Spencer Griffin's New Music Mondays

 here they are: "Glory" by The Airborne Toxic Event:  It feels like I've waited over a decade for these guys to come out with something new again, and now they finally have! Was it worth the wait?! Absolutely!! Instead of trying to hop onto new-ish alt/indie trends like they did for their last couple of records, they have gotten back to the U2/Springsteen-ish sound of their original album! So much so that I thought I was legit listening to Springsteen when I first listened to this one (though it does contain a few choice words that Springsteen rarely, if ever, uses in his music). The vocals sound remarkably Bruce-esque, though, and the music does, too! At 5 and a half glorious minutes, "Glory" certainly lives up to its title! This song is a tidal wave of emotion just waiting to wash you over! "Happy" by Something Corporate (featuring Andrew McMahon):  An interesting collaboration here! I was never that thrilled with Andrew McMahon's work, and as fo...

 here they are: "Bored" by Waxahatchee:  The song may be called "Bored," but it sure isn't boring! The song plays out like a slightly more countrified Tom Petty, echoing the progressions of classic Petty songs like "Listen to Her Heart." The title of "Bored" pretty much indicates what the lyrics are like. It's basically a song about Katie Crutchfeld being tired of the relationship she has.  "Dance in the Desert" by Daniel Donato:  The title of this song sounds kind of hippie-ish, doesn't it?! Fittingly, this song sort of sounds like a happier, more upbeat version of a Grateful Dead song with its Jerry Garcia-esque twang mixing with a peppy, almost ska-like drumbeat. The song is actually a 3-and-a-half minute version of a song that's actually a sprawling nearly 20-minute epic when he performs it live. Trippy, man! "Docket" by Blondshell (featuring Bully):  Bully have done some awesome songs by themselves, but pe...