Flint Eastwood - Queen

I've been plucking at these strings for seven days
Questioning like bullets in a gun
Am I really this way?
Is it more than a phase?
My mind's got me wondering

I'm a Queen not a soldier
Got something to fight for
I'm losing my mind
I'm a Queen not a soldier
Relentless & chosen
I'm fighting a war tonight

Cause I'm the queen right here
You couldn't last a day in my crown

Hailing from a creative family in Detroit, Jax Anderson created Flint Eastwood (with production assist from brother Seth) to blend her love of soul, pop, and electronic music with her flare for the theatrical. Flint Eastwood is a force of nature: at once powerful and endearing, slightly enigmatic but inviting. And, for how pretentious that sounds, her music is very, very danceable. Had a fantastic time when I caught her set Friday at a SXSW showcase. Queen is her latest single.

RIYL: Lorde, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Sia

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Ha Ha Tonka - All With You

Tonight I'm telling secrets
You already knew
I know I'm gonna show off
That's just what I do
And I just might, I just might
Be able to prove I wanna see it all
Ah, with you

I can read the stories that surround your eyes
I love it when you smile, how they come alive
Tonight I want to climb up beyond the past and view
I want to see it all with you

Their label puts Ha Ha Tonka in the "Nouveau South" category, which makes it slightly difficult for me to admit I enjoy them, but it's true (along with *some* songs by the recommended artists below). Yes, I have a knee-jerk aversion to country... but not to wry folk-wisdom and heartfelt hooks. I didn't squeeze them into my SX week but they're playing in Brooklyn while Keith & I are in NYC this June. Can't pass up the opportunity to say I'd rather see it all with you, babe. (Two days left apart!)

RIYL: Fleet Foxes, The Head and the Heart, Apache Relay

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Braves - Seapunk

There's nothing but monsters at the bottom of the sea, 
There's nothing in the waves I'm convinced that I need, 
I tried to, 
But I'm not going to the beach, 
I tried to, 
You'll have to swim without me

When I was a child there was a shark inside my dreams, 
He ate everyone and now there's only just me, 
And I'm nervous, 
Cause i've got nothing left to feed him, 
I'm nervous, 
I don't want bites out of me

But what if all my friends wanna go to the beach? 
Wanna go to the beach? 
I'll just stay in the sun, 
I'll be fine on my own 

How about a song from a lo-fi garage-surf-punk band from Perth for your Friday? (Inadvertent almost tongue-twister: bonus.) Seapunk is the title track from their most recent EP (hope there's new music coming soon!)

RIYL: Wavves, Cloud Nothings, Surfer Blood, Beach Slang

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