Song of the Week: “How It’s Gonna Go” by Wavves and Cloud Nothings

Hey, y’all. Courtney here! For this week’s Song of the Week, I asked my friend Kolbe to write about anything she’s been jamming a lot lately. Kolbe is a middle school teacher, the associate editor for Texas Towns Revealed, and a fellow music lover like me. In fact, when my sister and I booked our very first show ever as The Villettes, Kolbe graciously stepped in and sang harmonies with me. We’ve also gone to tons of shows together and recorded embarrassing Nirvana and Stevie Nix YouTube covers (if you can find those videos, you are my hero). You might’ve spotted her in my recent Miles post about Tyler, Texas. In effect, she is one of my closest friends and I love her.

Please give Kolbe a warm Model Behaviors welcome!

Song of the Week: "Deceptacon" by Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas | Model Behaviors

July 24, 2015September 3, 2015

Song of the Week: “Deceptacon” by Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas

Bulaong introduced me to this lady and her band. I feel kind of bad talking about a cover when their album, “Secret Evil,” is so good. At the same time, I rarely feature a cover, and this one slays.

July 17, 2015September 3, 2015

Song of the Week: “Home” by Glasser

Glasser is not afraid of sound—not of its shape, not of its heft, and not of its mercurial nature. She isn’t afraid to let sound carry on, giving space to each noise, pushing on the noise until it shifts and twists into something else. She wants you to sit through it, to follow every twitch.

Song of the Week: "Flare Guns" by In Tall Buildings | Model Behaviors

June 19, 2015September 3, 2015

Song of the Week: “Flare Gun” by In Tall Buildings

Normally my go-to soothing music is of the folksy, acoustic guitar variety, but lately I can’t seem to get enough of dreamy, synth-laden slow-burners—the kind with soft, beguiling vocals, and the kind that has layers and layers of sound, each one cushioning the next. I love the kind of song that requires several listens before pulling out a meaning.

“Flare Gun” by In Tall Buildings is such a song. In fact, the whole album, “Driver,” fits into this category. Six of the ten songs are longer than four minutes, and two of the ten are solely instrumental tracks. It’s an album that invites you to put your headphones on and sink way down into it.

June 12, 2015September 3, 2015

Song of the Week: “Cowboy Guilt” by Torres

Sometimes a song begins, and within the first few seconds I can tell I’m going to like it. That’s what happened when “Cowboy Guilt” came on as I listened to Torres’ latest album, “Sprinter.”