[SONG OF THE DAY] Michl - "Pulse"

When Riverside, California artist Michl hit the scene in 2016 I was borderline obsessed with his self-titled EP. Since then he’s trickled out a handful of singles including his latest, “Pulse”, which dropped last week. The reflective song about love and loss was over a year in the making. According to Michl,

"John Calvert and I started this song in London and I worked on lyrics for over a year...I can't even count how many times I rewrote it. After a session with Justin Tranter and Kennedi, I knew the direction the song should go. I almost let this song die a few times, but glad it finally came together."

Thankfully he didn’t give up on the song, which is full of staticy ebbs and flows paired with emotive lyricism. It follows prior 2018 releases, “Fight It Rough04”, “Borrowed Time”, “Tell Her”, “I’d Do It All Again”, and “Better With You”, so be sure to have a listen to those as well if you’re getting caught up on his latest movements like I admittedly had to.

#skoaradio 11/07/2015 liner notes

Really feeling this week's mixtape you guys.

Can't stop. Won't stop. Can't stop working. But it's chill though, the atmosphere I've been launched into has me surrounded by people who are music junkies just like me! In fact, I found Michl courtesy of one of my dope new friends at the office I'm in right now. (Thanks dude!) Sprout and I also hit up Honne on Tuesday this week where we hung out in the dungeon of a basement at Mercury Lounge and chatted with with James and Andy before they got the entire place pregnant. It's good to be busy. Then we had Flagship at Rough Trade on Friday night. Those guys were super great too. Can't wait to interview them and officially usher them into the skoa fam. But yeah, there's a lot going on but the majority of it is awesome. I guess you could say I'm #stressedbutalsoblessed. I hope you enjoyed this week's show. I'd love to hear from you if I just introduced you to your new favorite song (I know I'm kind of obsessing over SOULS right now).

Until next week!

<3

kibbe!

• The 1975 - "Love Me"
  • Last week we had an album name, this week we have a release date!! I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it will be dropping on February 26th!
• RAC feat. Penguin Prison - "Hollywood"
  • On tour now with the homey Big Data (we'll be at the Warsaw show tomorrow come hang okay?)
  • Speaking of their tour, they released an EP/single where they covered each others songs. It's super fun, you should go have a listen.
• Atlas Genius - "Stockholm"
  • Inanimate Objects is out now.
  • They've got a few more shows to close out the year.
• VOWWS - "Losing Myself In You"
  • GO. BUY. THEIR. ALBUM. OKAY. IT'S. SO. AMAZING.
  • They also have limited edition shirts on sale rn that are DOPE.
• Big Data (feat. Kimbra) - "The Glow"
  • On tour with RAC!
  • Like I said, you should peep their lil cute tour EP/single thing.
  • Oh yeah! Here's those Big Data glasses I was talking about.
• Art Brut - "Bad Weekend"
  • Singer Eddie Argos is selling a limited run of paintings this week only! If you want to get me something for Christmas this would be the thing to get. Or you could get one for yourself.
  • Played this song because I forgot that NME is free now. That's so crazy to me.
• HEALTH - "STONEFIST"
  • Get on that DEATH MAGIC fam it is so good.
• SOULS - "I Wait For You"
  • There is so much digging to be done on this dude. Apparently he doesn't know who is singing on his own track? That's nutty.
  • Holy wow this song though, right!?
• Electric Mantis - "the one"
  • You can haz this track for $FREE.99 (you're welcome)
• Kate Boy - "Midnight Sun"
  • Omg One is out NOW and it is GORGEOUS!
  • You should come out next week and see them with us! They're also playing a handful of dates in the US if you're not in NY.
• Professor Green (feat. Lily Allen) - "Just Be Good To Green"
  • So I can't *legally* watch the full documentary that aired on BBC3, but here are some clips from it. Fire up your UK proxy servers US fam!
  • Oh and dude just released an autobiography whaaatt!?
• Nodaway - "Hairspray"
  • You should grab 500 Days of Whatever (or whatever)
• Synkro - "Changes"
  • Got this bad boy on limited edition white vinyl, but you can have it as a digital download (unless you go to Rough Trade, I saw some there last night!).
• Michl - "Kill Our Way To Heaven"
  • Oh look another mysterious producer. I'm keeping my eye on this dude.
  • You can haz this for $FREE.99 too. :)
• Lucius - "Hey Doreen"
  • Still trying to understand this #goodgrief series they've started tweeting. idk
• Mayer Hawthorne - "Where Does This Door Go"
  • OMG MSG MAYER I'M SO PROUD OF YOU DUDE! He's. Opening. For. Hall. And. Oates. WHAT!
• Calvin Harris feat. Disciples - "How Deep Is Your Love"
  • Have you heard Disciples new EP yet? It's quite nice.
  • Bummed I didn't see them during BEMF. I really need a clone.
• Hot Chip - "Started Right"
  • Just announced dates in Australia in the new year! Still touring like crazy.
• Jamie Woon - "Skin" 
  • Seriously this new record is so damn good. Do you have it yet?
• HONNE - "Love The Jobs You Hate"
  • How'd you like that interview guys? They were so nice!
  • You should grab their new EP! It's fantastic!
• Battle Tapes - "Valkyrie"
  • Polygon drops in 2 weeks! (11/20). It's amazing. I can't wait for you all to hear it too! 
• Galantis - "Peanut Butter Jelly"
  • lol these guys are never not gonna be on tour.
• Flagship "I Want You"
  • Saw these guys last night! So good!
  • Grab their latest EP Faded okay?

And here's the headlines I rushed through that you can read more about (and you should so you're smarter than everyone else):

• Adele's 'Hello' is the first song ever to sell a million downloads in a week
• Facebook adds song clips from Spotify and Apple Music to your News Feed

As always, feel free to snag the Spotify playlist below so you can listen to the sweet jams I picked out for you on the go!