Bop Shop: Songs From Lucy Dacus, Green Day, MAX And Kim Petras, And More

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  Daniel Johnston: "True Love Will Find You in the End"
  
  
  https://youtu.Be/Ma7lyfYzIw8
  
  
  
  The world lost a songwriting legend this week any time Austin-based musician Daniel Johnston died from a heart attack at age 58. Johnston, whose battles with depression and mental illness are elaborate in the 2005 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston, became an inspiration to several, breaking into the public conscious once Kurt Cobain wore one of his shirts to the 1992 VMAs.
  
  
  However aside from the mythologizing about Johnston's mental state, irregular behavior, and eccentricities, what kept him inspiring generations of musicians was his ability to fully and beautifully pour himself into his songs. Johnston's high, fragile voice may waver on "True Love Will Find You in the End" as he ponders his loneliness and heartbreak. Although he encourages himself and listeners to keep going despite hardships, promising that things will eventually work out. They have to, right?
  
  
  If the several online tributes (including this one) in his memory are any indication, in the end, Daniel was truly loved. —Bob Marshall
  
  
  
  
  



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  MAX ft. Kim Petras: "Love Me Less"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=Lqf5ott5HO4
  
  
  
  What would happen if a lover knew your entire past? We're talking skeletons in the closet, late-night phone calls, the things you don't tell anyone — would it change anything? MAX explores the insecurities in a new mix of his pop banger that never helps to avoid bouncing. He wonders with a smile and audible sincerity, "Would you love me much less / If I had a dollar for my sins / in case you knew the beds that I have been in?"
  
  
  Kim Petras adds her signature flossy flair to the track, begging her lover to not think any far less if she spent all of the money on designer bags: "Hundred-fifty thousand, and it's just the weekend." In the bridge, the two seem to find resolve vocalizing to the idea that perhaps our flaws make us more appealing in the end soon considering that. From its first beats 'til their thoughts ring out, it's pure pop triumph. —Carson Mlnarik
  
  
  
  
  



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  King Princess: "Ain't Together"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=sLJbYJzD-Y0
  
  
  
  In 2019, gone are the days of app-less dating and only saying "I love you" while you truly mean it. Right now, the person you’re casually seeing is also dating five other people, and expressing love just means you vibe with someone more than 80 percent of your Snapchat companions. It’s confusing. And King Princess gets it.
  
  
  On "Ain't With each other a slow-burning track about the uncertainty of real feelings beginning to develop, the 20-year-old daydreams of something as simple as exclusivity and as frightening as falling in love. "We mention, 'I love you,' although we ain't with each other she sings on the chorus. "Do you think labels make it taste much better?" Soon after much contemplation, she decides she's ready take their relationship to the next step, one where they won't constantly have to remind each other that they "ain’t with each other because, finally, they are. —Jordyn Tilchen
  
  
  
  
  



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  Foster the People: "Pick U Up"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=L--jKStVU7A
  
  
  
  Soon after having a particularly stressful week, I was delighted to be able to see Foster the People returning with another track that has me grooving in my seat even once I'm so anxious about categorizing out life issues I can't pay attention. There's no eloquent explanation I have for why I love the song, nor will I pretend it speaks to any intimate segment of my soul. It's just damn catchy and it also reminds me of why I fell in love with the musical group in the opening place. I can't wait for the musical group to finally debut a new album that I can immediately fall for all over again, which I'm hoping is around the corner soon, so I can mention "Oh hi, Mark!" Any time it drops. —Brittany Vincent
  
  
  
  
  



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  Tove Lo ft. Kylie Minogue: "Really Don't Like U"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=81TXEICHH1E
  
  
  
  2019 is nothing if not full of surprises. Though notorious sad girl Tove Lo and longtime pop princess Kylie Minogue may seem like a unlikely pair, their teamwork on "Really Don't Like U" proves otherwise. Though simple, the lyrics — accompanied by a super nostalgic retro-electro beat — speak to the universal feeling of not liking an ex's new girl without any actual reason (except for the fact that she exists). I know, this seems exceptionally petty. Yet it's universal. With solo verses at the best and in between, Lo and Minogue harmonize on the chorus, singing, "I know I've got no right to / Really, I just don't like you / Look prettier than I do tonight / You make it hard to have a good time." It's a classic Tove Lo bop, however adding Kylie's general presence makes it fresh and exhilarating. I can already imagine a techno remix blaring indoor every nightclub, hopefully right after a magical rendition of Kylie's "Spinning Around" (one of the perfect songs ever made, don't @ me). —Sarina Bhutani
  
  
  
  
  



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  Green Day: "Father of All"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=9xtAYY04_p0
  
  
  
  Green Day's new song, "Father of All" is so 2004 that it literally uses a zoomed-in, graffiti'd segment of American Idiot as its cover art. This swaggering Meet Me in the Bathroom-era firestorm sounds like leather jackets and Levi's in a grungy dive washroom — on set of a commercial to sell both denim and beer. And it's good! Billie Joe Armstrong sheds his usual oblong whine for a staggering Jack White falsetto, a comparison made even clearer by monster guitars. (It's more Raconteurs than White Stripes, however you get it.) Spotify auto-played any time I Come Around" directly soon after "Father of All" and I got whiplash. What a gift to be pushing 50 and making music that sounds authentically 22. Thank heaven for 2004. —Patrick Hosken
  
  
  
  
  



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  Shaded Zu ft. Sunny Moonshine and Mercialago: "Cafe"
  
  
  https://soundcloud.Com/shadedzu/cafe-feat-sunny-moonshine
  
  
  
  Tinted Zu is actually two different people in one. He is a rapper, however his modify ego is Fake Uzumi, a wunderkind producer who can mix characteristic of techno, residence, hip-hop, and R&B into a uniform mixture; his work is fuzzy, warm, and colorful enough to cause a smile to stretch across your face as soon as you bob your head dangerously fast. "Cafe," from his recently released project Xtra Large, is an indiscriminate mix of soft sounds and optimistic energy, like an early morning coffee trek in the rain. Its chill groove is built around a soothing electric piano, and yes it slowly sucks you in with featured singer Sunny Moonshine's hypnotizing chanting of "What can I do for you?" Zu's dizzying lifestyle rhymes slide in in back of her, issuing a little about himself and also a clever punchline about his familial relationship with the Man in the Moon. No matter how you were feeling before, this song just leaves you feeling good indoors. —Trey Alston
  
  
  
  
  



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  Lucy Dacus: "Dancing in the Dark"
  
  
  
  
  
  Imagine covering Bruce Springsteen in 2019. What can you even do with a song like "Dancing in the Dark" at this point, apart from what the film Blinded By the Light does beautifully throughout its lightning-strike moment? If you're Lucy Dacus, response The reply is quite a lot. As one of the most skilled songwriters and musicians of her generation, Dacus reinvents the well-worn '80s staple as a surging slice of motorik-powered post-punk fringed with youthful optimism. She makes it feel simply new. What a miracle. —Patrick Hosken
  
  
  
  
  



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  Pet Shop Gentlemen ft. Years & Years: "Dreamland"
  
  
  https://youtu.Be/RokbHjyPbyk
  
  
  
  Eighties synth-pop legends Pet Shop Males (you know, the "West End Ladies guys) have teamed with synth-pop heroes of today Years & Years for a new explosive new dance track. "Dreamland" is a duet for PSB's Neil Tenant and Y&Y's Olly Alexander, uniting two outspoken LGBTQ frontmen whose influence right now spans generations. PSB clearly respect their younger counterparts, calling Years & Years "one of the most original and successful bands to emerge this decade" in a statement to NME. Pet Shop Boys's first album in over two decades drops in January, and they're planning a U.K. Greatest hits tour to support the album in 2020. —Bob Marshall