Christine and the Queens - Tilted

I'll die way before Methuselah
So I'll fight sleep with ammonia
And every morning, with eyes all red
I'll miss them for all the tears they shed

But I'm actually good
Can't help it if we're tilted
I'm actually good
Can't help it if we

The other day I featured a band with a singular name, today it's a solo artist with a band moniker. Héloïse Letissier is a French singer and electronic music producer. She was picked as one of the 100 Women of 2016 by the BBC, and performed this song for the Christmas special edition of Top of the Pops. "Tilted" was originally written in French and released in 2014 under the title "Christine" and I dig both versions. 

RIYL: Charlie XCX, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou

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Sia (feat. Miguel & Queen Latifah) - Satisfied (Hamilton Mixtape)

I remember that night, I just might
Regret that night for the rest of my days

I remember those soldier boys
Tripping over themselves to win our praise

I remember that dreamlike candlelight
Like a dream that you can’t quite place

But Alexander, I’ll never forget the first
Time I saw your face

I have never been the same
Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame
And when you said “Hi,” I forgot my dang name
Set my heart aflame, ev’ry part aflame

Perhaps this is too little, too late (or, as a show-tune, doesn't belong?) but I'm honey-badgering a Hamilton hit for my Most Important Song today. Confession: I have not seen Hamilton and only listened to a few minutes of a few tracks from the Original Broadway Soundtrack. What I have heard only reinforces to me that Sia's voice does amazing things to the words Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote. This is fun with history, folks! 

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Wavves - Way Too Much

This conversation's getting boring
I've given up and now I'm on the ground
Way too much

We're going to the beach this weekend. The Mexican beach in Puerto Vallarta! Woot. Anyway, to get geared up for that, and because it's been cold AF here, and because I've been sick AF, I've decided to pull out some summer-style tunes. San Diego-based Wavves fits the bill perfectly with their lo-fi approach to feel-good rock. "Way Too Much" is on my short of list of songs that get me smiling right away. Feeling the winter? Give it a listen and see if it doesn't help brighten up your life too.

RIYL: Cloud Nothings, Surfer Blood, Best Coast, Japandroids, JEFF The Brotherhood

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Portugal. The Man - Noise Pollution

Hello, I'm introducing
Live leak the revolution
Go stream it now on demand
New world distribution
Let's make low resolutions
Let's reverse evolution
Let's leave behind this dry land
Crawl back to the ocean

Act like you're over it, still be upset
Naturally gifted or losing it
Act like you're over it, still be upset
Naturally gifted, down for heavy lifting

I know my rights, je t'aime Paris
Live or die like c'est la vie
With my fist in the air, "Je suis Charlie"
Can't ya see I'm feeling magnifique?

Hailing from Wasilla, Alaska, Portugal. The Man is an ever-evolving alt rock group (now based in Portland, Oregon) that is neither Portuguese nor a singular man. This song of slight despair but greater solidarity came out recently, a bit early, along with this statement from the band: "Not to be dramatic and shit, but there’s a flood of noise right now that feels like it might drown us all. And it’s harder and harder to tell what’s fact, what’s opinion, and what’s just straight up bullshit. We’re not able to make sense of it, much less tell you how to make sense of it. Thank God there’s music for that. We’ve been working on a new record with your boy Michael Diamond for awhile... Seemed like the right time to show this to you. We’re in this together."

RIYL: Cage the Elephant, Local Natives, Cold War Kids

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Run The Jewels - Hey Kids (Bumaye)

Say hello to the masters, on behalf of the classless masses
We showed up, ski masks, picks, and axes to murder asses
Lift up our glasses and watch your palaces burn to ashes
Fucking fascists, who the fuck are you to give fifty lashes?
All 'cause I'm motivated, stimulated, never smoking simulated happy and burning hashes
Killer, killer, dealing with him like he's a squealer
Get 'em, got 'em, shout 'em, and flipped the matress
Woo! I'm the man, bitch, got big ideas, got plans to rob
Any Rothschild living, Bill Gates, and the ghost of Jobs
Yeah I said it, I meant it, I ain't flinch'n, Marshawn Lynch'n it
Run through a motherfucker's face like ig'nant, isn't it
Domain eminent, we the pre-eminant
Villainous willingness, spitting this ready raw rap shit rhyme ridiculous
Enemy grave, he digging it, then we piss in it
Us go to hell, we been in it, getting it, yeah

New RTJ dropped on Christmas. It's dope and pretty much what you'd expect from them: fresh, deep, dark and creative beats, wicked production, complex rhymes and a lot of irreverent attitude. Oh and a Marshawn Lynch reference on today's Most Important. Go Seahawks!

RIYL: MF Doom, Deltron 3030, Earl Sweatshirt, Cannibal Ox, Madvillan

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