Sir Sly isn’t a household name. I honestly don’t know if I ran across them from radio station WXPN or some other way. But “&Run” is an earworm, and the vocals are absorbing.
Neko Case’s “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood” could be my favorite album of 2006. It brings back memories of working out with weights at the YMCA, and of vacationing with family in Montana. It’s an album that I had on heavy rotation for my personal listening for a long time.
I just discovered the song “Fun Destruction” by Teleman about half a year ago and it quickly became an earworm. I find it very reminiscent of Ultravox, not so much due to the music as the lyrics.
Sometimes harmonies make a song. In a lot of country music, that’s the case. And it is definitely the case in Miranda Lambert’s song “White Liar”.
The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
I know it’s unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous”
I know people like this. I bet you do too. What an opening line…
This song caught me by surprise a few years ago and it’s on a regular play list for me. Marshmello ft. Bastille built a song with a great hook, interesting lyrics and vocals that hit the spot. It’s a sad song with a lofty goal.
Sufjan Stevens generated one of the more creepy AND elegant songs of the 2000s with “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” from the Illinoise album.
“Goddamn right it’s a beautiful day.”
The first time I heard “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys was in the 2006 film “The Departed” (which is a great flick btw).
It may take some folks a while to appreciate Nelly Furtado’s voice on this song, it can come off a bit nasally. But she sings with a swagger (and dances the same in the video)