Brant's February 2019 Playlist

Q.  Does this playlist make me look old?
A.  No, posing with your 21-year old self makes you look old.

The groundhog poked his head out of the dirt and predicted I'd be a day late with this playlist!  It's uncanny how rodents can prognosticate ("hognosticate"?).  Anyway - it's been a busy year for little ol' me and I couldn't pull it together until today!  We've got a little bit of everything on this month's list - so let's just dig in.  To listen on Spotify, click HERE.

1.  New Brighton (Nakhane feat. Anohni) - South African artist teams up with Anohni (former lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons) for this uplifting single to get us going!

2.  Dylan Thomas (Better Oblivion Community Center) - I pretty much adore anything Conor Oberst touches, so it's no surprise I'm loving this new folk-rock collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers!  

3.  Hazy Shade of Winter (Gerard Way feat. Ray Toro) - Sorry, Weezer!  This is MY favorite cover song of the New Year!  My Chemical Romance guys rocking Simon and Garfunkel!

4.  Juice (Lizzo) - Thank God for friends!  I love Lizzo, but wasn't aware she had a new song out until my friend Anthony gave me the heads up!  Delivered in her usual spunky style, this tune deserves to be played in a convertible packed with your fave peeps while cruisin' your favorite strip.  

5.   Feeling Free (Leisure) - New Zealand is kicking musical butt!  Lorde, Kimbra, and now this funky group!  Whatever they're feeding their kids down there, it's working!  

6.  A Trick of the Light (Villagers) - From New Zealand to another island - this time in the Northern hemisphere!  Irish band serves up some chill Indie folk.

7.   P.S. Be My Valentine (Gunhild Carling) - Not gonna lie - Gunhild is my new obsession.  I'm digging her old school stylings, lately on this delectable Valentine's Day ballad.

8.  Money Is King (Leyla McCalla) - Apparently Rhiannon Giddens isn't the only member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops to go solo!  Talented cellist unearths a Growling Tiger song from the Depression Era and finds it sadly still relevant.  

9.  By Myself (Fidlar) - Rowdy party song with shades of the Beastie Boys!  

10.  Night Creature (Rat Boy feat. Aimee Interrupter) - British Indie artist delivers some psychedelic reggae!

11.  Wasabi (Little Mix) - I was curious about their new album, and found myself gravitating towards this Early 00s-style jam that vaguely reminds me of Britney's "Slave for You".  

12.  You Got 2 Love (St. Paul Peterson) - Prince protégé, member of the Time, and lead singer of The Family is still out there getting his Minneapolis Funk on!  

13.  Ready to Let Go (Cage the Elephant) - Divorce left its scars on lead singer Matt Shultz, but like all great artists - he channeled that pain into his music.  Can't wait to hear the rest of the album! 

14.  King of Everything (Dominic Fike) - My friend Coleman turned me on to this young artist.  Kind of trippy, definitely rocks though!   

15.  When You're Ugly (Louis Cole with Genevieve Artadi) - LA artist makes beautiful music about being homely!  Mellow tongue-in-cheek funk.

16.  Sweet But Psycho (Ava Max) - #1 pop song definitely doesn't need me to call it to people's attention, but it's also really fun so I'm including it anyway!  

17.  we, diamonds (Dawn Richard) - Danity Kane singer is back and as strong as ever!  Uplifting empowerment anthem.

18.  Yah Mo B There (James Ingram) - Another great singer gone.  This 1983 duet with Doobie Brother Michael McDonald earned a Grammy!  RIP

So that's another month of new music!  Hope everyone has a great February and I'll see ya next time!