From the upcoming album B-Sides And Rarities, dream-pop duo Beach House’s “Chariot” is one of the previously unreleased songs from the “Depression Cherry/Thank Your Lucky Stars” sessions. The Baltimore-based band, which is currently on tour, crafted a lush, slightly dark song that slinks along serenely, and offers listeners something quite transportive.
Beach House have kept fans patiently waiting since their 2012 album Bloom, and today the dreamy Baltimore alt-rock duo released their first single off of Depression Cherry, out next month. “Sparks” is a chaotic synergy of vocal loops and unexpected chord progressions that resolves towards the end, as the song refines into Beach House’s now instantly recognizable tone. Complex, rough and stormy, “Sparks” awakens something …
Miriam Makeba: Soweto Blues Google Doodle paid homage to the late Miriam Makeba on Monday, who would have been celebrating her 81st birthday. The South African singer will be forever remembered for speaking out against apartheid and delivering protest songs with majestical prowess, such as “Soweto Blues,” which was written by her former husband Hugh Masekela after a student rally went majorly awry in 1976. …
