FKA Twigs, “Perfectly” (2025)
I shouldn’t do what I’m about to do, but: I wish her recent album was as exciting as this song.
McCarthy, “Monetaries” (1987)
A 2025 discovery: I love McCarthy very very much.
The Byrds, “One Hundred Years From Now” (1968)
It’s always satisfying when the best Byrds songs are the ones Gram Parsons wrote.
The Dodos, “Black Night” (2011)
This is a band whose mix of familiar, complex and catchy songs with extremely fresh rhythms never ceases to amaze me.
Hamilton Leithauser, “Knockin’ Heart” (2025)
No new boundries crossed here, but that’s okay with a thrill of a chorus like this. Huge points for the 16th note snare fills in the middle of the chorus that really take things up a notch.