The Libertines: Run Run Run Run Run Run on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idv8E-cg-us https://open.spotify.com/track/2pdfYE2qUW9jngrkuXbeYG?si=85ef6f8ad6444066 There were a lot of great 2024 releases by artists who have been around for 25 or more years. Some of these, such as new albums by Elbow, The Libertines, and Sleater-Kinney, present new material that doesn't sound that much different … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 4, 2025
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Song of the Day: January 3, 2025
Yannis & The Yaw with Tony Allen: Clementine Clementine on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Sv0jr5570 https://open.spotify.com/track/5wPI9EcZ30sT0b68kdAXBP?si=06c4e66a122940c3 It's funky Friday, so I'll continue my Best of 2024 posts with Afrobeat inspired funk. Yannis & The Yaw is a side project for guitarist/vocalist Yannis Philippakis, founder of the indie rock band Foals. Philippakis wrote and recorded the songs … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 3, 2025
Song of the Day: January 2, 2025
The Last Dinner Party: Caesar On A TV Screen Caesar on a TV Screen on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcYU_eoihU https://open.spotify.com/track/2w4cRBhWvHCsDpvyhiDkjq?si=af7da91dd1d94ce7 Early in my search for new female artists in 2024, I discovered one of my favorite albums of the year. Here is what I wrote back in February. Prelude to Ecstasy, the debut by female … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 2, 2025
Song of the Day: January 1, 2025
No Terror In The Bang: Retch Retch on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa3vHyaPKlw https://open.spotify.com/track/2oi95kQNBWSELZdaSneSlY?si=2760460137a24c0c It's 2025, and a lot of people are starting the year angry. I don't write about politics very often in these posts, so I'll just say that I'm not feeling very hopeful about the state of the world right now. What I … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 1, 2025
Song of the Day: December 31, 2024
Charli XCX: Club Classics Club Classics on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd1AZym4lEY https://open.spotify.com/track/0CySZwyRJ0vyUqtSjM9i2k?si=2738b5c07cbc477e The album Brat by Charli XCX may be my favorite album of 2024. It is definitely my record of choice for driving. Charli XCX is Exhibit # 1 for how my tastes in music have changed while writing this blog for the last … Continue reading Song of the Day: December 31, 2024
Song of the Day: December 30, 2024
Sprints: Heavy Heavy on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1R7hcVwlQE https://open.spotify.com/track/02bA26OEe0nNFyE3YcNx4K?si=b2d817c4b2be452a I focused a lot of my discovery of new music in 2024 on female vocalists and bands. My favorite alternative rock album of the year is Letter to Self by Sprints. Released during the first week of the year, I've been listening to this one for … Continue reading Song of the Day: December 30, 2024
Song of the Day: December 29, 2024
Bill Frisell: Lookout For Hope Lookout For Hope on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THxTLfGwjSA https://open.spotify.com/track/5s4GjAJBdaeDXZ2WUZS7E8?si=9dc455ad9641438f Sunday is jazz day! Continuing my focus on my favorite music of 2024, today's tune is "Lookout For Hope" from Bill Frisell's album Orchestras. This is my favorite jazz album of the year. It combines live performances of Frisell's trio with … Continue reading Song of the Day: December 29, 2024
Song of the Day: December 28, 2024
Yard Act: We Make Hits We Make Hits on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vct334H6m-w https://open.spotify.com/track/7mYTcajvGEU4LZeHQ8V5w2?si=3e56dcfd77364e85 It's almost New Year's, so I'm going to focus the next few weeks of posts on my favorite music of 2024. This won't be a traditional Top 10 list format like I have done in the past. Instead, I'm going to … Continue reading Song of the Day: December 28, 2024
Song of the Day: December 5, 2024
Ben Folds: Me and Maurice Me and Maurice on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfTESHCqt-U&list=OLAK5uy_nUtCFs_p9JS2sGctX7TAemDlcmG7e1D-Q&index=3 https://open.spotify.com/track/4CnFlYmxHnngNATWJzPvsb?si=42739cf5ca9e41a0 There is an objectively provable truth about holiday albums that continues to astound me every year by every artist who has never recorded one: the most popular, long-lasting, and beloved recordings an artist will ever produce are holiday recordings. Even more … Continue reading Song of the Day: December 5, 2024
Song of the Day: October 24,2024
Laurie Anderson: The Letter The Letter on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eNz28mcrFk&list=OLAK5uy_mOiwmbMZLY_ypgtipTMoDiJJYNsedT7Xw&index=10 https://open.spotify.com/track/2APljZ9LaOJxTDh15jIMtA?si=506ec8d9712d43a1 This is week two of a new song of the day concept in which I provide songs by an artist whose career spans over 40 years. This week's artist is Laurie Anderson. It has been 10 years since Anderson released her last album, … Continue reading Song of the Day: October 24,2024
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