Spencer Griffin's New Music Mondays

 here they are: "Dracula" by Tame Impala:  (to be read in a Transylvanian accent) Greetings! It is I, the music blogger! They call me the music blogger because I love to blog songs!And today, there are SEVEN! SEVEN songs in this blog!! Ah, ah, ah. (to be read in a regular accent) Come on, I had to!! "Dracula" is right there in the song's title! Unlike last week's TI track, "Loser," Dracula" has more of the synth-pop sound Tame Impala have cultivated in more recent years. Its spooky (but fun) minor-key sound is fitting to the song's title. Did Tame Impala intentionally release this song around Halloween?! One never knows, but I get the feeling they might have! It even includes lyrics like "run from the sun like Dracula." The song seems to center around how much of an outcast Kevin Parker feels like overall (keeping with the theme of "Loser" from last week). Also, are "dueling songs" a trend now?! Spoon also has...

 here they are: "Ancient Light" by I'm With Her:  I'm With Her is an all-female folk-rock supergroup comprised of Sara Watkins from bluegrass-rock group Nickel Creek, Americana singer/songwriter Sarah Jarosz (juh-ROSE), and Irish indie-folk-rocker Aoife (EE-fee) O'Donovan. So what do these three acoustic rock heavyweights sound like together?! Sweet and pleasant, like one might expect from any of these singers as solo artists, and with an infusion of acoustic guitar and fiddle, fitting to the country-rock and bluegrass-rock sounds most of them have. "Sparks and smoke rings fill up the night," the three women sing in harmony together during the chorus, following it up with the line, "When it catches, I'll be swimming in the ancient light." I'm not sure exactly what they mean by "ancient light," but part of the charm of this song and songs like it is how the interpretation of what they're talking about seems to be left up to...