Closing out this week of quick hits is a track from the new Haim album, Women in Music, Part III. I didn’t even realize the Haim sisters had released a new album until I stumbled across this cut last week.
I’ve since listened to the whole album a few times and I’m loving it. It’s their best work so far. Just check out the sultry groove of today’s SOTD… the whole album has this vibe.
It’s been almost three years since the sad passing of rock legend Tom Petty. And it’s been 26 years since the release of his solo album Wildflowers, perhaps the best work of the man’s storied career.
Petty’s family plans to release a retrospective collection, perhaps as soon as this year, celebrating that great album. The release will include demos and early recordings pulled from the Wildflowers sessions.
I last featured a Blackpink song on April Fool’s Day in 2018, when I teased that I would write about only K-Pop for the rest of that year.
They were a big deal then, though unknown to me. They’re a much bigger deal now. In fact, in 2019 they beat One Direction to hold the record for the most YouTube subscribers. And their latest video set a record as the most-viewed debut ever, reaching more than 86 million views over its first 24 hours. For context, Taylor Swift set the same record three years ago with ‘Look What You Made Me Do,’ with fewer than half as many views.
Always nice to hear new music from Ben Folds, whose last album (a half-instrumental collaboration with chamber ensemble yMusic) came out five years ago, and whose last traditional album was released five years before that.
Folds’ new song, ‘2020,’ was inspired (if that’s the right word) by the crazy combination of disasters visited upon the United States this year. Here’s hoping he has more new material on the way.
I’m off for a week with my family, vacationing in the mountains of North Carolina. While traveling during the coronavirus pandemic isn’t advised, I think we’re actually safer outside of my home state of Florida, where cases are skyrocketing and the idiot governor has his head in the sand.
This week I’ll feature five new releases from a wide range of artists, offering just a few words about each.
Meet Me In Montauk 