Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

It's my lil sis' birthday and her ultimate artist obsession is Taylor Swift. As one birthday gift, I honor her Swiffer ass here with one of the couple songs I could've posted from Taylor's new album "The Tortured Poets Department"! Happy Birthday Lil' C!

Alex Winston - Special Feeling

Here's a great new track from Alex Winston!

Desire - Human Nature

Awesomeness from Desire! New album "Games People Play" is due some time this year!

Daphne Guinness - Time

New from Daphne Guinness from her upcoming album "Sleep", out June 21st! Plus, an awesome remix by Hercules & Love Affair!

They Might Be Giants - Lazy

They Might Be Giants covering Irving Berlin for WNYC's 2024 Public Song Project!

Belle and Sebastian - What Happened to You, Son?

New one from Belle and Sebastian!

Beth Gibbons - Reaching Out

Another goodie from Beth Gibbons who releases her solo album "Lives Outgrown" on May 17th!

MALE TEARS - Regret 4 Nothing

Here's another release from AVANT! Records! This time it's MALE TEARS with new single from upcoming album "Paradísco", out July 12th!

Plastic Estate - Open Eyes

New single from Plastic Estate!

Margaret Berger - Karma Is a

New single from Margaret Berger! Hoping for an album this year!

Logan Lynn - I'm Just a Hole, Sir

New goodness from Logan Lynn off upcoming new album "SOFTCORE", out June 7th!

The Irrepressibles - Will You?

The Irrepressibles getting a bit grungy on their new single and I like it!

Annie-Claude Deschênes - Ancients

Great one from Annie-Claude Deschênes! Her new album "Les manières de table" was released at the beginning of April!

Camera Obscura - Liberty Print

It keeps getting better from Camera Obscura as they release the third track from forthcoming new album "Look to the East, Look to the West", out May 3rd!

anamē & Lydmor - Peaceful Avenues

I'm a bit far behind on this excellence from anamē & Lydmor! anamē released their album "Beautiful World" last September and it features multiple tracks with Lydmor on vocal duties!

The Magnetic Fields - Long-Forgotten Fairytale

Another all-time fave that I've never seen live and I'm pretty sure Dudley Klute will be there to sing it with Stephin! One of the many selling points for me making the trek to NY for for this epicness!! And we'll be 3rd row center! HEAVEN!!

The Magnetic Fields - Promises of Eternity

I've seen A LOT of the "69 Love Songs" performed live but there are a couple of all-time Magnetic Fields favorites that I've yet to enjoy! This is the first and I will see it tonight and my life will be that much more complete!

Red Sleeping Beauty - If I'd Show You My Heart

Red Sleeping Beauty serving us a sweet pop nugget in just under a minute! It's a quickie and I'm here for it! Can it be May 1st already??

Isobel Campbell - Everything Falls Apart

Isobel Campbell serving us potty mouth in her latest single from upcoming album "Bow to Love", due May 17th!

Diamond Cafe - Slowly Fading

Newest single from Diamond Cafe!

James - Life's a Fucking Miracle

The next single shared from James' upcoming album "Yummy"!

Juniore - Le silence

New goodness from Juniore in celebration of their 10 years!

Silver Biplanes - Radiogram

Silver Biplanes are back! First single from their upcoming second album, "Travelling By Candlelight"! Album is out May 24th!

Pet Shop Boys - Sense of Time

Here's another case of Pet Shop Boys releasing a stronger b-side than single! It happens so often with them!
"Sense of Time" is one of two new tracks accompanying new single "Dancing Star" from upcoming album "Nonetheless"!

Neon Space Men - Follow Me / Things (The Ballad of Adam and Steve)

Neon Space Men are a new-ish band out of Germany and they really love synthpop! 80's synthpop that is! Their debut album "Neon on My Naked Skin" was released in February and is a complete joy, full of nods to 80's classics! The album is truly infectious and full of so many earworms, like these two tracks! Highly recommened if you love the 80's and just fun music in general!

St. Vincent - Flea

Another good one from St. Vincent off upcoming "All Born Screaming", out April 26th!

Swansea Sound - Markin' It Down

Swansea Sound are back with an awesome new video for one of the many highlights of their 2023 album "Twentieth Century"!
Along with the video comes news of their first ever US shows! They'll be playing a string of East coast dates right after the NY Heavenly shows in June! WOOO!

Moby - dark days (feat. Lady Blackbird)

New from Moby who releases his latest album "always centered at night" on June 14th! The album is a collaborative effort seeing multiple of Moby's favorite vocalists performing across the album!

Curses - Elegant Death

New from Curses who will release their new album "Another Heaven" via Italians Do It Better sometime this year!

Still Corners - Today Is the Day

Less than a week for Still Corners' newest dreamy pop magic "Dream Talk"!

Virens - From the Fire

Just discovered this group in a dove into a little rabbit hole of "older" tunes today! Virens is the newish duo of Louisa Connolly-Burnham & James New (of Mirrors fame). They've only released a handful of singles thus far, which all of last year's ended up making their debut EP "couples therapy". This newest single is just wonderful!

Richard Simmons - Yo-Yo Man

Another AWESOME one from Richard Simmons' archives! This may be my favorite of all!!

ACTORS - In Real Life

New single from ACTORS!

Bogan Via - Miracles

Awesome cover by Bogan Via of an awesome track originally by The Dø!

Emmon - DARK

New single from Emmon!

Desire - Darkside

New single from Desire!

Tammie Brown - We Like to Party

How do we get invited to a Tammie Brown party!?! Super fun cover of the Vengaboys' anthem!

AURORA - Some Type of Skin

New from AURORA!

ionnalee - innocence of sound

ionnalee is back with new music and upcoming album "CLOSE YOUR EYES" is a sequel to "BLUE"! Oh happy me! This new song is a very welcome return to form!

Richard Simmons - Aerobique

Richard Simmons has decided to drop some old (but NEW to us) songs on YouTube and this one is absolutely perfect!! Sign Richard up for a Eurovision guest appearance NOW!

La Luz - Strange World

Really good stuff from La Luz off upcoming new album "News of the Universe", out May 24th!

St. Vincent - Broken Man

St. Vincent serving us alternative 90's realness with this new track from upcoming album "All Born Screaming"! Album is out April 26th!

Bodies of Water - Footprints

New from Bodies of Water! Their new album "The Journey Is Our Home" is out April 23rd!

Crumbs - DIY SOS

New track from the latest Skep Wax signing, Crumbs! Their debut album "You're Just Jealous" will be out May 10th!

Mammoth Penguins - Everything That I Write

Love this new track from Mammoth Penguins off upcoming new album "Here", out May 3rd!

Hooverphonic - Fake Is the New Dope

Loveliness from Hooverphonic on their latest single!

James - Our World

Greatness from James! New album "Yummy" is out April 12th!

The Marías - Run Your Mouth

The Marías are back with upcoming new album "Submarine", out May 31st!

Moto Boy - When Are You Coming Home?

My favorite of all the new Moto Boy tracks thus far!

Flashback 2000: Cinerama - Your Charms

One of the many stand-out tracks from Cinerama's near perfect 2000 release "Disco Volante"! I highly suggest you give it a listen NOW!

Chiara Berardelli - Little More

This is just lovely from Chiara Berardelli who releases new album "Archaeology" on July 24th!

Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope

Here's a fun one from Ibibio Sound Machine, the title track for their upcoming new album "Pull the Rope", out May 3rd!

Camera Obscura - We're Going to Make It in a Man's World

Getting some old-school Camera Obscura vibes with this one! New album "Look to the East, Look to the West" is coming May 3rd!

Sunlit - Don't Cry Tonight

Almost forgot a post for today! Here's Sunlit giving us their even slower version of chilly, 1983 italo disco track from Savage!

Red Sleeping Beauty - Is This Love?

2-minutes of indie POP! perfection from Red Sleeping Beauty for the March edition of their monthly song series!

Elysian Fields - I Can Give You That

Elysian Fields have announced a new album! "What the Thunder Said" will be released on May 3rd!

Flashback 2000: Papas Fritas - I'll Be Gone

Time for another Flashback from 2000!
This time I'm featuring one of the most infectious pop songs of the year by Papas Fritas! "I'll Be Gone" is from the band's best (and final) album "Buildings and Grounds". The song gets stuck in my head constantly and it's pure joy every time I hear it!

Julia Holter - Evening Mood

Gorgeousness from Julia Holter! She releases new album "Something in the Room She Moves" on March 22nd!

Telenova - Teardrop

New single from Telenova and it's a good one!

LAUREL - Wild Things

LAUREL is releasing new album "PALPITATIONS" on June 14th!

Emilie Simon - Tiger

Emilie Simon is releasing her new album "Polaris" next month!

Isobel Campbell - 4316

New Isobel Campbell!! Her new album "Bow to Love" will be out May 17th!

Rachel Love - Without You

Beautiful new single from Rachel Love off upcoming 2nd album!

Bat for Lashes - The Dream of Delphi

New from Bat for Lashes! Her new album "The Dream of Delphi" is out May 31st!

Holiday Sidewinder - Crystal Bay

New single from Holiday Sidewinder! Her new album "The Last Resort" will be out in May!

Allie X - Weird World

Allie X's latest "Girl With No Face" is out TODAY!!

Bel Canto - Grass Mint Crisp

We haven't heard from Bel Canto in quite some time! They're releasing new album "Radiant Green" on April 26th!

Farah - The Living Dead

New single from Farah!

Hana Vu - Care

New from Hana Vu off upcoming new album "Romanticism, out May 3rd"!

Sunlit - Someone So Beautiful

Another slice of beauty from Sunlit!

Leathers - Crash

Latest single from Leathers!

U2 - Love Is Blindness

Rockyboo's Xmas gift this year was tickets to see U2 at the Sphere! While I'm not their biggest fan, "Achtung Baby" is a great album and this should be an awesome experience! My favorite song of theirs is this beauty!

Mammoth Penguins - Species

New goodness from Mammoth Penguins off upcoming new album "Here", out May 3rd!

Tei Shi - QQ {Quédate Queriéndome}

Love me some Tei Shi! Here's her latest!

The Ballet - Handsome Devil

New video from The Ballet off last year's excellent "Daddy Issues"!

Beth Gibbons - Floating on a Moment

A voice one can never tire of, the wonderful Beth Gibbons is releasing a new solo album "Lives Outgrown" on May 17th!

Sia and Kylie - Dance Alone

It's here! Sia and Kylie's new dancefloor jam! It will feature on Sia's new album "Reasonable Woman", out May 3rd!

OIympia - Try to Be Good

New track from Olympia!

Flashback 2000: Belle and Sebastian - There's Too Much Love

Belle and Sebastian released their wonderful "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant" in 2000 and it featured one of the band's best songs in their entire catalog. It was a wonderful joy to hear it featured in one of the best scenes of the FANTASTIC 2014 film "The Way He Looks", which you can see some clips of in the video I'm sharing!

TR/ST - Being Boring

TR/ST released his latest EP "TR/ST" a couple weeks ago. It features a few new songs and this cover (with help from Jake Shears) of one of the best Pet Shop Boys songs ever! Took me a couple listens to enjoy, but now I love it!

Kita Alexander - All Night (feat. LAUREL)

Very nice from Kita Alexander with the help of LAUREL! Her debut album "Young in Love" will be out March 22nd!

Iisa - Mikään ei riitä (feat. Antti Autio)

New goodness from Iisa, who releases her new album "HARDCORE" in August!

Red Sleeping Beauty - Free Cake for Every Creature

Returning with their monthly single series, here is Red Sleeping Beauty with a mantra I can truly stand behind!

Club 8 - Just Like Heaven

Another new single from Club 8...and it's not a cover!

The Decline and Fall of Heavenly

On Friday, Heavenly released the next of their re-issues of ALL their albums! Released in 1994, "The Decline and Fall of Heavenly" was Heavenly's shortest album and packed the most punch...thanks to the riot grrrl influences found during their stint in the US.
The album starts with a bang as "Me and My Madness" shows a whole new side to the band (more writers/more instruments/more harmonizing), and it continues for 6 more tracks until finally closing with the softer tale of unexpressed love in "She and Me". There's even a frollicking instrumental thrown in the middle. "Sacramento" is what I like to call their Dick Dale moment.
This album also holds some special memories in my life. I'll always remember one of my sister's early e-mail addresses was "meandmymadness@...com". This was the album I used to introduce her to Heavenly. The wonderfully titled "Sperm Meets Egg, So What?" was featured as the opening track on one of my all-time favorite mix CDs, "An Exploration of the Human Body - From Conception to Death", which I realize I need to un-earth and share here!
Topping off the awesomeoness, they've attached the entire "Atta Girl" EP featuring some of the band's most beloved tracks including "P.U.N.K Girl" & "Hearts and Crosses". The EP is pretty much perfect and further shows the band hitting its stride to the fullest!
These two releases show the band growing in all the right ways and they only get better from there! Later in 2024, we'll see the re-issue of the band's final album "Operation Heavenly". So excited my sister and I will be seeing them AGAIN in June, this time in NY! Life is good!

El Perro del Mar - Between You and Me Nothing

More dreamy beauty from El Perro del Mar off upcoming "Big Anonymous", out in a couple weeks!

Camera Obscura - Big Love

YAY! Camera Obscura are back! They have a new album, "Look to the East, Look to the West" out May 3rd and I'm very excited!

Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness

Pet Shop Boys return with their latest single and news of upcoming album "Nonetheless", out April 26th!

Amor Butano - Mágica

Fun stuff from Amor Butano off their upcoming new EP “Te noto cambiada”.

Sunlit - Back

Gorgeousness from Joe Moore's latest project Sunlit!

Bright Light Bright Light - You Want My ...

The lead track from Bright Light Bright Light's upcoming new album "Enjoy Youth", out May 17th! Love it!

Empress Of - What's Love (feat. MUNA)

New single from Empress Of off her upcoming new album "For Your Consideration", out March 22nd!

Grandaddy - Long as I'm Not the One

My favorite kind of Grandaddy is this dreamy kind of Grandaddy! Their new album "Blu Wav" will be out Feb 16th!

Allie X - Off With Her Tits

Awesome POP! from Allie X! New album "Girl With No Face" is out Feb 23!

Still Corners - The Dream

Still Corners' new album "Dream Talk" is out April 5th! 2nd single right here!

Dent May - One Call, That's All

New single from Dent May and I Love it!

My Life Story - Running Out of Heartbeats

My Life Story released their latest EP last week and here is the title track! The EP features three previously released singles.

AURORA - The Conflict of the Mind

AURORA serving new greatness!

Moto Boy - Drown Out the Noise

Oh how I've missed Moto Boy! We will see the release of a new album this year and likely the last under the moniker of Moto Boy!

James - Is This Love

James is back with a new album "Yummy" set for release April 12th!

Flashback 2000: Squirrel Nut Zippers - It All Depends

From Squirrel Nut Zippers' album "Bedlam Ballroom", here is the gorgeous voice of Katherine Whalen delivering one of the greatest songs of that year!

Laetitia Sadier - Panser l'inacceptable

Another video off Laetitia Sadier's upcoming new album "Rooting for Love", out Feb 23rd!

Vanity Fairy - Jungle Jim

New single from Vanity Fairy!

Julia Holter - Spinning

New from Julia Holter who will be releasing her new album "Something in the Room She Moves" on March 22nd!

Kaleida - Stranger

Kaleida release their third album "In Arms" on March 22nd and it's shaping up to be great!

Tom McRae & Keren Ann - Wild Love

Just lovely from Tom McRae & Keren Ann!

Polly Scattergood - Dancing in the Dark

Loving this cover by Polly Scattergood! Bruce should be proud!

Michelle Gurevich - Party Girl (Sainte Vie Remix)

Never thought I'd be getting down to the title track from Michelle Gurevich's debut album "Party Girl" (2007)! Great remix by Sainte Vie!

Flashback 2000: Vitesse - Brighter Than the Sky

Another band that received plenty of Magnetic Fields comparisons back when they started was Vitesse! Maybe a bit in some of the vocal delivery, but I never really thought too much about it. Whatever people!
Vitesse released four albums from 1999-2002 with 2000's "Chelsea 27099" being my favorite. The vocalist, Hewson Chen, ended up joining another fantastic group (and Ooberus Oblivious fave) The New Lines!

Flashback 2000: The Kitty Vermont - Back to Better Days

2000 saw the release of the only album by The Kitty Vermont, "Wonderful You". Anyone listening will obviously compare them to The Magnetic Fields. Definitely not a bad thing, especially when in moments like this song, he captures their essence perfectly! This is by far the best track from the album, but there are plenty of other little treasures to be heard!

Red Sleeping Beauty - Caroline (I Found Love)

A new sparkling slice of synthpop from Red Sleeping Beauty! This year they'll be releasing a new song on the 1st of every month, culminating in a full album on Dec 1st! You know what that means? On Sept 1st, I get a new Red Sleeping Beauty song as a gift for my birthday!

Margaret Berger - Oblivion

Margaret Berger returns with a new single!! Plus she'll have potential to represent Norway in Eurovision 2024! GO MARGARET!

Wishy - Spinning

Pretty hazy dazy dreamy pop from Wishy off their sophomore EP "Paradise" released last month.

Flashback 2000: Monaco - A Life Apart / Kashmere

Back in 2000, Peter Hook's Monaco released their self-titled follow-up to 1997's "Music for Pleasure". I don't think many heard the release, especially in the states. I luckily found the CD in an import section (and I still have it!). It saddens me that Monaco didn't do more because I LOVE this album! It's full of grandiose pop tunes and plenty of signature Peter Hook moments. There are many highlights amongst the 10 tracks but here are two of my favorites!

The Last Dinner Party - Caesar on a TV Screen

Only a month to go before The Last Dinner Party's debut album "Prelude to Ecstasy" is out! Based on their show last year, I'm expecting it to be great!

Mint Julep - All That We'll Ever Be

Mint Julep will be releasing a new album this year called "Wildfire"! Not sure if this will be on it, but it's absolutely lovely!

Flashback 2000: Nina Persson & David Arnold - Deceased

The angelic voice of Nina Persson and the orchestral pop magic of David Arnold put out this pop masterpiece back in 2000. It was the theme song for the modern version of British series "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)".

Freezepop - Into the Fog

Freezepop surprised dropped a new album yesterday! It's called "Fog" and they're deeming it their "techno album". I haven't heard the whole album yet but really digging this track!

Flashback 2000: Broadcast - Come on Let's Go

This year we're and for the next bunch of years we're going to be doing something different here at Ooberus Oblivious! In addition to all the awesome new music I'll be sharing, I want to include little flashbacks from years past prior to the start of this blog. My formative years of music love! So many amazing songs/artists I've never shared here and they need to shine! Of course there will be plenty I have shared but that just means they are so good, they deserve to shine again!
For 2024, I'll be focusing on the year 2000. And what better way to start than with my SONG OF THE YEAR from 2000, the Broadcast epic "Come on Let's Go". This song has always hit me to the core and it's one of my all-time favorite songs, talking top 20 here!