1. “Preface” by Taking Back Sunday from the album “Happiness Is”
This one minute and 27 second song prefaces the newest TBS album, a band I’ve been emotionally invested in since seventh grade. “Preface” is eerie with high, long notes on the violin and undistinguished lyrical tones. By the end of the song, the violin notes accelerate from extended whole notes to short sixteenths, reigning in the quickness of the rest of the album. “Preface” represents the entire body of TBS’s work: lyrically complex, misunderstood, sassy and upbeat.
2. “The Worst” by Jhene Aiko
Jhene just gets it. In this song, she makes sure her ex knows that she is above his nonsense. I love Jhene’s songs because she promotes loving yourself first before you love someone else. She isn’t emotionally destroyed because of this stupid guy, she’s strong enough to tell him like it is and move on. What a nice anthem for all the independent ladies.
3. “Partition” by Beyonce (Dave Aude Remix)
If the phrase “turn up” had a theme song other than “Turn Down for What,” this would be it. In the remix, Aude exploits the fast-paced lyrics with a quicker-paced rhythm that I personally feel does the song more justice than the original. I’m indebted to this remix for keeping me awake on a train when I was carrying important papers and didn’t want to fall asleep.
4. “Rise and Fall” by Adventure Club (Krewella Remix)
Before they were the no-name (does anyone know that other band that’s coming with Diplo, Krew-something?) EDM group that visited our campus last fall, I decided to download some of their songs to get to know them. This song is the first song that featured them on iTunes. It remains relatively unknown still, but if you’re a Krewella fan you need to listen to this song. It has a slower pace, but features Krewella’s talented vocals, simple but powerful lyrics and an undeniably original dubstep beat. In my opinion, no party playlist is complete without at least one Krewella song.
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