Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band. This week we have a collection of songs put together by Asheville-raised, Brooklyn-based artist, and ugly hug contributor, Audrey Keelin, of the band Hiding Places.
Audrey’s songwriting and creativity comes from a place of nostalgia and comfort, carving a unique path of understanding their present surroundings. With this curation, Audrey explains:
Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week we have a collection of songs put together by London-based artist, BEX.
Floating between the scenes of Asheville, North Carolina and London, England, Bex Vines has had a busy past few years of traveling and writing, bridging the gaps between these two communities. With an exciting blend of folky southern whims, alternative stunners and the dream-like antiquity of the London underground, BEX has created a source of grounding through her songwriting, expanding it to us listeners who are in search of that feeling as well.
This week, BEX has curated a list of songs that feel to only enhance our presence on a lazy and sunny afternoon. Ranging from folky slow burners, alt-pop hooks and ambient complexions, these songs bridge the gaps within our own surroundings as they become more clear in this springtime bliss.
Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week we have a collection of songs put together by Brooklyn-based artist, Mei Semones.
Early in April, Semones released her new EP, Kabutomushi off of Bayonet Records. In a sweet blend of genre-fusing, tender dynamics and vulnerable lyrics, Semones and her band have come into their fullest form yet. Reutilizing classic jazz forms in a modern indie-pop context, Semones continues to build on a career that feels unique in both style and performance, captivating and connecting a new kind of audience.
In spirit of Kabutomushi, Semones has curated a playlist for the ugly hug that touches upon some of her favorite songs that have stayed with her. Covering a large variety of styles, ranging from jazz standards, melancholy grunge hits and hip-hop underground currents, Semones has shared a piece of herself in this list.
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Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week we have a collection of songs put together by Nick Sullivan of the Brooklyn/Boston band, Joyer.
With the release of their new record Night Songs out this Friday, Joyer has spent a lot of time on the road. Just finishing up a leg of touring on the West Coast and a week at sxsw – while also preparing for a handful of album release shows in the next few weeks – the band has seen a lot of the country together.
In honor of the time spent in route, Nick curated a playlist of songs derived from their van’s growing CD collection. With a mix of celebrated rockers, charming deep cuts and demos, even some songs from their contemporary companions, this playlist is a reminiscence bump for a time filled with variety, uncertainty and comradery for a band doing what they love.
Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week we have a collection of songs put together by the Brooklyn based singer-songwriter, Leah Rando.
Recorded up in the Catskills, Leah Rando’s latest EP, at least sometimes, feels enveloped in an intimate isolation – yet, its warm being freely moves on its own within the record’s instinctive patience and ravishing stillness. Written and played in chronological order, at least sometimes displays Rando in terms of vulnerability, pain, and eventually healing, as she searches for ways to define and grow within her own spaces.
Today on the ugly hug, Leah Rando offers a collection of songs that feel utterly absorbing; redefining the sounds, feelings and beings that we can take inspiration from in our own daily spaces.
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