I hope you had a chance to check out my recommendations from earlier this month as they're just beginning to take off. The Gotye track "Someone That I Used To Know" is especially getting alot of attention nationally! But that was yesterday's news! On to this week's picks!
"TONGUE TIED"-GROUPLOVE
I know we're just a few weeks into 2012, but I'm gonna be bold and label this track the feel-good song-of-the-year! I've been playing this Grouplove single for three-weeks now and still can't get enough of it. And, odds are if you pull up next to me while I'm in my car, I'll be singing along to it at the top of my lungs. You may have already heard "Tongue Tied" as it was used in an iPod Touch television commercial last month. Trivia: Grouplove's Ryan Rabin (drummer/producer) is the son of former Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin. Get to know it!
"DEDICATION TO MY EX (MISS THAT)"-LLOYD
"DEDICATION TO MY EX (MISS THAT)"-LLOYD
Okay, I'm was a little slow on this one as it was released four-months ago. But what-the-hell... if it pleads, it leads! What peaked my interest the very first time I listened to "Dedication To My Ex" is I immediately recognized that this soulful song (from R&B singer Lloyd Polite, Jr.) samples the bass loop from one of my favorite Duffy tunes: 2008's "Mercy." The track, which features André 3000 of OutKast and is "narrated" by Lil Wayne, has enough funk to get your grandma dancing! Just tell her that word she can't quite understand is "cookie."
