To accompany your writing or just get the juices going, now that our submissions are (finally) open, we created the ultimate bittersweet playlist (… or almost) ! We could probably keep adding songs till infinity, but here are some more or less obvious ones that immediately came to our minds when we were contemplating the mood of this project.
Give it a listen below and comment / message us suggestions of your own!
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— adrianne lenker – sadness as a gift
Yes, we finally started creating our 2024 Highlights playlist ! 🙂
… songs for the current grief.
— Lowkey feat. Mai Khalil – Palestine Will Never Die
— Cairokee – Telk Qadeya, كايروكي – تلك قضية
We have added many songs to our 2023 Highlights playlist since our last #songoftheweek post! Check them all out here.
What’s your song of the week/month/year?
— Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music ft. Venna & Charlie Stacey
An incredible, title track of the album coming out today on Brownswood Recordings!
“What is jazz? Where did the word derive from? Birthed in New Orleans, born in the belly of the Mississippi River, rooted in the gumbo pot of the Caribbean, South American culture & African rituals. Continuing a lineage of Miles Davis, Rahssan Roland kirk, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong ~ music that is forever evolving & limitless in its potential. The groove, it’s feeling, the compositions, the spontaneity, with a love for family, the discipline & dedication in maintaining the very high bar set by the pantheon of Black Classical Musicians. Chasing the rhythm of drums that imitated one’s heartbeat, the melodies for the mind and spirit, the bass for the core. A Regal sound for this body of music.”
We have added many songs to our 2023 Highlights playlist since our last #songoftheweek post! Check them all out here.
What’s your song of the week/month/year?
— Ben Howard, Walking Backwards
Watch this lovely live performance of his new song from the album “Is It?”, released today via Island Records!
Some days I’m walking backwards Truth be told I don’t mind
What’s your song of the week/month/year?
— Blur, The Narcissist
Always great to hear new music from Blur. This is their first single from the new album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’, out in July!
I’m going to shine a light in your eyes You will probably shine it back on me But I won’t fall this time
What’s your song of the week/month/year?
— Lucinda Chua, An Ocean (from her album YIAN, 4AD, 2023)
The waves swallow me whole Tides carry me home Then it hit me Like an ocean, an ocean
What’s your song of the week/month/year?
#anniversaryoftheweek
— The White Stripes, Ball and Biscuit
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Jack and Meg White‘s brilliant and since cult album Elephant! Give it a listen 😉
What’s your favorite song on the album?
— Christine and the Queens – To be honest
Feeling kind of loveless Yet always ready to try
What’s your song of the week?
We’re always open for your music suggestions. Send them through our contact form or DM us on Instagram! 🙂
— U.S. Girls – Bless This Mess
Thank the sky for the deluge Forget your nightmares And the dreams that didn't come true You don't need no map When every road ends I heard from God and she said, "I bless this mess. Goddamn, yr doing yr best."
Ok, true, the song and the video were released months ago, but the album went live on 4AD a week ago, check it out here!
What’s your song of the week?
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