Song of the Day, 5/25/11, Part 1

Part of missing Monday and Saturday songs of the day that is kind of terrible, is that I actually have a few songs I desperately want to share with you. I have. a. queue.

Well, here's the first, which I am severely enjoying right now.



Even though I have 2.5 WHOLE DAYS without a rehearsal or a gig, thus, a well deserved mental break from music, I might spend all night tomorrow trying to learn some of these fiddle parts. I want to play the fiddle like that so very hard.

Via friend John via Facebook.

SotD 5/24/11 - Chromeo's Don't Turn The Lights On

I'm not sure what took me so long to give Chromeo a listen. I distinctly remember an old friend recommending them to me. When we saw them at SXSW it was a bit of a relief because most of the bands weren't dance enough to get me moving. Chromeo is now on frequent rotation for my walk to work.

Song of the Day, 5/22/11

I've been a pretty terrible Song of the Day poster, lately, yeah?

Well, here's why:

Song of the Day 5/19/2011

I love The Hold Steady, but their last record was …meh. I’m assuming this is because of the loss of Franz Nicolay and his amazing moustache. Whatever the reason, I have a gap must be filled by too many smart lyrics yelled over crunchy guitar riffs.

Oh well would you look at this:



It’s Titus Andronicus, I got their 2008 record The Airing Of Grievances, which is good and has at least one amazing song on it:



But I found that the distortion/overdrive/supersaturation of the vocals made it really hard to listen to the record all the way through, and I’m delighted they seemed to have stopped doing that on the new(er) stuff.

Hey - there’s a lady in in the band, but she’s not playing bass. Clearly they have not read the Official Rules of Indie Rock (that’s Amy Klein, you should follow her on Twitter @AmyAndronicus and read this interview with her: http://guitareste.com/2011/05/05/interview-amy-klein/)

James Blake on KEXP at 1pm

We've done a fair amount of hyping James Blake on this blog lately, and it's probably safe to say that none of you - and certainly none of us - were able to score tickets to his show at the Tractor Tavern.

Well, you can catch a taste of it on KEXP at 1pm (10 minutes from now!).

Http://KEXP.org/. Do it hard.

SotD 5/17/11 - The Lonely Forest's I Don't Want To Live Here

The Lonely Forest came to Amazon recently for a recruiting event. My friend generously put together a resume just so I could get a ticket. It was definitely a strange place to watch a band - the sound sucked and the fluorescent lighting and office carpeting precluded any real ambiance. The singer joked that he felt like he was performing in a biology class.

Song of the Day, 5/15/2011

Okay, I know I've made several Fleet Foxes posts since their album Helplessness Blues came out a few weeks ago, and hopefully - HOPEFULLY - I'll get sick of it soon and this one will be the last.



But I can't help but post this song as the song of the day, since I've been listening to it nonstop. They lyrics are an anthem for everyone in their 20s trying to figure things out, especially in the middle of this recession - the desperation to be a part of something larger seems tangibly greater now for most of us.

That's not the real reason I've been so nonstop about this song though.

That moment comes at exactly 2:30 - the moment where the harmony breaks and all of the voices are unexpectedly in unison - "Why should I wait for anyone else?".



It rips at me each time. That's the moment of clarity from the confusion. And it's so unexpected, every time I listen to the damn song.