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Song of the Day : [10/29]Wild Yaks : River May Come One of the most exciting and enthusiastic bands I’ve ever encountered has been Wild Yaks, fronted, surprisingly, by a balding, 30-something, self-proclaimed “shoe salesman from New Jersey” named Rob. Rob is dedicated to his craft and dedicated to his fans. He sends out semi-regular emails to pretty much everyone [...]
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Song of the Day : [10/22]Juliet Commagere : Overcome Juliet Commagere may appear to be a brand new face in the music world, but like many of the surprising engenes that seem to pop up out of nowhere, Commagere has some thick roots in the industry. Until now, she has been best known as the keytar-playing front woman of the [...]
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Song of the Day : [10/19]Le Corps Mince De Francoise : Ray Ban Glasses (Norman Palm Winter mix) Le Corps Mince De Francoise are two sisters and their friend hailing from Finland, (hence their English is spot on). Norman Palm, a German arty/folky softie has ever so kindly made a light & upbeat remix of their song “Ray Ban Glasses”. [...]
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Song of the Day: [10/12]Karen O. : All Is Love We are all ecstatic with excitement for the release of Spike Jone’s Where the Wild Things Are this month. And it seems this is one highly anticipated film that will live up to expectations. In anticipation for the actual movie, I suggest you listen to its soundtrack. A compilation [...]
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Song of the Day [10-11]Billie the Vision and the Dancers : A man from Argentina Billie the Vision and the Dancers. The brainchild of Lars Lindquist and some honest friends. This track typifies their simple and sincere approach to music. A great song to smoke cigarettes to.
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Song of the Day : [10/08]Santogold x Diplo : Icarus This week I offer an experimental track from Santogold and Diplo’s “Top Ranking” mixtape. Can’t muster many words besides “haunting” and “beautiful”. This experiment was a success. Diplo has such a good ear I wish more of his output was like this, and less club-a-dub. Anyway, most of the credit [...]
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Song of the Day : [10/01]Pictureplane : Goth Star Here’s a dark ‘n’ eerie, simultaneously infectious ‘n’ uplifting, Fleetwood Mac-sampling jam from Denver’s new electro heroes, Pictureplane. The song is “Goth Star,” from the group’s debut album ‘Dark Rift.’ It just goes to show how a few catchy loops and a sprinkling of Stevie Nicks is all you need to [...]
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Song of the Day : [09/24]Egyptian Hip Hop : Rad Pitt Odd that such a deep song, so full of emotion, could come from such a young, inexperienced, poorly-named band. But the high-schoolers that make up Manchester’s Egyptian Hip Hop have filled their first release, “Rad Pitt,” with all you could want in a rock song. It dips between moments [...]
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Song of the Day : [09/20]Mike Posner and The Brain Trust : Hey Cupid Mike Posner and The Brain Trust’s A Matter of Time is some of the best new music I have heard in a long time. It is contemporary funk accomplished by mixing the best of hip hop, R&B, and pop. Michigan based Mike Posner is something of [...]
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The XX : IslandsThe couple, also known as The XX’s, in this song, “Islands”, have given up on their endless search for something more, someone better. I don’t have to leave anymore What I have is right here Spend my nights and days before Searching the world for what’s right here Underneath and unexplored Islands and cities I [...]
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Song of the Day : [09/11]Little Dragon : Never Never Little Dragon‘s sophomore album, ‘Machine Dreams,’ is the best girly, poppy, pretty, synthy, dreamy, tender, longing, haunting, swirling, moody, boundary-pushing, toe-tapping, infectious, and cool record to come out of Sweden since Lykke Li’s ‘Youth Novels.’ Listen to “Never Never” Here Buy Here
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Song of the day : [09/09]Generationals : When They Fight They Fight illustration by Johnnie Cluney Generationals is a band that surely has some 1960′s sunshine pop nostalgia lingering in their earwax. This New Orleans duo is made up of Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer. “When They Fight They Fight” is your perfect summertime jam, from their debut album “Con [...]