Best summer in forever. Crazy warm daze trying to stay out of the sun. Fans and sunshades sold out in the whole country. Mayby not the best conditions for music hunting. Not for me at least, since I do most of my tune chasing indoors. Managed to come up with 100 sensational tracks nevertheless. August 2018
Sink your teeth into this musical bliss with acts like;
Blood Orange. HONNE, Capital Cities, Ariana Grande, Still Corners, Death From Above 1979, Troye Sivan, Death Cab For Cutie, WhoMadeWho, Tunng, Family Of TheYear, LANY, Mitski, Cullen Omori, Observer Drift, Hilang Child, Midlake, Tor Miller, Wilderado, Miles Kane, Ben Khan, Jane’s Party, Iron & Wine, PD Liddle, Austin Lucas, Kitten, Cayucas, NIGHT FLIGHT, L. Martin, Twin Peaks, Amos Lee, The Heartbeat Band, Conner Youngblood, Ruby Empress, Ben Browning, IAMX, Fine Points, Swim Good Now, Villagers, D.A. Stern, Gold Star, Cornelia Murr, Dusted, Dictaphone Blues, White Denim, Drew Beskin, Jan And Naomi, Triptides, Bird Streets, Van El, Joel Henry Little, Ljus, Danny Saucedo, Miljon, and Johan Heltne.
Here are my absolute favorites this month.
I absolutely adore;
1. Wild Nothing – Letting go
I absolutely praise
2. John Grant – Love is magic
I absolutely would cut off my left foot pinky if having written:
3. Michael Nau – On ice
I absolutely cry to:
4. The Paper Kites – On the train ride home
Absolutely independent pop
5. Mating Ritual – Low light
I absolutely rrrrrrespect
6. Nicki Minaj – Ganja burns
I absolutely think Reuben kicks Editors and White Lies asses
7. Reuben And The Dark – Dreaming
Absolutely the best and most joyful thing to come out of Russia, alongside vodka.
8. Pompeya – Fire in my heart
I absolutely wouldn’t be who I am without their debut Inside in / inside out
9. The Kooks – No pressure
Absolutely Interpol!
10. Interpol – If you really love nothing
So thats all folks! Roughly a 100 tracks from August. Enjoy! August 2018