December 2010
39 posts
Meet a cute guy;
He turns out to be boring as hell;
See a really hot guy with a really great sense of style;
Oh wait , he’s gay;
Meet a nice sweet cute lovable humble guy;
He’s in love with some stuck up bitch;
So heres to you cupid;
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Liquid Summer
Diamond Messages
Diamond Messages // Liquid Summer
I love this track.
What used to be a duo known as Diamond Messages, has since been restored by Jason Craig. Now a solo effort, he just had a four-track EP titled Smoke & Mirrors, released via Spontaneous Rhythm. “Liquid Summer” is a slow and rhythmic beat, coupled with gentle chimes, fathering a sentimental aura emotion.
FINISHED WITH FINALS WEEK!!!!
Hang With Me
Robyn
Day 18: A song that you wish you heard on the radio
Robyn - “Hang With Me”When JT played me Body Talk Pt. 2, the middle EP from Robyn’s series this summer/fall, he said, “It’s like the music they play on Z100, but much better.”
Robyn (nee Carlsson) cut her teeth on bubblegum pop in the late ’90s under the tutelage of Max Martin (it’s apparently Max Martin Week on my blog); you might remember “Show Me Love,” but I prefer the “Candy”-soundalike “Do You Know (What It Takes).” But then something mysterious happened: she left her label, went away for a while, reinvented herself with an edgier electropop sound, and was suddenly stockpiling hipster cred. “Handle Me” (from 2005’s Robyn, which wasn’t released in the US until 2007) isn’t too different, musically, from her Max Martin days, but a subtle-but-sharp image shift and Eurotrash influences made all the difference.
By the time Body Talk Pt. 1 was released in June of this year, she was getting tons of attention from music tastemakers, particularly for the excellent single “Dancing on My Own,” which jangles along with a technoesque beat and ’80s instrumentation while still being carried by a pretty killer hook.
But I’ve always preferred “Hang With Me” to “Dancing,” though they are similar records. I think it’s a stronger vocal performance (though Robyn is always surprisingly capable in this department), and the hook is simply transcendent, especially with that chord change on the “if we agree” bit. The way the noodly synth line explodes with the cymbal crash, as the vocals soar above it, make this song something more than the kind of pop that Max Martin’s putting on the radio now.
After I heard this song for the first time, in JT’s minivan, I listened to it literally on repeat for days. That’s the sign of a good radio hit. Or, at least, it should be.
(30 Days)
