ON REPEAT: Sweeping Promises, Maara, Land of the Loops, Frank Medley, DJ Worm, Sadesper Record, Naomi Elizabeth, Quiet Light, Chanpan
the first thing that you have to do is oooOOOoooOOOOhh
Hello all! First, I gotta plug. One week from today, 7:30pm at the Lyric Hyperion in Los Angeles, my classic show THE LETHAL LOTTERY returns, where I pair up comedians to perform together and compete against other teams. It’s always a crazy night of comedy and we’ve gathered the funniest people to do it.
This time, I’m hosting alongside the great Nick Naney who suggested we bring it back, and we’re featuring four newly created comedy duos performing ONE NIGHT ONLY in a competition. See the following teams first and last performances:
Jon Daly and Haley Stiel
Max and Nicky Weinbach and Jessy Morner-Ritt
Victoria Pandeirada and Brianna Ahlmark
Martin Urbano and Allen Strickland Williams
More info and tickets here: https://partiful.com/e/9nUvPOcbSC238k3Z3cBH
Ok, now onto the songs:
Sweeping Promises “Shooting Shadows”
The best in the game is back with a ripper. This band is the best and they’re total sweethearts and got me to consider, “hey maybe I should move to Lawrence, Kansas—shit seems cool there” for a moment. They’ve brought in their live drummer and it makes a big difference to how raw they sound.
Ever hear about how Harry Nilsson fucked up his voice forever screaming at John Lennon? I feel like that’s going to happen to singer Lira Mondal after doing this on tour (which is fine if it sounds as good as this). I hope there’s a throatcoat tea plan or something like that. That “AGHHHHH” at 2:17 sounds like Henry Rollins at the beginning of “DO IT.”
Naomi Elizabeth “Smooth Like Power Steering”
I’ve been pacing myself on Naomi Elizabeth after recently discovering her. Last night on a long walk in the evening, I put on this song and once she starts going, “the first thing that you have to do is oooOOOoooOOOOhh” I started laughing out loud.
I posted “God Sent Me Hear To Rock You,” a song I’ve just discovered and thought was new (it was just re-added to YouTube and only had a few hundred views). I quickly became obsessed with the song (hot like the tropics, hot like the tropics) and my friend Sally informed me of some of the Naomi Elizabeth lore as a longtime follower from the Tumblr days. The scoop: not convinced it’s Naomi singing, and questioned if it was actually Amber Coffman singing. (I know for a fact some of you reading this know her, please ask for me). I wanted to enjoy the song without all the baggage at first but now I’m fully in.
The lore is still mysterious once you dig into it. She started to pop off when Grimes shared a post about her, saying, “she’s impossible to find which makes me more obsessed with her” and clearly inspired her in some ways. Her only contact was a voicemail (like Bill Murray) and a link to taquitos.net to get in touch. This Dazed article sums it up perfectly:
There’s something off, but you can’t explain what – unlike, for example, Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”, there are no contextual clues as to what emotions your brain should be switching to.
Frank Medley “First of All'“
Featuring Frank Medley again, who is not the rapper in the video—that’s Remtrex and this is the original. Frank is the remixer who takes grime freestyles like this and adds these jazzy, mellow sounds that completely reinvent them. I can’t get enough.
Horse Vision “You Could Have It”
This song from Stockholm’s Horse Vision is fine until 1:10 when it becomes that good shit.
Chanpan “Buzzin”
There’s a lot to say about this but I don’t have time for all that. I’m gonna name a new genre and it’s called HORNYBEAT and that’s what this is. I’ve been getting a lot of HORNYBEAT stuff getting presented to me and I don’t really know how to feel about it when I’m not hornymode, like I’m usually listening to this on a run or something. Anyways, HORNYBEAT mix cumming soon. (I’m sorry)
Maara “I’m The One You Want”
While Maara Sellem-Gagnon from Montreal is maybe more known for Y2Kresponsible for this chill trip-hop track. Is it just me or does the beginning of this track sound like the beginning of “Hip-Hop” by Dead Prez? Also, is this HORNYBEAT?
Sophia Stel “I’ll Take It”
If I lived in a building with a gym it would all be different.
Sadesper Record “Siesta”
Sadesper Record was a 2001 collaboration from NARASAKI, who was the creative force behind a space-shoegaze metal band called Coaltar of the Deepers, and NARASAKI, an electronic musician and former drummer of hardcore punk band Melt-Banana. This song was created for the film U.F.O. by Yu-ichi Sukigara, which is featured in the video. It’s a cool confluence of influences and sounds all coming together.
Quiet Light “postinternetfame”
A newer track from Austin’s Quiet Light, aka med school student Riya Mahesh who is blowing up. I’m not deeply familiar with her catalog but the new stuff seems to be adding vocals to what I’m at least familiar with and have featured here, which were mostly instrumentals. She says her music is the result of trying to "Charli XCX a Gillian Welch."
DJ Worm “No Room / BD 4 Ever”
Self-explanatory
THE GOLD STANDARD
Land of the Loops “Multi-Family Garage Sale (Bargain-Bin Mix)”
I was using this song to help promote the Best Show Garage Sale which was nice and I got to meet some nice people. Then it got stuck in my head and now it’s back on loop. This song is not HORNYBEAT because it includes lines about not having sex.