SONG OF THE DAY: 1,2,3 – “Work”
1,2,3's debut album, New Heaven (out on Frenchkiss Records) has the vibrancy and versatility I think is missing from a lot of rock records these days. It's really hard to…
SONG OF THE DAY: Mates of State — “Palomino”
From their album Mountaintops ( Barsuk, 2011)
SONG OF THE DAY: The Sylvers – “Boogie Fever”
Sorry, I'm a day late but I think the following awesomeness will make up for it. I'm not really sure what I can say to introduce it beyond that. If…
SONG OF THE DAY AND UPCOMING SHOW: Blue Scholars
"Joe Metro" is off Bayani, released in 2007. Those of you from Seattle will love the video, even though I know you've seen it already. At the Black Sheep…
SONG OF THE DAY: TV Girl – “Benny and the Jetts”
TV Girl has this special ability to channel the past without trying to. Hailing from San Diego, the easy going and carefree attitude of California reflects in their music. People…
Song of the Times: WU LYF – DIRT
This song is anthem material right now. Today, the world unites under the cause of OCCUPY "Capitalism, democracy, wall street, whatever" across the globe, in solidarity with the growing…
SONG OF THE DAY: Om — “Thebes”
|inundate your heavy health| Om has been around since 2003, when it was formed by Al Cisneros (bass and vocals) and Chris Hakius (drums).  Their 2009 album, God is Good, is…
SONG OF THE DAY: Raphael Saadiq – “Stone Rollin”
Stone Rollin' is off of Raphael Saadiq's most recent album of the same name. It is both throwback and oh so fresh. I like to think it is the kind…
SONG OF THE DAY: The Weeknd – “House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls”
The Weeknd has so much buzz that I'm pretty sure every music blog ever has written about him. Abel Tesfaye takes everything that R&B does right and then does…
SONG OF THE DAY: Common Market — “Connect For”
"Connect For" is off Common Market's self titled album, Common Market, released to the world in 2006.
