This Week's Picks: 9/18-9/25

HELLO EVERYONE!

I’d like to start this post by thanking Bastille and Local Natives for blessing my ears with their new records and fueling me through this week. I am OBSESSED! I will keep my ranting short and say I have included my favorite track from each album on this week’s playlist. I hope you enjoy and decide to check the albums out in full if you haven’t already. (Wild World - Bastille, Sunlit Youth - Local Natives)

I know we’ve previously shared the singles from Young The Giant’s recent LP release, Home of the Strange and I am so thrilled to share another! Please forgive me for not saying it sooner, this album is a MASTERPIECE. In my personal opinion, it may be the best album released this year! My dear friend, Christina Casillo beautifully describes the album (way better than I can) in the current issue of Pop To It. Check it out here: https://issuu.com/poptoitmag/docs/poptoit2digital

Though Rostam Batmanglij left Vampire Weekend and hurt me a little — I am incredibly happy he is still creating music and pursuing other projects. I have never been disappointed in a piece of music he has created or collaborated on. He has recently been working alongside former Walkmen frontman, Hamilton Leithauser. This past Monday, the duo performed their single, "A 1000 Times” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Out of their 3 current single releases, “A 1000 Times” is definitely my favorite.

Enjoy this assortment of new and old songs, tell me your favorites, share new tunes with us, etc!! We can’t wait to be back in the studio. SOON-ISH!

-Rebecca

This Week's Picks: 9/1-9/8

Happy September! For those of you who started school this week like we did, I hope it’s going well! For those of you who start next week, I am extremely jealous! I know it’s going to be a busy semester full of work and studying, which calls for some killer studying playlists!! 

When you think about alternative music, there are so many different sub-genres that also fall under the category. If you go onto iTunes and look up the Top 100 chart for alternative songs, you will find all different types of bands. For this reason, I decided to add a song to this week’s playlist that I typically wouldn’t. The song is called “The Weekend” by Modern Baseball. They fall under the Alternative genre, but are a little more pop-punk. I’m going to be seeing them in November with The Front Bottoms and Brand New, and I can’t wait! This song is a little older, but I can’t get enough of it! The title is appropriate for the one thing that cannot come faster after the first week of classes, the weekend. 

I’m all for sharing music with my friends, and love it when we just spend the night swapping songs and making recommendations about what we think the other should listen to. On a beach trip last weekend, my friend put on the song “Lost It” by Circa Waves and I loved it! I was a fan of their song “T-Shirt Weather” that was getting a lot of play on the radio last summer. I’m looking forward to listening to the rest of the album and finding another favorite!

Enjoy your long weekend!!

Diana