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NO18 | Rolling Stone | July 2019
The Mix
MYLIST
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music- Kota the Friend
feat. Saba
“Solar Return”
A subtle, deeply moving
meditation on the
struggles of fatherhood
from the perspective of a
rapper on the verge: “My
son don’t even like me
going to the store/He be
thinking it’s another tour,”
Kota raps over a softly
gorgeous guitar-piano
groove that feels like a
pillow for his weary mind. - Jarv Is...
“Must I Evolve”
Brit-pop wit Jarvis Cocker
drops a sardonic distress
call from a guy left behind
by life, love and history it-
self. “Dragging my knuck-
les/Listening to Frankie
Knuckles,” he groans. But
if the song’s psych-rock
roar is any indication, this
Neanderthal is not going
out without a fight.
guitars and shy-eyed
whimsy of this standout
from her great new LP,
Keepsake.- Mattiel
“Je Ne Me Connais Pas”
These Georgia garage
rockers, fronted by belter
Mattiel Brown, kick up a
Southern-fried fuss; she
sings in the voice of a
“Lone Star Man” who gets
booted off his high horse.
It’s a fun takedown of
toxic masculinity. - Tyler,
the Creator
“Are We Still Friends?”
What ever happened to
Tyler the diabolical hip-
hop troll? This highlight
from his new Igor is a
genuine love ballad, right
down to its elegantly
turned Al Green sample.
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PLAYLIST
OUR FAVORITE SONGS
AND VIDEOS RIGHT
NOWMYLIST
The Sugar Ray frontman
just finished recording
the group’s first album
in 10 years. The working
title is “Little Yachty.”FIVE SONGS
THAT MAKE
ME CRY
THE BEACH BOYS
“God Only Knows”
This song is a religious
experience, and I pray to
the church of the Beach
Boys. It truly sounds like
the Bible is singing to me.
It’s timeless.BONNIE RAITT
”I Can’t Make You
Love Me”
I can cry just talking
about this. It once got
me through a breakup.
The words are simple, but
the way she articulates
them is so beautiful.CARL THOMAS
”I Wish”
This song is so brilliant
it actually makes you
feel bad for a guy that is
cheating on somebody!DON HENLEY
”The Heart of
the Matter”
Maybe not the hippest
choice for a lot of people,
but as a songwriter he’s
untouchable. This is a
perfectly written song —
not a lyric is wasted.BAND OF HORSES
”No One’s Gonna
Love You”
This is so powerful and
yet so abstract lyrically.
There’s a soaring chorus
that just gets you.By Mark
McGrath6
- Lizzie No
“Narcissus”
The Brooklyn singer-
songwriter delivers a
catchy, clever catalog
of post-breakup wisdom
steeped in sheer, intimate
folk pop that evokes the
Nineties greatness of Liz
Phair and Aimee Mann. - Death Cab
for Cutie
“I Dreamt We Spoke”
(Louis the Child remix)
A dance remix of a song
by one of indie pop’s
politest bands might not
be everyone’s idea of
fun. But it’s a blissy blast,
like leader Ben Gibbard’s
beloved early-2000s
synth-pop crew the Postal
Service reborn to love up
an outdoor EDM festival. - Hatchie
“Obsessed”
Dream-pop artist Hatchie
recalls shoegaze greats
like the Cocteau Twins
and Lush with the swirling - Halsey
“Nightmare”
Halsey’s latest blockbuster
is a bloodthirsty anthem
that taps the emo she
loved as a New Jersey
teenager to deliver a
message of resistance
and empowerment: “I’ve
been polite, but I won’t
be caught dead/Letting a
man tell me what I should
do with my bed.” It’s a
cathartic dose of drama. - Lana Del Rey
“Doin’ Time”
The Cali-goth queen
rings in beach season
with a cover of rasta-pop
crew Sublime’s 1997 jam
“Summertime (Doin’ Time).”
Naturally, she gives the
spliffy original an eerie
makeover. Can a Nineties
ska revival be far behind? - Sleater-Kinney
“Hurry on Home”
“Disconnect me from my
bones,” Carrie Brownstein
sings on the first single
from the indie-rock heroes’
upcoming LP. She sounds
ready to explode, and the
slicing guitars and riot-
disco breakdown render
that feeling with a power
few bands can touch.
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