Month: April 2009

Song of the Day

CHARLENE
Oh Hey


DOWNLOAD: Oh Hey

I guess I gotta get back on the horse and send somthin’ out to you guys, lest you forget I’m here! I was shuffling through my favorite indie sites this morning and came across the new single from Charlene, a shoegaze outfit from Newton, Mass, that seriously reminds me of early Mercury Rev! The shimmering guitars, the lazy, almost narcoleptic phrasing of the vocals, the melodic & ornate fuzzy wall of sound…it all filters down into a beautiful, noisy song. Check out Charlene over at MySpace or on their WEBSITE where you can download selected cuts (click on the ‘Music & Merch’ link) from their previous releases!

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Song of the Day

kate
HONEYDOVE
All My Love


DOWNLOAD: All My Love

Maybe it’s the recession, but the Song of the Day List’s #1 go-to girl, Kate Tucker, has pared down The Sons of Sweden and went to SXSW to debut a new side project…Honeydove. Featuring Son of Sweden Ed (Potatoes) O’Brien on guitar and Lucas Carlyle on drums, Kate says the new group will allow her to ‘explore darker themes and textures’…the first demo cut, ‘All My Love’, has an almost narcotic effect from the start with the slow-tempo, shimmering guitar and Kate’s poetic vocal imparting a sirenlike sensuality…the feeling of world-weariness and intense melancholy is a stark contrast to to her cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m On Fire’ for the recent Starbucks “Sweetheart” release that previously showed up on The List. I don’t know how far Kate is going with Honeydove, but why don’t you head on over to MySpace and make friends…

Song of the Day

BOB DYLAN
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’


DOWNLOAD: Beyond Here Lies Nothin’

No…this isn’t an April Fool’s joke…you’re actually seeing a Bob Dylan song on the Song of the Day List! ‘Together Through Life’ will be Bob Dylan’s forty-sixth album since his storied career began in 1962, and will be his first studio album since Modern Times was released in 2006 and ‘cuz all the kids are doin’ it these days, he’s offering the first single, ‘Beyond Here Lies Nothin’, as a free download. Now, it might be because I just saw Cadillac Records last weekend and I’m feelin’ the Blues, but to me it sounds like Mr. Zimmerman must have been listening to a few Chess Records from the fifties before he laid down this track…the bluesey guitar licks, the squeeze-box accordion, the bone-dry trumpet crying out in the background, all coming together and wrapping around Bobby’s gutteral growl…..it’s almost like he’s sending out a love letter to Muddy Waters! The album drops April 28th and you can learn more by visiting his Website or head on over to MySpace to stream a few more songs.

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