Simply Red: Stars

Cascine's Guilty Summer mix, School of Seven Bells, a PrivateJam by musician Jonny Nash and more in the music this week

School of Seven Bells’ cover of the Joey Ramone song “I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)” is beyond bittersweet. As a listener, it would be hard enough not to be taken by the lyrics, which describe Ramone’s seven-year battle with lymphoma toward the end of his highly successful career. But compounded by the fact this version is the last song recorded (from his …

School of Seven Bells: I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)

Cascine's Guilty Summer mix, School of Seven Bells, a PrivateJam by musician Jonny Nash and more in the music this week

For this week’s rendition of Impose Magazine’s Friday Night mixtapes, Jeff Bratton—founder of NYC and London-based independent record label Cascine—crafted together an hour’s worth of his current alternative pop music favorites. A genre that doesn’t get enough credit and continually reinvents itself, alt-pop is what his label specializes in. From Lemonade’s steamy “Minus Tide” to Melbourne-based Retro Culture’s synths-meet-R&B beachy “Weekend,” this “So Goddamn Guilty …

Cascine: So Goddamn Guilty Summer Mix

Cascine's Guilty Summer mix, School of Seven Bells, a PrivateJam by musician Jonny Nash and more in the music this week

ListenUp is a Cool Hunting series published every Sunday that takes a deeper look at the music we tweeted throughout the week. Often we’ll include a musician or notable fan’s personal favorite in a song or album dubbed #PrivateJam.