^ That reminds me of something...
One of those "Ain't that the truth?" type songs...
Some cool stuff posted here lately. Easy listening with electric sitar, 8-bit tunes, what's not to like?
Recently I found out that UK-based folkie / singer-songwriter
Emmy the Great has a new album out, too. Here's a song that evokes a bit of Suzanne Vega, which isn't a bad thing.
Other than that I found some tracks posted from Danielle Dax' elusive 1983 album
Pop-Eyes (pretty much only to be obtained via certain shady sources on the intertubes these days), which is a fairly nice experimental post-punk affair if you're into that sort of thing. Here's one of my favourites:
Reminds me of M.I.A.'s "Bucky Done Gun" in a way.
If you like experimental artists with highly varied (and usually listenable) output such as Ms. Dax, check out this young lady from Canada:
...who, incidentally, is reported to have no formal training in music whatsoever (but seems to be doing fine anyway). She opened for Swedish indie-pop singer Lykke Li at some point.
While we're in Canada, here's one of this year's definite hits for me:
(non-smoking break goes here)
I was wondering whether there are any other frontwomen remotely as cool as Blondie's Debbie Harry...
...but didn't find all that many. Maybe the Kills' Alison Mosshart? On the male side, the Cars' Ric Ocasek comes to mind. Looks like coolness is the domain of rock / new-wave and firmly in the hands of US folks.
(fetch another coffee if necessary)
Recently I was shaking my head at some guy's 400+ Youtube favs... now I'm past the 350 mark myself... -_-
Guess this is my theme song:
(BTW, this kind of late-'70s to mid-'80s RnB/disco/funk is just about the best dance music there is, IMO. Check out the related vids.)
Or what about some fine Nigerian disco?
Now once you're done dancing, what about a lighter soulful tune?
And now for some beautiful vocal harmonies out of the late '60s:
From one of those albums that never went anywhere much back in the day due to nothing but bad luck. Reissued a few years ago.
The most well-known song from a lady who has produced loads of beautiful ballads and pretty much nothing else. I guess that was a bit much for most people to stomach....