The holiday weekend is upon us. Whether you are celebrating
Easter tomorrow, finishing up Passover in the next few days, or just living
life, it’s a great time to enjoy those around us and the beautiful weather
ahead. And what better way to enjoy your time together than to listen to some
new music.
A lot of great new songs and music videos have been released
in the last week. This week saw the release of the final Yellowcard music video
ever, as well as a new clip from fellow pop-punkers New Found Glory. Matisyahu released
a new single from his upcoming album, as did Linkin Park, Royal Blood and
Dreamcar. But this week has also been about up-and-comers, with great new tunes
and videos from Culture Wars, Oh Wonder, Tigers Jaw and Flow Tribe.
Vinyl Bay 777, Long Island’s music outlet, has been keeping their
ears out for the week’s top new music and videos. Here are eight of our
favorites that we think you should check out now.
1.
Culture Wars, “Money (Gimme, Gimme)”: I enjoy
the power and strength in “Money’s” distorted, heavy guitars and vocal grit.
Half electronic groove, half garage rock jam, this song hits hard. (video)
2.
Matisyahu,
“Back to the Old”: “Back to the Old” is the second single from Matisyahu’s
upcoming album, ‘Undercurrent.’ Steeped in biblical imagery (Matisyahu says it’s
based on Abraham’s return from the mountain) and personal anecdote, the song is
a smooth, easy-going dance track. It’s less reggae than much of his previous
work, but is still just as spiritual and beach-y as his last couple of albums.
(soundcloud)
3.
Royal Blood, “Lights Out”: “Lights Out” is a
pretty straight-forward rock song. It’s chunky, slightly distorted guitars and garage-y
vocals give the song grittiness and texture. The video, however, is pretty wild,
featuring dancers swimming in some sort of white liquid or goo, which somehow
manages to make up the floor, the ceiling and the walls. Mixed with the song,
it becomes this kind of visual sound orgy, particularly after the big guitar
build-up at the end. (video)
4.
Linkin
Park feat. Pusha T and Stormzy, “Good Goodbye”: Linkin Park has been
experimenting a bit with their sound lately and their newest single continues
the pattern. “Good Goodbye” has a pretty good hook, but is completely driven by
the rap verses from Pusha T and Stormzy. (video)
5.
Yellowcard,
“A Place We Set Afire”: As a goodbye to all their fans, Yellowcard released one
last music video this week. The “A Place We Set Afire” video chronicles the band’s
final show in New York from both the band’s and fan’s perspectives, sandwiched
between goodbye messages from all of the band’s members. As a sucker for
sentimentality and a fan of Yellowcard, this video almost had me crying. (video)
6.
New Found Glory, “Party On Apocalypse”: “Party
On Apocalypse” is kind of what it sounds like; a song about building a bunker
and partying through the end of the world. The video is exactly the same. But
New Found Glory plays these kinds of songs with the kind of tongue-in-cheek
attitude that we have come to know and love. This song is very catchy and
tuneful too, which makes it easy to listen to as well. (video)
7.
Dreamcar, “All of the Dead Girls”: Yet another
new song from the upcoming Dreamcar album. However, “All of the Dead Girls” is
a little different than the other two songs the No Doubt/AFI supergroup has
released in that it seems a bit more influenced by their main bands than 80’s
synths. I like it though; it’s upbeat and catchy. (video)
8.
Oh Wonder, “Ultralife”: “Ultralife” is a perky,
hopeful summer jam about finding love and loving life. I could see adult
contemporary radio embracing this song and its upbeat indie-pop flair. (video)
These are some of our favorite new songs and music videos
that came out in the last week. Check these out and share the awesome power of
new music with your friends and loved ones.
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