"To be loved like that makes all the difference. It does not lessen the terror of the fall, but it gives a new perspective on what that terror means. I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what I define as love. It is the one thing that can stop a man from falling, the one thing powerful enough to negate the laws of gravity." Paul Auster (Moon Palace)

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The Flaming Lips - after the gold rush cover, 1989

"The Bridge: A Tribute To Neil Young is a 1989 tribute album that features alternative rock bands covering songs written by Neil Young."

Mia Loucks - body, 2024

"In “Body,” Mia Loucks confronts the complexities of living with a rare connective tissue disease. With hauntingly delicate vocals, she sings, “It’s weird how my body feels like a boulder.” The song serves as an ode to her body before everything changed."

Au Revoir Simone - all or nothing live, 2009

"Borrowing their name from a minor character in the Tim Burton comedy Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, the Casio-centric group came together in late 2003, when Forster and Hart befriended one another while traveling by train from Vermont to New York."

The Mountain Goats - andrew eldritch is moving back to leeds, 2017

"First single “Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back To Leeds” is a sort of story-song about the frontman of goth overlords the Sisters Of Mercy."

Daniel b - driving, 2024

"Following on from the rousing response to his much-loved debut EP 'tidal wave' back in 2021, Slovakian singer-songwriter daniel b is now looking to cement his vibrant legacy to date as he releases his eagerly-awaited debut album 'songs of youth & innocence'."

Monday, February 19, 2024

Bright Eyes And Neva Dinova - poison, 2004

"One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels is a collaborative split EP by Bright Eyes and Neva Dinova. It was released in 2004 on Crank! Records. It was also reissued on CD/LP/Digital by Saddle Creek Records on March 23, 2010, with four newly recorded bonus tracks not included on the original release, which were written/recorded in late 2009."

Arcade Fire - everything now, 2017

"Arcade Fire insists that even the frothiest pop can still reach deep and perhaps even save lives. Arcade Fire has always been acutely conscious of music history, using stylistic allusions to underline or tease against its messages."

Paul Weller - i'm where i should be live, 2015

"Saturn’s Pattern features a “kazoo through a fuzzbox” and was recorded with his usual bandmates Steve Cradock and Andy Lewis, and members of psychedelic jazz group Syd Arthur."

Noah Kahan - stick season, 2022

“I feel like I’m floating above myself and I come to this sudden realisation that I don’t feel like I am in the world – it’s like living in a dream. I think, looking back, that’s probably the first manifestation of my depression and anxiety.”

Tame Impala - patience, 2019

"It’s going to shape up to be fantastic driving music, or cooking music, or something to nod your head to when you’re lounging in the autumn sun with a glass/bottle of wine on a Sunday afternoon."

Sufjan Stevens - love yourself, 2019

"a delicate synthpop tune based on a four-track demo that Stevens first recorded in 1996. (Stevens is 43 now, so he would’ve been 20 or 21 when he recorded that.)"

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Alvvays - in undertow, 2017

"In Undertow is a breakup song, albeit one set in the moment when the tears have started to dry out and the voice begins to calm after all the fighting and the shouting."

Bill Ryder-Jones - this can't go on, 2024

“rooted in love, loss, pain, heartache and often a deep darkness, but also one that frequently ends up in places of profound beauty, hope and joy”

Nada Surf - love goes on cover live, 2012

"I sometimes feel like adult life is just too much for me and there's just too much that can be upsetting"

Jet City Sports Club - sunny morning, 2024

"As the band’s first release for 2024, ‘Sunny Morning’ is a fitting track to reposition Jet City Sports Club as one of the most exciting names to be keeping your attention across as the year gets underway."

Neil Young And Crazy Horse - love earth, 2022

"how the songs like “Love Earth” came to be. “I was whistling it in the forest, that melody. And I recorded it on a flip phone. And I put it on my computer, and months later I wrote the song, just after hearing me whistle the melody, walking along through the forest. So that’s how I got that song, and 7 or 8 others that are on this record. I was just walking.”

Outros olhares: Bélgica, Bruxelas, ainda a 15 de Fevereiro de 2024

REM - man on the moon, 1992

“He’s the perfect ghost to lead you through this tour of questioning things. Did the moon landing really happen? Is Elvis really dead? He was kind of an ephemeral figure at that point so he was the perfect guy to tie all this stuff together as you journey through childhood and touchstones of life.”

Outros olhares: Bélgica, Bruxelas, 15 de Fevereiro de 2024

Mike Oldfield - moonlight shadow extended version, 1983

"A 12-inch single (later reissued on a 3" CD single) featured an extended version of the song with an extra verse. The extended mix also appears on his compilation album The Platinum Collection."