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.
SONG OF THE DAY: Polvo — “A Link in the Chain”
|palimpsests of swelter beneath a new temperate regime| My general conception of great nineties guitar-based alternative music is indelibly centralized around Polvo, a band formed in 1990 in Chapel Hill,…
SONG OF THE DAY: Feist — “How Come You Never Go There?”
This song is off her new album, Metals, released on Polydor just this past Tuesday.
SONG OF THE DAY: Monica – “So Gone”
There are a few very good reasons to like this song. 1. Great early 00's R&B 2. The production (just listen to those strings) is understated yet badass at the…
SONG OF THE DAY: Deer Tick — “Baltimore Blues No. 1”
This song is off Deer Tick's album War Elephant. Fun fact, the album was originally released on Feow! Records in 2007, but due to disputes, the group signed with Partisan Records, and…
SONG OF THE DAY: Ryan Lewis — “Fake Empire”
This song by Ryan Lewis samples "Fake Empire" by the National. It was never officially released, but seen mostly through this video. The video is a really awesome representation of…
SONG OF THE DAY: Neon Indian – “Polish Girl”
I've been bumping Neon Indian's new album Era Extraña (Mom + Pop Music, 2011) repeatedly since its release. The album was recorded entirely in Helsinki, Finland in the middle of a frosty…