Slow melty folk wave of sparkles - "Street Joy" White Denim

"Street Joy" White Denim

So when I think of White Denim, I think of over-hyped indie music blog posts (not mine), and to be fair, I might be confusing White Denim with Harlem and Dum Dum Girls and other low-fi non-interests, but I just know... I don't like it! However, I heard a fantastic dreamy rock creation the other day, and what do you know, it's "Street Joy" by White Denim. It feels relaxing and magical and wishy washy but very classic and wholesome. It sounds like Hall & Oates meets MGMT meets new Band of Horses meets something sad that I love.

When to play it: Drinking red wine around your coffee table with friends on a winter's night.

How you'll feel: Like a melancholy movie scene mixed with a Jim Morrison high.

Black and white rainy piece of love glass - "Letter to Hermione" David Bowie

"Letter to Hermione" David Bowie

I heard this song on a Ricky Gervais podcast; it's one of his favorites of all time. I've never heard a Bowie song like this. This song makes me feel like I'm in a vintage black and white movie, sadly walking down a rainy sidewalk, a broken-hearted man peering out of a rain splattered cafe window. This song is pretty and sad, simple and rich, short but powerful. I don't have a lot of favorite "love songs"; I think this made the cut.

When to play it: A grey rainy afternoon.

How you'll move: I don't think you will; eyes-closed sing-a-long only.

Side note: I think the length and content of this post is relative to the song. This song is a track on "Space Oddity."

ECLIPSE WEEK! Black heart ritual rock - "Rolling In On A Burning Tire" The Dead Weather

"Rolling In On A Burning Tire" The Dead Weather

This song makes me feel like I'm slow motion walking in a scene from The Craft. That insanely creepy scream from the guitar drives me wild (listen 0:11 mins and 3:33 mins).

How you'll move: Shoe gazing suicidal head bob; maybe a toe tap.

When to play it: Depressed moments in bed on a dark gloomy Saturday afternoon; on the subway from NYC to Jersey City at 1AM while actually envisioning yourself in The Craft (I'm just saying).

Side note: This is a track from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse movie soundtrack which is now available on iTunes. The Dead Weather is another Jack White brain child composed of White, Alison Mosshart (of The Kills and Discount), Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age), and Jack Lawrence (of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes). Another good Dead Weather song: "I Cut Like a Buffalo." Jack White... Midas touch?