Music Of The Day and Week

Week/endly post highlighting a song or band that we think you need to hear.

Song of the Day: Benjamin Booker (ft. Mavis Staples) – “Witness”

spotify:track:1LdPEMcaQ2YV3qS53CbOVN "Witness" is an awesome gospel tune featuring the great Mavis Staples. Her voice combined with the soulful raspiness of Benjamin Booker makes for an awesome song.

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SONG OF THE DAY: Kids These Days- “Wasting Time”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icu4J-8OGgM Chance the Rapper has been a collaborator since the start of his career. Kids These Days, an indie hip hop group from Chicago, includes among its members Nico Segal (later…

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Song of the Day: Downtown Boys – Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)

spotify:track:5O1TsvideGFvYZVQer1w0g Get your daily punk fix. You know you need it.

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Song of the Day: KMD – “Peach Fuzz”

Before there was MF Doom or King Geedorah, there was Zev Love X. Rapper Daniel Dumile got his start as a part of the group KMD, which he formed with…

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Song of the Day: Royal Trux – “Granny Grunt”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDGCnxjNvPU Over spring break I went back home to Austin for the SXSW, a week-long music festival where hordes descend upon the city while locals bitch about all the fucking people.…

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SONG OF THE DAY: Jay Som –– I Think You’re Alright

This little gem of a song popped up on my Discover Weekly this week, and the vocals instantly charmed me with their Frankie Cosmos-like easiness; if I were to describe…

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Black Flag – “My War”

spotify:track:4rrbptVnZifk4wC5mvNDPm “My War” is so much more genuine than the Green Day/Blink 182 teenage bullshit you listened to when you were crying in your room in middle school (not…

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SONG OF THE DAY: Grimes- Weregild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjxqYdGWjgM Although I love Grimes, I think I’ve listened to Art Angels and Visions a bit too much. As a result, I’ve been listening to Grimes’ older music recently. “Weregild”…

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SONG OF THE DAY: JOHN LENNON – HOLD ON

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLOTD7wrbtQ This song has been coming on my shuffle lately. Its funky beats and simple lyrics keep me listening and its a love song for Yoko so what more could…

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SONG OF THE DAY: Neil Young- “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=364qY0Oz-xs For some reason Neil Young’s piano riffs are often a kind of muted cornflower blue. That, combined with the rhythm and his cream-colored voice, makes this song wonderfully soothing…

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