Unfortified Castle

As weird as that sounds, that's exactly how Sting positions his lyrics in one of the Police's many timeless hits.

*inhales* *SCREAMS INTERNALLY*

...and I break it down today to pay tribute to the two robots with human souls who made it.

125 seconds. 26 "I know"s. Four chords. One perfectly short piece of art.

One of the finest pop compositions of the 60s is very much embedded in its time.

Ed Sheeran's tale of one Angel grapples with connection, addiction, and its subject's all-too-likely fate.

My old System of a Down favorite is extreme in its timbral changes, but musically consistent — a recipe for an intense, engaging listen.

It's a somewhat confusing song by a band with a somewhat confusing name: The The. How fitting.

Kali Uchis and Tyler, the Creator provide the former feeling, while the latter comes from the space bassist, Bootsy Collins himself.

Their title track from last summer's EP has an unavoidable gravitas as it speaks to the fallout the innocent suffer from war.

Is it cool? (Is it cool?) I don't know, but it's February 14, and it feels right.

...especially considering the halftime's West Coast hip hop theme perfectly matched the game's outcome.

As I've done twice before, I pay tribute to a recently deceased musician by looking back at one of their works.

In complete King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard style, its weirdness only makes it better.

...which, through yesterday's post, I may have caused. Sorry, folks. But enjoy Bananarama regardless.

It's also just a plain good song from a band that, yes, isn't just a meme.

What can I say? It's a winter's day.

Kendrick Lamar's funky 2015 single remains a personal favorite for a slew of reasons, many of which come back to what I like in older music.

It's hard to pull off an energetic downward tempo shift, but that's exactly what Franz Ferdinand did, and I love it.

Flume's new release is chock-full of fascinating details as he plays with time and musical space.