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Thoughts: I really wish that I cared about the electronic bands. I just don't get the allure and it bums me out because there are always a handful on these posters, so they end up being like the Spanish language groups where it is just a hole in the lineup for me. It's a bummer.
But I've listened to our man Alexander Kotz here for pretty much a full day and I couldn't tell you anything new about what that experience was like. No mountainous drops. No hype beats. Just kind of a generic synth-tinged set of bops with either a lady or a falsetto-jamming dude over the top that stretch off into eternity. The kind of stuff you shop for cut rate perfume to, or hear on a video of a struggling real estate agent trying to hype up a depressing condo near Q2 stadium.
Wikipedia claims that his "most notable song" is "Cola," a collaboration with CamelPhat, which reached number one on the Dance Club Songs in the U.S., and was nominated for best Dance Song at the 2018 Grammys. It is also for sure his top streamer with 352 million streams.
A commenter said this Adidas ad has nice music and I love it. I mean, I can definitely see having fun just dancing along to this and letting the night ride, but on line 7, I don't think we are looking at a headliner slot. So, the idea of spending the 5pm hour in the blazing sun at the Honda stage doing the I-ate-all-the-Molly dance is not very likely. Dunno. I just caught myself bobbing my head along to it. I guess it is fine.
Mr. Kotz started out in an indie band, and then went out on his own to be a singer-songwriter at the age of 19. He called it a folky-acoustic thing. But after starting university, he started listening to electronic genres and shifted gears. His first EP is 2015's Simmer Down, and it sounds like more of the same to me. Well, maybe a little more spare and a little less smooth. I'll give you the top one just so you can try it on for size. "Could" has 17.3 million streams.
Not nearly so well-produced and slick as the more recent stuff. His first real album is 2017's Talking, and on that one he pops a bigger hit off with "Talking," boasting 58 million streams.
There's that generic electronic pop with the falsetto guy over the top that I had been hearing for hours yesterday. I do like the dancing in that video.
Lots of singles, including that Cola one, before his 2020 album Why Do We Shake in the Cold? As someone who has had to take more than one Wilderness First Aid classes, I can tell you that we shiver in the cold because our body is trying to use that small amount of motion to expend some energy and warm us up. Muscles moving equates to warmth. But that is not what you are here for. You are here for another generic falsetto tinged EDM song that sounds like a remix of a Maroon 5 song to me. "Numb" has 101.1 million streams.
Pay Adam Levine his money, yo! This one especially feels weird to jam out to at the Fest - like gimme the Chainsmokers telling everyone to party. Don't give me sad ass lyrics like this: "Oh, that's just how it goes / Risin', risin' up / Right until we fall / Oh, reachin' in the dark / Nothing's there to touch / I wish I could love." Criminy. Welcome to the depression portion of the dance party, sponsored by Honda!
Very much doubt that you will find me grooving to the dulcet depression dance domination.
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