In anticipation of the March 1 release of a new retrospective The Best of Everything, a new previously unreleased and un-bootlegged song by Tom Petty & and the Heartbreakers was released this week called For Real. From listening to the lyrics, it sort of sounds like a manifesto on why musicians do what they do.
Can’t wait for the new retrospective. I still can’t believe he is gone.
Just coming in under the wire for today. I’ve always loved this Steve Earle song. Protagonist of song is a total screw up who always forgets to do the stuff you’re supposed to do on Valentine’s Day – no flowers, no candy, no card.
” I know that I swore that I wouldn’t forget… I wrote it all down… I lost it I guess…”
But he just lays it all out there for his love about how he feels. Very touching and gets at the real meaning of the day.
“The way you love me everyday… is Valentine’s Day”
Some piano music for this Sunday morning from German pianist and composer Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann). From his just released album A Different Forest.
A little reggae flavor on this Thursday. From the classic 1972 soundtrack to the film by the same title.
The Beths – You Wouldn’t Like Me
When multiple bloggers I trust start recommending the same band, its time to pay attention. When I’m in love with a song about 5 seconds into it, time to stop what I’m doing to check them out. This is what happened with New Zealand band The Beths. While I missed when their debut album dropped last year, fellow bloggers Steve for the Deaf and Aphoristical both featured them in just the past couple weeks. Rather than go on too much about them, here are links to Steve and Aphoristical’s posts, which are much more fun to read and erudite than I could ever be. Just suffice it to say these catchy power pop gems (think Weezer, or Best Coast)will be on serious rotation the rest of the year on my listening device. There’s not a bad song on the album, so here’s a random cut.
Spielbergs – Five On it
I heard this song on a new music playlist and immediately loved the loud, somewhat fuzzy big guitar sound. And then fellow blogger The Soul of a Clown also featured them recently. Spielbergs reminds me of bands like Japandroids or Cloud Nothings. They’re are a three piece indie rock band from Oslo Norway who put out a debut EP last year – this song is from their debut album, This is Not the End, which came out last week. From the feedback squeals at the beginning and end, this song is two and half minutes of guitar bliss.
Tancred – Queen of New York
Ok I’m detecting a theme for this installment of New Music Discoveries – guitar, guitar, guitar! And fellow blogger recs! Tancred is the stage name of Jess Abbott, who writes great guitar pop songs like this one. As with The Beths, this came out last year so not super new (but who cares) – I was alerted to it The Soul of a Clown, who posted this great review of Tancred’s album Nightstand a few days ago. I’m a complete sucker for these types of bands!
Finally warming up (relatively speaking) from the deep freeze of the past week – here’s a piece that captures the feeling of the sun out and the temperature rising – time to be getting up and doing stuff.
Something whimsical on this Sunday.
The full song title is hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it.
Can’t say I know much of Lana Del Ray music but heard her new single and that I was a amazing performance – not vocal wise but just the lyrics and the way she delivers them.
Recently fellow blogger Aphoristical posted about great singers and I threw out Maria McKee’s name of Lone Justice. Got me re-listening to them – here’s a standout from the self titled debut in 1985. Sadly the band was short lived and she never had the success her talent warranted (imho)
2019 is only a few weeks old, but of course there is always new music to discover and share. Below are a few tracks that I’ve been enjoying recently.
Martha – Heart is Healing
I heard this song on a new music playlist right at the end of the year, as it was released in December Martha are a power pop/punk band from the UK (from the unusually name town of Pity Me in North East England). They’ve been around since about 2012 and have put out a couple albums and singles which I definitely want to check out. Interestingly, there is no designated front person, with all the members taking turns singing lead on different songs. Just absolutely love the guitar riff in this song!
Tallies – Midnight
Tallies are a dream pop band from Toronto that just formed in 2018. This song is from their self titled debut album just released this past Friday. It reminds me a bit of early Cranberries and definitely of the Sundays – perhaps its because lead singer Sarah Cogan’s voice reminds me of Harriet Wheeler from the Sundays.
Ex Hex – Cosmic Cave
Ex Hex is a all female rock trio from here in the Washington DC area who formed in 2013, although its members have been in a number of both local and national bands for a while before that. Cosmic Cave is the first single off their forthcoming album Its Real, due in March 2019. I’ve always loved loud guitars and female vocals, and this is just up my alley.
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