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Александр Филимонов

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Skriptonite, Vampire Weekend, The National - and a song about the festival "Pain"

"Medusa" chose 10 best songs and clips of the week

Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs, watch new clips - and take the best. In this issue: Skriptonite teaches a girlfriend, Vampire Weekend is made an application for one of the best records of the year, and the coilevard depo and Thomas Mraz co -author records the superchite about the pain festival. Subscribe to our updated playlists in Apple Music and Yandex.Musik !

Gruppa Skryptonite "Podruga"

The new project of Adil Zherelov, for the sake of which he promised to tie up with a rape temporarily, released his second track so far - but this is again in the top ten. In the Nuarov-Hitarian track “girlfriend”, whose image is little knit with prudence and moralization, reads the notations of a fallen woman, calling to remember her honor. In the video, this role is assigned to strippers performed by the Valeria Karaman model. In the spring-summer Gruppa Skryptonite will go on a tour, for which several more premieres will probably prepare, and these concerts are certainly mandatory to visit.

SP4K "Festival Pain"

Electronic musician Alexei Suscench (SP4K abbreviation should be read as “soup”), which produced tracks for Boulevard Depo, Thomas Mraz and other former participants of the Yungrussia rap, decided to sing himself-as a result, the name was not at all an outsider at all Pop House, with sudden references to the Soviet singer Maya Kristalinskaya or the song “When I become a cat” from the Star Factory. In the best number of the SP4K record, the Moscow Festival “Pain”, on which, in his own words, has never been. “I just like to use the expression“ Pain ”. Hit the little finger - oh, this is the pain festival, ”he says in an interview with The Flow.

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Vampire Weekend "Big Blue"

The new Vampire Weekend single sounds as if found in the archives and the previously unrelated song by George Harrison (this, of course, is a compliment!). Apparently, the group, which has long disappeared from the radar, is in excellent shape, and their first album “Father of the Bride”, which was released in early May, will become one of the top recordings of 2019 in six years.

Billy Ailish "Wish You Were Gay"

Tickets for Billy Ailish concerts announced in Moscow and St. Petersburg scattered in a matter of days (four days, to be precise) - six months before the performances themselves. The organizers say that there were no such sald outs in their practice. The debut album of the 17-year-old singer “Will We All Fall Asleep, Were Do We GO?” Already now in the top charts of streaming services-each new single from it is gaining millions of auditions. The track “I want you to be gay”, telling Billy's unrequited school love, is automatically doomed to the same success. The main musical sensation of the year is born right before our eyes.

The National "You Had Your Soul with You"

Great news-the most melancholy group of the American Indie Rock recorded its eighth album I Am Easy To Find. The opening single is intriguing by the sampled sound and back vocal Gail Ann Dorsi, the bass player of the group of David Bowie. A mini-film is also promised to the release of the record with the participation of the actress and dancer Alisia Vikander.

Stella Donnelli "Old Man"

The number of talented girls with guitars from Australia has recently ruined. This is the hope and the savior of the entire guitar rock Courtney Barnett, and the singer Hatchie mentioned in ourpast player , and now also a new icon of feminists Stella Donnelli. On her debut album, she plays an exceptionally cute and laeal indipop, while withstanding serene intonation and keeping a smile on her face, she speaks hard on the topic of sexism and violence. Such a striking contrast has a powerful effect. In the video "Old Man" Stella is fooling around with her friends, simultaneously distributing according to the deserves of a decent family man who spreads his hands.

Listen to the album "Beware of the Dogs" whole: Apple Music , Google Play , Yandex.Music

Foals "In Degrees"

Foals grew into a large and important rock band exactly at the moment when guitar music ceased to occupy young people's minds and dominate pop culture. However, their fifth record is really interesting to listen and explore. For example, in the track “In Degrees” Foals give out a powerful dance of Talking Heads, tied to percussions and synthesizers.

Listen to the album "EVERYTHING NOT Saved Will BE Lost, Pt. 1 "whole: Apple Music , Google Play , " Yandex.Musics "

Marshmello and Chvrches "Geere with Me"

The Scottish Trio CHVRCHES continues to supply excellent pop songs for school discos. For some reason, the main in this duet is declared a fashionable American DJ, preferring to hide under a white mask of marshmallows in the form of marshmallow, but it is more likely for mass.

Sasami "Not the Time"

A noticeable and significant Shugheis-Debets from the former Cherry Glazerr group Sasami Eshvort from Los Angeles. On the disk there are enough both measured duets with the Devendra Banghart and leader of Beach Fossils by Dastin Piser , as well as peppy militants in the My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youute style.

Listen to the album "Sasami" whole: Apple Music , Google Play , Yandex.Music

"Kurara" "Barnaul"

In the central track of the album “Kafka”, the Yekaterinburg group “Kurara” develops one of his favorite topics - reflections on the artist’s nomadic touring life under the knock of the train wheels. Charm of the song is added by alarming violins and an unexpected line about “magnificent homeless people”.