29 November 2024 - d4vd - Feel It

David Anthony Burke is 19.  He is part of a generation that made YouTube videos and then got copyright strikes, so his mom suggested he make his own music.

Well, that worked.  He's made a style of music that is a combination of funk and.... anime?  Yeah.  Let's go with that.  This song was written for the Amazon Prime animated series Invincible, of which he was already a fan.   For a song written for a streaming platform animated series, it is heartfelt and earnest - and makes me want to watch the show. 

It is very much a love song, and a beautiful one at that. 

d4vd will be performing at Coachella next year, and if this performance is any indication, he's going to be great.

28 November 2024 - Japanese Breakfast - The Ballad of the Witches' Road (Pop Version)

Happy Thanksgiving, Americans!

Japanese Breakfast, who will be featured at Coachella, are from Philadelphia.   They are so named because vocalist and primary songwriter (and bestselling author) Michelle Zauner thought a Japanese breakfast would be exotic to Americans.

She probably had a point.

This song was not written by Michelle Zauner. It was written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez, probably best known for writing the music for Frozen and Frozen II.  Disney had them write this central song for the television show Agatha All Along, now playing on Disney+ (YOU SHOULD GO WATCH THAT!). 

Did this song make Japanese Breakfast a household name? No.  Did it give them a bigger audience?  Well, they're playing Coachella next year, aren't they?  (They also played it in 2018 and 2022, so, probably a bad example....)

27 November 2024 - horsegiirL - eat, sleep, slay, 🔁

This is definitely the first time we've used an emoji as part of a title.

So, let's talk about horsegiirL, the German DJ and singer who will be appearing on day 2 of Coachella next year - and whose identity is unknown because, and this is real, she hides it behind a horse mask.  She also leans HARD into that horse theme - even going by a "real name" of Stella Stallion.  In this song, she sings about how hay is what she likes.   

This is one of the weirdest songs we've ever posted.   This is from a blog that posted a song about what a fox says.  But still, it's a damned catchy tune. 

26 November 2024 - Moon Boots feat. Cherry Glazerr - Come Back Around

There is a meme going around - to paraphase - "your real age is 70 minus the number of bands in the Coachella lineup you recognize."

I admit it.  It's a challenge.

Most of my friends are in their upper 50s at best.

I'm 41.  And that seemed high for me - I mean, I do this blog. So I wanted to make myself younger, and also do the same for you.

Moon Boots is a DJ - the stage name of Peter Dougherty.  He will be appearing on Day 1 of Coachella next year.  He is the guy in the video.  TECHNICALLY, Cherry Glazerr is a band, but 1) their/her YouTube channel very much refers to "her", not them, which is in contrast to the Wikipedia entry for Cherry Glazerr and 2) that's absolutely Clementine Creevy singing and appearing in this video, so....  yeah, I'm not sure.  I really need to dive deeper into Cherry Glazerr, but for now, I didn't see her/them in the Coachella lineup (but yeah, she/they have been there before).

Anyway, Moon Boots is a great DJ and an awesome producer, and you should know him.  This song is an electronic/garage pop merger that genuinely works.