Courtney Barnett: Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go To The PartyAustralian Courtney Barnett, my favorite artist of 2015, brought one of my favorite songs of 2015 to the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Cool live music on television: Perfect for us people who wanna go out but wanna stay in.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Kendrick at the Grammys
With this performance, he raised what it means to perform at the Grammy to a completely new level. Wow. http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#ec=trOW14MDE6gCowO43SPHW0Wdr_Ehb2Xy&pbid=dcc84e41db014454b08662a766057e2b He also won all of the rap categories. Album of the year, however, went to (the also very talented and wonderful) Taylor Swift. Oh, well. I might just be old, but I was interested in …
Bon Iver – Haven, MassBon Iver’s inaugural album, For Emma, Forever ago was a thing of enchanting beauty. The 2011 self-titled album was similarly beautiful, but didn’t quite have the same impact with me. Between those two records, Justin Vernon as Bon Iver released Blood Bank, one of my favorite songs of all time. Haven, …
Beyoncé Puts Her Money Where Her Video Aesthetic Is…
…Announces New Fund Providing Aid to Flint’s Children
The redhidinghood_ test
red-hidinghood: Is there at least one single trans person in this film about a trans person? Good question to ask, not only because The Danish Girl and Eddie Redmayne are getting a lot of Oscar hype.
Mary Lambert – Lay Your Head DownA beautiful song poem about all the reasons we cry. Mary Lambert sure knows how to play my heart strings. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The Little Things is a lovely little EP of glorious, relaxed (and free) electronic music by Basel-based musicians Goldrausch & Thom Nagy.
What’s Making Me Happy This Week IIISpraynard live on NPR’s Bullseye with Jesse ThornI’m at a weird point in my life where I fall for punk bands recommended on NPR shows.Spraynard play the kind of emotional pop punk that will forever have a special place in my heart and mind. Brilliant. Check out their great album …
No More Parties in LA
New Kanye West track feat. Kendrick Lamar. Damn, this sounds so timeless. I wanted to say that this finally puts Kanye-the-music-genius over the Kanye-the-awkward-celebrity again, but people are already debating whether Kendrik is taking shots at Kim Kardashian, or whether or not Nori is wearing real fur. Then again, this is basically another step towards reality star …
I’m just gonna put this here.Desaparecidos have removed all narrative subtlety and replaced it with political vehemence. But the lyrics are still smart hand the music has a kicking heart that I haven’t heard from Conor Oberst since the Road to Joy. Payola is not flawless and the political vehemence is not without its own …
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