Song of the day: Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Drown – Smashing Pumpkins

From the 1992 LP soundtrack of the movie – Singles

I could have picked tune from Billy Corgan & co’s LP’s such as Siamese Dream, Mellon… or Gish. This song was actually debuted on the Gish album tour and Corgan wanted it to be a singles but he explains, “We wanted it to be a single, we were pushing for it. I was even willing to make it a video. Radio stations were playing it. And when it came time for the third single, they said, ‘Screaming Trees.’ And I was like, ‘Screaming Trees??’ But what label is Alice in Chains on and what label are the Screaming Trees on? Epic, which is the label that put out the soundtrack. And that’s what killed the song.” A huge psychedelic power pop tune with awesome amounts of feedback and a thrilling 8 minutes plus, a superb ride. Enjoy.

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Song of the day: Monday, February 8, 2010

I Believe – Skye

From 2009 LP – Keeping Secrets

Former singer of Morcheeba released her second album last year. Brilliant vocals.

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Song of the day: Friday, February 5, 2010

Down Under – Men At Work

From the 1982 LP – Business as Usual

A classic 80’s tune, my introduction to Vegemite, known to us Brits as Marmite. This album line-up is as strong as this SOTD hit was in the UK, USA and Australian charts. The album has sold 15 million copies worldwide. Men At Work are in the news of late losing a case after the court ruled that the band had plagiarized a Girl Guides song “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree”, written by Marion Sinclair in 1934. You can compare here in the BBC article. This album for me will go down as one my top 100 discs of all time. If you do not have this album, go get yourself a copy

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Song of the day: Thursday, February 4, 2010

Natural Tune – Efterklang

From the 2010 LP – Magic Chairs

Magic Chairs is the third full-length album by Copenhagen, Denmark’s Efterklang. The album finds the band expanding on their already expansive sound, while diving into the core of their ever evolving music.

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Song of the day: Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Beauty – José James

From the 2010 LP – Blackmagic

Often referred to as a jazz singer for the hip-hop generation, New York City-based vocalist Jose James combines jazz, soul, drum’n'bass, and spoken word into his own unique brand of vocal jazz. A great album to start 2010.

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Song of the day: Tuesday, February 2, 2010

This Momentary – Delphic

From the 2010 LP – Acolyte

Debut album for the Manchester band and it has been sitting on my iEar for a while and as a friend mentioned it, I thought it was time to give it a listen. A Great listen; full of dance tinged pop songs that when appear live “squib” designs the lighting show. A very well produced album by Ewan Pearson who has worked with Depeche Mode, The Rapture, Goldfrapp, and The Chemical Brothers. Also does many remixes and this one is the gem of the big list he has so far, 2003 Seelenluft – “Manila”. There are many remixes around of most songs on the album that are deep, dancy and dubby to create even more “lights in your brain.”

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Song of the day: Monday, February 1, 2010

Colours – Adam F

From the 1997 LP – Colours

Drum and Bass DJ, Adam Fenton released this record in 1997.

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Song of the day: Friday, January 28, 2010

Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) – INXS

From the 1985 LP – Listen Like Thieves

Formed in Perth, Austrlia by the Farriss brothers (Andrew, Jon & Tim) with Kirk Pengilly and legendary Michael Hutchence as the front-man. They had great success in their home country winning several ARIA awards. It was this album that pushed INXS into popularity and then with the preceding album, 1987’s Kick propelling them to super band status. In Listen Like Thieves you begin to hear the pop-soul influences that most will recognize from INXS song line up. I read that because the strength of these 3 songs on this album (“What You Need,” “Listen Like Thieves,” and “Kiss the Dirt”), the rest of album is ignored. That’s a shame, because, the album has 8 other tracks that fill the album quite nicely. A great album that has simple but strong Rock Pop songs, You can see where Kick evolved from.

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Song of the day: Thursday, January 27, 2010

Color Strip Warren – Jimmy Edgar

From the 2006 LP –  Color Strip

A multi talented Detroit musician and an award winning fashion photographer.

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Song of the day: Wednesday, January 26, 2010

Central Park – Mr Hudson

From 2009 LP – Straight No Chaser

Mr. Hudson AKA Benjamin Hudson McIldowie, 2^nd album Straight No Chaser was co-produced by Kanye West and has lot of Auto-Tune effects in the album; a sound that the pop world surely has had enough of. Allowing singers who are unable to hit the right pitch to be artificially corrected and hit that note. The SOTD is a quiet and tuneful departure from the rest of the albums pop grind.

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