And I take it easy
Tonight
Young hearts unite
Most of Wyatt Blair's music sounds like 80's movie soundtrack rock. Think Rick Springfield and "Jessie's Girl" with a touch more glam and you'll get there. His 2016 album Point of No Return is a hoot, and perfect for an end-of-summer afternoon.
RIYL: Rick Springfield, The Darkness, Ty Segall, JEFF The Brotherhood, Jay Reatard
A thousand girls that look like me
Staring out at the open sea
Repeat the words until they're true
Cover my eyes electric blue
Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it
But I found out I don't know shit
Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it
But I found out
This eclectic 7-member band out of Canada have been alternative music darlings for years now. For me, their songs are hit & miss - perhaps because of my mood as much as because of arrangement. The band plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, synthesizer, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy; the multi-instrumentalist band members switch duties throughout shows while touring. I do think that I would absolutely love them live. But regardless, there's something a little bit more alluring in their recent recorded release, and this is my favorite of the new crop.
RIYL: LCD Soundsystem, Electric Light Orchestra, Kings of Leon, Yeasayer
I love when it's all too much,
Five a.m. turn the radio up
Where's the rock and roll?
Party crasher,
Panty snatcher,
Call me up if you a gangsta
Don't be fancy, just get dancy
Why so serious?
So raise your glass if you are wrong,
In all the right ways,
All my underdogs,
We will never be never be, anything but loud
And nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
Just come on and come on and raise your glass
Like most everyone, I find it absurd that MTV is still holding annual VMAs - or is even a channel - but they are. Silver lining though, Sunday night P!nk received the Video Vanguard award, which means of course she gave a super inspiring acceptance speech (watch below). The gist: Don't change yourself to please others, change other people's minds. Love it, love her. Her voice is perfect, her songs infectious and empowering as well. Cheers to you, Alecia from Philly! Wish I was more like you, but I'm still working on it.
