Her jubilant sample-happy penultimate PWL single was the last of her songs actually written by the SAW powerhouse (the last single was a cover of Kool & the Gang’sCelebration). Despite its billing as lead-off track in 1992’sGreatest Hits, it has slid through the cracks, perhaps as Kyli...
Songs like "The Ballad of the Sin Eater" gained half its velocity from a litany of foreign names and tricky pronunciation, but "Bottled" is more about finding common ground. The song's structure cleverly mirrors its own lyrics, with it's nervous, word-crammed opening seconds soon giving ...
“Let me know/ If this is the last day/ We run our bodies as we go to sleep/ Tapping fingers as a way to speak,” sings Karin Dreijer on “Tapping Fingers.” Songs like emotional center “North” and “Carbon Dioxide” showcase the spectrum that Dreijer captures here. The former is ...
and which would clearly continue on future releasesLincolnandFlood, is that beyond all the clever wordplay and cheap-o drum machine beats are unforgettable, strangely affecting hooks on which their best songs hinge: “Don’t Let’s Start,”“She’s An Angel...
Last year’s Billboard Dance 100 No. 1 artists, Andrew Taggart, 29, and Alex Pall, 33, scored six top 10 singles on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart including “This Feeling” with country star Kelsea Ballerini (No. 4) and “Hope” with Swedish pop singer Winona Oak (No. 7). ...
It could be perceived by some as a downer but I found it quite uplifting and inspirational. I always say a great film will leave you thinking about it and I’m still thinking about Nomadland. Oscar Nominations: Best Picture (won), Best Director-Chloé Zhao (won), Best Actress-Frances ...
Push never oversells his songs, but listen through My Name enough times and you start uncovering the wealth of subtle hooks it has hiding in plain sight. —Miles Raymer Pusha T: "Numbers on the Boards" Julia Holter Loud City Song Domino 49 "Try to make yourself a work of art/ Like me...
Harris takes to the mic on his second Hot 100 top 40 single for uplifting verses on the indomitable power of mutual attraction. Loving Lyrics:“I feel so close to you right now, it’s a force field. I wear my heart upon my sleeve, like a big deal. Your love pours down on me, su...
“Name,” featuring Tori Kelly at her vocal prettiest, is miles ahead of any of his other releases lyrically, and the track is both haunting and melodic. It’s his best single since “Love Yourself” and it’s truly unfortunate that between the other 100 songs he released, such a gem ...
the kind that approaches poetry as Berman’s did. On Boat Songs, MJ Lenderman did something almost unachievable, entering a pantheon of great “indie americana”, next to Girls, Smith Westerns, the Men, and (early) Whitney; capturing the bittersweet pleasure of shotgunning a Miller High Life...