11 July 2016 - Kelly Willis - Fist City

I saw Kelly Willis live in 1991.  She did this song live.  I was there with my mother because no one else wanted to go see a country act with me.

My mother recognized the song first.  I was so ashamed.  But I got over it.  Because damn, it was brilliant.

9 July - Elle King - The Weight

This is a song that's supposed to be simple and heartfelt.

Good thing Elle King knows that.  Because she nailed it.

14 June 2016 - Tove Lo - Elastic Heart

Frequent readers of Wicked Guilty Pleasures will recall that I am a huge Tove Lo fan.  She is a brilliant songwriter in her own right, but with all her electronica, she doesn't get her due as a talented performer and vocalist.  Which she is.

So, singing a song by Sia (someone else who only goes by a part of her name professionally) is a great way to do that.  So here you go.

28 January 2016 - FKA Twigs - Elastic Heart

Let's just address the 500 pound gorilla in the room right now: after being gone AGAIN for so long, why choose such a fringe artist doing such a populist song?

Because it's amazing, and so is she. FKA Twigs needs to get more attention for her music and less for dating Cedric Diggory (because we refuse to mention that glittery vampire), and we hope our little blog can help with that.

Plus, we missed you.  So there's that.

 

3 June 2015 - Bastille - Blue Jeans

I don't often post for my kids.

But Juliana, my 14-year-old daughter, requested that I post some Bastille.  So here it is.  Here is Bastille, covering Lana Del Rey.  And really, although I am generally not a big fan of Bastille, I have to admit, this is a really good cover.

21 April 2015 - Body Count - Institutionalized

It's not a faithful cover, lyrically.   But Ice-T does a great job capturing the spirit of Suicidal Tendencies, translating it into adulthood.   It might even be JUST A LITTLE ANGRIER than the original......

30 March 2015 - Tyler Ward & Lindsey Stirling - Thrift Shop

I admit it.

I've been looking for an excuse to post the very talented violinist Lindsey Stirling for weeks.  I really had no reason to include Tyler Ward, who does hold up the swagger of Macklemore very well.... I mean, he's really talented, and does have his own album out.

....but I'm all about the hip hop violin here.  That's what steals the show.  And I chose this song because it's not a song where you would expect violin to work well....... and yet it does.