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!