my.Top.15.Songs.of.2019

myTop.15.Songs/Albums.of.2019

1. Cage the Elephant - “Goodbye” - Social Cue
2. TR/ST - “Slow Burn” - The Destroyer, Vol.2
3. White Lies - “Tokyo” - Five
4. The Drums - “Pretty Cloud” - Brutalism
5. The Faint - “Quench The Flame” - Egowerk
6. Metronomy - “Insecurity” - Metronomy Forever
7. FKA twigs - “fallen alien” - MAGDALENE
8. Brittany Howard - “Baby” - Jaime
9. Oliver Tree - “Hurt” - Single
10. Bleached - “Hard to Kill” - Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?
11. Ladytron - “You’ve Changed” - Ladytron
12. The Beaches - “Want What You Got” - The Professional EP
13. The Fat White Family - “Feet” - Single
14. Inhaler - “My Honest Face” - Single
15. !!! - “UR Paranoid” - Wallop 

Cage the Elephant came out with a AMAZING album that I couldn't stop listening to from start to finish.  Love that TR/ST did a Robyn, releasing to albums in parts.  The Drums "Pretty Cloud", is so different from what they do and I hope they continue with a dancy track again.  The Faint "Quench The Flame" reminds me of a freestyle tune for 2019.   And, if your a U2 fan, you should checkout, Inhaler!

As always, to hear the tunes, go to my website at: www.JDN73.com and go to PODCAST.  You can either download it or just press play.  Happy New Year and see you soon.

Cheers,

-j

Niki.and.The.Dove.(L!VE)...

Niki.&.the.Dove.2013

@el.Rey.Theatre.(Los.Angeles, CA)

Monday.January.28th

"This show is awesome, just like The Faint", someone said behind me while N&TD where performing. Really?!?!  Niki and The Dove show was good, but you can't compare.  The Faint was...AMAZING!  

I arrived around 8 o'clock and the venue was light that I was able to be right on the stage.  I could count the people in the room.  They where two opening acts before Niki and The Dove that where...okay.  I turned around to checkout the crowd and the person next to me, whipped out her mini iPad?!?!  Really?!?!  Funny.  

Right after the second band, the venue was packed.  I use to be that person who would come in right before the opening  band went off stage just to see the main band.  Ever since I arrived early to see Balam Acab  in NYC and TRUST was the opening band (with other two bands), I would of never have stumbled on to them.  So now, I make it a habit to be early because you never know.   Plus, I get to be up close to get a good picture of the band.  

It was great to see Niki and The Dove on a bigger stage with a good sound system.  I loved looking at the fans who where by the stage (like myself) singing to every song.  This show was better from that crazy venue in Echo Park. They had issues there and you can see it in there faces, which made them cut there set short.  Malin Dahlström (Lead Singer) broke out with this hair piece that reminded me of Frida Kahlo.  Then she grabbed her furry fans and fanned us with them.  It felt nice.  

With a great performance, I couldn't stop looking at the outfits that Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf (Keyboardist) where wearing.  Malin was a clash of eighties Maddona and Cindy Lauper with the dance moves of Lisa Lisa (Cult Jam).  Gustaf was also something from the eighties with his long white dress shirt, wearing black pants that where rolled up to his ankles that showed off his white socks.  That look was HUGE for the Modern Rock guys, because I was doing that.  If you have not heard of them, you should pick up their latest album, "Instinct".  It was one of my top 30 albums of 2012.

\m/ - AWESUM!