, Miya's debut Premonitions is an eclectic, emotional sprawl which deserves your attention.

... he’s just not very nice to you.

M¥SS KETA - XANANAS

A: M¥SS KETA
S: XANANAS

It's Monday. Here you go.

... è sempre l'ora per un po' di.

Maggie Rogers - Give A Little

A: Maggie Rogers
S: Give A Little

Maggie Rogers is quick to highlight the wild two years she’s had since the songs off her breakout EP, Now That the Light is Fading. Now, a few months after sharing new single Fallingwater, the Brooklyn songwriter has shared the second single from her forthcoming LP, out in January. Backed by a rhythmic beat and buoyant backing vocals, Give A Little is a warmhearted slice of ’90s-era pop that explores the idea of new beginnings in a tumultuous culture.

... but I cannot confess I am the same.

Theophilus London Feat. Tame Impala - ONLY YOU

A: THEOPHILUS LONDON Feat. TAME IMPALA
S: ONLY YOU

Theophilus London and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker shared a video for Only You. Watch the clip, directed by Frankie Latina, below. The track, from the collaborators informally known as Theo Impala, reimagines Steve Monite’s 1984 single of the same name. Only You premiered on October 20 but still sounds as fresh today as the original did back in the 80s.

... can put out this fire.

Floorbrothers - Ultimate Floor

A: Floorbrothers
S: Ultimate Floor

Get your dose of daily sun drenched beats and warm melodies right here: Floorbrothers will cure your winter blues and remind you of days full of sunny bliss. Catch their digital single on any of your favorite streaming service or watch the video for the single Ultimate Floor below - a song about friendship and playing music with your buddies.

... go around, go around, go around.

Tourist - Apollo

A: Tourist
S: Apollo

UK producer Tourist has shared his bittersweet, nuanced new song Apollo - tune in bellow. The electronic musician kicked off Tourist as an entity in 2012, and since then has notched up all manner of plaudits - including a Grammy. Now he's set to bring those various threads together under the banner of Tourist Essentials, a means of collecting his aesthetic adventures as one coherent entity.

... 

Parcels - Withorwithout

A: Parcels
S: Withorwithout

Tonight! If you happen to be in Berlin tonight and bought a ticket months ago, catch Parcels live - exciting. If not, here's the third part of this loose Parcels trilogy I started a couple of months ago. This horror-themed video for Withorwithout stars nobody else than Villa Jovovich so get your kicks ready and dancing.

... you were the birds talking in my dream.

Dido - Hurricanes

A: Dido
S: Hurricanes

Are you longing for some early millennium nostalgia? Well look no further, Dido got you covered as she has revealed the lyric video for her new song Hurricanes. The multi-million selling artist made a surprise return in 2018 with the announcement of her first new album in five years, titled Still on my Mind, which will be released on March 8. Enjoy.

... I wanna think but not to say.

Dendemann Feat. Trettmann - Littbarski

A: Dendemann Feat. Trettmann
S: Littbarski

Traumkombo! Nachdem KitschKrieg und Trettmann auf ein äußerst erfolgreiches Jahr zurückblicken, bringt sich Dendemann schon mal in Stellung für 2019. Für sein am 25. Januar erscheinendes Album Da Nich Für! hat sich Vatta sein Sohn auf dem Track Littbarski mit der Supergroup fusioniert, um gemeinsam über das Für und Wider des Samstagabends auf dem Sofa oder im Club zu sinnieren.

... aber Rapper sind wir alle.

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

A: Yes
S: Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Somebody on the tube called You pointed out that yesterday's video by Frank Ocean reminded him or her a lot of this one from back when. I might not see a total resemblance but still why not post it for comparison and pure nostalgia.

... you are the move you make.

Frank Ocean - Pyramids

A: Frank Ocean
S: Pyramids

Here's to my most listened to artist of this year. It took more than six years for Frank to kick in my eardrum. But as they say, better late than never. There have been a couple of standalone tracks that Frank threw us our way this year, but so far there are no signs of an own full blown out album any time soon.

... there's a thief out on the move.

Rufus Wainwright - Sword of Damocles

A: Rufus Wainwright
S: Sword of Damocles

For vocalist and composer Rufus Wainwright, ancient history is speaking to us right now. The artist’s latest song and video, Sword of Damocles, draws on a millennia-old parable that teaches about the perils that come with great power. Enjoy below.

... we have been given the same fortune cookies.

Annie Lennox - A Whiter Shade of Pale

A: Annie Lennox
S: A Whiter Shade of Pale

If you didn't know that this is a cover version, and the original was released in 1967 by Procol Harum, please never claim again you're into music. The same goes for me. My friend Wikipedia told me this is one of the most sold singles ever, because back in those days we still bought songs.

... the room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away.

Parcels - Lightenup

A: Parcels
S: Lightenup

Back when this song was new, the band said it is influenced by disco and funk and classic grooving music. And it was an important song for them because the lyrics come from the voice of the band. Usually the lyrics are personal. But these ones are really coming from the band. That’s the most representative of us.

... every side is on us.

Nicki Minaj Feat. Lil Wayne - Good Form

A: Nicki Minaj Feat. Lil Wayne
S: Good Form

After teasing the remix on Instagram, Nicki Minaj has teamed up with Lil Wayne to finally unveil the remix of her Queen track Good Form. Yaaas. In addition to a new verse from Wayne, the Mike WiLL Made-It-produced track got a new music video with Minaj surrounded by a crew of dancers in a variety of provocative settings and outfits.

... so me and you ain’t ever in the same room.

Sofie Winterson - Time

A: Sofie Winterson
S: Time

Dutch musician and singer song-writer Sofie Winterson has released her sophomore album Sophia Electric. The new single taken from the album is Time. Of the track, Sofie says: "'Time' is about holding on to something that’s already done. But it’s also about my fascination about love these days and how everybody seems to need more time. People say they need time pretty easily but a lot of people don’t seem to know what they need that time for."

... I know you're not mine.

ISLAND - Try

A: Island
S: Try

If you’re not already acquainted with ISLAND, it’s time to dive in. The Oxford-formed, London-based four piece have been making waves – the water descriptions will become obvious later, dw – since they first came on to the scene in 2015 with their debut EP, Girl. Praised for their melodic indie-pop stylings, the boys have since released their stunning debut Feels Like Air.

... we played lovers in the fallin' rain.

Billie Eilish - when the party's over

A: Billie Eilish
S: when the party's over

Billie Eilish mourns a broken heart on When The Party’s Over. The lyrics of are a sharply insightful musing on the end of a relationship, not unlike Eilish’s other songs, which also demonstrate a maturity well beyond her 16 years of age. Here, Eilish sings over angelic hums and a quiet piano, with her haunting and soulful voice swelling up from a whisper. 

... don't you know I'm no good for you.