Song of the Day #236 - don't give up until i'm begging you for more

I haven't heard a single other song from these guys (which I plan to rectify immediately) nor do I know a single fact about them, but damn I love this song.  Killers, much?

The Parlotones - Push Me to the Floor

ps - movies and engagement parties and birthday party buses, oh my!

Song of the Day #235 - oh baby, we can leave and run away

Kind of a random one from Art and the boys, but it popped up as I was gearing up for the Summerland show and it's been stuck in my head all week.  These guys know how to write pop alt rock.....even if it mostly all blends together when you listen to 30 songs in a row...

Everclear - Learning How to Smile

ps - i miss the 90s....even if this song did come out in 2000...

Song of the Day #234 - we may not grow money, but, man, we grow old

Looking for a great song to throw on before crashing out?  Here you go.  Dreamy and beautiful in all the right ways.  When I saw Portugal. The Man a month or so ago with the UCLA philharmonic, they closed their set with this and it morphed into Hey Jude at one point...it was one of the best finales in recent memory.

Portugal. The Man - Sleep Forever

ps - everclear/sugar ray/gin blossoms/lit/marcy playground....tomorrow! 90s 4 life!

Song of the Day #233 - gotta do what i gotta do

Probably my favorite track off of Plan B's really solid album, 'The Defamation of Strickland Banks'.  Has a nice soul feel to it.

Plan B - Traded In My Cigarettes

ps - i can't get through an hour of tv these past nights without falling asleep...booo...i got crap to watch!

Song of the Day #232 - you bring the ocean, i'll bring the motion, dancing all night in slow motion

I really have no idea how Spotify calculates one's 'top tracks'...stuff I only listen to once in a given week (or don't even remember ever listening to) will often inexplicably appear as my #3 or #4 song of the week, and something I know I listened to at least 7 times will come in at #19 or not at all...but the song below has rightfully been in my top 10 for I don't know how long...  Spotify is at least doing one thing right.

Anyway, I'm not really sure how other folks will respond to this one, but I'm obsessed.

Family of the Year - St. Croix

ps - graffiti6 covered 'no diggity' last night and it was pretty rad

Song of the Day #231 - i'm gonna run like i'm 17, forever

Love this groove.  Seeing this guy tomorrow night...should be pretty sweet.

Graffiti6 - Stare Into the Sun

ps - i don't ever want these crazy fun weekends to end... congrats k-mo and sonia!

Song of the Day #230 - i don't know why they are calling on the radio

I swear I thought this song was called 'Blood for Puppies' until about 24 seconds ago.  It's great to see Garbage back and rocking.  I got to see them a few months ago and they put on a sweet show....they covered all the essentials without bombarding the crowd with too much new stuff they didn't know.  Among the few new songs they played, though, this one stood out to me in particular.

Garbage - Blood For Poppies

ps - why did i eat 3 slices of pizza at 2am last night?

Song of the Day #229 - we could rip apart those socialists and all their damn taxes

FINALLY something new from Passion Pit.  A little bit more subdued than we've come to know them, but still pretty awesome.  Now give me a new album!

Passion Pit - Take a Walk

ps - why did i eat a burrito at 1245 last night?

Song of the Day #228 - now i’ve got a problem, i need to do the math

It's pretty simple...you can have my body and even my heart, but don't you dare touch my money.

Penguin Prison - Don't F*ck With My Money

ps - ignore the critics...that's my boy is sandler's best since at least zohan...no joke. (i realize this isn't saying a lot...)

Song of the Day #227 - we didn't have the funding to make a name for ourselves

I'm a massive sucker for horns.  I'm also a massive sucker for chick singers in rock bands.  This song has both of them.  Enjoy.

Company of Thieves - Tallulah

ps - it's not gonna happen, but i'm reallllly hoping OKC can somehow turn the tide and pull this thing out.

Song of the Day #226 - why don't you stop fighting me?

This just might be my favorite song of last Fall.  For some inexplicable reason I get a big kick out of the part where he says, "I need to see her face for one last time", because it sounds like "I need to see her facebook one last time". Yep, I'm cool.

Wolf Gang - The King and All of His Men

ps - i guess john carter was better than prince of persia?

Song of the Day #225 - i'm scared of the city

So after a brief 8 month hiatus, I figured maybe I'd start this back up again.  I've got a ton of catching up to do, but I'm also really lazy....so this may not last too long...

I guess lets start with one of my favorite bands to come out in the last couple years...AWOLNATION.  You've certainly heard 'Sail' and now 'Not Your Fault' is getting some play, but here's another one I really dig.  They killed at Coachella (where a totally unexpected Macy Gray came out and sang 'Sail' with them).

AWOLNATION - Jump On My Shoulders

ps - see you tomorrow....maybe....

pss - i'll make a spotify playlist of all the songs to date at some point (though not all of the songs are even on there), and i just noticed that my formally complete grooveshark playlist (linked on the side) had about 50 songs deleted from it, so that's messed up, too... ay dios mio.