Spencer Griffin's New Music Mondays

 here they are: "Mother Nature" by MGMT:  I wasn't so big on MGMT when they debuted, as they were mainly an electro-pop band back then. However, they have since proven themselves to be just as fluent in psychedelic pop and even folk-rock, of which their latest song, "Mother Nature," seems to opt for the latter sound (though it briefly dips into psych-pop towards the middle). It's probably the calmest I've heard so far from their catalog, and probably the deepest as well, with lyrics about wanting to connect more to nature than to manmade civilization.  "Now and Then" by The Beatles:  That's right...The Beatles!! They are only half a band at the moment, but thanks to the magic of AI, the Fab Four were able to resurrect an unreleased track that John Lennon originally recorded as a solo number after the band broke up. The song has created a lot of buzz among rock fans, and it's raced up the Adult Alt charts to number 20 in less than a week...

Wanted to give myself some time off for 4th of July, so I waited 'till now, but better late than never, right? Here are this week's songs: "Dial Drunk" by Noah Kahan: I must confess, I was never that big of a Noah Kahan fan when I first heard about him. He seemed like someone who was trying to be like Mumford and Sons or Phillip Phillips but without the charm of either act. "Dial Drunk" has made me change my mind about Noah, as he has added a bit more gritty electric guitar instrumentation into his music for the song in addition to his usual banjo stuff. The song is a breakthrough for Noah, who has earned his first spots on both the Top 40 charts and the alternative charts as a result. It was probably thanks to the social media app TikTok that the song has gotten as much attention as it has lately. The song is about a man who, as the title implies, dials his girlfriend while he's drunk after being arrested for driving under the influence. The reason he c...