I Love The USA - Weezer

Just to show you how far behind I'm am on music, here's a song from a Weezer album (the White Album) that came out LAST YEAR. This is my favorite band, guys. And I'm just now getting around to listening to it. So anyway, this video right here...

IS THE TITS!

I'm not especially patriotic, but Weezer and Patton Oswalt are two of my favorite things. I'll let you decode the meaning behind the music video yourself.

Special mention for "Jacked Up" and "Fake Smiles and Nervous Laughter," also from the same album.

"If you stay the night will I fall in love?"

"When you say what you hate, makes me feel kind of great, it's beautiful to me."

And okay, just listen to the whole album and every other Weezer song in existence because it'll make your life so much better. That's all.

Uh Huh - Julia Michaels

I just heard this on the radio last night, so I totally love it. Will probably hate it in a week when they overplay it, though.

I like how it starts off all acoustic and then brings in this dirty beat and keys. And of course the strange "UH HUH" vocal slide thing. I can see how it could be annoying, but I think it's fantastic. At the end there's so much going on, it sounds exactly like it should to me, just all over the place fun emotion.

What I love most is the lyrics. As a fledgling songwriter/sometimes poet, one of my biggest peeves is wanting to write about a feeling or situation and just not being able to find the right words. This is one of those "ah ha!" songs where I feel a mix of instant gratification for knowing it exists...and also being deeply shamed someone else wrote it first. Mostly I'm just glad she made this feeling I've been feeling into a song. Isn't that what music is for?

Plus, Julia Michaels is apparently an Iowa girl...so, props!

Hot - The Regrettes

This song is just brilliantly brutal, reminds me a lot of that one Distillers song. You know the one. Anyway, The Regrettes are a punk band with that riot grrrl flavor I've been craving lately. Like I just can't get enough of these strong, loud, angry females. We're in it to win it!

They are touring currently, which would have been great for me if I'd actually been able to go to Riot Fest this year. Sadly, I could not. Hope everyone there enjoys this great band!



*grumbles on my way to bed, instead of awesome rock festival*

Ain't Done With You - Erick Hovey

I adore Erick Hovey so much, in particular Ain't Done With You from his Recycled Souls album. I've listened to it almost everyday for about a month now. It's just so freakin' mellow and pretty and it makes me go "Awww, wish someone wasn't done with me." I may be biased because I've known him personally for quite awhile now...but I don't think so. Although, listening to his music is almost the same vibe as hanging out with him - chill, fun, and low key impressive.

I would categorize Recycled Souls as the perfect album to just chill to, preferably outside with a cold beer. I mean, I mostly just lie down and stare at the ceiling and contemplate life while it's playing, but ya know, you do you.

My second favorite song on Recycled Souls is Thousand Times:

And my third favorite, Here Again:

Seriously, he's great. Go to CD Baby to purchase Recycled Souls and/or his other three albums. Hopefully, someday he will finally release another one! hint hint.

White's Not My Color This Evening - Cherry Glazerr

Everything about this is just hella dope. Love how Clementine Creevy's voice is sweet and harsh. Love how garage band punk the sound is. Love the music video of the menstruating girl kicking the crap out of some asshole sk8r boi for laughing at her. And love the shoes she wears. Too bad that video is not available on here for some reason. So here's a live version.

 I was looking for some punk/alternative rock with female vocals and Cherry Glazerr is what I was drawn to. I will always be drawn to this kind of sound. It's so great. Sadly, I don't know much else about the band except they just came out with a new album, Apocalipstick.

They appear to be touring quite a bit this year, even making an appearance in dear old Des Moines, IA 9/13/17 at the Vaudeville Mews! I might have to go if I can get my shit together and remember to do so.


UPDATE 9/16/17:

I did end up going to the concert in Des Moines with my friend Cody. It was pretty rad. Also, the Vaudeville Mews as a venue was much smaller, and also much larger than I pictured. I basically stood next to the wall the whole time trying to see between the heads of tall blonde girls. Even in my favorite platform sandals, I was still too short. My only critique would be that the vocals were not coming in as clearly as they could've, but that could have been anyone's fault, not necessarily the band's. They still sounded great!

Where Would I Be? - Gwen Stefani

If you don't know who Gwen Stefani is, I'd like to know what rock you've been living under. Must be a pretty nice rock or something to never leave it. Anyway, I've been under my own rock apparently since this song came out in 2016 and I just heard it yesterday. It's basically been on repeat since.

It has a very Lily Allen feel to it, and Gwen's voice, which is always rad. Apparently the Lily Allen vibe is because it was produced by Greg Kurstin, who wrote/produced two of Lily Allen's albums. That bouncy reggae beat with the warped vocal blends, just begs you to jump up and dance. I didn't set out to find a dance song when I was randomly song hopping on YouTube yesterday, but I'm glad I did. 

I'm also glad Gwen is doing some solo stuff lately that I can appreciate. Also on my current love list for her (although they are constantly on the radio) are Misery, Used To Love You, and Make Me Like You. 

Safiya Nygaard

I have been in a something of a musical dry spell lately. Nothing has really been tripping my trigger and it's been hella sad, yo. Scrolling through my YouTube history lately is basically just Safiya Nygaard and organizational tutorials. So that's who I'ma feature today because it's been 80 years since I've posted on here.

I'm super addicted to BuzzFeed's Ladylike, and Safiya used to be a producer for them. Then in January, I guess she left to pursue her own channel. So I've been watching her for a long time and I'm pretty in love with her. It's only creepy if you think about it too much.

Lady Crush!

I know, crazy that I would love this dark haired goddess who rocks the black lipstick like a grown up Wednesday Addams would. Also, she's quite funny and has a super adorable boyfriend. Her channel seems to be very much like Ladylike, which is not all that surprising since it was a concept created by her and Freddie. So of course I like it. Her makeup a bit rich for my cheap ass, but it's nice to know that should I ever wish to, she's tried it all out for me. And period panties. And everything else.

Halsey

I'm not entirely sure where I first heard about Halsey, but I think I just ran across her lyrics on Pinterest. Yes, I'm a pretty hardcore "Pinner" and I love lyrics. Anyway, her music gave me something that was missing from my life. Some pop feeling from my childhood, mixed with my adult-ish love of cursing and frankness.

Strange Love was the song that really introduced me to this singer, the one that got me hooked. I mean, how could it not when it starts with "Everybody wants to know if we fucked on the bathroom sink"? But the chorus is the real sweet spot with "They think I'm insane, they think my lover is strange but I don't have to fucking tell them anything."

The one I've listened to about 80 times, is Hold Me Down.

And my current favorite is Control. "I'm bigger than this body. I'm colder than this home. I'm meaner than my demons. I'm bigger than these bones."

Slothrust

I'm pretty sure every new artist/song I come to love lately comes from a TV show I watch. That being said, I was introduced to Slothrust through this show, You're The Worst. 7:30am is the freaking theme song and I fell in love with it immediately.

This band doesn't have a fucking Wiki, so I'm not entirely sure they even exist...but since I just bought their album, Of Course You Do...of course they do. One song I'm sad isn't on that album, because it's fabulous, is In A Sexual Way. There's something so appealing to me about Leah Wellbaum's low honest voice mixed with that grungy bluesy sound...because it deeply reminds me of the Pixies. It's hard for me to explain how fruitless my struggle to find music like this usually ends up anymore. It just hasn't been existing since the 90's. So, shout-out to anyone who, like me, has a deep aching need for that 90's sound but isn't actually the same stuff you've been hearing the last 20 years...look up these motherfuckers and get hooked!

Oh Land

I have recently become crazy into this Danish show, Rita. The theme song, Speak Out Now by Oh Land, is wonderful. I can barely understand it, but it's awesome. Oh Land was a surprisingly neat find and I might have to check out some more Danish music. I'm also pretty fond of Renaissance Girls right now.