This week’s Timely Tunes includes the latest by Kevin Morby, Hazel English, Mannequin Pussy and Steve Hauschildt. And as always, a new playlist for the week! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Life With Dee! TIMELY TUNES    Kevin Morby “Beautiful Strangers” “Beautiful Strangers” sounds like a gentle folk hymnal floating in…

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Check out this week’s Timely Tunes by D.R.A.M., Saba, The Radio Dept., The Flaming Lips and Oval. Plus a new playlist for your listening enjoyment! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Life With Dee! TIMELY TUNES  D.R.A.M. (Featuring Erykah Badu) “WiFi” (From “Big Baby D.R.A.M.”) Wherein one of the most charmingly…

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This week’s edition of Timely Tunes includes the latest by Hiss Golden Messenger, Foxygen, American Football and Swet Shop Boys. And of course, a new Spotify playlist for your listening enjoyment. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Life With Dee! Timely Tunes    Hiss Golden Messenger “Cracked Windshield” (From “Heart Like…

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This week on Timely Tunes, we bring you the latest by Helado Negro, Moses Sumney, Weyes Blood, Goat, and John Adams. Timely Tunes   Helado Negro “Mi Mano” (From “Private Energy”) Roberto Carlos Lange crafts quiet, meticulous, initially unassuming tracks in both Spanish and English that unfold further upon each listen. His newest record under…

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This week on Timely Tunes, we bring you the latest by Bon Iver, Drive-By Truckers, Solange, and more! Drive-By Truckers “Guns of Umpqua” (From “American Band”) Drive-By Truckers are a strange band. For the past twenty years, they have drawn from the well of their Southern Rock forbearers, even going so far as to release…

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Timely Tunes is back! Check out what’s new in music.   Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam “A 1000 Times” (From “I Had a Dream That You Were Mine”) The Walkmen, Hamilton Leithauser’s old band, went into an indefinite hiatus in 2013 after a consistently stellar run of records. His partner on this project, Rostam Batmanglij, is…

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Prince has now been gone from this world for one week, and I, like so many other music fans, am still wrestling with how to process the loss of such a titanic artistic force. Like this year’s earlier loss of David Bowie, there has been a tremendous outpouring of public grief, remembrance, and celebration for…

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  Big Thief “Real Love” (From “Masterpiece”) Naming your debut album “Masterpiece” takes chutzpah or a winking sense of inward disarmament. Brooklyn’s Big Thief have now released two singles from that upcoming record, and both have been lyrically vivid beauties. “Real Love” features eviscerating lyrics (“real love makes your lungs black/real love is a heart…

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