Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec Cumming20 Jan

Life In a Blender - twee? Discuss.

I talked a lot about and played some Life In a Blender, a fantasticly creative band from NYC who are coming up to Milford this Friday, January 23rd, 2026. And I also played some music that I'd consider twee, although I don't think that's a bad word. (Google's "AI Overview" is telling me "'Twee' describes something overly cute, sweet, quaint, or sentimental, often in an affected or delicate way, originating from a baby's pronunciation of 'sweet,' and also refers to a subgenre of innocent, simple indie pop music and an aesthetic featuring childlike whimsy, though it can sometimes be used as a mild insult" (cf. SNL's "Bein' Quirky With Zooey Deschanel").

I actually do not consider LIAB "twee". Well, possibly, at moments, but not really. Anyway, this show was a melange of intelligent pop music I like, and I hope you like it too.

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Something's Gonna Happen – Ronnie Spector
Save It For Later – The English Beat
To Love Somebody – Al Green
How Much I Really Love You – June & The Exit Wounds
The Old Law – Father John Misty

Baby Please Come Home – Bubble
Oh Gilbert (I Need Help) – The Junipers
Snowglobe – Sugar Fight
Vacancy for a Bluebird – Life In a Blender

Mobile Wash Unit – Life In a Blender
The Church of Laundry – Kelley Ryan
I Want You to Give Me Enough Time – Sunflower Bean

Fountains of Bellagio – Life In a Blender
Zoo – Altimeter

Magic Touch – Courtney Marie Adams
Here I Am – Dionne Warwick
Kaze Wo Atsumete – Happy End

Multiply – Dora Jar
My Bar – British Birds

Karate Dentist – Ward White
Until You Come Back to Me – Stevie Wonder
Send It To Zoom! - the cast of Zoom
Memo To My Son – Randy Newman

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