It’s About the Music

It is a time of change for us, so it seems a good moment as ever to adjust this newsletter too. Starting next week, we will split the weekly email into two: Mondays, the newsletter will be dedicated to the seven last Song Pick of the Day features. The Thursday issue will include topics from the music industry, personal updates, a preview of the Friday album releases, and the nine photos.

We decided to provide our Song Pick of the Day features and the artists who create the music a brighter spotlight. We started the one-song-per-day series in 2015 as a spontaneous idea and have not ever interrupted it. There are only two exceptions: David Bowie’s death and the ill-received Blackout Tuesday. In short, we presented more than 3,000 new songs on our blog to this day.

Writing a Song Pick of the Day feature requires more work than it may look like. It can take an hour or more to finish a single post. That includes not only writing the actual piece but also reading the press release, listening to the song several times, and collecting photos and links. Then, of course, we need to identify a song in the first place, which entails going through hundreds of emails per week and listening to dozens of songs.

We would not do this if we did not enjoy it. The glamglare work allows us to immerse ourselves in an art form that we love and Elke and I bonded over music the very first minute we met. glamglare is also a way to feel integrated into a global community of artists and fellow music lovers.

Of course, this should not be about us. It is about embracing the artist community in its entirety at a time when attention relentlessly gets diverted to established superstars. It is about the lost excitement of browsing through the “alternative” bin in the back corner of the record store or exploring the blogosphere of the 2000s and early 2010s for your next favorite artist.

We hope you will enjoy the journey of discovering new music through our curated song picks on Monday and join us for more in-depth coverage about a broader range of topics on Thursday. If you are only interested in one or the other, you can adjust your subscription settings accordingly here. As always, thank you for your time!

Last but not least, we want to point out the fourth full-length Marlinchen in the Snow of Australian sister duo Charm of Finches, out tomorrow. They recorded the album far from home in Nova Scotia, Canada, with producer Daniel Ledwell. The music is very much recognizable as Charm of Finches, but the songs open up to more pop sensibilities than in their previous work. Mabel and Ivy are also gifted filmmakers. Check their videos out here.

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Song Pick of the Day

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Today, we present only four songs to adjust to the new schedule. First up is Shalli from Toronto who accuses her boyfriend to be “Freezing.” But nothing is cold about this song as she conjures up scorching Afrobeats and Dancehall vibes for her message.

We love the upbeat indie rock of the Kansas City duo The Greeting Commitee. Their new song, “How It Goes,” is about the fast-changing life in your teens and early twenties. “I was 15 when the band started and I feel like I’ve lived several different lives since we started,” says singer Addie Sartino. The band releases their third album, Everyone’s Gone and I Know I’m The Cause, this summer.

Songs of Llore is the Nashville-based project around songwriter and singer Amanda Collins. Last Friday, she released her debut EP Late Bloomer. The third track, “This Time,” is about giving up fixing a failing relationship and moving on.

The London-based singer/songwriter Aniwa is a new discovery for us. Her new song “show up” is a wistful peace about friends you lost in your life. I’m sure you – like us – think about one or the other person here. Aniwa describes the feeling perfectly: “They won’t come back to you, but you still naively wait for them and hold onto the very small hope that you can reconnect again.”

Nine Photos Around Lisbon by Tram and Funicular

While I no longer need to look at any New Yorker apartments on- or offline because we've made our decision, I still enjoy browsing apartments virtually. And so I found myself checking some Airbnb options in Lisbon, of course. The majority of these apartments are just so incredibly stylish, and I'd move in in a heartbeat! Then again, I'd have a lot of possessions, and the places would look much differently with all my things in it. Naturally. Shall we go back to February, our trip to Portugal's capital? How about a little virtual ride on any of the trams or funiculars that seem to be everywhere these days? Maybe it's just my perception but I find them in newspapers, magazines, calendar pages, newsletters... and now also this one. Enjoy!