Welcome to 4th Weekly Installment of Sunday Spotlights on the Sounds and Sights. Ah, alliteration, I love thee. This week we find ourselves exploring the highs and lows as life as club kid—or at the very least, existence as an intrepid music blogger. This week, I found out that one of my exes is getting married, while I haven’t been on a date in longer than I count on one hand in years.
Which is fine, because I’m a man of adventure, and there is nothing I love more than going to an indie show and throwing myself to the wind in search of rambunctious, rockstar times with the artists themselves or random people I meet. I mean, that’s how I ended up attending a concert in Seattle and through a series of split decisions, spent three days in the Mojave on a ‘spirit search’. Restricted bedtimes demanded by another be damned, the phrases: “Where Are You?” and “Why Aren’t You Home?” aren’t in my lexicon.
But that also got me thinking about both the exhilaration and pitfalls of being a club kid. Which is where this playlist comes in. From ‘feeling the power in someone’s soul to make you lose control’ to ‘getting weak in the knees’ by a charismatic dancer on the floor, to overdoses and trying to clear your mind of the dominating presence of your lover for the night–this playlist tries to cover it all. So, if you revel in the impermanence of human touch, you’ll love this our Spotlights this week.
Number of Countries Featured:
5: USA; Portugal, Trinidad & Tobago; France
Become an Indie Music Trivia Nerd:
- Ryan Hemsworth’s track features samples from Final Fantasy 6 (way back on SNES). Fellow Gaming Nerds, Rejoice!
- Kids of the Apocalypse are a music collective with members scattered all across the world. Currently, their identities are unknown, but their website pings back to a Catalonia based music blog. Check out their high concept music video as well.
- We recently featured Rone’s video for Bye Bye Macadam, which was created by the insanely talented, Creators Project. You’ve probably seen their work before, notably M83’s recent spate of videos.
- Until the Ribbon Breaks recently re-released this track on Youtube, featuring a verse at the second unique(!) drop by Mr. MfN exQuire.
Did you want to discover it first? (Songs with <1000 plays):
Professor Professor, “Cold Steps” and Story of the Running Wolf, “Stratospheric”
My Favorite Song of the Week?
Gigamesh’s, “Don’t Stop” (Version 2.0)
As always, feel free to send tips for tracks to my Soundcloud
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