Bands That I Like

 138 How To Dress Well   How To Dress Well   How To Dress Well is the bedroom-project of Tom Krell.  His music is skeletal and sleek. He first came on my radar with his sophomore release, 2012's Total Loss , an album about mourning- after he lost his best friend (Listen to him explain [and perform] the origins of " Set It Right ," a song that was recorded for the album on the one year anniversary of his friend's death) as well as the loss of his uncle. Mourning through pop expression of the highest caliber is a great strategy. We're talkin' 'bout: four-minute songs, choruses, falsetto, synths 'n' beats  The cross between ambient, R&B and pop are a great place to start but thrown through an experimental lens makes for a unique if not haunting ride.  Lo-fi bedroom pop mixed with early 1990's R&B with some beautiful singing... that's music to me. Tom Krell is an interesting cat: a musician with a Ph.D in philosophy who records in L.A...

 137 Hot Chocolate Hot Chocolate  Hot Chocolate is one of the best British soul bands of all time. Known for their fluffy, hook-laden pop disco , this band offers so much more! Formed when vocalist Errol Brown and bassist Tony Wilson joined forces as a novelty band covering modern hits and morphing them into reggae. That was the case when their cover of " Give Peace a Chance " found its way to John Lennon and soon the band was signed to Apple Records. Unfortunately, the band hung in limbo and didn't really find their voice and formula, a formula that would have them scoring huge hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Songs like: " You Sexy Thing ," " Every 1's a Winner ," " Brother Louie ," " It Started with a Kiss ," " So You Win Again ," " Emma ," and " No Doubt About It ." "You Sexy Thing" charted in the Top 10 in three different decades! Not bad for a band that started off as a novelty...