Hear new music from Lauren Mayberry, Low Cut Connie, The Rolling Stones, Jaki Blue, Griff and She's In Parties
by Jade and Natalia Toledo
September 07, 2023
This week hear new music from Lauren Mayberry, Low Cut Connie, The Rolling Stones, local up and coming artist Jaki Blue, Griff and She's In Parties
Lauren Mayberry — “Are You Awake?”
Late night thoughts overtake Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry in her first solo song. The ballad, “Are You Awake?” is a piano driven song full of longing – for a voice on the other end of the phone, for acceptance, for peace of mind. Mayberry shared recently that ‘for a long time, I couldn’t imagine doing anything outside of Chvrches but I think some things that I needed to write had to be done from purely my own point of view. I never really thought I’d write a piano ballad, or a solo album full stop, so life really is full of surprises. I am really looking forward to this chapter and can’t wait for people to hear more of the music.”
Low Cut Connie — “Don’t Get Fresh With Me”
Drugs, excess, CBGBs, rock and roll. Adam Weiner’s new Low Cut Connie’s album, Art Dealers, is about the New York music scene that he imagines swirled around Lou Reed (to whom Weiner dedicates the album). The album is out September 8th, and “Don’t Get Fresh With Me” is about the hard side of life and tracking down some money, all in a days work.
The Rolling Stones — “Angry”
“Don’t get angry with me” is the lament from the new song from The Rolling Stones. “Angry” is the first sounds from the legendary bands 24th record, Hackney Diamonds, which will be out October 20. It features some classic Stones harmonies, Keef guitar riffs, and Jagger humbly said of the new album, “We are pleased with it and I hope you all are [too].”
Jaki Blue — “Things I Haven’t Told You”
Jaki Blue, born Jacqueline Cavins, is an artist from Minneapolis who has been perfecting her craft for the past few years. Her unique sound is marked by soulful raspy vocals reminiscent of the late Amy Winehouse. Blue was chosen by filmmaker Joseph Strickland and songwriter Cat Ellington to record four songs for the 2018 film Dual Mania. Her recent track “Things I Haven’t Told You” showcases her sultry vocals in a unique blend of R&B and pop. Jaki Blue will perform at Icehouse on Saturday, Sept. 9, for Juice Lord’s show “Juice Lord Unplugged” featuring Kaleem the Dream and Selah C. - Natalia Toledo, Digital Producer
Griff — “Vertigo”
The British singer-songwriter, Griff, recently got some social media love from Taylor Swift, so she’s getting a lot of attention these days. And the song that got her that focus is “Vertigo” a song about looking for understanding. Griff explained the song as, “an emotional state – always feeling upside down. Experiencing love and growing up, it always feels like the world and my emotions are spinning faster than I can keep up with.”
She’s In Parties — “L Word”
Dream-pop band She’s In Parties will be releasing their debut EP, End Scene, October 6th. It’s a dreamy shoe-gazey swirl of teenage angst and ‘80s nostalgia.
