basic starboy gripes. but quickly the lyrics grow belligerent, as stabbing piano chords propel an antihero eruption. “don’t believe the rumors, bitch, i’m still a user,” he smirks, as if he’s pimp-strutting on the ledge. — c.a. ‘reminder’ (2016) image credit: youtube ...
My favorite composition on the EP is “alchemy”. Through her rich and powerful vocals, fraen artfully transmutes the pain of heartbreak into a dazzling display of musical gold. The song's infectious groove and catchy melody are complemented by the artist's raw and vulnerable lyrics, creating ...
I will not pretend to be the biggest Kendrick Lamar fan: my brain's too crummy to lyrics, and the elastic of his rhymes don't always twang into my ears. But I love here the energy generated whenever "United in Grief" moves from open piano chords to compressed drums, like a companion...
“You know I’ll take you as you are/As long as you do me,” she sings over muddy layers of grungy guitar chords produced expertly by Oneohtrix Point Never. “Shotgun” is about doing vulnerable and delusional things in love, knowing they’re just quick fixes, and not giving a damn ...
The song's mixture of power chords, bam-thwack drums, and lyrics about a girl is so time-honored it's eligible for Social Security, but when it's done well, it still gets the heart racing. And usually, doing it well means sticking to the basics, a rule Segall closely follows; the ...
A year before WC left the Maad Circle to form Westside Connection with Ice Cube, he invited the MC to appear on his group’s song “West Up!” The track eschews the g-funk of the era in favor of soulful keyboard chords and a bevy of back-and-forth verses that finds each MC waxing...
The “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” of the nu-metal era, Deftones’ thrashgaze masterpiece packed a generation’s worth of catharsis into two chords and not very many more lyrics. The rest of their hard-rock peers spent the next half-decade trying to go forever louder and more...
Blink-182 holds an undisputed spot as one of the pioneers of pop-punk, gaining prominence in the '90s with their signature blend of catchy melodies and rebellious lyrics. Their raw, unapologetic sound has continually pushed the boundaries of the genre while influencing countless bands along the ...
which brilliantly combined menacing power chords and piercing harmonics. The songdrew inspirationfrom the 1993 Waco siege — during which more than 80 members of the Branch Davidian religious cult were killed by law enforcement in Texas — but Flynn’s lyrics about violent catharsis are general en...
Down In the Valley is an old-fashioned song with sweet lyrics and a strong melody. Resting around Middle C & using just 2 chords, it makes a fine duet or solo! Read More Short Aria Nel cor piu non mi sento, with an Easy Piano Accompaniment Short aria Nel cor with piano accompaniment...