I've been playing Caroline Polachek's second album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You on repeat for the last few weeks. It's on quite a few critics' Best of 2023 lists, but I still think she's pretty unknown in the mainstream. Her music is pretty weird to begin with, but you really have to watch the music videos to appreciate just how out there she is. Here's the first track:
Tibicon also known as Vietnamese Gunna has been blowing up. He was on Vietnam's got talent or some similar show and got tons of attention. Chorus: Tibicon How can a thatched-roofed house be worth a hundred pieces of gold The stork flew away, the stork brought the card back to him right away Go-go-home, father, mother, I'd be so happy if you married her Stork-co-co-fly, fly away, stork Oh my boatman sister Why would you do this? ignorant He brought with him the sound of the stork His writing was exported into poetry THE SUN PENT THROUGH THE RAIN, HIS SOUND IS NOT TALKING THE WIND SWINGING OUTSIDE THE PORCH SENTENCES IN THE WEST, I'M GOOD TO HEAR IT THE STROKE WINGS FLYING IN THE FAR FAR BRINGING SO MANY SONGS HE SENT TO HER REMEMBER THE SONG OF HOLY HOUSE, I hope our lives will always be peaceful
Did you love Skid Row and Slaughter as an early 90s teenager, before they went to seed? Then you'll love Dead City Ruins.