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New Music Friday
Jul. 9th, 2022 02:37 amThere's a brand new album out from one of my favorite bands, Within Temptation, Don't Pray for Me which feels perfect in line with my feelings from last week. But that's not all I'm bringing back with me this week.
The Mars Volta - "Graveyard Love" isn't the first song they've put out since coming back, but it's really good. The Mars Volta felt like one of those rock bands that no one I knew had any idea who I was talking about when I mentioned them. (I think they opened for Nine Inch Nails once and that's how I found them.) I'm really excited about the potential for a new album.
Halocene - "Livin' on a Prayer" (feat. Lauren Babic & David Michael Frank) (or if you prefer Lauren Babic's cover of "Under Pressure" which features the same group). Both of these are really great metal covers and I went back and forth about which video to post but I think having just watched the new Thor movie influenced my decision.
Usher: Tiny Desk Concert - several of these are the older songs I was in love with when I was younger and it's wild to see these performed live and he sounds as good as he ever did even in this environment. I don't think a lot of you are R&B fans, but it was the first music I fell into on my own without someone else influencing me. This is great.
Honorable Mentions:
Belle and Sebastian: Tiny Desk Concert
King Princess - Change the Locks
Elle King (feat. Dierks Bentley) - Worth a Shot for my country fans
And from over at Bandcamp, this: Only the Poets - "Forget Your Name" is something in the intersection of Harry Styles and The 1975. They're a small, unsigned band of Englishmen with a kind of low-key pop-punk kind of style.
What have you been listening to this week?
The Mars Volta - "Graveyard Love" isn't the first song they've put out since coming back, but it's really good. The Mars Volta felt like one of those rock bands that no one I knew had any idea who I was talking about when I mentioned them. (I think they opened for Nine Inch Nails once and that's how I found them.) I'm really excited about the potential for a new album.
Halocene - "Livin' on a Prayer" (feat. Lauren Babic & David Michael Frank) (or if you prefer Lauren Babic's cover of "Under Pressure" which features the same group). Both of these are really great metal covers and I went back and forth about which video to post but I think having just watched the new Thor movie influenced my decision.
Usher: Tiny Desk Concert - several of these are the older songs I was in love with when I was younger and it's wild to see these performed live and he sounds as good as he ever did even in this environment. I don't think a lot of you are R&B fans, but it was the first music I fell into on my own without someone else influencing me. This is great.
Honorable Mentions:
Belle and Sebastian: Tiny Desk Concert
King Princess - Change the Locks
Elle King (feat. Dierks Bentley) - Worth a Shot for my country fans
And from over at Bandcamp, this: Only the Poets - "Forget Your Name" is something in the intersection of Harry Styles and The 1975. They're a small, unsigned band of Englishmen with a kind of low-key pop-punk kind of style.
What have you been listening to this week?
