Spencer Griffin's New Music Mondays

 here they are: "Bottle" by Remi Wolf:  With its smooth and clean guitar licks, slick production, and its yearning yet somewhat resigned vocals, Remi Wolf's "Bottle" is one of those songs that defines the recent wave of "bedroom pop" musicians. In case it wasn't already obvious from the title, "Bottle" tends to be about addiction. The chorus' "I can't get the bottle if I don't get up" is one indication of this, but elsewhere, phrases like "sweet, sweet nicotine" and "I can't get drunk if I don't got drugs" confirm the helpless state Remi is in during this song, not to mention "I'm off and on and off again" which encapsulates addiction in a nutshell. The song's sound suggests a breezy, beachy summer, but the lyrics suggest otherwise. "Hot Blooded" by New Constellations:  Not to be confused with Foreigner's hard rock anthem of the same name, New Constellations...

 here they are: "Beaches" by beabadoobee:  I thought beabadoobee wouldn't achieve mainstream success again after the bubbly, Regina Spektor-esque song, "The Perfect Pair," made it onto both my local alternative station and  my local smooth jazz station about two years ago, but the eclectic indie sensation made huge waves yet again this year with her summer smash, "Take a Bite," which might mark the first time that she topped the adult alt radio charts, even though she has been featured on said charts many times before. beabadoobee seems to have a fondness for '90s alt-rock, and it shows on her latest song, "Beaches," which has echoes of some of the softer No Doubt songs like "Don't Speak" and "Simple Kind of Life." "Beaches" tries to rock out with its grungy distortion and its electric guitar solo towards the end, but it still very much a breezy, post-summer soft rock tune for the indie generation. The ly...