Spencer Griffin's New Music Mondays

 here they are: "Cut and Rewind" by Say She She:  Multiple cultural backgrounds, multiple genres, and entirely women, Say She She debut on this blog with a song that blends disco, new wave, post-punk, and indie into a single sound! That song, "Cut and Rewind," seems to be a song that celebrates the joy of making music with a tone that's somewhat biting and subversive yet still fun, funky, and fresh! So when you listen to this song, please...be kind...Rewind!! (And Cut) "One Thing" by Lola Young:  Lola's smash hit, "Messy," came out towards the end of 2024 and seemed to dominate the first half of 2025, and it's not hard to see why! Multi-genre success (adult alt, alt, and even mainstream pop eventually), and her effortless combination of vulnerable lyrics and catchy tune landed "Messy" as one of the biggest hits of the year! Can "One Thing" measure up? Judging by Lola's continued success on the alt, adult alt, a...

 Here they are!! "Knockin' Heart" by Hamilton Leithauser:  Thus far, a lot of the songs that Hamilton Leithauser from The Walkmen has done as a solo artist sound more like folk-rock than they do garage rock. Hamilton's latest solo effort, "Knockin' Heart," might be an exception to the rule that takes his sound back to the Walkmen days! If the "Knockin'" in the title wasn't enough to convince that Hamilton has a bit of kick to his solo stuff, then listening to the song might do the trick! It even has a cool psychedelic-tinged guitar solo to boot! It's never made clear as to whether this song is a declaration of undying love or if it's a song where the intent is for Hamilton to get an ex-partner back into his life, but either way...this song slaps! "Messy" by Lola Young:  Already a sensation on the adult alt airwaves for about a month or two, it took me finding out that the song has hit the regular alt airwaves as well t...