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Song of the Day : [05/17]Wave Machines : The Line I was lucky to get my ears on Wave Machines’ upcoming debut album ‘Wave If You’re Really There.’ I was already excited on the strength of “I Go I Go I Go” and “Keep The Lights On.” Upon first listen, I’m blown away. I haven’t heard such a solid and [...]
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Song of the Day : [05/12]Almost exactly one year ago to the day, I wrote about El Parro Del Mar’s last self titled album. Since then, this fine Swedish lady has set the world on fire touring with Lykke Li, and has composed a brand new album called “Love is Not Pop”, which is even more promising then the prior, if I may say so. The first single “Change of Heart” is enchanting and composed with beautiful harmonies. It looks like El Parro Del Mar is expanding and enhancing her musical capacity in a very positive way. Listen to Change of Heart below.
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Song of the Day : [05/05]Who doesn’t love a little rockabilly music? The Cramps became popular in NYC in the 70′s. Their music is experimental and psychedelic. It also has some 60′s punk elements in it. All in all, pretty groovy stuff. Listen to Goo Goo Muck below, and also check out their version of “Lonesome Town” if you want some more goody-goodness…
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Song of the Day : [05/04]The Oliver Twists : Play the Part We all love to go behind the scenes of any production and see how artists really work and who they really are. With this in mind, The Oliver Twists, a trio from Davenport, Iowa, comprised of Jamey Cummins, Phil Pracht, and Aiden Landman created this experimental video using [...]
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Song of the Day : [04/28]Maybe it takes living in a cold climate to fully appreciate the joy that the return of Spring can bring into life. Growing up in LA, I never had too much appreciation for the change of season. But now, living in NY, as winter turns to Spring, all I want to do is frolic around and make daisy chains for my hair. Brooklyn based band Secret Life of Sophia certainly understands this inclination. Their song “Outside” is a harmonic, ethereal ode to the beautiful outdoors, and the value of getting out to enjoy it.
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Song of the Day: [04/27]Hockey : Too Fake “These scruffy bike-riding vegans could easily be enjoyed by fans of Dylan, Springsteen and the Hold Steady as much as they could by devotees of LCD Soundsystem,” – Gaurdian UK. This foursome Portland hometown band, “who describe themselves as “new wave/soul” on their MySpace and have been bigged-up of late by [...]
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Song of the Day: [04/24]Silent Talk : Love Go’s After finding out about Silent Talk from 20JazzFunkGreats, I give a listen to the rest of the songs on their myspace. From the bunch of lo-fi, dreamy, spacey, disco-tinged jams, I dig “My Risonare” & “Where Can I Go,” and I have a special soft spot for “Love Go’s.” They’re [...]
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Song of the Day: [04/20]Grammy Award winning producer/engineer as well as award winning director, Mark Johnson co-founded a project called “Playing for Change”. The project created to bring people from all over the world together under the unifying element of music. He has been working on a series of “Playing for Change” documentaries while recording the album that will accompany it, entitled “Songs of the World”. At the moment only two of his songs are available…
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Song of the Day: [04/13]Bat for Lashes decided to do a cover of Kings of Leon‘s song “Use Somebody”. Im a big fan of covers done well. Its a chance to resurrect a song you may have retired, and enjoy it all over again; this time in a whole new way. Bat for lashes brings her signature ethereal and eerie, yet always lovely sound to KOL’s song here. An interesting and somewhat unexpected tribute from a girl with typically off-beat influences.
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Song of the Day : [04/07]This man’s been around a long time. In the music business for over thirty years now, Bragg has collaborated with the likes of Kate Nash, R.E.M, and Wilco. But now he’s finally getting some recognition for his own tunes. The track below reminds me a bit of a more upbeat Morrissey. Its fun and sweet. Great song for Spring tine! Enjoy.
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Song of the Day : [04/01]Ray LaMontagne is hands down one of the best new artist I have heard in awhile. His voice just kills me, but softly. His Lyrics make we want to scream them out loud and I haven’t been as happy to hear a song played repeatedly on the radio since Coldplay’s “Lost” and “Viva la Vida” and before that way too long. He is getting the most highly acclaimed praise from his peers and the public…
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Song of the Day : [03/26]Besides being incredibly engaging and peaceful, this song contains one of the most intricate, funny, tragic, and entertaining stories ever squeezed into song-form.* My favorite parts are when Jens watches Nina’s eyebrows for a clue of how to answer her father’s questions, and that he sends back “out of office auto-replies” after the father tries…