Let me introduce you to Buck 65. I’m not even sure what to say about this guy. He has made some of the best music I’ve heard in years. Brilliant, clever lyrics, deep melody, a poetic, hip-hop flow as smooth as it is gritty — as if J Cash were born again today in Detroit. Except, Buck 65 is from Canada. I’m sure I’ll play some more for ya’all at some point.
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Moving on — to Meanest Man Contest. A SF band I believe, I mean really, only a SF band would sing about The Tenderloin. Again, more hippity-hoppity from white kids with computers.
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Oh … merrymaking … oh
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Jim Noir’s next … dreamy track off a great LP
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While stuck in Oakland Bay Bridge traffic one afternoon on my way to the shop this song from the I’m Not There soundtrack came on. I fell in love with it without even paying attention the the lyrics. Then I played it again and listened to the lyrics. I then listened to it on repeat until I got to the the shop. Oh, it’s sung Mason Jennings and written by Robert Allen Zimmerman.
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Sometimes a song is so simple and purely pop it’s just perfect — like one of those mini Snickers bars. This one is by Lykke Li.
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A blizzard, a Mallard, a Stillborn Chinese baby speaking backwards. A righteous tune by Hallelujah The Hills title Wave Backwards to Massachusetts.
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Not that Bonobo but this Bonobo. I do love this live track — that moment, at the end, when it all comes back in — chills, my friends, chills …
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And remember kids — friends don’t let friends use those awful white headphnes that come free with your your iwhatever.