diSKOAver weekly: week of May 3, 2023

Heya cute lil disco babies ✨🪩

Given that we are in the middle of one hell of a Mercury Retrograde (😮‍💨) and also about to have a major lunar eclipse in Scorpio on Friday that’s all about releasing what doesn’t serve you, I thought it would be helpful to offer the collective some amulets of protection and strength to navigate any particularly prickly moments of reflection that you may experience over the next few days. 

I won’t front, it’s been pretty prickly the last few months. As I mentioned previously, I’ve felt stuck in this transitional phase that I’ve been in for awhile and decided to do some digging to see if there was anything that I was missing that was preventing my progress. What I finally allowed myself to see had been in front of me the whole time. If I may be so vulnerable to the void, I will bravely admit that I was toting around some really heartbreaking self limiting beliefs. I was allowing myself believe that: 

• I am a disposable person 😔

• Connection with me is something people can easily let go of 😞

• My full authenticity is *too much* and pointless to offer anyone because people will abruptly leave you no matter what anyway 🫥

• A relationship with me isn’t worth fighting for 🫠

I’ve been essentially wearing these self limiting beliefs as a pair of prescription lenses that are VERY MUCH NOT YOUR PRESCRIPTION ANYMORE. 👓 For people who have privileged eyesight and have never experienced what happens when the prescription is off on your corrective lenses, it fuckin SUCKS. 😩 You get headaches from the eye strain and all sorts of other micro annoyances until you can rectify the issue and go back to full clarity. 

Happy to report that those metaphorical contact lenses have been chucked into the fuckin bin, y’all. 🚮

As a result, I’ve been carefully setting some new boundaries to reflect my restored vision. This morning after meditation I drew the Nine of Wands, of which Jessica Dore’s reflections on that particular card in her book, Tarot For Change: Using The Cards For Self-Care, Acceptance, and Growth just so happen to be about boundaries. 😎

She writes that, 

“Ideally what we want is a boundary that’s firm, visible from a mile away but not unwelcoming. There’s a doorway through the wall, but the gatekeeper is discerning and has a zero-tolerance policy for nonsense.” 

I liken this line of thinking to that of all things, a bubble. 🫧

Think about it. Visible from a good distance and completely transparent but something that you know if you were to penetrate it you would literally wreck the whole vibe. Furthermore, bubbles are adaptive in more ways than just floating around making Ozzy Osbourne feel less like the Prince of Fucking Darkness. Bubbles can freeze and be rigid and seemingly impenetrable, which while looking kinda cool aren’t as fun as regular bubbles because they’re too heavy to be all floaty and cute. They can also bump into other bubbles and subsequently stick together and float around together in fun new shapes as a result. 🫧

To me, this last lil bitty bit here is ✨the goal✨. Right? I’ve had to learn the hard way that having good boundaries with yourself means only sticking to people who wouldn’t want to burst your bubble, and a good indictor of that is whether or not you actually see a bubble when you encounter anyone outside of your own. 🧐

On communicating boundaries, Dore offers the following (my flair added),

“I often think of communicating a boundary as a bit like getting informed consent from someone. 🫧It’s right to let others know the terms of engagement before they get involved. This keeps you safe, and it also keeps the other person safe from the possibility of your exploding in a fit of rage because you said yes too many times when you should’ve said no. 🫧 It’s scary to be close with people who give indiscriminately without a sense of their own limits.” 

Apparently I’ve been in the energy of this bubble metaphor for boundaries for awhile now, because I just remembered this little nugget of wisdom from my chat with Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac that I’ll leave you with (and obvi my flair again): 

"It is what you make it," he said, "It's your bubble man. You're in a bubble when you're out here [on tour] but it's your bubble. Like we say 'life's good in the bubble, man'. You know, for a lot you get to choose what's there and what's not, you know? So we just kind of keep it sane back there, […].”

So much love to all of you. Now go blow some beautiful bubbles already!

🫧💖✨

1. Fischerspooner - “Amuse Bouche” 

2. KAMAUU - “the vibe — A COLORS SHOW” 

3. Chris-n-Teeb - “First”

4. Lily Allen “Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs)”

5. Yves Tumor - “Purified By Fire” 

6. Joshwa - “Magalenha”

7. Pat Lok - “Set Me Free (feat. Kiinjo)” 

8. Mont Duamel - “Young” 

9. Moullinex - “Break Me In Pieces (feat. GPU Panic)” 

10. Qveen Herby - “NAH” 

11. Courtney Govan - “stay still” 

12. Posie Pocket - “Peace>Pleasure”

13. Aaron Taylor - “Patience (feat. Madison Ryann Ward)” 

14. NAMIRÉ - “Let Go” 

15. Bayonne - “Solo” 

16. Sego - “SURRENDER” 

[PLAY THE PLAYLIST] BEST FUCKING MORNING ☕️

Recently I’ve trying to be more thoughtful with how I start my day. With all of this time in quarantine I’ve taken the opportunity to observe how impactful tiny thoughtful adaptations can be. Not just on a daily basis either, as I’ve found that sometimes the change can be so swift it’s often within an hour or even a matter of minutes, depending on the situation.

We all know music is a major mood shifter. Unfortunately, sometimes it feels like because we’ve gotten so accustomed to the habit of recklessly consuming things to make us feel better that we do this with music a lot more than any of us would like to admit. I know I’ve certainly been guilty of that myself. Additionally, when you’re already not giving too much thought of what you’re consuming, it’s hard for me to believe that it means that all that unused thoughtful energy is shifting to what you’re putting out into the world and any subsequent side effects, either positive or negative.

I intend to take more ownership of how this space factors into this consumption habit equation for everyone, so of course I felt the need to make a fucking playlist about it. 🤪

I took some time thinking about not just what makes me feel good, but exactly what makes me feel my ⚡️fucking best⚡️. IMO, there’s truly nothing better in this life than the opportunity to identify how your talents/strengths can help people, throwing all of your energy into that thing, and then witnessing the magic that comes from those efforts. To be clear, I’m not just talking about ways that earn you money from doing this either. It can also be little things like knowing you’re a good personal cheerleader and being able to notice when someone could need some pom-poms waved in their direction and seeing their reaction. It’s ✨ literally the fucking best✨ ESPECIALLY when all parties involved decide that shit is going both wayyysss.

Community.

Connection.

Intention.

These are the things that BEST FUCKING MORNING☕️ is made of to the best of my ability. Sometimes you’ll get ✨a feeling✨ from the music, but as often as I could, I wanted the words ringing through your ears to make you feel fucking great, too. Additionally, I wholeheartedly believe that it’s equally important that the people making the good vibes you ingest should absolutely coming from good fucking people and I can say with a great level of confidence that these are all really good fucking people. I took a lot of care to make sure that even if one were to treat this playlist like a LoFi Chill Beats To Study To kinda deal where it’s mostly going to be background noise, that the few times that your brain decides to focus in on what’s actually happening that hopefully in that moment you feel empowered to remember that you always have the opportunity to choose happiness in spite of whatever bullshit gets thrown at you.

Let me be very clear that this is not me tryna shove some toxic positivity on your ass. That shit is annoying as fuck and not welcomed in this house. You always are entitled to however you feel, absolutely.

BUT

When you wake up feeling meh and decide you deserve to feel at minimum a little bit better.

Or you wake up feeling fucking great and want to hold onto that feeling as much as you can, possibly even going next level with that shit.

I promise you this shit will take you there, wherever that may be.

Although this collection of vibes was arranged in a way to be uplifting incrementally, feel free to let The Algorithm™ move you and shuffle this shit if you are so inclined. That said, I def invite you to see if you can notice a different if you listen both ways. Additionally, I intend to honor the inspiration behind this playlist and occasionally implement tweaks every now and then, hopefully to further enhance this vibe. Mostly likely additions only, no removals or substitutions.

As long as this playlist is in your life may you never forget that you deserve the fucking best. 💖

[SONG OF THE DAY] Oscar Scheller - "1% (feat. Lily Allen)"

image lovingly lifted from Oscar Scheller’s Instagram

It’s been a little over 3 years since I was fortunate enough to catch London songwriter Oscar Scheller at Baby’s All Right. He was just celebrating the release of his debut full-length, Cut & Paste, which featured cuts like, “Daffodil Days”, “Sometimes”, and “Breaking My Phone”, which I still reach for to this day. He’s been gradually rolling out singles over the course of the past year and from the looks of it my dude has been doing hella networking when he’s not crafting really fun future-forward pop productions. I’m struggling to think of a single UK artist that I’ve come in contact with in recent memory who *isn’t* a mutual follow of Oscar’s on Instagram. His first track back on the scene was with Sarah from Kero Kero Bonito, which got a solid remix from the Husky hunnies. It’s been more of the same since. It seems like the sky’s the limit in terms of who he could be working with next and this is no exaggeration.

His latest single, “1%”, is a collaboration with none other than Sheezus herself. The song is a call and response between the two who are trying to settle a dispute of a romantic nature via text, with the catch here being that Oscar’s phone is about to die because the battery is at 1%. As a person who gets stressed out when people post screenshots with the battery % in the 30s, I can only imagine the level of urgency of trying to diffuse a disagreement as that low battery sound (shudder) chimes in. Also the casual mention of the notorious "read receipt”, that depending on the situation can be a blessing or a curse, furthers the snapshot of anxiety involved with having a fight over text.

The track comes from his forthcoming sophomore full-length, HTTP404, which is slated for release on September 6th. The album further showcases his networking abilities as it includes a slew of stellar features, just have a glance at the tracklisting below and you’ll see what I mean.

If you’re fortunate enough to be on the other side of the pond, please live your best life and get to Omeara on Friday (7/12). The homey has a lineup of friends coming to perform with him so it’s sure to be a great night of music.

HTTP404

release date: September 6, 2019

Tracklist:

1. 1UP (f. Sarah Bonito)
2. Picture Perfect (f. Haveloc)
3. Interstellar Disco (f. PAWWS)
4. 1% (f. Lily Allen)
5. Confidence (f. Ashnikko)
6. Estate of Mind (f. Jevon & Miraa May)
7. Runaway
8. Go
9. Happy Meal (f. Mathilda Homer)
10. Tidal Waves" (f. Vera Hotsauc)
11. Young (f. Tyrer)

[SONG OF THE DAY] Lily Allen - "Lost My Mind"

The countdown 'til the best day of 2018 aka the day that Lily Allen's fourth studio album No Shame drops is currently at a mere 6 days. For some reason that feels like an eternity, but fortunately the benevolent Sheezus blessed us with "Lost My Mind" to hold us over.

I will forever be grateful for Lily's willingness to be so vulnerable when she writes. Her lyrics are always so damn relatable and when coupled with her angelic airy vocals I always end up feeling like we're both going to make it out on the other side. 

The most wonderful woman will be performing at select festivals over the summer before embarking on a lengthy US tour. 

Oh! If you head over to her Instagram she's gradually rolling out snippets of all the songs on the record, which as I excitedly squealed loudly enough that my roommates made fun of me, is "SO EXCITING!"

happy weekend! sorry this is late but rosé happened last night.

TOUR DATES:
06/03 London, UK @ Mighty Hoopla
06/14 Neuchâtel, Switzerland @ Festi’neuch
06/16 Ruoms, FR @ Ardeche Aluna Festival
07/27 Oulu, Finland @ Qstock
08/05 Ronquieres, BE @ Ronquieres Festival
08/11 Cornwall, UK @ Boardmasters
10/05 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
10/06 Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theatre
10/08 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
10/10 Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee
10/12-14 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/16 New Orleans, CA @ House of Blues
10/17 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
10/18 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
10/20 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/21 Washington, DC @ The Fillmore
10/23 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/24 Boston, MA @ Paradise
10/27 Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
10/28 Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Theatre
10/30 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
10/31 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
11/01 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
11/03 Denver, CO @ Venue TBD
11/04 Salt Lake City, UT @ Complex (Grand Ballroom)
11/06 Portland, OR @ Roseland
11/08 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
11/09 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
12/02 Milan, IT @ Fabrique
12/04 Berlin, DE @ Astra
12/05 Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
12/06 Cologne, DE @ Live Music Hall
12/08 Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
12/09 Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli Vredenburg Ronda Hall
12/11 Dublin, IE @ Olympia Theatre
12/13 Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland
12/14 Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
12/16 Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
12/17 London, UK @ The Roundhouse

#skoaradio 10/31/2015 liner notes

When a new song comes out of nowhere and suddenly becomes your favorite.

Happy Halloween broadband buds!
Gotta say, the jams in this week's #skoaradio are so good it's SCARY! hahahaha oh boy am I bad at #relevantcontent sometimes but WE'RE HERE TO TALK MUSIC ANYWAYS SO WHATEVER. I dug up some spooktacular new tunes this week from Sinden, The 1975, Jamie Woon, MALAA, and more so it's a pretty damn good mixtape if I do say so myself. Lots of new music out this week so I hope you weren't planning on buying your family any expensive Christmas gifts because you're about to exceed your budget on music for the zillionth time.

Don't forget you can grab the Spotify playlist at the bottom of this post so you can treasure the order I painstakingly put these songs in. Or you can hit shuffle. Whatever.

Until next week!

<3

kibbe!

• Skaters - "Mental Case"
  • Going mental for this new track tbh. Dudes are working on a new album rn, so keep your ears/eyes open for updates.
• Pompeya - "Does" 
  • Pick up their full length Real. It's....real good.
• Of Montreal - "She's A Projector" 
• The Neighbourhood - "Sweater Weather"
  • Their new album, Wiped Out! dropped this week! Go grab it!
• Nine Black Alps - "Unsatisfied" 
• The Living End - "Pictures In The Mirror" 
• M.I.A. - "Fire Fire" 
• Peaches (feat. Kim Gordon) - "Close Up" 
  • Go grab Rub if you haven't yet
• MALAA - "H+M" 
  • I don't know much, but I DO know MALAA's Soundcloud is full of treats (NO TRICKS).
• Sinden & Herve - "Hit & Run" 
  • Brand new EP dropped this week! GO PICK UP THICK AS THIEVES PT. 2 ASAP.
• Breakbot - "Back For More" 
  • NEW. ALBUM. COMING. 2016. HURRRRYYY.
• Neon Indian - "Annie" 
  • Vega Intl Night School is out now, so get on that mkay?
• Mellowdrone - "Oh My" 
  • Jonathan still needs your money for album #2 for Big Black Delta, so go pledge your undying love (and dollars) towards that please.
  • Here are our 2 interviews with BBD (one from Adrian, one from me)
• Phases - "I'm In Love With My Life" 
  • For Life out now!
• The 1975 - "Love Me" 
  • The video for this is hilar so go watch it.
  • New album, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it coming...soon? No date yet. We'll let you know when that happens.
  • Oh yeah read the interview Shey did with Matt before they blew up.
• VOWWS - "Councilor" 
  • I MISSED THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THIS WAS COMING OUT THIS WEEK. GO BUY THE GREAT SUN IF IT'S THE ONLY ALBUM YOU BUY THIS YEAR.
• Man Without Country - "Catfish" 
  • Maximum Entropy is a solid and must-have record, so.
  • Ryan has a project called Secular Ghost and it's good! He upped some new songs this week so check those out on Soundcloud.
• Matt Lange - "Inside My Head" 
  • My interview with him WILL be up on the site this week or you can punch me in the face.
  • In the meantime, go grab his album Ephemera
• Jamie Woon - "Skin" 
  • Um, the press release I got sent was wrong, MAKING TIME IS OUT NOW GUYS OMGGGG.
• The Knife - "Heartbeats" 
  • RIP The Knife, may your music live on forever <3.
• Wilco - "Kamera" 
  • The name of their last album is a thing that my roommate is happy to rant to me about. 
• Lily Allen - "Never Gonna Happen" 
  • #Sheezus seems to be straight chillin, but you can still go pick up her latest album.
• SIVIK - "High" 
  • Grab Spring EP even though it's almost winter. It will keep you warm from all the dancing.

Some Kind of Awesome Radio - 07/11/2015

Typing up all the show notes this week for once because I love you, fam. 

YES! I'M ACTUALLY DOING SHOW NOTES FOR THIS WEEK! #sorrynotsorry but like I said in this week's episode I've been dealing with a bit of blogger burnout and even though doing the show is very therapeutic for me when you see how thorough I intend to be moving forward you will understand why I put this off for as long as I could. Again, I really appreciate those of you who listen and never get the promised show notes. NO MORE BROKEN PROMISES! Just quality #content in addition to a bunch of other new things in the works right now. 

Hope you enjoyed this weeks show! Feel free to drop a comment here or hit me up on Twitter. I'd love to hear what you thought of this week's picks!

Until next week!

<3

@kibbe!

• Tuxedo - "Do It"
  • Hitting the road for a mini tour this month! You can check out tour dates over on their site.
• Studio Killers - "Eros & Apollo"
• Ain't No Love - "Cry In The Rain" 
• Dillon Francis - "Bruk Bruk (I Need Yo Lovin)" 
  • Hitting the road this month! Tour dates over on his site. 
  • This Mixtape Is Fire drops on August 14. You can pre-order it if you're into that. 
• Vowws - "The Great Sun" 
  • Shows in July and August.  More info over on Songkick. 
• Ratatat - "Club Amnesia" 
  • Magnifique is out July 14th. You can stream the album in full via NPR.
• The Kickdrums - "Breathe Again" 
• Monarchy (feat. Dita Von Teese) - "Girls & Boys (Blur cover)" 
  • Few shows lined up in the next month or so. 
  • ReVision out now. As is Abnocto. 
• Caribou - "Silver" 
  • On tour now so get on it! Tour dates here. 
• Interpol - "My Desire" 
  • On tour now! Sprout and I will be heading to the show in Broooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Will we see you there? 
• Tame Impala - "Cause I'm A Man" 
  • The video for this song is super fun and full of puppets. 
  • Currents drops on July 17 - CAN YOU EVEN HANDLE IT BECAUSE I CAN'T. #zerochill
  • Tour is in full swing and dates are selling out fast so GRAB THEM WHILE YOU CAN. 
• Hot Chip - "Love Is The Future" 
  • They just upped these really fun Peanuts shirts in their merch store. I think I want the Snoopy one? idk
  • Very much on tour right now. 
• The Streets - "Two Nations" 
  • Fairly quiet in the Mike Skinner camp other than that single he did as The D.O.T. last year. Sigh. 
• VHS or Beta - "Can't Believe A Single Word" 
• Weaves - "Tick" 
• Kenna - "Karma Is Coming" 
  • Things are in the works in Kenna camp! He just posted a series of videos on Facebook explaining his Land 2 Air Chronicles series. I know more because I'm awesome but can't say just yet. KEEP YOU'RE EYES PEELED FOLKS! 
• Maiday - "Wish You'd Met Me First" 
  • More on Maiday in the coming weeks as I get to the bottom of this woman and her bru-tiful jams. Also getting into one of the producers on this track. More on that next week. :) 
• Big Black Delta - "It's Ok" 
  • NEW ALBUM COMING SOON. Open your hearts and wallets and PLEDGE YOUR BRAINS OUT. (hey buddyyy!) Dude deserves this to get the crap funded out if it considering all his gear got stolen and his dad passed away. Rough year for Jonathan Bates but It's Ok. 
  • For now you can grab "It's Ok" over on Soundcloud. 
• Kate Boy - "Midnight Sun" 
  • Do not ask me why you cannot buy this yet in the United States of America. I don't get it either. Take it away, UK! 
  • Few random tour dates if you're in other parts of the world. 
• Don Diablo (feat. Emeni) - "Universe" 
  • I can't keep up with this dude. He's already gearing up to release another single called "On My Mind" which drops on July 27. This teaser for it has got me wanting to dance in space. 
  • Voting is open for Top 100 DJs so get to voting so my chocolate chip cookie recipe can have more street cred since they're Don Diablo (and Mama Diablo) approved. 
• Lily Allen - "Close Your Eyes" 
• Animal Kingdom - "The Art of Tuning Out" 
• ANAMAI - "Lucia" 
  • Few shows coming up. 
• Dangermouse & Sparklehorse / Dark Night Of The Soul (feat. Julian Casablancas) - "Little Girl"
• Until The Ribbon Breaks - "Taste of Silver" 
• Biffy Clyro - "Stingin' Belle" 

BONUS JUST FOR YOU FAM! I'm also making playlists on Spotify for every single show. NO SHUFFLE THO BECAUSE THAT'S CHEATING! Additionally, as the shows become available on iTunes I will update each post with a link to the show for your listening pleasure. Enjoy! 

[Watch] Lily Allen - "Air Balloon" (Official Video)

I sat on writing this up until the official video came out for Lily Allen's latest single, "Air Balloon", because I was hoping it was going to provide some context, but can anyone out there please explain to me what the actual hell is going on here? Don't get me wrong, the song is insanely catchy, but in terms of depth, this couldn't be more of a polar opposite from her first single, "Hard Out Here". I love absolutely everything about this song until you actually pay attention to what she's singing about. One fo the things I've always appreciated about Allen's music was how quickly one is able to get on board with her. She's typically very straightfoward with what she has to say. However, when I receive the urge to put this song on, I feel uneasy throughout my moment of joyfilled pop bliss. It's like I'm being indoctrinated into some weird cult without my consent. The video (above) is an equally confusing joyride. She goes from aimlessly spinning and singing in a field with butterflies, to pawing on top of a cheetah, to floating around in space? Don't get me wrong, I would love to do all of these things, so maybe I'm just being jealous. I guess it's more that I feel left out because I thought I was on board with her willingness to make such a bold statement with her first single. With no announcement of an album release yet, though, I keep looking from "Hard Out Here", to "Air Ballon, and then to her other recent track on the Girls soundtrack, "L8 CMMR", wondering if she'll make it through this clear experimentational phase unscathed. She's definitely a different woman than she was when her sophmore album, It's Not Me, It's You was released in early 2009, so I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. Anyway, for now, if you need me, I'll be over here "further researching" this song by playing it 10 times in a row. 

[Listen] T-Pain - "5 O’Clock" Feat. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen

A new track from T Pain has surfaced via Nah Right/Hypetrak and it features a few (at least one depending on how you look at it) unexpected guest stars. The track, titled "5 O'Clock", features that big toking Wiz Khalifa and the lovely English rose that recently married, Lily Allen. The track is expected to feature on T Pain's upcoming album rEVOLVer which is due out later this year.