Throwback Thursday

Juliana Hatfield's "Universal Heartbeat" is easily one of my five favorite songs from the 1990's.  Boasting a sturdy melody, a killer guitar-laden chorus, vocals dripping with cool attitude, and awesome keyboard noodlings, this song leaps from the speakers and wrestles you to the ground in a musical half nelson.

Juliana was at the forefront of the wave of assertive female musicians in the 90's who found in expression in, among others, the Riot Grrrl and Lilith Fair movements.  Hatfield was a founding member of the beloved college rock band The Blake Babies and continues to be a prolific musician to this day.  But in her impressive musical career,  "Universal Heartbeat" (at least to my mind) remains her crowning moment of musical glory.

Juliana Hatfield - Universal Heartbeat