Music to Catch Feelings

23/02/2019

Our track this week is the result of worlds colliding – day job and passion, heritage and current home, and the best and worst of love:

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While he was in college in New York, Amain Berhane split his time between three things: class, work and music. Rarely did the three intersect. In the daylight Berhane would go to class and work one of his many part time jobs. At night, he would transform into Berhana (a slight spelling alte

08/02/2019

This week we're flipping January the bird with this groovy, summer-roller disco jam about leaving it all behind from Kaytranada and Shay Lia.

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This week we're celebrating the fact that we've left January in the rearview mirror with the groovy, summer-roller disco jam "Chances", and hoping it will inspire mother nature to bring the heat back to Canada…

18/01/2019

We're back! And kicking off 2019 with the gentle track, "People Change" from Mipso. This Americana flavour is a bit different than what you're used to from us but trust us, it's worth it!

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We're starting off 2019 with something a little different for this list: a little bit of twang. "People Change" by North Carolina natives Mipso has been floating in my head for weeks. It's a gentle track, and, as Mipso told  Genius ,  an attempt to articulate loss…

14/12/2018

We're gliding into the holidays with Sarah McLachlan's beautifully painful (and original!) track about the Christmas day that could have been.

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The holidays can be a time for wonder, joy, rebirth and all that wonderful s**t. But they can also seem dark, depressing, and a reminder of everything we feel we're missing. For Sarah McLachlan, it's both, as she sings of her lost love, and their imaginary Christmas day together…

07/12/2018

Through Blood Orange, Dev Hynes weaves in and out of the spotlight, but is controlling everything, from the kick drum to the notes his partners hit. This week on the playlist, we've got his painful dance track: "Best to You".

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There are few corners of the music industry Dev Hynes hasn't touched. In the early 2000s he played as part of the dance/punk/hardcore band Test Icicles. As Lightspeed Champion, he released two indie folk records…

30/11/2018

Today, we're reframing what catching feelings really can mean, as Amber Mark grieves the loss and celebrates the love of her mother on "Monsoon". Click through to read more and listen!

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We spend a lot of time on this playlist analyzing songs about a certain kind of love. Relationships, heartbreak, marriage — these topics have all produced incredible songs. But today, we're reframing our our perspective on what catching feelings really can mean, thanks to Amber Mark and her track:...

27/11/2018

According to Joji, "Dancing in the Dark" is an attempt to write "some Celine Dion s**t". But it's more than an imitation, it's Joji's re-imagination of what a ballad has to be, piecing together R&B, electronic, trip-hop and punk into an ambient, moody track. Click through to read more and listen!

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In the music video for "Slow Dancing in the Dark", Joji (born George Miller) stumbles around as a half-human, half-goat creature shot in the back by cupid's arrow, until his legs become too weak, and he face plants on a group of white tiles, waiting to bleed out. Since its release in Sept

26/10/2018

"When something is a lemon, it’s known as bad or different; something that's not 'good enough.' That’s me, I’m a lemon. But in the sense that I’m unique and different, and just not like everyone else." – Lemin. Click through to read more and listen:

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We first saw lemin (pronounced "lemon") perform at a showcase this past summer, where she was one of about a dozen artists, each with 10 minutes to show their stuff. Most artists came out with big outfits, high energy, dance moves, and hype men to get the crowd's energy up. Lemin was diffe

25/10/2018

Another week, another Weekly Roundup! Special thanks to our resident Song Wrangler Richard Parsons for compiling this week's summary - be sure to check out  Castellorizon  by David Gilmour on his  Music to Blow Smoke Rings Across the Floor   list, as well as Pa

20/10/2018

On "Naked", a song stripped in all ways, it's just Ella Mai and her guitar. It's vulnerable, and with the focus on Mai, she shines, reframing nudity from a context of seduction to a moment of self-conscious, almost innocent intimacy.

Three years ago Ella Mai was a university student with a passion for singing. She was studying at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute London. She had auditioned for X Factor but it hadn't really gone anywhere. There were blips of opportunity, yet nothing substantial…

19/10/2018

"Naked" is a song stripped in all ways, just Ella Mai and her guitar. It's vulnerable and beautiful, reframing nudity from a context of seduction to a moment of self-conscious, almost innocent intimacy.

Three years ago Ella Mai was a university student with a passion for singing. She was studying at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute London. She had auditioned for X Factor but it hadn't really gone anywhere. There were blips of opportunity, yet nothing substantial…

19/10/2018

Kicking things off is our featured track of the week, the poignant and powerful  Paracetamol  by Declan McKenna, courtesy of Brent from Music to Atone To . A sophisticated synth-pop excursion that tackles the issues of teen su***de and intolerance toward the LGBTQ community,&