New Music "Picks of the Week!"

I'm kind of bummed.

I just learned Chumbawamba has called it quits after 30-years. Not... sure... if I can go on. That sudden and very unexpected news kind of bowled me over.  But, you know what? I'm not gonna let it get the best of me. I may get knocked down... but I get up again!

Anywho... here are a few interesting, just-released, recently discovered tunes that you'll want to add to your collection too!


"AT HOME"-CHRYSTAL FIGHTERS

Not quite sure where to file this one. How 'bout, Euro-electronic-alternative-folk-something-or-other.  This love-song is as diverse as the band's make-up. Chrystal Fighters is comprised of three guys and two gals... one American, two English, two Spanish... all experimenting in pop music, but with a definite Basque twist.

According to the band, "We are kind of like the sound that would be created if The Velvet Underground and The Gypsy Kings were to travel back in time to the Pyrenees, 1980, and make a record with Skream, Madlib and Luciano on production."

Huh?

All I know is that I like this track because it's definitely different, decidedly dreamy and the perfect antidote for whenever your ears overdose on Carly Rae Jepson.

"BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS)"-P!NK

Do we really need another angst-driven, female empowered, tough rock-chick, piss-off single from P!nk?  Hell, yeah!!

She sings, "I won't miss all of the fighting that we always did. Take it in, I mean what I say when I say there is nothing left. I am sick, whiskey-dick, no more battles for me. You'll be calling a trick, cause you'll no longer sleep." You go, Grrrl!

The chorus may not be as catchy as "So What," but... so what?! "Blow Me" is a punchy P!nk sing-a-long hit with the usual dose of potty-mouth P!nk wit.

Double-entendre, anyone?

By-the-way... her new album (The Truth About Love) will be available in September.

Here are three other multifarious musical treats that, coincidentally, have one small thing in common... they are definitely down!

"SETTLE DOWN"-NO DOUBT

"PUT THE GUN DOWN"-ZZ WARD

"WINDOWS DOWN"-BIG TIME RUSH