St. Lucia - All Eyes on You

August 22, 2016 | Kerri

I will never take back
The words that I said then
I will always come back to you
Even in the meantime
I will always stand by
A mirror on the shelf
Call you in the nighttime
Call you in the daytime
Can't fess up to you

'Cause I hope
We will never have to take back
What we said in the night
I hope that I will always have
All eyes on you
Know that I will take what I can
When you are there standing by
Soft, spoken in the dead of night
All eyes on you

Another Brooklyn-based artist, St. Lucia (Jean-Philip Grobler) is actually far more exotic (than Jersey boys Real Estate), growing up in South Africa and arriving in NY via England. I can't wait to dance to his set at ACL in about 6 weeks, but I picked this as today's Most Important Song in homage to my kids starting at a new school today. Ugh, that feeling of all eyes on you, hoping to make friends but not wanting to make a misstep. Not really what the lyrics are about but there ya go, any excuse to play a favorite.

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Real Estate - It's Real

August 21, 2016 | Kerri

I carved our names into
A tree
I walked on decomposing
Leaves
I skated on the frozen
Sea
It's real as far as I
Can see

Wrapping up this week with a pleasantly chill tune from Brooklyn's Real Estate. Head's up, Portlandia: they're playing with the fun punk girl band Potty Mouth at the Crystal Ballroom on Friday. (We got to see Potty Mouth open up for Beach Slang a few months back.)

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Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best

August 20, 2016 | Keith

Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you
Tell me I'm exceptional, I promise to exploit you
Give me all your money, and I'll make some origami, honey
I think you're a joke, but I don't find you very funny

It was only a matter of time before Courtney Barnett's work was featured as a Most Important Song. Her lyrics, in a word (ok, two) are the best. And, that guitar? Classic. She's Austrailian and I've spent quite a bit of time in Oz lately, so I guess I felt this was the right time. I head home from Sydney to Austin today and as much as I love it down here, I'm so happy to be going home.

Keep it cool down here Courtney, I hope to be back before too long and I'm pretty sure I'll see you in Austin in November. :)