This week on Bubble Wrap, we were grateful to bands, pr companies, and labels who sent us new music to check out. Without them, ‘twould have been a thin show indeed. As it was, we heard new tunes from Rinjin (Norwegian indie), Las Nubes (heavy Miami rock), and M. Vaughan (chill-hoppy with studio production), among others.
Another new release that we really enjoyed was Flowers and Overcoats by The Stakes Are Us. They really took us back to the cooler bands of the mid 80s, and indeed, we spent a lot of time saying things like “now where does that guitar sound come from.” This is especially true of “A Little A Lot.”
But there’s more–the stuff you remember, the stuff you wish you could forget. Read on…
Chill In The Air
May 1, 2024
Space Ghost – What Day Is It?
KC & the Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight
Lily Tomlin – And That’s The Truth
Jeff Beck – Love Is Blue
Hidoux – Come So Far (Millennial Tension)
Rinjin – Just Us
The Stakes Are Us – A Little A Lot
Robert Upchurch – The Devil Made Me Do It
Flip Wilson – The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
Ray Bolger – Can’t Take It With You
Las Nubes – Would Be
The Stakes Are Us – Stuck
Big Tony & Trouble Funk – An Instrumental Groove
Kid Creole & the Coconuts – Haiti
David Fridlund – April & May
Syntax Valley – Are You Happy?
Cool Cousins – May Song
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – The Stupid Song
Talking Heads – Found A Job
M. Vaughan – Tire Swing
Lucas Pereyra – The Magic of Letting Go
Albert – March to the Sea
Elvis Costello – What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On?
Maya Marie & the Night Wizards – The Garden
Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed
Albin Andersson – Mayfly
Photo credit: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons