Category Music; Song Summertime Sadness - Cedric Gervais Vocal Down Mix; Artist Lana Del Rey; Album Spinnin' Records Best of 2013; Licensed to YouTube. The song was released on June 8, 2014. 'Video Games' The first single from Born to Die, “Video Games” was released on June 29, 2011 to the internet and later re-released on October 17, 2011. The song is heavily comprised of the distant nostalgic tone that is prevalent in many of Del Rey’s songs and music videos.
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Lana Del Rey, ‘Mariners Apartment Complex’
Lana Del Rey’s misery business continues to thrive. “Mariners Apartment Complex” is the first song she’s released in advance of her forthcoming sixth album, and it doesn’t vary much from the woozy grandeur she typically luxuriates in. But there’s a moment late in the song when a new feeling crystallizes: “Who I am is a big-time believer/That people can change, but you don’t have to leave her.” A lesson? A warning? A plea? JON CARAMANICA
Two-chord folk-rock hypnosis and, of course, guitars running backward are the raison d’être for Kurt Vile’s “Bassackwards.” It’s yet another of his midtempo, semi-spoken meditations on a drifting mind and how the mundane becomes mystical. And it’s an exercise in how a collection of guitar licks can keep revealing new intersections for nearly 10 minutes. JON PARELES
Alice Merton, ‘Why So Serious’
This song, from Alice Merton’s debut album, “Mint,” due early next year, is a rousing take on centrist 1980s pop with a disco tempo and the faintest texture of Southern rock. Which is to say: Haim, watch out. CARAMANICA
Richard Thompson, ‘The Storm Won’t Come’
Richard Thompson has never made a bad album in a career dating back to the 1960s, when he was a prime mover in British trad-rock with Fairport Convention. But “13 Rivers,” his new one, is filled with the spark of his peak moments: a grim urgency, an unflinching gaze, a lean intensity to the music. Maybe it’s because so many of the songs are in minor modes; maybe it’s because his lyrics probe psychological states instead of concocting character studies; maybe it’s because he keeps his guitar playing upfront; maybe it’s because his hardheaded stoicism suits a dire era. In “The Storm Won’t Come” he longs for a cleansing apocalypse over a Bo Diddley beat, and his two-minute lead-guitar finale summons elemental forces. PARELES
Al Green’s first solo recording in a decade is a reminder of past glories, particularly “Love and Happiness.” It’s a remake of Freddy Fender’s country hit with familiar landmarks: the kind of 1970s Memphis soul beat that Willie Mitchell used to provide, a churchy organ, discreet strings and emphatic horn interjections. Most important, Mr. Green is his old self: arriving anywhere he wants around the beat, gliding or leaping, importunate and reassuring. The performance, like the song, promises steadfastness, not surprise. PARELES
Gucci Mane featuring Bruno Mars and Kodak Black, ‘Wake Up in the Sky’
Tremendously tender and seductively smooth, this patient, sparkling collaboration is an unexpected turn for all of its participants. For Gucci Mane, it’s an elevated version of the plain-spoken raps he’s been leaning on since his release from prison. For Kodak Black, it’s a more concisely structured take on his roundabout tongue twisters. And for Bruno Mars, it’s an opportunity to showcase hissilky singing, but with a naughty twist. CARAMANICA
Jacob Banks featuring Seinabo Sey, ‘Be Good to Me’
Handclaps are all that accompany Jacob Banks’s deep, husky baritone as “Be Good to Me” begins, making it sound as if it could be an old traditional dirge. Then the synthesizers appear, throbbing and lurching, dropping out and plunging back in with dubstep impact, pushing distortion into the mix. In one of the silences, Seinabo Sey suddenly arrives: “My stupid heart is always a casualty,” she announces. “If you hit and run, do it gracefully.” The song heaves between overloaded, of-the-moment electronics and soulful voices; it’s definitely remix bait. PARELES
Mariah Carey, ‘GTFO’
Mariah Carey becomes an angry ghost on “GTFO,” which does not abbreviate the four-letter word in the title when she sings it. “I ain’t the type to play the martyr,” she tells the guy who’s done her wrong. “How ’bout you get the” etc. She uses only a little of her broad vocal range or her power; instead, she sings most of the song in a small, breathy voice, multitracked over a squashed, mechanical-sounding track, opening up only a little more when she reaches the title and refrain. He’s so unworthy that she can dispatch him at a fraction of her strength. PARELES
Now Vs Now, ‘Silkworm Society’
“Silkworm Society” comes from “The Buffering Cocoon,” out Friday, the third album from Now Vs Now. This trio features Panagiotis Andreou on bass, Justin Tyson on drums and Jason Lindner, its de facto bandleader, playing keyboards and effects as if he’s navigating an intergalactic pod. The entire album will make you remember the 1990s for a second — when tech still made us feel optimistic, and space seemed like the place — then it’ll make you ponder the future. For fans of: Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, early Dr. Dre, late J Dilla, the cinema of Fernand Léger, etc. GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Lil Tjay, ‘Leaked’ and ‘Brothers’
A squeaky melodist in the vein of A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, the young Bronx rapper Lil Tjay only has a handful of songs under his belt but has already honed the sound of exuberance. Sometimes, like on his new single “Leaked,” his sinuous vocals hit peaks while he talks about his newfound success: “I remember last year [expletive] went to Coney/Never thought that this year I’d have a deal with Sony.” And sometimes, like on his rising hit, the stellar “Brothers,” his sweet, twisty vocals mask something far starker:
Bodies drop all the time I don’t feel nothing
Swear to God y’all gon’ make me go kill something
Told my shooters no mercy or chill button
I done been through so much I don’t feel nothing
Swear to God y’all gon’ make me go kill something
Told my shooters no mercy or chill button
I done been through so much I don’t feel nothing
CARAMANICA
Medeski, Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound, ‘Northern Lights’
Here’s a match that was waiting to happen: the eclectic improvising trio Medeski, Martin & Wood and Alarm Will Sound, a 20-piece chamber ensemble with a spirit of incursion at its core. On Friday they released “Omnisphere,” a collaborative album featuring original compositions from members of both groups. “Northern Lights,” a modal piece written by the Alarm Will Sound bassist Miles Brown, centers on a wavering, seven-beat cycle. A marsh of brass and woodwinds set the stage, then John Medeski’s swirling drawbar solo carries everything off into the ether. RUSSONELLO
Tim Hecker, ‘Keyed Out’
The composer Tim Hecker has long explored the immersive, disorienting realm of vast, edgeless, sustained electronic tones. For his album due Sept. 28, “Konoyo,” he collaborated with Tokyo Gakuso, a classical Japanese gagaku orchestra playing traditional instruments: reeds, wooden flutes, lutes, zithers, percussion. Their tones are largely swept into Mr. Hecker’s electronic realm and his glacial pacing, yet they infuse “Keyed Up” with a sense of ancient ceremony, enacted in an alien dimension. PARELES
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A
Afraid
All Smiles
Angels Forever, Forever Angels
Axl Rose Husband
All Smiles
Angels Forever, Forever Angels
Axl Rose Husband
B
Baby Blue Love
Back to the Basics
Backfire
BBM Baby
Be My Daddy
Beautiful Player
Because of You
Behind Closed Doors
Best American Record
Betty Boop Boop
Big Bad Wolf
Boarding School
Bollywood Hawaii
Break My Fall
Breaking My Heart
Butterflies
Butterflies Pt. 2
Back to the Basics
Backfire
BBM Baby
Be My Daddy
Beautiful Player
Because of You
Behind Closed Doors
Best American Record
Betty Boop Boop
Big Bad Wolf
Boarding School
Bollywood Hawaii
Break My Fall
Breaking My Heart
Butterflies
Butterflies Pt. 2
C
C U L8r Alligator
Caught You Boy
Catch and Release
Cherry Blossom
Children of the Bad Revolution
China Palace
Coca Colla
Coconut and Key Lime Pie
Come When You Call Me America
Criminals Run the World
Crooked Cop
Caught You Boy
Catch and Release
Cherry Blossom
Children of the Bad Revolution
China Palace
Coca Colla
Coconut and Key Lime Pie
Come When You Call Me America
Criminals Run the World
Crooked Cop
D
Daddy Issues
Damn You
Dance For Money
Dangerous Girl
Daytona Meth
Delicious
Disco
Driving in Cars with Boys
Dum Dum
Dynamite
Damn You
Dance For Money
Dangerous Girl
Daytona Meth
Delicious
Disco
Driving in Cars with Boys
Dum Dum
Dynamite
E
Elvis
Every Man Gets His Wish
Every Man Gets His Wish
F
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Fake Diamond
Fine China
For Charlie
Fordham Road
Fine China
For Charlie
Fordham Road
G
Gangsta Boy
Get Drunk
Ghetto Baby
Girl that Got Away
Go Go Dancer
Greenwich
Get Drunk
Ghetto Baby
Girl that Got Away
Go Go Dancer
Greenwich
H
Hangin' Around
Hawaiian Tropic
Heartshaped Chevrolet
Heavy Hitter
Hey You
High
Hit & Run
Hollywood
Hollywood's Dead
Hot Hot Hot
Hundred Dollar Bill
Hawaiian Tropic
Heartshaped Chevrolet
Heavy Hitter
Hey You
High
Hit & Run
Hollywood
Hollywood's Dead
Hot Hot Hot
Hundred Dollar Bill
I
I Don't Wanna Go
I Talk to Jesus
I Was in a Bad Way
In the Sun
Is It Wrong?
I Talk to Jesus
I Was in a Bad Way
In the Sun
Is It Wrong?
J
Jealous Girl
JFK
Jimmy Gnecco
Joshy & I
JFK
Jimmy Gnecco
Joshy & I
K
L
Last Girl on Earth
Lemonade Motorcycle Heaven
Let My Hair Down
Lift Your Eyes
Life is Beautiful
Live Forever
Live or Die
Living Legend
Living Without You
Lemonade Motorcycle Heaven
Let My Hair Down
Lift Your Eyes
Life is Beautiful
Live Forever
Live or Die
Living Legend
Living Without You
M
Maha Maha
Making Out
Match Made in Heaven
Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight
Melancholia
Methamphetamines
Midnight Dancer Girlfriend
Moi Je Joue
Money Hunny
Morricone
Motel 6
My Best Days
My Song 57
Making Out
Match Made in Heaven
Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight
Melancholia
Methamphetamines
Midnight Dancer Girlfriend
Moi Je Joue
Money Hunny
Morricone
Motel 6
My Best Days
My Song 57
N
Never Let Me Go
Noir
Noir
O
On Our Way
Oooh Baby
Oooh Baby
P
Paradise
Paris
Party Girl
Piano Theme
Pin-Up Galore
Playground
Playing Dangerous
Prom Song (Gone Wrong)
Puppy Love
Push Me Down
Put the Radio On
Put Your Lips Together
Paris
Party Girl
Piano Theme
Pin-Up Galore
Playground
Playing Dangerous
Prom Song (Gone Wrong)
Puppy Love
Push Me Down
Put the Radio On
Put Your Lips Together
Q
R
Resistance
Ridin'
Riverside
Roses
Roses Bloom for You
Ruby Tuesday
Ridin'
Riverside
Roses
Roses Bloom for You
Ruby Tuesday
S
Scarface
Serial Killer
She's Not Me
Slow Gin Fizz
So Legit
So Good
St. Tropez
Starry Eyed
Stoplight De-Lite
Strange Love
Summer of Sam
Serial Killer
She's Not Me
Slow Gin Fizz
So Legit
So Good
St. Tropez
Starry Eyed
Stoplight De-Lite
Strange Love
Summer of Sam
T
Television Heaven
The Good Life
Tired of Singing the Blues
Trash
True Love on the Side
TV in Black & White
The Good Life
Tired of Singing the Blues
Trash
True Love on the Side
TV in Black & White
U
V
W
Wayamaya
W
White Pontiac Heaven
Wild One
Wild Side
W
White Pontiac Heaven
Wild One
Wild Side
X
Y
Yes to Heaven
Yosemite
You & Me
You Can Be the Boss
Your Band is All the Rage
Your Girl
You're Gonna Love Me
Yosemite
You & Me
You Can Be the Boss
Your Band is All the Rage
Your Girl
You're Gonna Love Me