Song of the Day #618 - you say it's now or never

It's almost like Haim got a little more atmospheric and morphed into a 4-piece with only one girl and 3 dudes.

HAERTS - Giving Up

ps - it's cold

Song of the Day #617 - fear is my roommate, he’s an asshole and he stands in front of the window all day to block my view

I think a very nice companion to yesterday's track...

Absofacto - History Books

ps - chilling for 17 days begins tomorrow!

Song of the Day #616 - my friends have grown and gone, they think that they're adults but they know they're wrong

I absolutely love the chaotic, messy pop going on right here...

Sharpless - Greater Than (>)

ps - more rain, yay.

Song of the Day #615 - he's reading balzac, knocking back prozac

Because we should never forget the greatness of Blur...  they're so much more than just "that band that sings the 'woo-hoo' song".

Blur - Country House

ps - their best of  album from 2000 is a most excellent intro to the band

Song of the Day #614 - i’ve been f*cking around while you’ve been saving the world from nothing

This song gives me the same vibe that Sneaker Pimps' "Six Underground" gave me back in the day.

Robert DeLong - Long Way Down

ps - apparently you ain't cool these days unless you do lyric videos...i feel like cee-lo's 'f*ck you' started this.

Song of the Day #613 - baby, put your dukes out

Not only one of the coolest videos I've seen in a long time, but also a damn good tune.

Cruisr - All Over

ps - looking like i'll be partaking in 4 fantasy football championship games next week...holy mother...

Song of the Day #612 - i can't take it

Must admit, I hate the snaps.  I really hate the snaps.  But the rest is really good.

Ryn Weaver - OctaHate

ps - i love me this rain.

Song of the Day #611 - we're in this game together

Obsessed.

Josef Salvat - Open Season

ps - i still can't remember this dude's name without looking it up

Song of the Day #610 - pop a nickel in it and it all comes back

O Chromeo, Chromeo, wherefore art thou Chromeo?

Chromeo - Old 45's

ps - still so full

Song of the Day #609 - hey i hope you're feeling a little special now

Happy Thanksgiving!

Collective Soul - Smashing Young Man

ps - i'm so full.

Song of the Day #608 - but i don't know if i can take it

It's tough out [t]here.

Tobias Jesso Jr. - Hollywood

ps - airplanes in the night sky

Song of the Day #607 - sexy as beef bourguignon

Hi.  It's been a few.  Let's dance.

MOVIE - Tusk Vegas

ps - too many cooks will spoil the broth

Song of the Day #606 - I'm in pieces, pick me up, and put me together

Just can't help myself.

Avicii - The Days

ps - feeling pretty old right now

Song of the Day #605 - amazing still it seems

At least dyslexic people might think I just turned 23.  Got to see Jimmy play the Futures album live on Sunday night...totally forgot that I know pretty much the whole album.  Great show.

Jimmy Eat World - 23

ps - remember, remember the 5th of november

Song of the Day #604 - i keep my fee-fi-fo-fum

This is probably the most refreshing new hip hop I've heard in 2014.  Well played, Sir Kendrick.

Kendrick Lamar - i

ps - pretty much every episode of this season of south park doesn't seem to know where it wants to go

Song of the Day #603 - want it so bad, i had to break your mind

Would like to thank NPR for bringing this one to my attention.

Son Little - The River

ps - the improvised shakespeare company is one of the funniest things i've ever seen live. my abs hurt after.

Song of the Day #602 - said that fruit just don't work

The highlight of his show at the Troubadour last week...

J Roddy Walston and the Business - Midnight Cry

ps - heavy bells was a close second.

Song of the Day #601 - you'll never make me change my name

It's new Foo!  Hallelujah!

Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing

ps - i'm sure there'll be more new foo on here soon.

Song of the Day #600 - and what we see is everybody's on the floor acting crazy, getting loco 'til the lights out

Because Ellie.

Ellie Goulding - Burn

ps - oh, ellie.

Song of the Day #599 - oh look at you, walking up and down a pole

The boys have found some of their groove back after the indifference of Junk of the Heart.

The Kooks - Bad Habit

ps - foo fighters + zac brown band playing 'war pigs' on letterman last night was pretty rad.

Song of the Day #598 - there's nothing wrong with being a dream

I haven't posted this about 10 different times, because I keep feeling like it's really cheesy.  But then I keep listening to it....  so...

Twin Atlantic - Brothers and Sisters

ps - walking dead premiere was mostly entertaining.

Song of the Day #597 - and one of these days, i'll come around

A good song for when you're tired.

Lotus Plaza - Monoliths

ps - back-to-back weeks of 4-1 in fantasy.  one week i'll win 'em all...one week.

Song of the Day #596 - you spoiled little l.a. girl

808's and Heartbreaks doesn't get anywhere enough love...

Kanye West - Robocop

ps - don't know who made this video, but they freakin killed it

Song of the Day #595 - i don't know just where you came from but i need you now

Hope you're partying it up on this fine Saturday.

Miami Horror - Holidays (feat. Alan Palomo)

ps - hope ou doesn't destroy UT on this fine saturday.

Song of the Day #594 - you believe things are better when left unsaid

This one is definitely begging you to sing along.

Nico Vega - I Believe (Get Over Yourself)

ps - why do i even bother with new network dramas any more? ugh.  they're so mediocre relative to cable.

Song of the Day #593 - and i'm kicking myself just trying to be understanding

Very much liking this Broods album.

Broods - Everytime

ps - colts -3

Song of the Day #592 - head up, head up, keep holding, holding

3rd track from their debut album....CHVRCHES are doin' something right!

CHVRCHES - Under the Tide

ps - i guess we all know the truth about lorde now...thanks, south park.

Song of the Day #591 - i've gotta give it to you, you give me problems

Each song I hear by these guys impresses me more and more.

Catfish and the Bottlemen - Kathleen

ps - i can't decide if i want the orioles or the royals. rooting for the al feels weird.

Song of the Day #590 - come see about me babe, me babe

Meiko seriously never disappoints.

Meiko - Be Mine

ps - almost every night i make a new 4-8 song playlist to go to bed to, and this song has probably been on it the most times over the last month

Song of the Day #589 - i'll never find my way back

GUSTER!  They're still around.  And we're all the better for it.

Guster - Simple Machine

ps - ugh, pats...please don't embarrass yourself like last week....

Song of the Day #588 - this one’s for everyone that said i’m nothing

I find myself rolling my eyes a lot whenever I hear the lyrics to the bridge and chorus....  and yet... I keep going back to it.  What can I say...I like it...

New Politics - Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens)

ps - i haven't gone to a concert in over a week...what is going on here?

Song of the Day #587 - n-e-o, o-m-g, gee whiz

Finally coming around on Alt-J....which is probably a good thing since I'm seeing them in a few weeks.

Alt-J - Left Hand Free

ps - eddie lacy...finally.

Song of the Day #586 - we're all under the ground, can't be found

How has Foxes not blown up yet? Or has she and I'm just not aware?

Foxes - Nights Owls Early Birds

ps - i'm gonna love this season of SNL...mostly because of the vintage eps they're playing before the new ones.

Song of the Day #585 - she got a booty that i just wanna get in between

Also killed it last night....one of the most fun live bands i've discovered in the last couple years.

Bad Rabbits - Dirty 

ps - espn is ridiculous. and not in the good way.

Song of the Day #584 - whatever you need, guaranteed

I know I just did a song of his in August, but Allen Stone brought the soul hard tonight!...so he needs to be rewarded. 

Allen Stone - Say So

ps - solid, though unexceptional, start to the new south park season.  though the 4 point plan for success was exceptional: start up. cash in. sell out. bro down.

Song of the Day #583 - i want you endlessly

Messy, raw and carefree.

Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room

ps - i really want to like gotham, but it suffered from some serious cases of network tv pilot-itis. please let it get good...

Song of the Day #582 - probably do it again

Repeat stuff!

SomeKindaWonderful - Reverse

ps - pats offense does not look good.

Song of the Day #581 - everyone here is ready to go

It was only a matter of time before this one found its way on here...

LIGHTS - Up We Go

ps - excited for the weirdness that will be tusk

Song of the Day #580 - i need to know will you wait for us?

What a combo!

The Knocks - Modern Hearts (feat. St. Lucia)

ps - it's too damn hot for a penguin to just be walking around here

Song of the Day #579 - i'm gonna bang my head to the wall

Glad to have 'em back!

TV on the Radio - Happy Idiot

ps - already mentally prepared for the stomping ucla is going to give texas today

Song of the Day #578 - just keep your eyes on me

Dammit, stop being so damn catchy.

Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance

ps - uh oh, adrian peterson

Song of the Day #577 - when you're young, you're hot

Been sitting on this one far too long.  Love the back and forth.

Typhoon - Young Fathers

ps - first season of the leftovers was awesome.  haters be damned.

Song of the Day #576 - i go, you stay, we break

Toning it down a skoch from yesterday...

Cathedrals - Harlem

ps - goodell could get fired for this...

Song of the Day #575 - living in a metaphor

I bet you would never guess these kids are Irish...

Southern - Where I Want to Be

ps - 5 teams. 3 wins. that'll do.

Song of the Day #574 - so i get drunk and stoned, every time you come around

Because we always need a little more Better Than Ezra in our lives...

Better Than Ezra - Allison Foley

ps - don't lose to byu, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

Song of the Day #573 - i hope you make it alright

There's a lot of these Fitz and the Tantrums-like clones around these days...  but I kinda like it.

Caught A Ghost - Sleeping at Night

ps - basically every weekend till february is now booked with football..i love it.

Song of the Day #572 - let's face this night and see it through

Only because Mutemath yesterday reminded of this Friendly Fires song and video...

Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy

ps - foooooooooooootbaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!

Song of the Day #571 - and i'm feeling like it's now or never

Only because I was reminded about how much I like this song at Made in America this past weekend...

Mutemath - Typical

ps - draft season is over...kinda sad.

Song of the Day #570 - i know my actions they may get confusing

Wasn't really feeling Banks when I first took a listen pre-Coachella, but the groove of this one has really gotten to me.

Banks - Beggin For Thread

ps - 4 of 5 done

Song of the Day #569 - hotter than a hot pocket out the devil microwave

Just feeling like there's a dearth of good hip hop on here.

Danny Brown - Grown Up

ps - mmmm....hot pockets.

Song of the Day #568 - you got a true mad deep big crush on yourself

Evokes memories of the Ting Tings first album...

Tove Styrke - Even If I'm Loud It Doesn't Mean I'm Talking To You

ps - 3 drafts down, 2 to go

Song of the Day #567 - i guess my baby don't love me no more

No idea where this came from, but it packs a punch.

Wild Adriatic - The Fool

ps - 2 drafts down, 3 to go

Song of the Day #566 - at time i've been the worst, at times i've been the best of you

So apparently this is Sting's daughter.  I totally thought the singer sounded like a dude.  Weird.

Eliot Sumner - Come Friday

ps - you can totally hear the sting/police influence

Song of the Day #565 - without you everything falls apart

Apparently Trent hates this song and has never played it live, nor will he ever... but I just don't understand...it's so freaking good.

Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug

ps - even with no 'perfect drug', you should still see nine inch nails live

Song of the Day #564 - here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs

Row, row, row your boat...

Regina Spektor - All The Rowboats

ps - see ya on the flip side

Song of the Day #563 - this ain't no place for no better man

Several years old, but that don't mean it ain't good.

The Heavy - Short Change Hero

ps - 1 day til tahoe!

Song of the Day #562 - i never made it here before

Even though it meanders a bit too much in the 2nd half, I'm digging this one more and more each time I hear it.

Counting Crows - Palisades Park

ps - adam duritz got fat.

Song of the Day #561 - jump back, gotta get outta here

So crisp and so clean.

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fall Down

ps - buyer & cellar is a pretty hilarious play.

Song of the Day #560 - if you see me runnin, through the streets i'm callin

A little bit of a different sound for these guys...  I dig it.

The Apache Relay - Katie Queen of Tennessee

ps - back to the greek tonight for a little 90s nostalgia (counting crows/toad the wet sprocket!)

Song of the Day #559 - just because i lost it doesn't mean i want it back

Seriously, Evil Friends is one of my favorite albums of the last couple years.  They just killed it last night at The Greek.

Portugal. The Man - Creep In a T-Shirt

ps - throughout their set they did some partial covers, including: day man (it's always sunny), another brick in the wall (pink floyd), don't look back in anger (oasis), and the most unexpected of all, kilo (ghostface killah)...  the inspiration for yesterday's song.

Song of the Day #558 - liar liar pants on fire, you burning up like david koresh

Tonight I was reminded of someone I haven't listened to in ages....the one and only Ghostface Killah. Now I can't say I'm a Ghostface aficionado, but that Fishscale album was something else.  One of my favorite hip hop songs of all time right here...

Ghostface Killah - The Champ

ps - the honda civic tour (grouplove/portgual. the man/tokyo police club) was excellent at the greek tonight

Song of the Day #557 - it's a lonely road where the forgotten go

Has anyone ever seen Elle King and KT Tunstall in the same room together?

Elle King - Playing for Keeps

ps - not gonna lie, i kinda miss michelle branch.

Song of the Day #556 - spend my nights howlin' at the moon

Allen Stone does not look like how you think he should look. Also, why is he not like a million times more famous?

Allen Stone - Sleep

ps - can't wait to see him in september.  and bad rabbits are opening!

Song of the Day #555 - that's not what ladies do

Brie Larson is the winner in this video.  Also, Kristen Stewart looks scary.

Jenny Lewis - Just One of the Guys

ps - i might fall asleep before 11 tonight. that's a record.

Song of the Day #554 - i can't go on loving these songs

In a weird way this song reminds me of the Jennifer Hudson song from Dreamgirls, which in turn, reminds me of Jake Gyllenhaal singing that same song in a dress on SNL.  Fun!

Slow Club - The Queen's Nose

ps - shaun t is kickin my butt these days.

Song of the Day #553 - the stormy weather has dragged you down

I heard this song for the first time today. No joke.

The Apples in Stereo - Nobody But You

ps - i love benihana

Song of the Day #552 - i'm a hungry man ever since you went away

EDIT (8/12/14):  I'm an idiot and just realized I actually posted 'Mothers Daughters Sisters and Wives' before.  On 7/9/11 to be exact (Song of the Day #167). To correct my ways, I have picked another Voxtrot song...which is great since I probably spent 10 minutes trying to decide between that original song and the one below...


Only because yesterday when I was pulling up 'Normal Person' on Spotfiy, I noticed they had Voxtrot in the related artists list and it just took me back...  Great Austin band that dissolved way too soon.  Listened to their first 2 ep's for a long, long time.  Time to revisit!

Voxtrot - Raised By Wolves

ps - i even went to college with one of the guys in the band

Song of the Day #551 - i think i'm cool enough, but am i cruel enough?

It's always nice when they rock out.

Arcade Fire - Normal Person

ps - they killed it saturday night at the forum.  one of the best live bands around these days.

Song of the Day #550 - my eyes, eyes, eyes are not dry, dry, dry

Man, wherever did this guy go off to?

Jack Penate - Torn on the Platform

ps - 3 weeks til the start of fantasy football draft season!

Song of the Day #549 - you're so hip it makes me sick

This is so 1995 that I can't even deal.  I also can't stop listening.

The Eeries - Cool Kid

ps - they're supposedly named after the hit nbc/disney show, eerie, indiana.  i can support that.

Song of the Day #548 - soleil all over you

Awww, I miss this song.  Heard it last night in Wish I Was Here.  Mediocre movie. Great song.

Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining

ps - not sure i've heard a new song of his since the about a boy soundtrack.  i need to catch up.

Song of the Day #547 - never go back

Been on a serious New Pornos kick lately.  Mass Romantic and Twin Cinema are such fantastic albums.  Here's their latest and greatest.

The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers

ps - i heard thunder today. twas crazy!

Song of the Day #546 - mama, please don't make this harder

This is already the 3rd Saint Motel song on here?  Damn.

Saint Motel - 1997

ps - 1997 was a good year.

Song of the Day #545 - i've got a car if you wanna drive

Reheard this at the movie theater last night and it's been stuck in my head ever since.

Nightmare and the Cat - Undercover

ps - 2 of my 3 least favorite comedians in the final 10 on last comic standing made it to the final 5. dumb.

Song of the Day #544 - places, places, get in your places

I guess this girl was on The Voice or something?  Cool beans.

Melanie Martinez - Dollhouse

ps - boyhood.  wow.

Song of the Day #543 - booty booty shakey shake

I love steak.

Kishi Bashi - The Ballad of Mr. Steak

ps - i also love to booty booty shakey shake

Song of the Day #542 - but darling, look at how your dressed, your best, suggests another kind of guest

Tonight I was that douchey guy complaining about the band not playing enough of their "old stuff". That band was OK Go....a band that in the mid-2000's was among my favorites.  Sadly, their setlist was heavy on their "newer stuff"...  a 2010 album, on which I can't find one song I particularly care about, and a recently released EP, which I'm not loving either.  So, yes, I became that guy.  Somehow, though, they still managed to put on a really fun show in their crazy creative OK Go way.

Let's honor their "good stuff"...

OK Go - You're So Damn Hot

ps - seriously, listen to their first 2 albums...they just get boring after that.

Song of the Day #541 - i'm sippin on some sunshine

The only possible reason I can think of why this song didn't blow up in 2009 is it's slight similarity to Cage the Elephant's 'Ain't No Rest For the Wicked' released around the same time.  This is good shit.

Crash Kings - Mountain Man

ps - if you go see once, do yourself a favor and get there 30 minutes early.

Song of the Day #540 - there's no point trying to change it

FINALLY seeing the Once musical tonight.  One of my favorite movie soundtracks ever.

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - When Your Mind's Made Up

ps - summerland was a blast.

Song of the Day #539 - you make us grey when skies are blue

Today is Summerland '14!  And my most anticipated band of the show...  Spacehog.  I'm sure they're only going to get to play for 20 minutes, but whatever... I haven't seen them since 2001 maybe?   'In the Meantime' is an all-time song for me...

This is maybe the only other Spacehog song you've ever heard...

Spacehog - Mungo City

ps - bring back the 90s. sad face.

Song of the Day #538 - i'm alright, i tell myself twice in the mirror before i can go to sleep at night

1 day till Summerland '14! Will always and forever love me some Eve 6...

So hard to pick just one song...  this one's from the EXTREMELY underrated 3rd album...  I wish more people heard it or gave it a chance.

Eve 6 - At Least We're Dreaming

ps - seriously...these guys can write a hook

Song of the Day #537 - this is a song about susan

Now only 2 days till Summerland 2014!  The headliners, ladies and gents...

Everclear - So Much For the Afterglow

ps - i was expecting more from the pilot of the strain...

Song of the Day #536 - it's a cycle, i've found, it always comes around

As Summerland '14 approaches (Thursday, y'all!), I figured I'd post a song from each band leading up to the show.  And in the spirit of this "blog", I'll post one that wasn't/isn't super popular.
Let's do it in order of least anticipated to most anticipated, so...  sorry Soul Asylum. I like you, I really do, but you're up first.

This one had a short stint on the alt rock stations back in the day, but never reached the heights of 'Black Gold', 'Misery', 'Somebody to Shove' or 'Runaway Train'.

Soul Asylum - I Will Still Be Laughing

ps - apes was legit good.

Song of the Day #535 - i'd rather be with you (than alive, baby)

Critics are SKEWERING AiH's latest album, NOW + 4EVA, with blurbs like: 

"The result is one of the more confidently presented, mostly inoffensive and ultimately inconsequential albums in recent memory" [Paste]

and

"This half-baked record teeters on a constant sonic sugar crash, unable to sustain energy or interest for prolonged periods." [Under the Radar]

but with this being the 2nd song from this album that's made the FASotD, maybe I'm missing something...  

Sure this one steals (knowingly and intentionally) from the likes of Madonna, Kylie and Robyn to name a few, but how can you not get swept away in it's emphatic joy?  

Architecture in Helsinki - I Might Survive

ps - i just want to dance to this all night long

Song of the Day #534 - feels like i'm always sinking

I don't think it'd surprise you to hear that this was produced by a member of Grouplove...

Waters - Got To My Head

ps - the mowgli's were fun as always tonight.

Song of the Day #533 - we've got nothing up our sleeves

I can't remember if I came across this on a random internet radio station or through the 'related artists' suggestions on Spotify, but whomever was responsible for the introduction... many thanks!

Air Traffic Controller - You Know Me

ps - long weekend over. sad.

Song of the Day #532 - i ain't no senator's son

Yes, I just posted Foo Fighters and John Fogerty doing this song last month, but I came across this cover the other day and instantly fell in love with it.  I didn't even recognize it was 'Fortunate Son' until the chorus.  Love what Mr. Blacc did with it.

Aloe Blacc - Fortunate Son

ps - sadly, need for speed was not a very good movie.

Song of the Day #531 - every voice rings out and carries

I have a strange feeling I'm going to regret this one...  but dammit, I like it.

The Madden Brothers - We Are Done

ps - i may or may not still own a good charlotte album or two. don't judge.

Song of the Day #530 - i got nothing now, i got nothing now, i got nothing now and it's fine

Really enjoy these guys.

Mona - Truth

ps - summer fridays the rest of the summer!

Song of the Day #529 - won't you come with me to a place in a little town

Sometimes you just gotta go old school...

Silverchair - Tomorrow

ps - i need to bring more classics

Song of the Day #528 - we make some noise inside a room and call it art

A more lively National?  I dunno.

NO - Leave the Door Wide Open

ps - bye bye england (most likely). sad.

Song of the Day #527 - you gotta make your final run

Another one of those Coachella discoveries I didn't actually see at Coachella...

J. Roddy Walston and the Business - Take It As it Comes

ps - bye bye spain

Song of the Day #526 - is this hello or is it good-bye?

This is like Mika mashed with Cold War Kids... though maybe a bit more Mika than CWK.

Young Rising Sons - High

ps - tony gwynn was awesome. sad to see him go.

Song of the Day #525 - all we really need is a stereo

Not unlike the sound of 15 other bands I've posted on here, but that don't mean it ain't good....

Strange Talk - Young Hearts

ps - we should get a month off for the world cup.

Song of the Day #524 - upset, incredible headache

The TCP is killing it this album.

Tokyo Police Club - Gonna Be Ready

ps - drinking 293 gallons of wine is healthy, right?