Music Monday: OH NINE-TEN-SEVENTEEN
A very Can-Con heavy playlist:
dvsn - P.O.V.
Pronounced like "division". They are a Toronto R&B duo, composed of Daniel Daley and Nineteen85. They are signed to OVO Sound, (aka Drake's label.)
Belly - Alcantara feat. Pusha T
A different sound for Belly. It features Pusha T.
Talib Kweli -Heads Up Eyes Open feat. Rick Ross & Yummy Bingham
Mr. Kweli spends many hours calling out racists on Twitter and still finds time to make music.
It's a banger.
Husser - Catherine
Let's take a trip to Montreal.
"Catherine" refers to rue St. Catherine in Montreal, the very heart of the city. Husser shot this himself on his iPhone.
Charlotte Cardin - Like It Doesn't Hurt (Feat. Husser)
More Montreal- a little older, but Montreal singer Charlotte Cardin teamed up with Husser. The video is gorgeous.
Dead Obies - Monnaie
Even more Montreal:
Un nouveau banger. It's hip hop in Joual. What more do you want?
Louis The Child - Right To It (feat. Ashe)
Future bass out of Chicago.
Curtis Harding - Need Your Love
Soul meets gospel- Harding calls it "slop' an' soul"
"I take the bits and pieces that I have, which in Southern culture they call 'slop' – that's what you give to pigs – and soul is what I grew up on, so that's the foundation."
Lizzo - Truth Hurts
This song is just amusing. I love it.
Bea Miller - To the Grave feat Mike Stud
Bea Miller has a very pretty voice and I've had her on this thing before.
Because it's all about baseball, Mike Stud is Marcus Stroman's buddy.
Kehlani-Honey
This girl is on the brink of being massive.
Antwon - What I Do (prod. by Kaytranada)
The beat on this thing. It's crispy and rigorous at the same time.
JON VINYL - Nostalgia
Toronto-based Are & Be.
You know he's new because if you google his name in Google Images you get pictures of Game of Thrones' Jon Snow Funko Pop! figurines. (Which I guess are made of vinyl.)
Moses Sumney - Lonely World
Songs are beautiful. And he's delightfully emo.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty was always around me when I was a kid. This song sticks out like a sore thumb. It's slinky and strange, with the sitar and the synthesizer. and when I was reading about Petty's influence, musicians brought this song up over and over again. The video, with it's Alice in Wonderland theme, just adds to it.
The Atlantic published a piece on it this week, outlining how it was put together.