HOT HALF DOZEN 4.16.24 – IndiePulse Music Journal

Sluggish week with many bands out on tour and at festivals, so I used to be capable of concentrate on the 80 that have been submitted this week, and got here up with some actual gems, together with a model new tune recorded 1956

Sluggish week as many bands are at festivals, solely 80 submissions

Terrified of My Guitar, single by Olivia Rodrigo. A mushy, dreamy tune delivered with Rodrigo’s most lovely, most harmless, most childlike voice. It wraps you round her finger, then crescendos and pulls you again. Shut your eyes and revel in. Stream on main platforms.

Good Luck, Babe!, single by Chappel Roan.  Oh, the sarcasm as she bids an ex-lover goodbye., saying issues are okay, don’t fear. A lightweight 1-2-3-4 beat that begins cool after which rises into the ache, the anger, the true emotions. Very, very properly accomplished. If I have been the ex I might fear. Stream on main platforms.

Moonride, single by Margo Guryran.  Recorded in 1956 however simply launched, this retro-futuristic tune tells a fantastical speaking jazz story that may very well be a darkish Evening Earlier than Christmas, however there’s undoubtedly no Santa Claus. Cool jazz with an odd twist sung by probably the greatest voices in jazz on the time. Stream on Spotify. After which discover her 1968 album Take a Image.

Jalale, single, Mexican Institute of Sound. You possibly can’t go mistaken with MIS and the instrumental Jalale is not any exception. A membership dance quantity, however not fairly, Camilo Laura has crafted a tune that exudes boundless power however is calming – there isn’t any different solution to say it, so stream it on all main platforms and revel in.

La Batidora, single by Sofia Reyes. A hypnotic cumbia beat mixed with rapid-fire and exactly voiced lyrics, La Batidora will make you dance and sing. An earworm single from the album Milamores. Stream on all main platforms. Spanish.

Coloco Los Pies, single by airu. The 2 ladies and two males of this Spanish band handle to tug off one thing distinctive on this tune– a indie-metal backbeat with pretty, melodic vocals and bell-like riffs. The mix may be very, very listenable, however very excessive power. From the album Con lo Buena Con Pena. Stream on Spotify. Spanish.

Patrick O’Heffernan