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Laugh with me baby… I just want the simple things

March 2, 2014 by MD

It’d been a while since I had heard a song for the first time and within 15 seconds found myself saying “This is incredible. Who IS this??” The latest from Miguel, Simplethings, did exactly that. This song is everything I want out of music, and everything I’m living right now. Soulful vocals, a growling guitar and profound honesty make it the perfect anthem for this very moment. Don’t miss this one. Miguel – Simplethings

Categories: Heart Kickstart, Music, So Rockstar • Tags: amazing, Beautiful, Miguel, powerful, rock out, soul, Uplifting

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Say you a gangsta… That don’t impress me none

June 18, 2013 by MD

In light of this weekend’s trip to Miami with Lu & the crew, I think you should check out Kat Dahlia. Her first single, Gangsta, not only floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee, but it will knock you on your ass quicker than who?* That’s right. Ali. (Muhfuhka.) No really, this one is straight up angsty ecstasy. My favorite opera singer, Barbara Cook, once said “The very place where safety lies for us is the thing that […]

Categories: Heart Kickstart, Hip HipHop • Tags: Beautiful, Kat Dahlia, powerful

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I don’t need tender mercy… just someone by my side

December 30, 2012 by MD

Au Palais make ethereal yet subtly powerful songs that transport me to a very different place. Which is something I can really use at this particular moment in time. Have a listen, maybe they’ll wind up in your musical medicine cabinet too. Au Palais – Tender Mercy Au Palais – Pathos Au Palais – Because the Night TBYTZUYP6Q44

Categories: Audio Benzo • Tags: Au Palais, dark, powerful

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I could never save you… I’m just the one refracting light

December 25, 2012 by MD

Avec Sans are a London-based duo who are producing some really extraordinary tracks. First came an explosive cover of Bon Iver’s Perth, followed by their first original track, Heartbreak Hi. Even more impressive is their latest, The Answer. And while their songs may get me dancing around pretending I’m this guy, I’m pretty sure their magic is real. Check them out, and expect big things in 2013. Heartbreak Hi Perth (Bon Iver cover) The Answer

Categories: Dance Party, Heart Kickstart, Run for Cover • Tags: amazing, Avec Sans, cover, huge, powerful

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keep runnin’ baby it’s your race…

December 24, 2012 by MD

Angel Haze is brilliant. I feel woefully ignorant when it comes to rap, but fuck it, I know what I like, and this girl is staggeringly talented. Her lyrics are clever and creative, and through her music she’s managed to make me laugh, cry, and even cut a bitch. (Ok 2 out of those 3. If anyone asks.) The first songs I fell for were New York and Supreme. Just check them out, they’re an immediately enjoyable intro to her work […]

Categories: Hip HipHop • Tags: Angel Haze, brilliant, dark, powerful

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Take this, don’t look without seeing me…

June 28, 2012 by MD

Kyla La Grange was my favorite musical discovery of 2011. Hands down. I have been putting off writing about her in hopes of doing her justice, but I can’t wait any longer. She writes the kind of music that gives me strength to get through whatever the day brings. I’ve been watching her evolve for some 18 months now, checking in frequently since I first heard that incredible voice. Since then, each new song and its accompanying video has only […]

Categories: Heart Kickstart, Music • Tags: Beautiful, brilliant, heartfelt, Kyla La Grange, moving, powerful, Uplifting, visceral

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if I believe in nothing, then nothing is going to get me…

June 9, 2012 by MD

Check out Deptford Goth. Let’s work our way up. Real Love Fantasy is very pleasant, with a clever use of Mimi‘s lyrics. Youth II is also worth a listen, but I don’t find it overwhelmingly moving. The video is interesting, but I don’t think it enhanced the experience of the song, although I’m not sure I fully wrapped my head around it. (My pre-med side and my creative/poetic side often wind up in direct opposition, so I found it strangely uncomfortable, […]

Categories: Audio Benzo, Heart Kickstart • Tags: chill, Deptford Goth, moving, powerful

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we’re working and we’re so much better for it…

June 9, 2012 by MD

Godwolf just might change your life. I don’t remember how I stumbled across “Another Me,” but I instantly fell in love. And then it only got better. Their music strikes this sublime balance between tenderness and rage that is nothing short of earthshattering. “We like the idea of blending the ethereal with the vicious: the ambient with the aggressive: the God with the Wolf.” I can guarantee that these five will knock your socks off. Absolutely. Brilliant. Godwolf – Another […]

Categories: Audio Benzo, Heart Kickstart, Music, Run for Cover • Tags: amazing, Beautiful, cover, Godwolf, Jose Gonzalez, moving, powerful, remix, Urbantramper

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these are hard times for dreamers…

June 9, 2012 by MD

Awesome new video and track Hurricane from sneak attack favorites MS MR. Everyone I have played it for is like “who IS this?” in a way that I don’t even have to ask if they like what they hear. While the new track is pretty amazing, for me it still hasn’t surpassed Bones, which remains one of my absolute favorite songs. Their cover of Patrick Wolf’s Time Of My Life is also very impressive. Something tells me they are like […]

Categories: Heart Kickstart, Music, So Rockstar • Tags: amazing, cover, MS MR, Patrick Wolf, powerful

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Laugh with me baby… I just want the simple things

Say you a gangsta… That don’t impress me none

I don’t need tender mercy… just someone by my side

I could never save you… I’m just the one refracting light

keep runnin’ baby it’s your race…

Take this, don’t look without seeing me…

if I believe in nothing, then nothing is going to get me…

we’re working and we’re so much better for it…

these are hard times for dreamers…