With a a caramel smooth voice, which goes together so well with the undeniable rhythm in this soulful song from the American R&B, soul and funk singer, songwriter and record producer The Mighty Hannibal. This was sampled in John Legend’s song “Who … Continued
This song is about a lover realizing that meeting their partner started their life anew. It’s melody is so infectious that it seems like it has existed for an eternity already. Bright Eyes: https://www.last.fm/music/Bright+Eyes
Raucous, upbeat, power-pop influenced, straight-to-the-point jam. The playing on the track was inspired by old Kiss records. The Dandy Warhols: https://www.dandywarhols.com
Their ’70s punk-pop sound, which includes a hint of The Ramones, a dash of The Go-Gos and a pinch of Sum 41, makes you wish you were partying with The Donnas. The Donnas: https://www.youtube.com/user/thedonnastv
High energy rock and pop brought to you by pint sized rockers. This song rocks on its own, but the fact that these kids were still in middle school when they wrote and recorded it is mind blowing. The Verbing … Continued
These Australian hedonists stick to basics – a Motown swing beat, Iggy-style yowling, and the bluntest rhymes in rock history – and welded them together into the strip-club standard of the decade. Jet: https://www.last.fm/music/Jet
JoCo’s commentary on suburban life. It tells the story of a depressing middle class family as they slink deeper and deeper into the soulless, unsatisfying existence of their bland, suburban lifestyle. Jonathon Coulton: https://www.jonathancoulton.com
Relies on the self-deprecating humor of frontman Jimmy Pop inserting mid-90’s rap slang in between a veritable web of 80’s pop culture references long before it was hip to make 80’s pop culture references. His intended effect is to make … Continued
Channels the style of Ennio Morricone to beautiful, chilling effect, with the sounds of a man-with-no-name walking into town as thunder rages in the distance and the church bell chimes behind a Spaghetti Western-tuned guitar and orchestral drum beat. This … Continued
Stapleton takes back the mournful “Whiskey and You” from Tim McGraw in a version that really feels like a bitter hangover. Chris Stapleton: https://www.chrisstapleton.com