16 May 2024
16 May 2024 - Emei - That Girl
14 May 2024
14 May 2024 (special edition) - Mélanie Renaud - J'm'en veux
Renaud passed away today at age 42, from overian cancer. Her legacy and her music remain.
14 May 2024 - Marie-Mai - Tu t'en fous
09 May 2024
9 May 2024 - Big Black - The Power of Independent Trucking
Had I not woken up to the news that Steve Albini had passed away on Tuesday, I would have made this a Special Edition.
Steve Albini wasn't best known for his music with Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac, although all three bands were great, and what will likely be the last Shellac album is coming out next week. He was best known as a great record producer - producing such albums as Surfer Rosa by the Pixies, Pod by the Breeders, In Utero by Nirvana, Rid of Me by PJ Harvey, and so, so many others. He was notoriously not easy to work with, but also, down to earth, even personally answering the phone in his recording studio.
Big Black's second and final album, Songs About Fucking, probably the most honestly titled album ever, was a masterpiece, and it opened with this minute and a half long ode to, well, independent trucking... and absolutely about fucking. Released in 1987, it was probably a little ahead of its time. Albini layers distorted power chords with atonal squeals, creating a relentless feeling of claustrophobia that perfectly captures the cramped confines of a diesel cab.
His voice, his guitar, and his production will be missed.
08 May 2024
8 May 2024 - Tara Slone - My Little Secret
07 May 2024
7 May 2024 - Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar?
06 May 2024
6 May 2024 - The Darling Buds - If I Said
03 May 2024
3 May 2024 - Manel - Per la bona gent
02 May 2024
2 May 2024 - Daoko × Kenshi Yonezu - 打上花火 (Fireworks)
OK, so now I'm done.
01 May 2024
1 May 2024 - Jennifer Rostock - K.B.A.G.
30 April 2024
30 April 2024 - Danna - ATARI
It's also really easy to dance to.
29 April 2024
29 April 2024 - Louane - Donne-moi ton cœur
26 April 2024
26 April 2024 - Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
25 April 2024
25 April 2024 - Paula Abdul - Straight Up
It was, however, her first top 40 hit, the first of four from Forever Your Girl, at the time the most ever from a debut album. Written and produced by Elliot Wolff, it would eventually hit #1 around the world - in the US in February 1989. To get into the technical, the song is at a tempo of 96 beats per minute, which is known as a "shuffling" tempo.
24 April 2024
24 April 2024 - Mala Rodríguez - Tengo un Trato
23 April 2024
23 April 2024 - Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
22 April 2024
22 April 2024 - Fine, It's Pink - Did It All for You
Watching Fine, It's Pink mature as musicians - watching their original songs get more adult and more beautiful - is one of the best things I have ever experienced in writing this little blog. Their new single, out last week, is perhaps their most mature and beautiful work to date. The song was written by Fine, It's Pink, with Ioana Lefter writing the lyrics she is singing herself.
19 April 2024
19 April 2024 - Coi Leray - Players
No, I'm not talking about my personal struggles. I'm talking about the Grandmaster Flash sample that the outstanding Coi Leray employs prominently through this song.
18 April 2024
18 April 2024 - Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla
17 April 2024
17 April 2024 - Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em
16 April 2024
16 April 2024 - DRAMAS - Coma Call
15 April 2024
15 April 2024 - Labi Siffre - I Got The...
15 April 2024 - Eminem - My Name Is
He expressly did NOT approve this version, which contains some homophobic slurs - calling it "lazy writing". But we'll talk more about that another day.
12 April 2024
12 April 2024 - Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
11 April 2024
11 April 2024 - Chappell Roan - Naked in Manhattan
10 April 2024
10 April 2024 - Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
09 April 2024
9 April 2024 - Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed
08 April 2024
8 April 2024 - Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around)
05 April 2024
5 April 2024 - Flower Face - Cat's Cradle
04 April 2024
4 April 2024 - Gayle - butterflies
03 April 2024
3 April 2024 - Felix Cartal & Lights - Feel Less
02 April 2024
2 April 2024 - Shanin Blake - Senses
She's @shaninblake999 on |
01 April 2024
1 April 2024 - Bodo Wartke ft. Marti Fischer - Barbaras Rhabarberbar
We're 30 SECONDS into the song at this point.
31 March 2024
31 March 2024 - The Beaches - Blame Brett
30 March 2024
30 March 2024 - Maryze - FBP (Female Brad Pitt)
30 March 2024 - Maryze - Emo
29 March 2024
29 March 2024 - Cœur de Pirate - Place de la République
28 March 2024
28 March 2023 - Neil Young - Rockin In The Free World
This is the REHERSAL.
27 March 2024
27 March 2024 - Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
26 March 2024
26 March 2024 - Riit - qaumajuapik
26 March 2024 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Beach House
25 March 2024
25 March 2024 - Charlotte Cardin - Confetti
24 March 2024
24 March 2024 - Begonia - Marigold
23 March 2024
23 March 2024 - Feist - Of Womankind
22 March 2024
22 March 2024 - Céline Dion - Pour que tu m'aimes encore
21 March 2024
21 March 2024 - Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy
20 March 2024
20 March 2024 - Shania Twain - You’re Still The One
For four years, we've ignored Shania Twain (except for this cameo on a Anne Murray post two days into the first #MapleLeafMarch).
19 March 2024
19 March 2024 - Alanis Morissette - Reasons I Drink
True story - I actually had an Alanis song slated for the very first day of the very first Maple Leaf March, but moved it (without regret) for a lesser known artist. I did end up posting that song in another month.
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18 March 2024
18 March 2024 - Sarah McLachlan - Building A Mystery
17 March 2024
17 March 2024 - Lu Kala - Hotter Now
16 March 2024
16 March 2024 - Men I Trust - Organon
15 March 2024
15 March 2024 - Jayli Wolf - Blood Orange
“I wanted this song to boldly confront the themes of control, oppression, and societal standards, while also illuminating the courage to break free and reclaim one’s narrative,” - Jayli Wolf
No, of course it's not just about fruit. It's a powerful song about standing up for yourself against your oppresors - whoever that may be - and claiming your own narrative. The first single from her highly personal EP God is an Endless Mirror, the whole set is introspective and filled with emotion. She's left the city to buy and work her generations-old family farm in British Columbia, and that seems to be driving this direction in her music.
The video, written and produced by Jayli herself, has a lot going on - and yes, does feature a real blood orange (watch the upper right left corner).
This song is also really great. Doubtless.