Weekly Digest

 

 

A little collection of my favorite finds online this week.

XOXO

Interview with Yellerkin

Slipping and sliding across several inch thick sheets of ice that refuse to disperse from the sidewalk, I make my way inside a café and scan the room for the subjects of today’s conversation. Settling into a corner table I notice a guy in a blue sweater and tan beanie making eye contact with me. I hesitate, going between thinking he’s one half of the duo Yellerkin and thinking that he’s cruising me in a very 1970s way- head nods, eye contact. I blush and look away. Surely he’s hitting on me and not thinking I’m here to interview him. 

My phone buzzes and I look down to embarrassingly read a description of that very person, stating he’s at the café waiting. Finally, I’m certain this man isn’t a glory hole user but instead Luca Bucelatti, who with Adrian Galvin constitutes the newly fledged folk-pop duo Yellerkin. Luca is also Tei Shi’s beaux, and the producer of her acclaimed debut EP Saudade.

Interview – Tei Shi

I believe it’s everyone’s aspiration now to emerge with the perfect formula for attention and success. It’s something that can rarely be orchestrated and instead must happen naturally, or luckily. To release a track that incites mystery and intrigue while maintaining aloofness about your own artistry is step one. Step two is proper circulation and blog love. Step three is releasing more music, and hopefully proving that what you have deserves to be heard (are we numbering more one hit wonders today than in their heyday of the 50s?). Every so often the timing is perfect each step of the way, and naturally this isn’t the only factor. Talent and original, attention-grabbing music is the foundation – these steps the ladder to plays. Tei Shi is someone who fell into the attention her EP Saudade has received rather inadvertently. While the artistry was well thought-out, the EP masterfully crafted, the songwriting original- the release seems almost serendipitous. Thankfully this is one that didn’t get swept under the rug, and upon each listen just keeps on getting better.

Weekly Digest

Last night the year turned bitter cold, no longer leaving space for the hope of a warm day for months to come.  Either find solace in these nine tracks, or use them to enhance the brisk air and meditate on your brooding winter mood.

Brooklyn’s Tei Shi made a lot of bloggers finger themselves for a minute, and here’s another track she released a while ago that I find a bit more relatable and much more replayable.  Also included is  a new song from Blood Orange, in anticipation of the upcoming full-length.  The remainder is a veritable who’s who of new releases on blogs around the web this last week.  AKA maybe your new favorite artist lurks about (get excited about Kwabs and Sasha Keable, fo realz).

XOXO

Weekly Digest

In honor of the end of the NYC heat wave and in anticipation of the coming weekend, I’ve combined a nostalgic photo of my college apartment’s collection of Four Loko and a playlist full of astoundingly well made pop and dance music.  Hopefully it will give you the jolt you need to make it to the weekend, and maybe provide your soundtrack to leisure.