Scott Boehmer

Tag: Music

  • Shy Boy

    Katie Melua is doing a remaster of her album Piece by Piece, so there’s a new version of one of my favorite songs: Shy Boy.

  • How Lofi Girl Became a Chill Beats Empire

    Tens of thousands of people, at any given time, are idly listening to the ambient, muted beats that accompany the Lofi Girl livestream: in solo studying sessions, taking tests in a classroom, and using the tunes as a stand-in for white noise to aid sleep. The livestream, which is one of the longest running live broadcasts on YouTube, is often hiding in browser tabs, leaving the perpetually busy Jade (the Lofi Girl) to lazily take her notes behind whatever Wikipedia page or spreadsheet you’ve got open. But she is always there, the googly eyes stuck to her headphones wobbling as she looks up from her notes, to peek in on, to study with, or to chill to—the details of the music become secondary to the vibe.

    Nicole Carpenter

    How Lofi Girl Became a Chill Beats Empire (404 Media)

  • H.S.K.T.

    This week’s song is another one from Sylvan Esso: H.S.K.T.

    Sylvan Esso – H.S.K.T. (YouTube – Sylvan Esso)

  • Let’s Face It

    It’s Friday, so time for another song that I like: Let’s Face It by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I’ve been listening to this one since I was in high school.

    Let’s Face It (The Mighty Mighty BossToneS – YouTube)

  • Bandcamp Friday

    Bandcamp does a promotion called Bandcamp Friday where they waive their revenue in order to give more to the artists when you buy their music. Today is a Bandcamp Friday, so here are some artists that I think you should check out. I know I’ll be buying songs from a few of them today.

    Sylvan Esso: One of the localish artists that I found thanks to an article about Psychic Hotline. I bought What Now recently and it has been a pretty regular entry in my listening rotation.

    Daughter of Swords: Another artist I found through Psychic Hotline. I picked up their album Alex last month and have really enjoyed listening to it.

    Made in 1985: I went to school with Scott, and he’s a cool guy not just because he shares my name and we chatted in some art classes twenty-some years ago. I’ve bought a bunch of his music over the past few years.

    Rogue Radio: Louise Sugden is a former Games Workshop employee who has a hobby-focused YouTube channel called Rogue Hobbies. She also has made some music.

    neon shudder: neon shudder did soundtrack albums for the Hard Wired Island roleplaying game. That album is one of my daughter’s top picks when her and I are driving somewhere.

    Lofi Girl: This is actually a label with songs from a bunch of different artists. They do a mix of big and small albums. One of my favorite is chill beats for LEGO building, but I also enjoy their seasonal releases like Halloween 2023 and Christmas 2023.

  • Radio

    Like Daughter of Swords, Sylvan Esso is a group that I learned about by way of an article about Psychic Hotline. I bought their album What Now, and Radio is my favorite song from it.

    Sylvan Esso – Radio (Music Video) (Sylvan Esso – YouTube)

  • Biscuits

    I like biscuits. I like this song by Kacey Musgraves called Biscuits too.

    Kacey Musgraves – Biscuits (Official Music Video) (K A C E Y M U S G R A V E S – YouTube)

  • Vacation

    I recently heard about a local artist-run recording company called Psychic Hotline, and I’ve been listening to some of their artists to check them out. I bought Alex by Daughter of Swords, and Vacation from it is one of the songs that I’ve added to my regular rotation.

    Vacation | Daughter of Swords (Bandcamp)

  • Unique

    Time for another song that I like. This one is Unique by Lenka.

    Lenka – Unique (Official Video) (lenkatv – YouTube)

  • Money, Money, Money

    Must be funny, in the rich man’s world

    ABBA

    Here’s another song I like: ABBA’s Money, Money, Money.

    ABBA – Money, Money, Money (Official Music Video) (ABBA – YouTube)