Sugarmen "Dirt" [single] (Poor Old Soul Records)

This is that rock n roll sound that has groovy bass lines and the vocals sometimes go back and forth between singing and speaking.    It is no coincidence that the name of this band is Sugarmen because it sounds like "Sugar High" by Coyote Shivers and just that overall feel of being part of the "Empire Records" soundtrack.    Will it be on my mixed tape?  Absolutely!   This song rocks.    I want more more more.

Giant Claw "Soft Channel No. 1" [single] (Heligator Records)

[$1 to Download // https://heligatorrecords.bandcamp.com/album/soft-channel-no-1]

If you are not a fan of Giant Claw already then I feel rather badly for you because you must be missing out on some rather great music.   Most times, I like to put artists in genres that are general for any number of them.   Giant Claw, as proven on "Soft Channel No. 1", is just a genre within itself.    It's not "vaporwave" or "electronic" or "chillwave" or any of those things.    Giant Claw is its own genre.

Interestingly enough, the proceeds from this song will be donated to maintaining a library at the Malindza Refugee Camp in Swaziland, Africa.    You don't have to know anything else about that other than the fact that libraries are good and this music is good so show your support.   Most people within the United States have public libraries they can access for free so any way you can support a library- in my opinion- is a good cause.

      I would probably say you should put your money down for this even if the song was by a most horrible artist or at least someone I didn't enjoy.  But now you can hear great music while feeling like you're doing something good for humanity.    There is really no reason for you not to do this.

Danny Darko ft. Julien Kelland "Say Goodbye" (Original Mix) [single]

[https://soundcloud.com/dannydarko1/danny-darko-ft-julien-kelland-saygoodbye]

It's hard for me to describe the music going on within this song.   It's not full on "pop" in the way that you would think of something being on the radio and thus becoming obnoxious to me because the vibe is a lot more chill.   It's also not really rock, as there are beats and tones of bliss, but yet somehow I want to call this "pop rock" in the way that Blue October would make one of their songs (see: "Approaching Normal") rather than the more traditional route.    The vocals remind me a bit of Polly Scattergood but they do stand out as something unique and for that I do want to listen to anything with Julien Kelland in it now.

There are guitars but not in the sense that you might think of as being upbeat and annoying.   They're strummed along to the synth bass and this is just all around chill.   I'd call it chillwave but it might not be quite that but rather a combination of that, pop, rock and something else I cannot quite place.    Still, this song is a lot of fun and I'd put it on my mixed tape for sure so you should be listening to it as well.    Volume up, windows down.