I get a lot of music submissions every week, and I’m grateful that bands and artists are seeing out my opinion (and the little exposure that provides). I really like listening to everything and getting to know the bands that send me stuff. One thing I don’t really dig is reviewing singles. I’ve mentioned this before, but anyone can strike gold once. I want to hear you over a full album. Tell me a story, not just the punchline, ya know?
So, with that in mind, here are a bunch of single songs that have been sent to me in the past couple weeks that I like, but won’t be reviewing. I’ve also included a couple tracks from records that I haven’t had a chance to review, but think they’re worth checking out. Here we go…
Foreign Talks-“The Spell”
Pony Boy-“Trouble”
Sir Sly-“Gold”
The All-About-“Whatever, Happy Birthday”
Moritat-“I Forgot To Kiss Her”
The Bynars-“All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun Tonight”
Comfort-“Walking/Running”
Dreadknot-“Bitter Bones”
Dear Stars-“Hero In Our Eyes”
The Features-“With Every Beat”
Talib Kweli feat Busta Rhymes-“Rocket Ships”