Foals - Night Swimmers

September 30, 2016 | Kerri

Another hot summer’s day
And only we know the way
To the cool blue lagoon
Where we sleep until noon

The city is all ablaze
With blue notes and haze
We hit the open wide roads
Snuck the moon in clothes

Foals are hitting the Samsung stage of ACL right... now, as this post goes live. Anyone who listens to alt radio lately has heard "Mountain At My Gates" (love it) and I'm sure y'all know "My Number" off the 2013 album Holy Fire. Maybe you've been a fan since 2008's Antidotes, or Total Life Forever in-between. But hopefully you've given all of last year's What Went Down a listen. If not, or if so and it's been a while, you'll really enjoy this perfect-for-Indian-summer, festival-feeling gem. If you're not in Austin right now, hope your weather is just as lovely as ours while you're listening (and watching bonus vid from an old Reading Festival). If you are here at ACL too, hope they play(ed) this for us!

Also note: Foals are recording an ACL Live set for PBS next week, and tickets may still be available.

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Kamaiyah - How Does It Feel

September 29, 2016 | Keith

It was me, Joey B and Cocaine James on the O
Same clique, same friends, never change on my folks
You know hot boys here got them thangs for the low
Wise, pull up straight, swings, switchin' lanes on a hoe
All this money in the world, it's a shame to go broke
Everybody got dreams, some just aimin' too low
If fame is the goal, we can't get along
I aim to be paid, I aim to be great
Every day, all day, young and swangin' my braids
Aw shit, pop champagne 'til it break
Aw quit, ball all ways 'til we came
'Til the grave we'll be rich, we were made to be this
Black and praised with a gift, that just can't be dismissed
Aw shit, it's Kamaiyah
Aw shit, please retire
Hot girl set the city on fire

With Austin City Limits being in town the next couple weeks, you can bet Kerri and I are going to be showcasing some of our favorites, and some hot new shit we've stumbled upon. The festival starts tomorrow, so I'd figured we could warm up with a fresh find of mine.

Kamaiyah's "How Does It Feel" was originally released sometime last year, and is one of a bunch of old school (think 80's) party rap anthems from her full length 2016 debut A Good Night in The Ghetto. You'll love it if you're into awesome retro-synths and 808 beats with clever and fun rhymes flowing along the top like icing on a really funky cake. Love it. No really, that's an order.

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Okkervil River - Unless It's Kicks

September 28, 2016 | Keith

What gives this mess some grace
Unless it's fictions
Unless it's licks, man
Unless it's lies or it's love

What breaks this heart the most
Is the ghost of some rock 'n' roll fan
Exploding up from the stands
With her heart opened up

And I wanna tell her, your love isn't lost
Say, my heart is still crossed
Scream, you're so wonderful
What a dream in the dark

About working so hard
About growing so stoned
Trying not to turn up
Trying not to believe in the light on your own
La, la, la, la, oh, oh, oh, oh

"Unless It's Kicks" is one of my favorite songs. I can still recall clearly seeing Okkervil River at The Gorge years ago, Will Sheff drunkenly belting lyrics into his microphone as if he were at a house party full of friends instead of a vast space full of festival goers. It's a great memory and I'm stoked to make some more tonight when we see them in their hometown and my current.

Good music will be flowing tonight at The Parish and I can't wait. For those who can't be there to bear witness, I give you today's Most Important Song. Turn it up and sing along!