New Music Weekend / 10/03-10/05/25
(New Music Weekend Intro)
Happy Weekend! This one has been circled on the calendar for quite some time with the ladies of my household.
Who’s coming up for New Music Weekend – it’s a tough one for some of these bands, we’ve got The Moss, Snooper, Good Neighbors, and by law I have to do it, but I was looking forward to it as well – Taylor Swift.
(Countdown Video)
New Music Weekend:
- Jack White signed this band to his Third Man Records Label (“Pom Pom” clip) Nashville’s Snooper is a modern egg punk band, known for their kinetic live shows featuring puppets and papier-mâché (“Guard Dog” clip) The new album – Worldwide – is a breathless, adrenline rush, with most tracks clocking in at under two minutes. 12 tracks in under a half hour! A song that just came out with a video is going to give some of us flashbacks to the 90s – “Star 6 9” (“Star 6 9” clip) I so remember my house phone ringing as a kid and not getting to it in time and then . . . star 6 9. One more song from Snooper. It’s a high-speed opening track on Worldwide – it starts the madness. Here’s “Opt Out” (“Opt Out” clip)
- Back in March, I talked about Good Neighbours and hearing on the radio their song “Ripple” (“Ripple” clip) Good song about being there for your friends. Now while touring with Foster the People earlier this year, they then road tested another new song “Starry Eyed” (clip) Today, the entire album can be heard – it’s called Blue Sky Mentality and, of course, has the song that hat broke the duo globally – “Home” (“Home” clip) I’m going to go a little deeper for you on the album to a song that shifts away their signature upbeat style to a slower, more deliberate tone. It’s track #14 – the album’s closer called “The Buzz” (“The Buzz” clip)
- And now by law, a review of – The Life of a Showgirl (“The Life of a Showgirl” clip) For those of you who question whether a 52 year old – old dude has any right reviewing this album. Let me just say – I have 10 year old daughter and that album has been playing non-stop. AND – I went to see the a 90-minute movie to celebrate the release of Taylor’s 12th album (“The Fate of Ophelia” clip) The focus of the movie surrounded the new video for “The Fate of Ophelia” as well as the behind the scenes making of the video – I thoroughly enjoyed it. And – I loved witnessing the excitement of Taylor Swift during her creativity process – very well done. More artists need to pay attention and do this for their fans. (“Opalite”) and that song “Opalite” – I believe – is going to be huge. I find myself wanting to hear it again and again. And – you know who else is a fan of it Travis Kelce. Let’s play a little more (“Opalite”)
- Several quick hits of new music: The Moss – I fell for this band with the song “The Place That Makes Me Happy” (“The Place That Makes Me Happy” clip) It’s not a full blast album, but instead a quiant 4 pack EP of musical joy called: Free Ride // 5 albums that were bold enough to arrive on a Taylor Swift weekend: Malibu, Carter Faith, Pavlov’s Dog, Ledisi, and Mayday Parade // Daisy Grenade is a band that I always look forward to hearing their new music arrivals. However, let’s revisit an older favorite real quick (“How To Hide a Body”) “How To Hide A Body” – setting the mood for Halloween times. Anyway – they have a new song out called “Good Luck (Wish You Hell)” (clip)
I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that! Anything that I really messed up and missed – well, that’s why I’ll be doing Missed Music Monday on Monday.
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