article #MusicMonday Review - December 2023 in Community Blog

article #MusicMonday Review - December 2023 in Community Blog https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-December-2023/ba-p/5785411 <P class="lia-align-justify"><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/bg-p/spotifyct/label-name/musicmonday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#MusicMonday</A> <EM>is the hashtag I've been using for quite a while to share music recommendations from up-and-coming artists. Always fresh, and always different, trying to look for trends before they become one. You can check</EM> <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-November-2023/ba-p/5680471" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">This is it. The end of 2023. Twelve months of new music, and new horizons from all over the world. Give it one last listen, with a word from the artists themselves. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P> </P> <DIV><STRONG>The Height – One to Another</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="TheHeight.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/167406iB1801B08893019B2/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="TheHeight.jpg" alt="TheHeight.jpg" /></span> <P> </P> <EM>And he sits on his own some days</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM>but everyone know the games he plays</EM></DIV> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class=""><SPAN class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf ocv3nf92 b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas f5mw3jnl ib8x7mpr k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6">Our last trip of the year begins in the City of Salford, England, with a teenage Indie trio expressing what being an outsider, and not fitting in, may sound like:</SPAN><BR /></SPAN></P> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> </DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"I was just listening to a lot of The Charlatans, Supergrass and then I ended up writing this one!"</P> </DIV> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:1Xwg5idbqoWC9GuBbbfuKS:small" target="_self">spotify:track:1Xwg5idbqoWC9GuBbbfuKS:small</A></P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>The New Cut – From the Overpass</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="TheNewCut.jpg" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/167407iB3320A9C3E0D8FDA/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="TheNewCut.jpg" alt="TheNewCut.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>Who d'you wanna be tonight?</EM><BR /><EM>Maybe they'd like the guy with the mask</EM><BR /><EM>The view looks good tonight</EM><BR /><EM>I can see my house</EM><BR /><EM>From the overpass</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Better re-run T-Shirt</EM><BR /><EM>and I can see some so me first</EM><BR /><EM>I'm a bird I'm all set in</EM><BR /><EM>two words I'm indebted</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">We move south to Bristol, still in England, for a Lo Fi Post Punk track about the struggles of making ends meet. You take yours and I'll take mine:</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"I think thematically the track represents the complexities of modern life in their simplest forms and how overwhelming that can be.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">We were moving to Totterdown at the time and I had a lot of experiences relating to what it’s like being a student in the city. I was living as cheaply as possible and dealing with a lot of physical and mental illness that put me out of work. Orange juice seemed expensive at the time and the idea of spending money at a cafe seemed untouchable in that moment.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">The pre chorus for me represents an idolized view of life - usually brought about by social media, usually Americanized in my experience as well.</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">The overpass is in someways a metaphor for taking the time to step back and see these complexities from a distance. The man made structure of an overpass creates this idea of having to step away from modern humanity whilst using the inescapable foundations of modern life at the same time."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:713k6gOcdUgCvJmbThwnW1:small" target="_self">spotify:track:713k6gOcdUgCvJmbThwnW1:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <STRONG>Fede Scaglioni – Luna y estrellas</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="FedeScaglioni.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/167408iA3483955C8A204AC/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="FedeScaglioni.jpg" alt="FedeScaglioni.jpg" /></span></EM><EM>Sus ojos verdes como el mar</EM><BR /><EM>Y se reía sin parar</EM><BR /><EM>Y yo loco por ella</EM></P> <P><BR /><EM>Cada momento sigue ahí</EM><BR /><EM>Y en cada luna vuelve a mi</EM><BR /><EM>Y aún la veo brillar</EM><BR /><BR /></P> <P><EM>El mismo cielo sigue ahí</EM><BR /><EM>Llega la brisa de ese Abril</EM><BR /><EM>Que compartí con ella</EM></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1bwzh9t r-4qtqp9 r-poiln3 r-1b7u577 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-testid="UserLocation"><SPAN class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">From Montevideo, Uruguay, we get a Latin Pop love song where the moon, the stars, and time leave marks on your skin so you'll never forget:<BR /></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The inspiration came along one night I was let new ideas flow and out of the sudden I came across with the returning to stages of <EM>Tan Bionica</EM>. That notice sparked my inspiration and I found myself merging with the spirit to write a romantic and nostalgic song.</P> <P> </P> <P>Chano and <EM>Tan Bionica</EM>’s music has been always around and in some way that energy influenced me to come up with this pop/rock song. Many people told me that it has Beatles and Oasis influences, and to be honest, who is not touched by those great bands that live inside us?"</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:0UzmLNxZWlWhEZH6fJlIgO:small" target="_self">spotify:track:0UzmLNxZWlWhEZH6fJlIgO:small</A>  </P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Virgin Mary Disco – For Free </STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="VirginMaryDisco.jpg" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/167409iEEBD1792189D12D4/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="VirginMaryDisco.jpg" alt="VirginMaryDisco.jpg" /></span>They tell you to talk, but nobody listens</EM><BR /><EM>They want your thoughts, but not your condition</EM><BR /><EM>You work so hard it’s only your nature</EM><BR /><EM>Breaking your back, they gonna make sure</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Sell all your time, and sleep through the weekend</EM><BR /><EM>He’s making his dime while your body weakens</EM><BR /><EM>When you work for him business is pleasure</EM><BR /><EM>Family’s first, and labor is leisure</EM></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify">We fly now to Melbourne, Australia for a little bit of Garage Rock about progress in the modern world. Keep your head down, ain't nothing for free: <P> </P> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The song is about the experience of employment in the modern workplace and capitalism. The lyrics for <EM>For Free</EM> came from my own mishearing of the song <EM>Making Flippy Floppy</EM> by <EM>Talking Heads</EM>. When Byrne sings ‘Business and pleasure, lie right to your face’, I always heard ‘Business IS pleasure’, a contradiction I could identify with, and the lyrics grew from there.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Many companies today present themselves as supportive, community environments (some may even be genuine in their pursuit), but at the end of the day they continue to thrive on a system based on the extraction of cheap resources and cheap labour, leaving us to pay the true cost of their greed."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:5FEBuZs2s63HfVb5BVbEGQ:small" target="_self">spotify:track:5FEBuZs2s63HfVb5BVbEGQ:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>Oh Romance – Kiss & Tell</STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="OhRomance.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/167505i5B5997C514257CE6/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="OhRomance.jpg" alt="OhRomance.jpg" /></span>Think you’ve got problems well look at mine</EM><BR /><EM>You’re always runnin’ circles at the back of my mind</EM><BR /><EM>Do what it takes to get close to you</EM><BR /><EM>Do what it takes, I’ll give in to you</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Never thought we’d make it anyway</EM><BR /><EM>I was never one for makin’ mistakes</EM><BR /><EM>Never thought we’d make it anyway</EM><BR /><EM>I was never one to</EM></P> <P><EM>Kiss and Tell<BR /></EM></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify">Our last stop of the year will be Glasgow, <SPAN class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-4qtqp9 r-1b7u577" data-testid="UserLocation"><SPAN class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">Scotland</SPAN></SPAN> for an Alt Rock track about not telling details of private matters, don't you agree?<BR /> <DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The hook was created at a practice session, and it just stuck! The actual meaning of the song is always up for interpretation. Music is an art, and just like any piece of art, I like to hear what people take away from it, what they think the song is about or what it means to them.</P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Kiss & Tell</EM> could be about lost love, it could be about a past relationship gone sour. It is whatever the listener wants it to be, I think!"</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:3b2KIb7Hm6ryL9Z5yTEidG:small" target="_self">spotify:track:3b2KIb7Hm6ryL9Z5yTEidG:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>#MusicMonday 2023</STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P>That's a wrap! We say goodbye to 2023 with this year's compilation. 101 titles from original artists covering all types of genres, representing the multiple trends independent artists are proud to establish. Have a listen:</P> <P> </P> <P><A title="spotify:playlist:7JlNmwr0gdevuKh5l2qpOZ" href="spotify:playlist:7JlNmwr0gdevuKh5l2qpOZ" target="_self">spotify:playlist:7JlNmwr0gdevuKh5l2qpOZ</A></P> <P> </P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <P><STRONG><SPAN>Preview 2024 and much more on the</SPAN> complete Playlist</STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P" target="_self">spotify:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P</A></P> <P> </P> <P>See you next month!</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:58:55 GMT osornios 2024-01-09T16:58:55Z #MusicMonday Review - December 2023 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-December-2023/ba-p/5785411 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="6.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/153891iCB128A2A0A818D09/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="6.png" alt="6.png" /></span></P> Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:58:55 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-December-2023/ba-p/5785411 osornios 2024-01-09T16:58:55Z Re: #MusicMonday Review - December 2023 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-December-2023/bc-p/5836698#M23912 <P>Thanks for Sharing. Thanks buddy.</P> Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:34:36 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-December-2023/bc-p/5836698#M23912 KevinAsutton 2024-01-24T17:34:36Z