7 Songs You’ll Love - mvsicthovght Returns with The Best Stuff I Heard This Week 3/5/21
Did you miss us? Well, after taking a week to focus on some of our other responsibilities, we’re back, albeit a day late, with our 3/8/21 edition of The Best Stuff I Heard This Week. I’m going to be honest with you, we were slacking last week. Life got busy, my kitchen got messy, and the chair in my bedroom remains full of clean clothes that need to be put away. It is literally overflowing onto the floor at this point. Anyway, here’s some music journalism. Skip to the bottom for the complete BSIHTW playlist.
“Quicksand” – Timothy Bright
I don’t know much about Timothy Bright, but damn... “Quicksand” knocks hard. This is going to be playing heavy in this summer’s rotation, and at full volume to boot. Bright moves at a comfortable, confident pace. He rhymes as if he doesn’t have anything to prove to anybody, never pressing too hard to show off his ability. “Quicksand” is one you might listen to a few times before you move onto the next track. The heavy bass with the casual, carefree melody is addictive, and I have no problem with being hooked.
2. “Well Kiddo, I Thought You Outgrew Superstition (As the Days Go By)” – Montclair
Connecticut’s Max Holsbeke, aka Montclair, has blessed us with his debut single featuring a name long and irrelevant enough to challenge anything Fall Out Boy has ever dreamed up. Pop punk tinged with shades of emo, this is a golden representation of the genre and something you can enjoy whether or not your favorite sweatshirt when you were 15 had thumbholes.
3. “Cold Night in December” – Cov
I would call this the rarest of all sightings, but we have a country music sighting on mvsicthovght. It’s really more like country pop, but probably not in the Taylor Swift, Florida Georgia Line way you might be thinking of. Cov is closer to a Post Malone type, fusing together elements of country, pop, and hip hop. According to the man himself, “Cold Night in December” is about his “darkest days and falling in love with life again.” The Stratford product has himself a polished, very well produced number that can definitely make Connecticut proud.
4. “hey, make waves” – post valley green
“hey, make waves” is fun. Blending banjo with violin, and some unconventional percussion, the post valley green out of Middletown has a strong addition to the Americana music scene with “hey, make waves.” While I find it maddening that they’ve decided to stylize both their band name and the title of their latest single with lower case letters, I’ll give it a pass because the track is so good. It just keeps moving, and has a sort of whimsical quality to it. It all makes for a song that feels eternal and captures a certain lighthearted freedom of spirit. Listen and you’ll understand, but be careful. You might get hooked.
5. “Pull Up” – Lutes Vegas
“Pull Up” by New York’s Lutes Vegas is a modern R&B track. With a catchy little guitar riff that plays for most of the track, “Pull Up” is low-key. It actually plays a little bit like a Bad Bunny or J Balvin reggaeton track, bringing to mind “Krippy Kush.” The more I listen to it “Pull Up,” the more I find myself enjoying it. Vegas himself is the type of performer where you know he’s technically a singer, but sometimes he slips into moments where he’s rapping, sort of like Chris Brown. Regardless of how you’d like to label him, we’re labeling “Pull Up” as music worth listening to.
“Sixth Gear” – KC Makes Music & Serg
If Lute Vegas is a singer who raps, KC Makes Music and Serg are two rappers who will also sing. The two Hartford rappers recently teamed up for “Sixth Gear,” a song that is as radio ready and of the moment as any song we’ve ever covered. It would be right at home on SiriusXM’s The Heat or a top 40 with Ryan Seacrest.
As an added bonus, the music video is hilarious and incredible and definitely worth your full attention.
“Make It Count” – John Spignesi Band
A group that has been described as having “an undeniable swagger,” the John Spignesi Band has been a popular group around the Nutmeg state in recent years. The three piece out of New Haven are music junkies, often jamming for 15 or 20 minutes on end. “Make It Count,” released almost a year ago, captures the spirited conviction the John Spignesi Band plays with. Urgent and passionate, the song has a relentless pace that threatens to boil over as the band’s namesake and guitarist, John Spignesi melts your speakers with an excellent extended guitar solo. Have some water nearby just in case something goes up in flames.
The Complete Playlist: The Best Stuff I Heard This Week 3/8/21
Michael Stroneski, editor at mvsicthovght, has started several blogs and multi-media projects you’ve never seen. He is a life-long cheerleader for Connecticut and underground music. You can reach him at contact@mvsicthovght.com.