http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday en The Music File helps you find great music easily. Find the best undiscovered, newly discovered, and rediscovered music and bands. Music downloads and Internet radio. http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1897 ... Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:05:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1897 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2369 ... Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:26:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2369 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14453 Searching The South For Dent May Where oh where has my MusicFile gone? Some of you may be asking this question while others may have enjoyed this brief new year reprieve. The answer is simple- we are knee deep in planning our inaugural music festival, ... Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:37:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14453 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14451 New Year. New Music. New Discovery. We love starting out the new year with fresh discoveries and this is surely one! Baltimore sextet Secret Mountains manage to combine blistering psych guitars with the hauntingly beautiful voice of lead singer Kell ... Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:55:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14451 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14448 I'll Have A Supergroup With a Side Of Moxy, Please! One of the most buzzed about new bands for 2011 is definitely Middle Brother. Talk about a trifecta! And because I am otherwise indisposed this week, I am shamelessly kicking the year off with some laz ... Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:26:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14448 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14446 Auld Lang Syne Isn't Auld Anymore. Just when you thought there couldn't be another version of this song, along comes Pink Martini to completely stand it on it's ear, give it a facelift and have you marching around your house playing it 100 times in a ro ... Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:46:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14446 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14444 Mighty Tall Indeed. Which cover song ended up at the top of our list this year? The Tallest Man On Earth's stop-your-heart rendition of Paul Simon's "Graceland". I've always loved this song but mainly for the music. It's a jaunty, pop classic. But thi ... Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:50:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14444 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14436 Oh I Wish I Had a River I Could Skate Away On... We are getting ready to shut down here for a few days at The MusicFile so I'll leave you with my favorite Christmas song of all time. Though it's been covered thoughtfully by everyone and their brother, in ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:49:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14436 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14434 Off To Paint This Moonlit Town Ablaze. Oh Lord, the holidays have me running crazy behind schedule so my apologies for skimming you on new music over the last week. It's the time of year when all the music blogs focus on "indie" Christmas songs, most ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:38:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14434 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14432 Keeping Up Is Hard To Do. The first time I heard this track, I could have sworn it was a new song from The Last Shadow Puppets, the side project from Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys. I got the country right but not the band. In fact, there really is no ... Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:39:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14432 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14430 The History Of My Young Life. One of the most intriguing young artists to come out of 2010 is Blake Mills, a 23 year old from Venice, California who was in the original version of the band Dawes as well as a touring guitarist for Band Of Horses, Jenny Le ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:20:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14430 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14428 From Chill To Funk And Back Again. If there is a band that defined the 'chillwave' phenom of 2010, it's Toro Y Moi, the moniker for Columbia, SC native Chaz Bundick whose laid back electronic album Causers Of This is one of the standouts of 2010. But he ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:55:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14428 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14426 Bring Your Cigarettes. If someone had told me that you could channel Elvis and The Doors into one persona, I probably wouldn't have bought it but now that I've heard Dirty Beaches, that's kind of how I feel. The low key bravado of The King with the 60's ... Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:03:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14426 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14424 These Days I Seem To Think A Lot About The Things That I Forgot To Do I've been working on our annual Best Covers Of The Year feature and I just had to go ahead and leak this one. It's the perfect song for a chilly December day, which it happens to be ... Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:40:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14424 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13961 testing player skins: Powered by Podbean.com or... Powered by Podbean.com ... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:34:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13961 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14422 Once I Wanted To Be The Greatest. Ok, let's start with the obvious. A guy that pens one of the first songs he ever writes as a letter to Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) has got to be one cool mother fucker. That guy wold be James Nee, the visionary behind ... Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:22:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14422 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14420 There's A Kind Of Hush All Over The World Tonight. If my math is right, Howe Gelb has released something like 25 albums under the guise of Giant Sand, dating back to 1985. It's a "band" whose members and supporting cast have changed like the wind but I'm ... Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:47:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14420 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14418 Going To Church On Some Carolina Chocolate Drops! The Carolina Chocolate Drops put out one of the best albums of 2010, combining old time instruments like Jug and Washboard and Kazoo with the banjo and strings. Their music is an homage to the African Ame ... Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:22:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14418 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14415 I Don't Want to Spoil The Fun, But Am I The Only One? Is it too early to be getting excited about the new Devotchka album? I think not. The Denver group is set to released their 5th studio album on March 1st, 2011 on Anti- Records. I first heard Dev ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:37:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14415 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14412 I Can't Walk Away In Chinatown. Most people associate Dan Bejar, aka Destroyer, with Canadian super group The New Pornographers but if truth be told, he pre-dates them by a year or so and is a formidable powerhouse in his own right throughout Canada. I w ... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:31:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14412 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14410 I've Been Singing You This Song Inside A Bubble... What is %2014Zorbing you ask? Or a Stornoway for that matter? Unless you are familiar with the far reaches of Scotland (read halfway to Iceland), or enjoying rolling down a hill in an inflatable plast ... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:40:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14410 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14406 Heartbroken In Carolina. The new Girls EP came out today. It's a followup to their gushed over debut album that came out last year. There is something about the subtle heartbreak of these songs that raises them well above the simplicity you think you ... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:00:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14406 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14403 Lifting The Weight Off Of The Concretes. The Concretes sans Victoria Bergsman? I had my doubts. When the lead singer of Sweden's most famous pop band (post Abba) left in 2007 to focus on her folkier solo project Taken By Trees (excellent in its' own r ... Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:04:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14403 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14400 For These Are The Times When The Mighty Walk Like Giants. L.A.'s Lord Huron was one of the most buzzed up artists at last month's CMJ Music Marathon in New York, a show I had hoped to see but missed but then, pronto, there seemed to be a rash of Lord H ... Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:09:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14400 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14395 A Band Of Bees Become... Just Bees. It's that time of year--when we start listening to a track or two from each of the bands that have been invited to play SXSW in March. I have a pretty simple process for doing this. I dump the list into a word doc, pri ... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:01:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14395 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14392 I Have Seen The Future! It's ten years from now and I am sitting in a bar having a cold beer before seeing Futurebirds for the umpteenth time. We are having a rousing debate about which of their five albums is their finest and the talk eventually centers ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:07:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14392 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14390 Going To Church On Some New Iron %FC Wine. There's nothing better than an Iron %FC Wine album on a chilly Sunday morning. Nothing. But it's been over 3 years since Sam Beam released an album under the I%FCW moniker. Fans have been chomping at the bit. Bu ... Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:59:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14390 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14388 I Come From The House Of Music! I love the world wide internets! I was trying to pull together a dance mix for a party with a Tropical Latin vibe so I thought I'd check out what the Sofrito ... Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:42:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14388 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14273 Fear And Loathing In London? I've been sitting on this one for a while. Mainly because I've been compiling an entire Mixes For The Moment entitled "Bats Over Barstow" with this track as it's anchor. Patience dear friends, it's a coming... You've likel ... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:50:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14273 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14384 G-r-r-r-rowl! Long Beach, California's The Growlers spit out songs like a gumball machine on steroids, most well under the 3 minute mark. But the truth of the matter is they're all good and these garage masters of So-Cal Goth Surf are getting some much d ... Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:44:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14384 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14383 Youthful Exuberance Gets Spit And Polished. Chicago's young Smith Westerns are in the enviable (or unenviable, depending on your POV) position of being one of the most blogged about bands on the internet. They live in that rarefied space where a couple ... Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:38:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14383 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14381 Going To Church On Sigur Ros. It's a music worship thing we used to say: "I'm going to church on it" meaning I'm digging it in a religious, life changing way. Seems like a good column title for Sunday's, huh? So here's our first installment, a band th ... Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:25:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14381 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14379 No Time For Cameras, We'll Use Our Eyes Instead I've had my head buried in the Savannah Film Festival all week (arguably the best small film fest in the country!) so you'll forgive me for shirking my daily song duties for a heap load of documentaries an ... Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:25:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14379 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14377 The Dark Angel On Election Day Since it's election day and all, and well, you know I'm not feeling all that hopeful that ANYTHING will ever radically change in this country until we get rid of lobbyists and big corporate contributions, I'm sort of sitti ... Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:16:06 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14377 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14375 Saturday Morning Flashback: 1994 My friend Wilson, who is visiting from NYC, mentioned this song last night as a gang of us tore through Savannah's night life like Sherman's march to the sea. As the night wore on and we found ourselves at SAV's vener ... Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:05:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14375 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14372 When Life Imitates Song... Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. As I was walking down my little lane this morning, it caught my eye: the irksome remnants of a construction job which had been poured onto the ground not 10 feet from my hou ... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:19:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14372 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14370 Magical Drinking and Merciful Deadlines. There was a short lived but great band from L.A. called The Broken West that put out two fantastic albums not enough people heard Omicron 2007's I Can't Go On, ... Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:54:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14370 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14368 And All That Time It Took You To Get Your Self Straight... As far as heat seeking missiles go, Warpaint is the stealth bomber of 2010. Dare I say they are this year's XX? The 4 femme fatales from Los Angeles have spent 2 years riding the wave of anticipa ... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:27:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14368 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14366 The Weakerthans Get Strong Again. Winnipeg, Canada's The Weakerthans are one of those great indie bands that have been floating around the Canadian rock scene for 13 years, left largely ignored by most people living south of Calgary. I've seen them live ... Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:53:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14366 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14364 Saturday Morning Flashback: 1974 I was driving on the New Jersey Turnpike on Thursday, heading south, just before you cross the Delaware Memorial Bridge, when it came on. Sometimes my iPod on shuffle is just a glorious and wondrous thing. The sky was ... Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:51:06 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14364 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14360 The Heavyweights Reunite. The Extra Lens is the new side/reborn project from John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats and Franklin Bruno of Nothing Painted Blue. The two worked together in the early 90's under the moniker %2014The Extra Glenns and have reuni ... Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:04:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14360 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14356 The Many Faces Of Yuck. Yuck has a regrettable name. Most people are unlikely to want to check out a band named Yuck. Or, at times, the oh so difficult to type: Yu(c)k. Hoping to change that. Because this band is damn good. And doesn't sound at all ... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:04:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14356 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14351 "We Aim For The Hearts, Not The Charts." So reads the endearing caption at the top of First Aid Kit's Myspace Page. From the first few notes that come out of sisters Johanna and Klara SPsioumlOmicronderberg mouths, you instantly know that this is not ... Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:11:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14351 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14347 Artistic Musings From A Mad Genius. Make That Two Mad Genius'. Posting a single song from a Sufan Stevens album is almost sacrilege, so right off the bat, I apologize. Let's just consider it a tease- or a ploy- to encourage you to pick up his latest albu ... Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:05:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14347 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14345 The Secret Sisters Aren't So Secret Anymore Laura and Lydia Rogers, aka The Secret Sisters, hail from Muscle Shoals, Alabama and they sound like it. Or more specifically, like they've probably been singing in their local church and on their front porch a ... Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:21:06 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14345 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14342 Can They Please Not Be From Brookyn! I discovered Twin Sister by accident while researching an article on Secret Sister, an all together different band that is the new pet project from Jack White and T-Bone Burnett which has been cast aside this morning ... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:25:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14342 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14339 Saturday Morning Flashback: 1970. John Lennon would have been 70 years old today. The news is all over the cultural atmosphere. Heck, even Google's got a :30 second John Lennon Google Doodle up on every single page with a clip from "Imagine". There's lit ... Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:46:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14339 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14337 CMJ 2010 Top Pick. October is the month when we have the pleasure of sorting through hundreds and hundreds of new bands that will be playing the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC from October 19th-23rd. It's become an urban SXSW, and it is to fall what Austin's ... Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:01:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14337 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14333 Cover Me In French Soul, S'il Vous PlaPsiicircOmicront . For some reason really cool covers are sprouting up on my radar this week. This one tops the list. A soulful cover of The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army". I tweeted it out last Friday cause I cou ... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:10:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14333 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14331 Nobody's Tune Is All His Own. Wouter Hamel has become something of a sensation in The Netherlands and beyond. The young Dutch jazz crooner is a far hipper version of Canada's Michael Buble or the UK's Jamie Cullem. What those two have in the way of 'copy ... Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:04:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14331 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14329 Austin's Prolific Pundits of Multi-Layered Pop. If you told me there was a band out there that managed to successfully cross pollinate the essence of Yo La Tengo with The Beach Boys, I'd probably throw my bullshit flag... but that would have been before ... Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:14:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14329 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14327 Autumn Brought You To Me... In the world of really good up-and-coming bands, one need look no further than London's excellent Moshi Moshi Records (Fanfarlo, Matt %FC Kim, Lykke Li and Florence %FC The Machine to name just a few), so when a new band pops ... Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:42:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14327 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14323 This Song Is For The Stick Pins. There's something about fall that always puts me in a Mountain Goats frame of mind. It started last week, somewhat subliminally, when I saw the new video for Superchunk's "Digging For Something" featuring John Darnielle ... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14323 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14322 A Man, A Guitar, Two Amps And A Full Moon. What happens when you take one of the world's most beloved icons of music and pair him with one of the world's most talented producers? Le Noise happens. The new album from Neil Young is at once both sparse and ... Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:17:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14322 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14320 Surf's Up In Cabo! There are few things in the world of music today that will get my attention faster than an association with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys or Jim James of My Morning Jacket. Hacienda has both. Their sophomore album was produced ... Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:05:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14320 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14318 The Radio Said That The TV's Dead And The Picture Went Blind. To say there is a dearth of new California bands serving up a broad range of retro garage-meets-surf music would be a mild understatement, but few are doing it as well as The Fresh %FC Onlys. ... Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:13:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14318 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14316 A Theory Of Natural Selection. This song came on my iPod yesterday and two things struck me: 1) I had forgotten just how haunting and beautiful it is 2) I couldn't believe that we had never posted it Oh My God, Charlie Darwin was self released by ... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:51:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14316 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14314 A Hollow Log, A Hollow Log, Sleeping In A Hollow Log. Eilen Jewell combines the jazzy vibe and phrasing of the Billie Holiday era with the dusty roots feel of 50's and 60's Americana. She has impeccable timing and phrasing and the most delicious lazy voi ... Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:58:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14314 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14312 How About You, My New Favorite Thing... To the untrained ear (OK, actually to just about any ear), Of Montreal can come across at first blush as a bit of a big sloppy mess. Kind of like musical spaghetti. You're gonna need a big spoon and a fork and good ... Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:56:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14312 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14310 Now I've Got You In The Undertow. I fell for L.A.'s %2014Warpaint last spring when I heard their drop dead gorgeous track "Billie Holiday"Omicron a song which interweaves sections of Mary Wells' "My Guy" into a 7 minute stunner that had me convinced Cat ... Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:55:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14310 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14308 It Wasn't All Duran Duran Duran Duran... The 1980's Scottish pop duo of Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee are best known for the somewhat obsessive love they received from Nirvana's Kurt Cobain who named his daughter after Francis, covered 3 of their songs ... Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:45:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14308 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14306 Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird. What a lovely surprise! Kristian Mattson, aka The Tallest Man On Earth snuck in a little 5 song EP last week when no one was looking. This, less than five months after his breakthrough album The Wild Hunt comp ... Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:19:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14306 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14304 Jewish Canadian Parisian Piano Producing Chameleon Makes Good. Several people have asked me recently about the song featured in the new iPad commercials. You know the oneOmicron infectious piano instrumental overlaid with hand claps and snappy snaps, set ... Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:34:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14304 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13839 ... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:38:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13839 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14303 No Seeds! The Pomegranates make the kind of buoyant, geeky pop that makes you wish all the world was populated by nerds. It's just slightly left of center but with enough melody to have the masses bobbing their heads in unison. Even the name is a bit ge ... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:39:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14303 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14301 Saying Farewell To The Hazy, Lazy Days Of Summer. I always consider Labor Day to be the official end of summer even though the temps may stay close to 90, the sun stays high in the sky and convertibles zip by with their tops down. Sigh. I still feel like ... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:28:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14301 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14299 Up, Up And Away! The Givers are one of the freshest new sounds of 2010! I had my head buried in 5 days of lounge hosting at our MusicFile event this year at SXSW, so I missed their buzzed about performances in Austin but I've kept an eye on their comi ... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:49:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14299 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14297 Press On! I've been in on/off/on/off/on/off mode for 4 days now, waiting for Earl to decide the fate of my long awaited vacation to The Outer Banks of North Carolina. Despite Jim Cantore's highly annoying, puffed up like a blowfish, doom and gloom drama, ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:55:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14297 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14292 Hand Made, Limited Edition, One Of A Kind. In a perfect world, we'd get all our music this wayOmicron hand scribbled track listings on a piece of paper folded over a freshly burned CD delivered right out of the back of the band's van. No way you wouldn't ... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:05:24 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14292 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14290 Chasing After Red Balloons, I Landed On The Face Of The Moon... Tulsa is from Boston. OK, that's out of the way. What else do I know about them? Not much. Other than that I fell HARD for this song after discovering it on the excellent LA Music Blog Ro ... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:32:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14290 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14288 Well You Say Brown Liquor Make You Sleep All Right... When you meet Cary Ann Hearst you can't help but be reminded of a young Dolly Parton. She has a sweet southern drawl and a wicked sense of humor packed into her small frame. But once she opens her mou ... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:26:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14288 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14284 Permission To Speak Freely? Let's get this part over withOmicron you're unlikely to find a music blog in this here world wide web of music blogs that holds more love and affection for Mr. E.... so maybe my initial reaction to the new Eels album stems fro ... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:26:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14284 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14282 The Rich Girls Will Break You Heart. The Poor Girls Will Take Your Money! It feels like we've been waiting forever for the full length debut from L.A.'s Fitz and The Tantrums but the wait finally ended on Tuesday. I went bananas over this band last fall ... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:40:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14282 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14280 Seems Like The Only Way Out's Through The Ditch... Truthfully, I went a little gaga in 2008 over Margot And The Nuclear So %FC So's twin albums Animal and Not Animal so I've been waiting with baited breath to see what they would do next. (You gotta love ... Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:48:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14280 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14278 Surf's Up. London's Calling. Dead Models are to London what Best Coast is to L.A... a great new band putting out shimmery summer music that recalls the 60's surf vibe with a big touch of garage-y doo wop. The band just released their debut EP and th ... Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:59:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14278 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14271 A Thing Of Subtle Beauty. So many of my friends and MusicFile followers just aren't into electronica. I understand this to a certain degree-much of it is not my cup of tea either- but I am al ... Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:59:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14271 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14269 The Pounding Of A Midnight Heart. A.A. Bondy is in the enviable position of being the very first artist in my iTunes library, alphabetically speaking, so it's really a bit of a crime that I haven't posted on him before because his music so often comfort ... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:13:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14269 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14267 It's Our Limitations That Make Us What We Are. Dear New Orleans is a benefit album that will release next week to commemorate the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and continue to support organizations that have a direct impact on the city, it's ... Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:40:13 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14267 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14265 Who Could Ask For Anything More? Could there be a simpler premise? If you like The Beach Boys (who doesn't?) and you like Gershwin (who doesn't?), you are in for such a treat. Wilson does Gershwin. Just released today, it's one of the most delightful sur ... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:42:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14265 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14263 Do Not Adjust Your Dial... Be prepared to be hit by a wall of 60's sound so dense it might just break your little head wide open. The new single from The Black Angels forthcoming third studio album, out September 14th, is flat out fantastic. I have a ... Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:31:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14263 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14260 Falling Through So Many Cracks. I am who? I Am Kloot is one of those bands that have largely been held close to home. Home being Manchester, England. Home to global music darlings Elbow and Foals. And yet IAK has almost completely fallen through the crac ... Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:34:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14260 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14258 In The Hazy Milk Of Twilight, No One Had To Know. CocoRosie is one of those acts that you either tilt your head and say "wow, is that ever deliciously unusual" or you scratch your head and say "I don't get it". I'm in the former camp and liken their mus ... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:04:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14258 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14255 The New Chairmen Of The Board. Eli Reed is a white kid from Boston with the soulful chops of Sam Cooke, Otis Redding-- and one of my favorite 70's soul bands-- The Chairmen Of The Board ("Give Me Just A Little More Time") The "Paperboy" part comes fro ... Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:02:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14255 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14253 A Third Wheel Of The Highest Power. Toronto's Owen Pallett has the unenviable task of being the opening act for Spoon and Arcade Fire at tonight's sold out Madison Square Garden show. I can only hope for three things: 1) People get there early enough ... Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:13:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14253 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14251 Ah, Blissful Distortion, How I Shan't Grow Tired Of You. Less you doubt the lasting impact of the Shoegaze pop movement of the mid 80's, you only have to listen to the myriad of today's bands ripping it off and reinterpreting it's genius. It's shoegaze, ... Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:13:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14251 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14247 Like A Record That's Skipping, I'm A Modern Man Oh, Arcade Fire, everyone keeps waiting for you to trip up but you just can't can you? You are just too damn good. The band's third album, The Suburbs, releases Wednesday on Merge Records and I am alrea ... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:41:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14247 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14245 Saturday Morning Flashback:1961 Ernest Kador, Jr.'s music sounds like it fell off the back off a sock hop truck somewhere between Moblie and New Orleans. This is the kind of track that when it comes on my iPod, I just get a huge grin on my face and st ... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:52:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14245 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14243 Where Did All The Wine Go? Every Night It's Gone. An album that turns out to be a foreshadowing? Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse took his own life on March 6th, 2010, not long after he completed work on his last album, Dark Night Of The Soul, a collaborat ... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:09:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14243 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14241 Leave All The Others Baby And Say I'm The Only One In 2001, I had the hots for Pete Yorn in a big way. An all-grown-up big girl crush. I swooned through that summer with musicforthemorningafter on constant repeat. "Strange Condition" still makes the hai ... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:34:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14241 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14239 Stranded and Starry-eyed Here's the deal with The Walkmen. I didn't use to think I liked them all that much. Found some of their songs a bit too tedious and anxious. Til I saw them live. Then I was blown awayOmicron started hearing their music in a whol ... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:13:24 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14239 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14237 It's Friday. Bombay Your Day Away! Pablo DPsiiacuteOmicronaz-Reixa ,aka El Guincho, ignited by mojo in late '08 with his debut album Alegranza. Latin pop with world sensibilities and an electronic flavor is just what you'd expect from a hot DJ born in T ... Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:29:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14237 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14235 Behold The Finite Set of Thirteen Convex Figures The fourth, and long anticipated, album by New York avant guard duo The Books came out on Tuesday and it's a sonic melting pot of genius. Whenever I feel like there's really nothing terribly new happeni ... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:35:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14235 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14232 But Give Me To A Rambling Man, Let It Always Be Known I Was Who I Am Oh, good Lord, I have been away too long. My poor beat up Mac, road weary and apparently blogged out, has spent the last 10 days in the hospital- rendering me silent. It's finally back ... Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:33:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14232 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14230 JuJu's Got The Joujou! "She's JuJu who sings and plays guitar and he's Nez who plays drums". Together they are Little Fish, a %2014blues rock duo from Oxford, England that are causing quite a stir before their debut album even comes out. When I first ... Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:43:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14230 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14228 For Lindsay Lo This one goes out for Lindsay Lohan who, yesterday, finally got a taste of how the other half lives when a California judge sentenced her to 90 days in Jail for being a spoiled brat slash drug addict who thinks the rules don't apply to yo ... Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:09:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14228 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14226 Saturday Morning Flashback-1970 "Google Earth blows my mind" a friend said as we were discussing iPad Apps. I agree, but it had been a while since I'd heard that phrase. A few days later as I was discussing the gulf oil spill and the question of whether ... Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:49:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14226 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14223 Deconstructing The 70's Remember when you used to lie on your floor with massive head phones on, staring at vinyl album art and reading liner notes? For me it was the early days of Pink Floyd, Procol Harum and Jeff Beck- the music I wasn't sure I wanted ... Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:44:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14223 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14219 What's With All The Country? So, yesterday I get this email from MusicFile friend %2014and co-conspirator Stephan H. with the simple phrase "what's with all the country?". Once I stopped laughing, I realized he had a wee bit of a point. Yes, I've been ... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:40:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14219 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14217 But God Damn It Amanda, Oh God Damn It All.. Phosphorescent (aka Matthew Houck from Athens,Georgia) delivered his new album to the world about 6 weeks ago. His 5th. %2014I adore this man. He writes the kind of songs whose subtleties cling to my soul. He ... Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:24:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14217 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14215 Swedes Do It Better... There are days when I think I should just go and live in Sweden for a year, drink the water, soak up the vibe, figure out what they feed these people. Readers of this column already know about my mild obsession with the Swedish mu ... Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:23:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14215 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14213 Towing The Line With The Songs Of John Prine I adore John Prine. His voice is like a fine old piece of worn leather. It defines his songs as much as the melodies and the lyrics do. So I was skeptical when I heard there was a "tribute" album in the works. ... Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:10:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14213 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14211 Tennis Anyone? I love this concept. Young husband and wife couple from Denver decide to dump their boring lives, rent a sailboat, learn how to sail (yes, in that order) and spend six months on a boat traveling from Florida to the Bahamas and then back up ... Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:45:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14211 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14209 Saturday Morning Flashback: 2001 Flashbacks come in all shapes and sizes. In this case, it's a mini 9 year flashback in the form of a very deep cut. What prompted it? Well, there is a raging debate among by NYC friends about which of the 5 My Morning ... Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:04:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14209 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14207 I Don't Mind This Wasted, Shaded Daylight. I became a devotee of Stars during the first 10 notes of "This Charming Man" from their 2000 debut A Lot of Little Lies For The Sake Of One Big Truth. That ... Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:39:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14207 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14205 Because My Love Is Strong And My Heart Is Weak, After All. The sophomore album from San Diego's Delta Spirit came out last week while I was knee deep in being off the grid. I'm back and pleased as punched to have it on heavy rotation as I slide into the ... Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:54:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14205 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14203 Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind, I'm Travelin' a Different Line... There are few bands that I can say I've seen ten or more times but tonight will mark the ten spot for The Avett Brothers who are playing at The Johnny Mercer Theatre in Savannah...for the ... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:56:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14203 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14201 Echoes Of Some Myna Birds And Some Major Birds. Dusty Springfield. Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power). Jenny Lewis (aka Rilo Kiley). If you can combine the sounds of three of my favorite, disparate and strong female singers, you'd hit it out of the park. ... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:25:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14201 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14199 Won't You Take Me Back South, I'll Sing It Again. I spent the whole night with this band. Music slut that I am. Their new album that is. Five times through. And trust me, I don't listen to anything five times through anymore. But there is something abou ... Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:43:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14199 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14195 Chinese Junkie Nomads? Come on, be honest. When was the last time you thought about Cowboy Junkies? It's been ages for me. And yet, the mere mention of their name conjures up the purest remembrance of the haunting, hollow sounds of 1988's The Trinity Ses ... Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:04:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14195 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14193 I'm Setting You Up And Letting You %2014Down. It Doesn't Mean A Single Thing. The sophomore album from San Fransisco's Magic Bullets has been on my list of most anticipated records of 2010. I fell hard for them on the strength of their 2009 little sleep ... Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:30:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14193 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14191 Jack Johnson Bores Me To Tears! We have a joke here at The MusicFile that Jack Johnson has actually only written one song, he's just figured out how to sing it 250 ways. Now that I've pissed off a few Jack fans, let me continue. Unless you've been liv ... Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:01:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14191 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14189 Grab Your Mother's Keys, We're Leaving September 14th, 2004 is a date when most followers of independent music draw a line in the sand. Pre Arcade Fire and Post Arcade Fire. Funeral was released on this date and nothing was ever quite the same. It singl ... Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:17:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14189 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14186 Taken Orders Never Suited Me. Giving Them Out Was Much Worse. Some strong words to consider on Memorial Day, amidst the picnics and the beaches and the road trips: I got drafted at 19 Me and a bunch of boys from home January 43, drove out t ... Mon, 31 May 2010 10:51:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14186 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14184 Saturday Morning Flashback-1971 Because some days you just need a little Hendrix! This is one of Hendrix' lesser known tracks, released just after his death in 1971 on The Cry Of Love CD. It ... Sat, 29 May 2010 12:45:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14184 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14179 Til The Summer Comes Undone... Today is the unofficial start of summer here in the U.S. of A. and no band epitomizes summer more for me than Yo La Tengo. Not the "hot town, summer in the city" kind of summer musicOmicron more like the languid, hot and h ... Fri, 28 May 2010 13:24:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14179 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14177 A Tale of Two Bands What's happening to all my favorite bands? First it was Kings of Leon, then The Avett Brothers and now this. The new Band of Horses album Infinite Arms sits at # 7 on the Billboard 200 chart this week. They've gotten BIG because of th ... Thu, 27 May 2010 15:00:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14177 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14173 Bang! I Hear Tick Tock. Galactic couldn't have possibly foreseen the massive oil spill in the gulf when they released "Dark Water" in February but it sure sounds like a rallying cry as we enter day 34 of oil gushing into the Gulf Of Mexico and invading t ... Tue, 25 May 2010 14:07:13 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14173 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14170 It's All Coming Back, Isn't It? I'm all caught up on Treme. Watched episodes 4-6 over the weekend and caught the new one live last night. The amount of live New Orleans music in this show continues to blow me away and no, it's not the kind where rich 20- ... Mon, 24 May 2010 11:37:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14170 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14168 And A Little Time Just To Think... I was listening to a new track from the not yet released solo album by Frazey Ford which will come out later this summer and it got me thinking again about The Be Good Tanyas which got me thinking again about Po' Girl. ... Fri, 21 May 2010 14:09:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14168 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14167 So here's the deal. Last year we transferred all of our music off of the laptop and onto an external drive cause, ya know, we got a lot of tunes. But occasionally, something I've downloaded to the laptop doesn't get transferred to the hard drive and I dis ... Fri, 21 May 2010 13:11:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14167 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14165 Eat It Michael Musto, You're No Bruce Valance! James Murphy is the one man force behind LCD Soundsytem and, at 40, he's been "losing his edge" %2014for the past five years while everyone else has been busy bestowing that edge right back on him. On ... Thu, 20 May 2010 14:25:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14165 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14160 Rainy Days And Tuesdays Always Get Me Down Timing is everything. After returning to NY yesterday in what can only be described as a nasty, chilly, rainy day that felt a lot more like November than May, I hunkered down for the evening with the Tuesday new ... Wed, 19 May 2010 12:27:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14160 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14158 Barcelona Attacks Brooklyn! As I was listening to some new tracks we received over the weekend, this song came on and I thought for sure it was mis-labeledOmicron it had to be a new track from Panda Bear, right? Wrong. "Simple Graces" is the 5th trac ... Wed, 19 May 2010 09:33:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14158 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14155 Saturday Morning Flashback: 1982 I haven't been doing Saturday Morning Flashback for a while now and a few of you have told me how much you miss them so when this song came on my iPod yesterday, it was a sure sign it was time to bring it back! I was ... Sat, 15 May 2010 11:37:35 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14155 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14152 Reconsidering Pandora's Alt Country Mix I was at some friends' house last weekend for a party and they had Pandora playing an "alt country" channel... which should be near and dear to my heart but as the night wore on, I couldn't believe how limited the ... Fri, 14 May 2010 12:36:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14152 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14149 "You Tell Him That Jerry Said He'll Never Let You Go..." The Black Keys 6th album Brothers comes out next week and I've been listening to it all week (and you can to on NPR's First Listen). It's FANSUMMERTASTIC. The whole damn thing. But it's not just ... Thu, 13 May 2010 12:54:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14149 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14145 Living Stone. Stepping Stone. Corner Stone. Rolling Stone. I was lucky enough to see Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars at House of Blues in New Orleans a few weeks ago. The show served as the starting point for our annual all night Van Crawl to the best ... Wed, 12 May 2010 11:48:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14145 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14142 Dreaming Of My Life On The Outside Josh Rouse fell in love and moved from Nashville to Spain in 2006 and took up residence in the coastal city of Valencia. Although his latest album El Turista -which came out in March- was recorded back in Nashville, it ... Mon, 10 May 2010 13:20:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14142 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14140 Big Boat. Little Boat. Any boat Will Do! I am a lucky gal. I am going boating this morning with friends who are taking us on a cruise around the marshes and inland waterways around Savannah and maybe a little trip over to Wassaw Island, followed by lunc ... Fri, 07 May 2010 08:23:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14140 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14138 Oh, don't you know they only make those pop records out of plastic? This track came on my iPod the other day and it's been wiggling around in my brain ever since. Ah, The Jazz Butcher. And an oldie but goody at that. You either get him or you don't. ... Thu, 06 May 2010 13:17:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14138 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14136 From January To July Laura Veirs' album July Flame came out on Jan 12th of this year which is about 100 dog years ago in musical parlance. It's an intricate and delicate 'grower' that's been on my Song Of The Day consideration list for over 4 months now ... Wed, 05 May 2010 11:28:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14136 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14131 Whistle While You Work. Together. The 5th studio album by the Canadian super group/collective The New Pornographers was released today and it's title Together feels a bit ironic. The original and primary band members are scattered like so many bright C ... Thu, 13 May 2010 11:59:24 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14131 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14129 A Short Swede With a Big Folk Heart. Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden. If I had a dollar for every great artist and song that's come out of Sweden over the past 4 years, I'd be rich as shit. Damn that country just produces and nurtures great mus ... Mon, 03 May 2010 10:38:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14129 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14127 I'm Going Up The Country, Babe Don't You Wanna Go? When was the last time you thought about Canned Heat? Many of our younger readers may not even know who I'm talking about... but they may know this song from their 1968 album Living The Blues. Th ... Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:23:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14127 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14125 Ode To The Mother-In-Law Lounge God, I love a good jukebox. I mean a REAL jukebox. The kind programmed by the actual bar owner. Remember those? We stumbled on one Saturday night in New Orleans. (OK, technically it was Sunday morning...) Our annual ... Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:49:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14125 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14120 When The Funk Hits The Fan! One of the great things about JazzFest is how many of New Orleans' fantastic local bands play the small clubs around town throughout the 10 day festival. Every night options abound- literally at least a dozen great options. O ... Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:38:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14120 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14118 Senegal %FC Baabal Maal: JazzFest 2010 Pick! Baabal Maal is one of the biggest music stars in his native Senegal but remains largely unknown in the Western world so it was with great pleasure that I noticed he was playing both JazzFest this weekend in N ... Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:21:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14118 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14116 It's All About The Lagniappe! New Orleans JazzFest regulars tend to divide themselves into two groups- 1st weekenders or 2nd weekenders, unless of course you are from New Orleans and then you are likely to be "bi". This weekend is the 1st weekend and ... Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:00:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14116 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14113 The Music Of Treme, The Culture of New Orleans Ok, I'm officially obsessed with HBO's new show Treme. I can pin point the exact moment when this happened during Episode 1 but I'm gonna save that for a feature article we're working on while I'm in New Or ... Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:31:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14113 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14111 A Mellow, Soulful Six-Pack Of Gorillaz I've been watching Plastic Beach, the fantastic new album from Gorillaz, continue to stay pretty high on the Billobard charts (it debuted last month at #2). But whenever I ask friends who aren't all that into music ... Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:40:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14111 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14109 Floating Along With Joakim And Me. I have this to say about jj. They can do no wrong. I gobble up everything they put out, which to date includes the easy to remember jj no.'s 1, 2 and 3. By my count, this is 20 perfect songs since they burst onto the u ... Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:16:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14109 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14107 Who Are You New York? "Who Are You New York?" is the first track on Rufus Wainwright's new album All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu which comes out next week. I found myself asking the same question as I returned to NYC yesterday after an absence of si ... Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:04:35 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14107 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14105 Cracking The Da Vinci Code... The Da Vincis are an incredibly talented young band from Jackson, Mississippi that sound like Jens Lekman covering Morrissey in a '60s crooner lounge. Let's throw a little Jazz Butcher in there just for fun. And if all that' ... Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:49:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14105 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14103 Shoegazing My Way Into A Beautiful Weekend... Sweden's The Radio Dept. have had a rough go of it. Or so it seems. Critically lauded for over a decade but never really getting out of the gate. There's a whole back story here about missed opportunities, ba ... Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:34:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14103 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14101 Keep Putting Soul Up! Wow, can it really be 5 years ago that I first discovered Sharon Jones %FC The Dap Kings? God bless NPR (back story Here). Her fourth album on Brooklyn's own Daptone Records came out this week and it's like a trip back to Muscle ... Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:24:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14101 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14097 Who Is This Dr. Dog Of Which You Speak? No, it's not some hip-hop wannabe star. It's five guys from Philly who somehow manage to channel The Band and The Beatles and who just might restore your faith in Rock and Roll. The band's fan camp has been on t ... Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:07:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14097 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14095 A Southern Songstress With Urban Chops. Jennie Arnau hails from Greenville, South Carolina but calls downtown NYC her home and, along with other Southern talents like Laura Cantrell, she's changing the ster ... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:12:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14095 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14093 The first song released from Blitzen Trapper's %2014fifth full length album Destroyer Of The Void has caught me off guard. It's a straight up piano ballad with gorgeous string arrangements and the simplicity of lead Trapper Eric Earley's throaty voice. Th ... Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:51:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14093 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14089 The Windswept Sounds Of Little Tybee. The guy walks up to me and asks if I know the band that's about to play...do I know their music, how would I describe them, who do they sound like, yada, yada, yada. He asked a lot of questions and I proceeded to ra ... Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:25:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14089 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14086 Pacific Northwest Country Rock? Yep! There's not much about today's choice that makes sense- it's a warm spring day here in the south, hardly appropriate for a song about a cold November day and yet I can't get this track out of my head. I have a thin ... Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:53:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14086 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14085 Zooey Can Sing! I've always had mixed feelings about the whole She %FC Him concept. I am a die hard M. Ward fan and have always felt like the duo was too much about her- her being the actress Zooey Deschanel-and not enough about him. That changed Saturda ... Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:06:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14085 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14083 Blessed, Blissed Out Orchestral Pop. Any band that derives it's name from a poem by David Berman of Silver Jews immediately gets my attention. "If There Was A Book About This Hallway" %2014appears in Berman's masterful collection Actual Air. The band lik ... Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:12:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14083 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14081 Bending Pop and Doo Wop Into a Wall Of Sound I first heard The Morning Benders play one of the small dungeon-like 'cave' shows at 2008's Monolith Music Festival @ Red Rocks. I new nothing about them at the time. And while their name conjured up a world ... Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:46:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14081 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14079 San Fran Roots Band Blows Breath of Fresh Air Into SXSW After 5 days of mostly scratchy, noisy, indie rock, baby bands playing next door to our event, the sound wafting over the fence on the last night of SXSW was so delightfully pleasant it stopped me i ... Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:59:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14079 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14073 Dropping A Bomb On Winter! If you listen closely to the opening of Sunglasses' fantastic new single "Referee", you will hear the sound of one our infamous Savannah, Ga driving rainstorms just as a freight train passes by the edge of downtown. It feels li ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:38:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14073 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14071 The Psychiatrist Is In... You know when you have 'one of those days'? When you think your head might actually explode from stress-defying overload? Yesterday was one of those days. There's only one thing that gets me out of that death spiral. I po ... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:11:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14071 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14069 Fluid. Buoyant. Dance. Dan Snaith, aka Caribou, aka Manitoba has shed some of his Canadian hinterland metaphors, at least musically. Now living in London, the electronic whiz kid (now man) releases his new album Swim on 4/20/10 in the U.S. on Merge Reco ... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:13:43 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14069 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14067 Like Depeche Mode Collided With St. Vincent... I am not sure how else to describe the delicious sounds of Class Actress, the happy accident brainchild of Brooklyn's Elizabeth Harper. Shedding her girl with a guitar mellow songs and hooking up with Philly ... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:15:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14067 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14066 Perhaps The Revolution Will Be Televised After All. I'm New Here is a brilliant title for Gil Scott-Heron's first album in 15 years. Released last week on XL Recordings, arguably the smallest label with the most pound per pound clout these days (Radiohe ... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:32:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14066 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14064 Indie Grease! Imbuing new indie music with a heavy dose of early 60's doo-wop isn't exactly new (see The Raveonettes, Jens Lekman, etc.), but it has been primarily concentrated in Scandinavia for reasons unknown (or too lengthy to wax on at this moment). ... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:28:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14064 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14061 Langhorne Slim Wants You To Be His Valentine. Please Say Yes! And you thought Valentine's Day couldn't be fun? Even if you loathe this holiday, there's something about a quirky guy in a hat singing to you from a widget card that just might bring a smile ... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:39:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14061 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14057 A Far More Interesting Take On 'We Are The World'. The new Yeasayer album, which officially came out yesterday, is one of our most anticipated album releases of 2010. Their 2007 debut album All Hour Cymbals is one of TMF's favorite records of the past d ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:03:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14057 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14055 Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? It's parade day in New Orleans. No, not a Mardi Gras parade. A parade this city has never seen before. The woo hoo, it's about god damn time, Superbowl Parade. Forty three years in the making. As a Tula ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:36:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14055 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14049 A Superbowl Joyride Dream My favorite commercial in last night's Superbowl was "Joyride Dream" for the new Kia Sorrento featuring this track from UK indie funk sensations The Heavy. (The track first got it's traction (bad pun) when it was used in last fa ... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:59:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14049 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14046 Hot Chip! Hot Show! Hot Song! Three things: -Pretty psyched for the new Hot Chip album, which comes out Tuesday. (Pre-order from Amazon below) -Pretty cool that they are playing a secret show tonight at Highline Ballroom in NYC. First come, first s ... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:09:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14046 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14041 The Ripfork Lets It Rip... Again Man, what is up with Pitchfork these days? I am seriously at odds with several of their recent reviews (Eels End Times anyone? A 3.9? Come on.) And then yesterday comes this- their scathing review of Midlake's new albu ... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:55:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14041 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14039 When One Plus One Equals Three Small Black and Washed Out? Just two of the bands with less than appealing names that have insanely appealing music. And both are riding the wave of illustrious pre-SXSW buzz. Washed Out (aka Ernest Greene) hails from M ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:13:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14039 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14037 It's All About The Candi! I miss Drew, aka The Skipper, one of our original biz partners here at The MusicFile. %2014We used to sit around and swap songs and mixes and music stories in my apartment in the East Village. (Ah, remembered nostalgia for the m ... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:53:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14037 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14033 My Grammys Hangover... Did you know Derek Trucks won a Grammy last night? I bet not. As I went through the list of winners again this morning, I realized that 90% of the artists that I admire- who were either nominated and/or won-never made it anywhere n ... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:33:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14033 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2255 ... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:11:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2255 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14027 Come On Over, We're Having A Party For You! So I guess I should be writing about a Grammy nominated artist today since the big event happens Sunday night but I just can't seem to get there. The Grammys still feel like an old dog with a really worn out b ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:24:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14027 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14025 In Defense Of Joyous Music Making... Pitchfork finally got around to reviewing the debut album by Edward Sharpe %FC the Magnetic Zeros last week (the album came out July 7th, 2009). They gave it an insultingly low rating of 4.1 (out of 10). Well, that's ... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:22:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14025 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14023 We Missed You Hissed The Lovecats... Just when you thought real rock and roll was dead, comes a cover band with chops. This track is our selection from the new side project spawned from 1/2 of Supergrass called Hotrats- a name taken from the Frank Zap ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:48:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14023 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14018 Just Lissie. B. Bublick has the daunting task of listening to and ranking all of the bands that will be playing at SXSW this year for us. Truth be told, I am a bit envious. I love that moment of first discovery when you hear an artist and get goose bumps ... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:12:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14018 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14016 It's Collabor-iffic. Or Is It Collabor-tastic? Collaboration. It's a tricky thing. Call it a side project and you're less inclined to have people over-judge you -"hey, we're just messin' around and being creative and trying some things out". (If you're J ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:59:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14016 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14011 Ok, Go Have A Great Weekend! You know Ok Go, they're the band made famous by that cool dance/walk video on the treadmills that was all the rage in the summer of 2006. The one with 49 million views on YouTube. But being known primarily for your wacky coo ... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:48:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14011 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14010 Plastic Beach Has Sprung A Leak! It's 3:30 in the morning. I can't sleep. The wind is blowing the shutters against the side of the house, my dog is barking. For some reason, I grab my iPhone and start rummaging through late nite music posts on TweetDeck. ... Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:25:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14010 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14004 He Was A Diplomat's Son. It Was '81. This is my favorite track on the new Vampire Weekend album Contra for many, many reasons. At 6:00 minutes, it's a complex song lyrically and musically, sampling both M.I.A.'s "Hussel" %2014and "Pressure Drop" by To ... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:03:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14004 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14002 Psychedelic Pop Surf Rock. The new era of 'surf bands' are all the rage right nowOmicron most sounding nothing like the Dick Dale variety but that's OK. My favorite of this new batch is Surfer Blood whose songs and remixes have been making the blog round ... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:08:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14002 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14000 Saturday Morning Flashback: Sade A new Sade record???? No shit. The first single hit digital shelves this week and it's a killer track. I was a bit obsessed with Sade in the 80's...soundtrack to many summer nights... but I'm always skeptical about 'comeb ... Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:38:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=14000 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13998 Dutch Rockers Finally Rock! Amsterdam alt rock trio Bettie Serveert have turned the dial way up on their new album Pharmacy Of Love which releases in the U.S. on 1/26/10. I've already been listening to it nonstop (you can to- Lala.com already has the mp3 ... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:11:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13998 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13996 My MMJ Day! Today's my birthday! I got a message this morning from MusicFile friend Tandy Fleming suggesting that I only listen to My Morning Jacket today. I liked ... Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:23:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13996 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13992 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 Overheard at LiveWire 1/12/10: "Seriously, is there even a band up there?" (Photo: Amanda Baran) RJD2 Feeds A Hungry Savannah Beast. Savannah is literally ... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:01:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13992 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13990 Work Hard, Fall Hard When we fall hard for a band, we really fall. Such was the case with Sweden's Shout Out Louds back in 2005. Howl Howl Gaff Gaff and 2007's Our Ill Wills are two of the most heavily played albums at TMF HQ. So it seems fitting that th ... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:39:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13990 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2191 ... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:07:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2191 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13988 All I Know Is All I Know. Not too often that bands push forward an album release date but when the music's ready to go and it's this good, best let it rip. Spoon's 7th studio album hits the ground running a few weeks earlier than originally planned... o ... Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:43:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13988 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13986 Can I Have A Re-Do? January is the month when we get to go back and second guess ourselves over the 'missed it by that much' batch of last year's songs and records. Touchdown by Brakesbrakesbrakes is one of those. The Brakes (I just can't do the thr ... Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:32:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13986 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13979 Saturday Morning Flashback: 1985 Circa 2009. Nouvelle Vague covers Talking Heads' "Road To Nowhere"- The best bossa nova french cover band branches out, oh so slightly, with this one. I love the way she gives it just a touch of country. ... Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:20:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13979 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2081 ...and the years are rolling by %2014and you don't get any wiser and the years are rolling on but you're going round and round One of Luna's best songs seems like the perfect way to ring in The New Year. Take stock of my superfreaky memories and make so ... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:54:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2081 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13973 Well They're Swapping Pharmaceuticals In Mussolini Park... I'm pretty sure I posted this song last year on New Year's Eve and it just might become a tradition. In fact, I think Luna will forever be my soundtrack for New Year's Eve. (One of the best New ... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:58:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13973 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13971 Vic Chesnutt's Death Is A Cry For Health Care Reform. Vic Chestnutt died on Christmas of an overdose of muscle relaxers. He was 45. He was paralyzed in a car accident in 1983 when he was 18. He was from Athens, Ga. He was in pain. He was depressed. He ha ... Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:50:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13971 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13968 And We Keep Rollin Down The Fast Lane... Ah resolutions! 'Tis the time of year when we hunker down and swear we're gonna make some changes come January 1st. Stop smoking or drinking or eating or procrastinating or whatever it is we do that fills up our e ... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:03:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13968 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13965 Why? Because Sound Matters Ok, I admit that the music gift reccomendations we've been serving up this week are all things that I personally would kill to own...but please indulge me one more time. Do I really need the first 4 Neil Young albums reissue ... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:33:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13965 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2130 White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Fo... ... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:33:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2130 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13964 To Flash Or Not To Flash, That Is The Question... "I Saw Her Standing There" is the first track on the first LP The Beatles released. The year was 1963. Nothing was ever the same after that. There's no doubt that THE music lovers Christmas present thi ... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:45:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13964 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13963 Rarefied Rarities All this week, we'll feature song selections from albums that would make great Christmas presents this holiday season. We generally don't include releases made up of b-sides, out-takes, covers and rarities when we compile our list of ... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:17:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13963 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13962 'Cause I Speak Of The Pompatus Of Love! Some people call me the space cowboy yeah Some call me the gangster of love Some people call me Maurice Cause' I speak of the pompatus of love ... Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:22:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13962 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13958 Back To The Future On The Cusp Of 2010. It always happens in Mid-December. We get conflicted. Between looking back at the year in music at the same time that we start to get excited about the year ahead. But in the case of Mumford %FC Sons, we're doi ... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:41:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13958 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13956 Forty Four Free Songs, One At A Time That's a bit like being paper cut to death, perhaps in a good way, if you are a big Smashing Pumpkins fan. It was supposed to start around Halloween, though ... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:04:43 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13956 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13954 Deep In The Heart Of A Primitive Band The first few notes of "Primitive Man" are so reminiscent of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" that at first I thought it was a cover but turns out it was just some early icing on an 11 layer cake. You know an album is ... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:35:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13954 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13952 Free Is Good! Free Is Very, Very Good! When DJ Losaida speaks, I listen. The left coast of The MusicFile had just been waxing on the merits of Dead Man's Bones when I stumbled upon this song on Anti- Records fall 2009 sampler on Amazon. It's one of 12 F ... Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:38:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13952 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13949 Do The Grammys Even Know What Year It Is? "For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist." Huh? This is how The Grammys define the Best New Artist category, alwa ... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:05:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13949 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13947 Pure As The White Driven Snow. As we slog and slush our way through %2014DecemberOmicron debating and revisiting every CD that might become part of our 'Best of 2009' music list, this little sleeper crawls out of my iPod. Wow, was July only 5 months ago ... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:12:06 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13947 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13944 Saturday Morning Flashback: 1969 Nick Drake was only 20 years old when he began recording his first studio album in London in 1968/69, just 5 short years before his untimely death. Although the production process was drawn out and filled with disagreeme ... Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:59:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13944 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13940 Turns Out Home Is Where The Heart Is Happy Thanksgiving Week From The MusicFile! We are spread out all over the place this week but wherever you are...we hope your Thanksgiving break is filled with laughter, love, friends, family, food and of course, ... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:53:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13940 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13938 Saturday Morning Flashback: 1971 Most of the time I fall into the camp of 'don't mess with perfection' but every once in a while someone comes along and adds a little sumpin', sumpin' - ya know what I'm sayin'? Here it is, DJ Drilla's (aka New York's ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:56:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13938 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13935 RJD2 Re-Do. RJD2's fame exploded in 2007 because of a little song called "A Beautiful Mine" that became the theme song for a little TV show called Mad Men. But with fame comes the chance to go back and a have a bit of a re-do. That's happening all th ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:56:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13935 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13933 When Whitman, Wordsworth and Tchaikovsky Seamlessly Collide. "All these years of living large/are starting to do us in/I won't say it wasn't fun/but now it has to end Life is moving oh so fast/I think we should take it slow/rest our heads upon the gr ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13933 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13930 Poised To Take On The World? Local Natives are at the top of my list for 'the band most likely to break big in 2010'. The five piece group from Silver Lake, California just released their debut album in the UK on Rough Trade Records and plan a Feb, 2010 ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:16:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13930 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13926 Saturday Morning Flashback: Paris,1951 This week's flashback comes from a brand new soundtrack...to one of the best films I've seen this year. The Education is about a young girl living in London circa 1961 who must choose between an Oxford Education ... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:04:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13926 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13922 Shoegazing My Way Into A Friday Afternoon. One of our favorite tracks of 2009 comes from the sophomore album of Norway's I Was A King. Can't stop listening to it. It's like Teenage FanClub, My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain got together ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:27:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13922 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13920 Morning After The Country Music Awards... I'll try and keep this brief. Here are the top 10 reasons why Taylor Swift bugs the crap out of me: She can't sing and she's not Country She can't sing and she's not Country She can't sing and she's not Cou ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:56:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13920 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13918 When Phil Ek Produces, We Listen. Big, anthemic pop is so hard to pull off without inviting a backlash. It can easily dissolve into a cliche. Start sounding like a parody of itself. You know, Coldplay sounding like a band imitating Coldplay. So I alway ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:08:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13918 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13916 Sharon Jones Better Watch Her Back! I love the whole neo-soul movement (and it's cousins neo-funk and neo-blues) but this track from LA based Fitz and The Tantrums is one of the best I've heard in the past few years. More classically retro than Amy Wine ... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:47:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13916 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13914 Sunday Morning With The Times. I am always on the lookout for new songs to accompany my obsession with Sunday mornings....homemade breakfast, pot of coffee, big-fat-paper and lots of music. So I a went a little crazy when I first heard this song because ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:26:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13914 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13912 It's Geekend! Today marks the kickoff of Geekend 2009 in beautiful Savannah, Ga. I think the whole weekend is gonna be one gigantic party well disguised as an "Interactive Conference for geeks, designers, developers, techies and social media maverick ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:47:50 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13912 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13910 I'm In A New York State Of Mind! On a day where The Yankees have a chance to clinch The World Series, I find myself nostalgic for The Big Apple. I am grateful to be living down here in beautiful Savannah, Ga for six months but on occasion I miss my city ... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:48:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13910 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13908 Ten Years of Dusty Groooves! Good Lord, there's just not enough funk in the world. Particularly, the afro-funky-brass-jazz kind. So it's always a sunny day when The New Mastersounds release a record, which they did yesterday. The sixth studio album f ... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:48:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13908 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13907 Saturday Morning Flashback: 2003 Back in early 2004, my friend Kathryn Harvey came to visit me down in The Bahamas where I was taking a little break after quitting my corporate job and trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life. (Oh, that?) ... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:27:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13907 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13906 And the award for new band with the best name goes to.... We Have Band With only an EP and a heap load of accolades under their belt-including Glastonbury's prestigious %2014Emerging Talent Award- Best Of Band is one of those rare unsigned acts tha ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:13:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13906 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13904 The Song That Built The Buzz. The South London quartet The Xx are about as hot as a band can get. So hot, they are in danger of the dreaded cynical backlash. But not from us...we think their debut album is one of the standouts of 2009. It's neo 'slo ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:53:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13904 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13902 Discovery Squandered. Thrice. There is no excuse for me just now getting around to Cotton Jones. I squandered three opportunities to see them in the last year: SXSW, ACL and now CMJ. I was initially drawn to the name- though these days that can be a d ... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:22:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13902 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13895 What The Heck Is A Katzenjammer, You Ask? So, it goes a little something like this... Jen's friend Brian put this band on his 2009 SXSW mixtape. Jen plays mixtape for me a few weeks ago. I go ga ... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:27:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13895 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13899 You're The Wind Surfer Crossing The Ocean - I'm The Boat Behind. So we meet again after several years Several years of separation Moving on, moving around Did we spend this time chasing the other's tail? So begins "Boat Behind", the 5th track on ... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:04:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13899 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13897 Fanfarlo. In Absentia. When you have to miss The CMJ Music Marathon in NYC, what do you do? Well, you live vicariously. Since I can't be in two places at once, I stayed up late last night reading the #CMJ Twitter Feeds. Less you doubt the power of Twi ... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:36:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13897 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13893 The Raveonettes Are Back With A Bang! I first fell for The Raveonettes in late 2003 when I heard a dense, fuzzy song called "That Great Love Sound" from their debut album Chain Gang Of Love. I was fascinated by the story behind these songs, all recorded ... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:20:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13893 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13891 Oh, Bring Your Hips. Oh, Bring Your Hips To Me! Seriously, is there anyone cooler than Thao Nguyen right now? Her 3rd studio album came out on 10/13/09 and it's making me do a little dance. She seems to have finally settled on sticking with her band ... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:41:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13891 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13884 Friday Night Dance Marathon, Anyone? We fell in love with The Phenomenal Handclap Band at this year's SXSW Music Festival. One of the few groups that manage to meld together musical influences from the past 4 decades and do it seamlessly. Just when I wa ... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:17:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13884 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13882 Temper Trap Comes To Fruition With Conditions. The Temper Trap was one of our Top Five Bands To Watch in 2009 and we are happy to report that their debut album Conditions finally came out in the USA on 10/13/09. The group hails from Melbourne, Austra ... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:05:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13882 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13880 Let The Wild Rumpus Start! Where The Wild Things Are opens in theatres everywhere on Friday 10/16 and I predict one of the biggest openings in moviedom history. I don't care how old you are, you want to see this movie. The trailer blew me away with it's ... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:00:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13880 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13878 Exactly How Much Magic Is Out There? You'd forgive me if I confuse The Magic Numbers and Magic Bullets, at least in name. Bands seem to jump on adjectives and nouns today with telepathic similarity when it comes to choosing names. So, so many "black" and ... Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:40:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13878 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13876 Can You Feel The Live?I didn't think I liked The Gossip all that much, but I kept hearing that they were the kind of band that once you see live, you're hooked for life, so when I found out they would be playing at The 9:30 Club in D.C. last week when I w ... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:02:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13876 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13874 Saturday Morning Flashback:2003 It seems hard to believe that The White Stripes have been around long enough to be flashback fodder but the garage-y blues rock duo actually formed in 1997- so here they sit at the precipice of an unlikely thirteen year an ... Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:04:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13874 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13872 The Future of Music Is... Oh Big Surprise, About The Music! For those of you who follow us on Twitter, you know that I was tweeting away ad nauseum Monday and Tuesday from The Future Of Music Coalition in D.C. What a treat it was to hang out with hun ... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:59:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13872 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13869 Hand Me Down My Light Saber Please! While %2014half of Austin was fighting for a patch of muddy grass and slow groovin to "Dancing Nancies" by Dave Matthews at Saturday night's headlining performance at Austin City Limits, we decided to zig while everyo ... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:49:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13869 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13867 Music To Rain By... Day 2 of Austin City Limits musical festival lays out before us with a 90% chance of rain. All day. This not only causes one to pause and rethink wardrobe, shoes, ponchos, etc. but we are taking a hard look at which bands (in a sched ... Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:09:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13867 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13861 Get Your West London Groove On... In The Heart Of Texas We're here in the heart of Texas for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival, one of the country's finest! One of our top picks for 'bands to watch' are playing Sunday afternoon @ 3pm on the X ... Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:16:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13861 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13 Mark Oliver Everett's book %2014came out in Paperback today in the U.S. and it reminded me to head to the book store and pick it up. It's been heralded as one of the best things ever written by a relative rock star. It tells the tale of a family literally ... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:15:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13856 Simplicity Gets Complicated. Ok, let's start with what would seem like the obvious. A song called "Lust For Life" by a band named Girls on an album entitled Album would tend to lead one down the anticipation path of adolescent simple-dom. Well, yes... ... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:10:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13856 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13852 Can You Say Scathing? Sometimes Song of The Day just hits me over the head. Like this morning. Vanity Fair just posted Levy Johnston's tell all "I wrote it myself" article about life on the campaign trail with Sarah Palin as the the father of her pre ... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:43:23 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13852 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13850 Losing My Religion On A Sunday Afternoon... I've been listening quite a lot to the soon-to-be-released Clarence Bucaro album that he recorded back in 2005 in New Orleans with Anders Osborne. The album was so personal for Bucaro that he abandoned the proj ... Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:50:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13850 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13848 The Return of Fractured Songs %FC Lo-Fi Brilliance! When word started circulating on the internet Wednesday that Pavement was planning a reunion tour in 2010, everyone went a little bat shit. Even I was surprised by the apparent pent up lust for this ban ... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:16:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13848 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13846 Vivaldi Meets Hip-Hop. I stumbled upon Emily Wells as the opening act for Joseph Arthur at Tribeca's new music venue City Winery. She took the stage seeming like some brainy, violin toting grad-student-in-black and then proceeded to completely blow me aw ... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:39:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13846 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13843 Rod/Gab. Duo/Fab! Every one out there who thinks classical Spanish guitar is bor-ing, raise your hand. Now, prepare to be immediately persuaded otherwise. The sophomore studio album from Rodgrigo Y Gabriela (aka Rod/Gab to their fans), was released ... Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:37:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13843 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13841 Collaborative Ruminations From A Shins Guitarist. The title of the Fruit Bats 5th album is more than fitting. Slowly contemplative BAND. Emphasis on the latter. Eric D. Johnson has long been the frontman for a group that has played out more like a s ... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:09:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13841 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13835 Must Be A Sign, It Is Time! Jack Penate's second %2014album came out on Tuesday and it's opening track is proving good fodder for the task at hand: "I stop when I hear a drum beat call Must be a sign, it is time I need to take myself away From the ... Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:48:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13835 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13833 Remastered CD Out This Week On Frenchkiss Records! The Antlers originally self-released Hospice back in March of this year. We were so blown away by the two tracks they sent us in January that we posted %2014"Bear" as our Song Of The Day almost immediat ... Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:47:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13833 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13831 Warning! Full On Folk Revival In Progress. In case you haven't noticed, there's a full on folk revival going on 'round these parts. It's not really newOmicron Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst got the whole neo-folk going way back in 2002 with his album Lifted... ... Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:11:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13831 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13828 Secretly Addicted To Latin Pop. Pop songs that would make my skin crawl in English somehow loose their ickiness in the hands of a Latin troubadour. While this doesn't apply to the likes of a Ricky Martin or Mark Antony (still icky!), it does apply to Ale ... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:54:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13828 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13826 Bringing Blur Into Focus Like many Americans, I really discovered blur in reverse, based primarily on my love of all things Gorillaz. Both are the brain child of Daman Albarn, arguably one of the most interesting, creative and diverse musicians and prod ... Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:20:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13826 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13824 Saturday Morning Flashback- 1971. Can we just call this the summer of rain? I feel like Joe Btfsplk from the 1970's cartoon %2014Li'l Abner. No matter where I go this summer, rain is following me...from the Northeast to the Midwest and now to the deep s ... Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:33:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13824 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13822 I Said Your Neck Looks Good To Me... Dear True Blood, We have found the soundtrack for Season 2 of your most excellent show on HBO. (Love that Sookie Stackhouse.) It's a little band fr ... Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:41:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13822 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13819 A Great Band From Wasilla, Alaska? Yep! As much fun as we have hitting the 3 day music festivals to hear favorite bands perform, the greatest pleasures (and rewards) come from those unexpected moments when you take a chance on a band you don't really kno ... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:09:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13819 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13816 An Epic Un-Encore Heralds in "Banned Of Horses"! The best moment of Lollapalooza 2009 involved the hijacking of none other than founder Perry Farrell's own bandOmicron perhaps symbolically signally a true changing of the guard in Lollaland. Years from no ... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:08:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13816 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13814 Hot Day. Hotter Band Day 2 of Lollapalooza 2009 had turned the torrential rains of Day 1 %2014into caked mud, lots of sun and blistering temperatures with high humidity...a bit like a sauna and crowded as all hell. While the evening headliners left us a ... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:21:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13814 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13811 Saturday Morning Flashback:1990 "All I ever wanted, all I ever needed, is here, in my arms". Ok, true confessions. You might have seen me skipping and running through Grant Park last night, singing this song at the top of my lungs, looking lovely in ... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:12:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13811 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13806 Well, The MusicFile has been off the grid with no internet access for the last few days but that has only given us time to reflect and stoke ourselves up for 3 days of music at Lollapalloza beginning tomorrow! Here's another of our 'under the radar' pi ... Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:38:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13806 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13803 It's Lollapalooza Week! As we head into Lollapalooza this coming weekend in Chicago (8/7-8/9), we'll be profiling some of the best 'under the radar' bands playing at this year's festival. No matter if you aren't going- this is just great music to check o ... Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:24:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13803 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13800 We're Singing In The Rain, Just Singing In The Rain! We are headed to the All Points West Music Festival today in beautiful Liberty State Park- overlooking the New York Harbor, The Statue Of Liberty and Ellis Island. 'Cept it's raining. Pretty hard. ... Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:20:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13800 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13798 Searching For My Lost Shaker Of Salt! Jimmy Buffett discoverd Ilo Ferriera in a local club in the Cape Verde Islands off of West Africa en route to the 2007 Festival Au Dessert with legendary music pals Chris Blackwell and Tom Freston. After 2 years of ... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:06:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13798 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13796 Killing Me Softly With That Voice. Anyone who was a fan of Mazzy Star in the %2014early 1990's knows that Hope Sandoval's liquid smoke voice is the one that paved the way for the likes of Cat Power, PJ Harvey, Portishead and today's heat seeking missile ... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:34:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13796 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13794 With Love From Bergen. Fans of %2014Bergen, Norway's Kings of Convenience have waited five long years for the band's 3rd release. That's an eternity in music parlance but KOC are that rare duo who inspire devotion rather than impatience. We now have conf ... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:33:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13794 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13792 Saturday Morning Flashback. Sorta. The year was 1962. Patsy Cline releases her last album before her untimely death, Sentimentally Yours, with what was to become one of her most iconic songs, "Strange". Flash forward to 2009 and Sharam, arguably the k ... Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:01:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13792 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13790 Mermaids and Kites I am spending the day with my two favorite people in the world. Sunny, who is 4 and Jamie, who is 5. They are helping me with my Song of the Day. After listening to several songs that were under consideration, they have selected th ... Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:11:23 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13790 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13787 Invisibly Famous Fanfarlo is a band from London that is becoming famous way ahead of schedule. Their debut album was just released in June, 2009 in the U.S to great critical acclaimOmicron their September concert at Mercury Lounge in NYC just got bumped ... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:10:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13787 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13784 Feels Just Like I'm Walking On Broken Glass. Crunchy. That's the best word I can find to describe The Dead Weather's debut album Horehound. Like walking through a parking lot of broken glass with motorcycle boots on. Maybe somewhere in Tallahassee on a ... Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:56:43 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13784 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13782 That Perfect Alignment Of 1's... Hands down, one of my favorite Sunday songs. Can't believe we've never featured it as a Song Of The Day. Every time I happen to catch the clock in this perfect alignment of 1's, this song pops in ... Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:56:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13782 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13778 Are You Aware The State I'm In? Only The Avett Brothers could have a song title like "I And Love And You" and have you nod your head and say, well of course. So simple. So powerful. I have such a soft spot in my ... Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:48:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13778 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13776 New Single Hits It Out Of The Park. Quietly. Sitting here typing in my super cute new Yo La Tengo baseball T-Shirt from last night's show at Keyspan Park in Coney Island. (Are you getting all these baseball metap ... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:14:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13776 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13774 Saturday Morning Flashback-1989. Squeeze is one of those bands who didn't get famous until it was all over. %2014Glen Tillbrook and Chris Difford were heralded as the heirs to the Lennon/McCartney songwriting throne but never quite got the recognition th ... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:21:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13774 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13770 When Ten Year Olds Rule The World Today's song of the day comes from my 10 year old nephew who is visiting from Boulder, Colorado. Owen got our family music gene- he's been wearing Ramones T Shir ... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:43:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13770 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13767 In our preoccupation with all things Wilco over the last week including our entire current issue, we realized we had sort of forgotten to post a Song of The Day from the new album. Doh! When I first heard a preview of Wilco (The Album), this was the in ... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:18:24 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13767 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13765 Bowerbirds are a trio from Raleigh, North Carolina whose second album Upper Air was released this week. It's a gorgeous, exhilarating treasure from start to finish and one that is sure to put them up in the ranks of similar highly regarded kindred spirits ... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:16:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13765 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13762 The hip and happening place to be in The Hamptons this summer isn't a swank party on a huge green lawn or a hip hop bash at P. Diddy's. It's the Monday Night Drum Circle at Sagg Main Beach in Sagaponack. Started two summers ago by a group of local dru ... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:23:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13762 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13759 A Non Animal Collective. The softest part of my musical heart has always been reserved for the big, harmony laden, melody rich, slightly alt country songs. The kind that bands like The Jayhawks, Golden Smog, Whiskeytown, Wilco and Old 97's made careers o ... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:35:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13759 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13757 X, the seminal Los Angeles punk band gives us one great big song to love as we head into the 4th of July weekend here in the good old U.S. of A. This one's from way back in 1987, late in the 3rd quarter of the band's career. Even though Dave Alvin had ... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:51:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13757 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13755 Anya Marina's a bit of a renaissance gal. A bookish actor/ turned DJ /turned song writer from San Diego, she's taken the west coast by storm and is spreading eastward. First thrust into the spotlight with a song on Grey's Anatomy (which is actually be ... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:08:35 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13755 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13753 While we were getting all busy yesterday with our devotion to Wilco (The Album), our other favorite band Spoon sneaked in with Spoon (The Single). Actually it's a little 3 song EPOmicron a big fat musical gum drop just in time for 4th of July and their ... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:21:35 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13753 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13735 Stop! The Love You Save May Be Your Own. Michael Jackson, R.I.P. I chose this song today for several reasons: The song hit number 1 on the Billboard charts on June 26th, 1970, replacing Th ... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:05:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13735 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13733 The Band In The Middle. We planned our trip to Mercury Lounge the other night with the primary intent of seeing red hot band Miike Snow but got increasingly more excited when we saw that newbies Hatcham Social were opening. What we hadn't prepared oursel ... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:43:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13733 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13729 Guitars Are Murdered at Mercury Lounge. You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil might be my favorite album title of 2009. Ditto for the band, who we caught last night at Mercury Lounge in NYC. Let's start with the disclaimers. The video below in no way ... Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:11:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13729 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13726 It's A Summertime Thing. Charlie Mars hails from Laurel, Mississippi and has toiled in relative obscurity since his 1996 debut album. That's all about to change with the release of his fifth record, Like A Bird, Like A Plane. The lead single is alread ... Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:10:50 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13726 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13724 Saturday Morning Flashback.1993. Whatever happened to The Cranberries? The iconic 90's band from Limerick, Ireland sold over 14 million records in the U.S. alone. They reunited briefly for a stint in Dublin this past winter but seem to have all but disap ... Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:44:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13724 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13722 In The End We're All Just Taller Children. What Ingrid Michaelson was to 2007, Elizabeth Ziman is to 2009. Only bigger. And broader in scope. A blend of Ingrid, Regina Specktor with a bit of St. Vincent and a few jazz legends thrown in. A sort of female ... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:55:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13722 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13718 Calexico Twitters. I Listen. More and more bands have jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. Some are very good at it and some suck. But one I always look forward to is Calexico, aka casadecalexico on Twitter. Calexico tweets fans to send in song requests ... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:34:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13718 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13715 Like Children. Dance. I have been meeting to post this track for months. I heard this remix not long after I got Coeur de Pirate's debut album last winter. At first blush, the quiet french Canadian's %2014sound, which is nicely reminiscent of Regina Spec ... Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:47:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13715 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13713 You Can't Take The Elvis Costello Out of Elvis Costello. To some extent it doesn't matter what Elvis Costello singsOmicron his one in a million voice will always instantly call to mind my obsession with his first 3 albums- %2014the trifecta of 1977's My ... Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:34:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13713 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13707 Mojitos Anyone? We're a bit obsessive about paying attention to songs used in TV Commercials. The results can be inspiring or insipid, depending on the choice. Bacardi Rum broke through the clutter in 2008 with the "Mojito Song" %2014by %2014DJ Robert ... Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:23:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13707 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13704 Merge SCORES! Parties and Concerts and Covers, Oh My! While buzz abounds for the REALLY BIG music festivals this summer- Bonnaroo, Lolla, Pitchfork, ACL, All Points West, etc.- they are all starting to look alike to me. Maybe I am just getting jaded or ... Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:03:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13704 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13692 I'm So Tired Of The Same Old Crud. Sweet Baby, I Need Fresh Blood! Eels Hombre Lobo finally came out yesterday and NOW, I officially feel like summer has begun. The album, which means "Werewolf" is subtitled 12 Songs Of Desire and my oh my, that is an ap ... Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:17:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13692 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13700 A Little Bit Madonna, A Little Bit Mary Kate. If there is a complaint to be lodged against Swedish rising star Lykke Li it's often that her voice is a bit whisper thinOmicron almost waif like. I for one, think it's part of her charm but can now attes ... Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:20:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13700 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13698 Your Summer Soundtrack Is Almost Baked. If you've been missing Belle %FC Sebastian or live in constant worry that the rumors of their dissolution might be true, then you have a nice summer treat finally coming your way. Stuart Murdoch's latest project is ... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:16:06 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13698 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13695 The Obsession Continues... Yes, I am obsessed with the new Grizzly Bear album. It's that good. Album of the year and all that. It's a deep listen, one that washes over with you with such power that you find yourself at a loss for words. You listen again ... Sun, 31 May 2009 12:29:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13695 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13690 Talking Heads Called. They Want Their Sound Back. So I am driving in my car, rainy Friday out on the East End of Long Island when this song comes on the local "progressive" radio station. Hmmm. New David Byrne? Old Talking Heads? %2014Maybe David Byrne ... Fri, 29 May 2009 15:42:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13690 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13688 Album Of They Year? The third full length album from Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear was released on Tuesday and it's yet another quantum leap forward for the band. Grizzly Bear's rise from uber-underground well kept secret to the frontrunners of indie music cre ... Thu, 28 May 2009 14:27:43 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13688 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13684 Technology Trumps Nothing. Summer has officially started and my house is filled with the sound of friends, laughter, the smell of food cooking and the constant click,click,click of technology? Yep. %2014I am going to need to upgrade my home to 4G if this ... Mon, 25 May 2009 17:14:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13684 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13682 Butterflies Are Free Ah, summer. Seems like the perfect song to kick things off. Coldplay's current tour includes an explosion of butterflies hurled out of giant magic balls. It's downright mystical and mythical. Fans also receive a free CD contain ... Fri, 22 May 2009 10:53:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13682 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13680 Run Rabbit Run! Yesterday I prattled on about the proliferation of bands with Rabbit in their names. Confusing stuff. One of these bands is Frightened Rabbit and they couldn't be more different than yesterday's White Rabbits. Frightened Rabbit conjur ... Wed, 20 May 2009 12:37:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13680 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13678 Come On People, Let's Keep Our Bunnies Straight! You wouldn't be alone if you're hard pressed to keep White Rabbits and Frightened Rabbit straight. They are two rabbit bands on the rise. If you don't know either, well then, see I have already confused y ... Tue, 19 May 2009 13:38:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13678 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13676 Hungry Bird Catches The Worm. It's been four years since the last Clem Snide album which in music-dom is about a century. I've missed them. Eef Barzelay is the heart and soul of Clem Snide, a "project" whose name derives from the re-occurring charact ... Mon, 18 May 2009 12:31:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13676 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13674 When Faced With A Leak, Just Go With The Flow! Wilco (the album) wasn't due out until 6/30 but alas, like everything else these days, the entire album was leaked yesterday onto "the internets" (about the only saying I miss from George W. %2014Bush). But ... Fri, 15 May 2009 13:35:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13674 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13670 What would happen if you combined the %201460's soul revival groove of Amy Winehouse with the rekindled 70's R%FCB Funk of Sharon Jones %FC The Dap Kings? Dojo Cuts is what would happen. %2014Lead singer Roxie Ray might be the sober alter ego of Wineho ... Mon, 18 May 2009 12:39:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13670 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13668 Please Sir, May I Have Some More? San Francisco's eight piece Photons are presenting themselves to the world in little slivers of lushly orchestrated, highly infectious pop rock. The first phase of this unveiling occurred in 2008, with their impressive ... Mon, 11 May 2009 11:26:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13668 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13666 Wilco (the album), Wilco (the song), Wilco (the album art)! Wilco just released the artwork for their forthcoming album, which will be simply entitled Wilco (the album) (out 6/20/09). It features a camel wearing a birthday hat, a birthday cake, and a tab ... Sat, 09 May 2009 13:12:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13666 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13663 Philly's Lo-Fi %2014Prolific Prodigy. Some days I get positively giddy about discovering a new artist. Well, new to me, anyway. Kurt Vile has been spitting out tunes since the age of 14, laying 'em down on 8 track or cassette or CD-R or whatever he co ... Fri, 08 May 2009 12:16:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13663 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13661 Where Innocence and Violence Collide. Annie Clark's sophomore album as St. Vincent finds us just where we left off at the end of Marry Me, titillated but not too freaked out... except that she jumped the gorge and we are still on the other side, staring ... Wed, 06 May 2009 12:36:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13661 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13658 Shara Worden's Star Shines Brightly. Shara Worden, aka My Brightest Diamond, steals every show she's inOmicron supporting or otherwise. Last night's Dark Was the Night concert %2014was no exception. The Radio City Music Hall benefit celebrated the al ... Mon, 04 May 2009 11:58:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13658 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13656 A Mexican Bouillabaise With A Little Extra Lagniappe! While many of my friends are set to enjoy their second helping of JazzFest in New Orleans this weekend, I, alas, have only my memories from last weekend. But one of those memories is still kicking str ... Fri, 01 May 2009 11:46:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13656 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13654 Porcupine Pricks In All The Right Places! Tim Easton's 5th studio album Porcupine was released yesterday and oh man, is it good. Not since his 1998 debut album Special 20 has Easton slanted his style ... Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:18:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13654 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13650 THE Moment of JazzFest 2009? While everyone at The New Orleans Jazz %FC Heritage Festival on Sunday afternoon was already scrambling for their speck of grass to see Dave Matthews Band on the main stage, we were quietly hanging out with a few hundred peop ... Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:54:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13650 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13648 Get Into Your Clothes, You Can Sleep When You're Dead New Orleans jazz singer Judith Owen wowed the mostly local crowd yesterday on the civilized Lagniappe Stage at the 40th annual JazzFest. The Welsh born songstress has the wit and sass of a Kate Winsle ... Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:57:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13648 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13645 Gotta Get Me Some Noon. One of the first people we ran into on Day 1 of JazzFest was a friend of a friend who was decked out in her New Orleans fest finery: large flowery hat, lots of bohemian accessories and the requisite big gulp size cup that was sur ... Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:30:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13645 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13640 Go Big Or Go Home! New Orleans has never shunned a party in it's life. Not even in a cab. My entry into the crescent city yesterday was nothing short of classic. Witness the photo. This is the interior of my chariot that got me from the airport into u ... Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:19:30 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13640 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13638 "All Aboard? This is %2014Kermit Ruffins. We're in the backyard barbequeing right now, so leave a message". Coming to you live from the Crown Room at terminal A in ATL, en route to the 40th Anniversary of The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. O ... Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:24:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13638 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13634 Rocking The Solar Blue Grass While most of the music blogoshphere was sweltering in the California desert this weekend for the Coachella Music Festival, I was in beautiful Savannah, Ga. hanging out on the lawn in Forsyth Park, drinking strawberry water ... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:23:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13634 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13631 Marching To Redemption. Elvis Perkins is the son of famed actor Anthony Perkins and famed %2014photographer mother, Berry Berenson. His father died of Aids on September 12, 1992. His mother died, almost 9 years to the day, when her plane crashed into th ... Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:33:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13631 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13627 Ah, Tax Day! How's your tax day looking? Here's mine: Change iPod for Charlottesville wedding project. Again. Wait for estimate to fix totally busted refrigerator Change every on-line account due to stolen Credit Card # Buy cooler Write ridiculously lar ... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:18:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13627 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13621 If I was feeling lazy, I could just post a song a day for the next month from the Dark Was The Night compilation and be done with it. We've already christened it our Album Of The Month and it's definitely one of those albums that keeps growing and growing ... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:53:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13621 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13618 I'm Dreaming of a White Easter! I am in Colorado Springs, Colorado for a mini family reunion over the long Easter weekend. We are here to celebrate the plethora of April birthdays in our family, complete with my mother's 80th! The weather has been curio ... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:25:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13618 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13615 "Certain Songs They Get So Scratched Into Our Souls." That line, from The Hold Steady's "Certain Songs" is one that any music lover can relate to. It separates the wheat from the chaff so to speak. And it can be near impossible at times to put into wo ... Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:27:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13615 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13611 Bon Iver %FC The Knife. Separated at Birth? Oh, it's gonna be a whole new thing-y. I can just smell it. Jose Gonzalez is dabbling in it. Grizzly Bear sort of invented it. Call it electronica meets lonely folk guyOmicron feeling all one with the world an ... Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:26:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13611 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13607 There Is No Leaving New York Light horns and the above refrain punctuate The National's excellent new effort "So Far Around The Bend". It's the 6th track on a 2CD compilation set that spans 31 songs by some of today's best artists. The album was prod ... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:17:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13607 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13602 Bearded Trees and Buttery Foods Neko Case walked on stage last night at The Savannah Music Festival and proclaimed her new love for the city she was visiting for the first time. "Oh Savannah. You with your bearded trees and your butter ... Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:43:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13602 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13595 The Queen's iPod I am dying to know what's on that iPod that the Obama's gave the Queen. Some BabyShambles ? The Sex Pistols ? Queen themselves? The Good, The Bad and The Queen? Of course, if I did know, then I couldn't make up my own version which frank ... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:54:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13595 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13593 Throw Down Your Heart. Pick Up Your Banjo. One of the performances I am most excited to see this weekend at The Savannah Music Festival is Bela Fleck's African Project. Fleck, arguably our greatest living banjo player, traveled to Africa in 2005 to stud ... Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:54:43 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13593 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13590 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing, Baby. The buzz yesterday was all about the Smokey Robinson/Joss Stone duet planned for last night's American Idol telecast. I like Stone so I tuned in to see what the fuss was all about. It was a train wreck. Off Key ... Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:17:23 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13590 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13585 Send It By Giraffe. Or Jungle Telegraph. I am awaiting the arrival of the new Eels album. I have something ridiculous like 110 Eels songs in my collection and yet I am jonesin for some Hombre Lobo, due out June 2nd, 2009. I already love ... Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:23:23 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13585 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13567 And so the regret sets in. So many bands we missed. Not that we are obsessed with SXSW or anything, it's just that once you've recovered from the sleep deprivation, dehydration and foggy music brain, you start to look at your list and think man, there are ... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:51:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13567 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13502 Once Was Not Enough One of the things that stands out from our whirlwind week in Austin at SXSW is just how much a good (or poor) live performance can forever change your feelings about a band. Loney, Dear is the perfect example. I have always thought ... Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:32:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=13502 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=11792 Big Stargazer Pop. Gosh it's hard to get that sound right. Few bands do it consistently well but when they do, stardom follows. The Republic Tigers are just such a band. They manage to pull off multi-layered vocals with truck loads of harmony without s ... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:22:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=11792 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=9090 Who's That Hiding Behind Those Long Blond Bangs? The hot dance band heading into SXSW this year was undeniably Little Boots but sometimes you'd rather be in the on-deck circle than right in the batter's box. Such is the case with The Golden Filter, a ban ... Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:32:13 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=9090 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=7465 What's In the Water Up There? You've got to love Portland, Oregon. Pound for pound, it's got more musical muscle than many of it's hipster hotbed east coast cousins (The Decemberists, M. Ward, Sleater-Kinney, Blitzen Trapper, The Shins, Elliott Smith. G ... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:20:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=7465 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=5624 SXSW Afternoon Delight One of the truly great things about SXSW are those moments when you stumble upon a band you have never heard of, know nothing about, and are instantly smitten. It happened at 6 pm yesterday at the Hype Machine party at Peckerhe ... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:13:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=5624 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=3479 If a measure of a band's buzz can be determined by the number of shows that they play at SXSW, then The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are a heat seeking missile. TEN shows this week, including both the Brooklyn Vegan and Pitchfork Media parties. The ba ... Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:56:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=3479 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2425 Can You Hear Me Now? What's an interactive conference without full time interactivity? ATT execs had to answer that question when the iPhone cloud over Austin this week grew so thick with connectivity that they had to send the troops in and upgrade thei ... Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:10:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2425 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2422 The Decemberists will perform their new rock opera Hazards of Love in its' entirety for the very first time on the opening night of SXSW '09. The event will take place at midnight on Wednesday 3/18 in the outdoor amphitheatre at Stubb's in Austin, "the li ... Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:09:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2422 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2407 Heartless Bastards. The Real Guitar Heroes. For some reason "garage band" has become the popular metaphor for many of today's groups that are playing good old fashioned blues rock. I doubt many of these bands have ... Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:26:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2407 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2404 Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair. Passion Pit is arguably one of the hot bands heading into the SXSW Music Festival in Austin next week. With only one EP under their belt and a debut album, Manners, releasing 3/26/09, the fab five from Cambridge, ... Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:02:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2404 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2397 Jazz Dance? Dance Jazz? Erland Oye just keeps astounding me. On his second album with band The Whitest Boy Alive, Oye delivers a record so subtly uber cool that it even passes its' predecessor Dreams. Now that it has soaked in for a few weeks, I find mys ... Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:46:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2397 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2395 When I first heard that Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys was doing a solo album, I admit I %2014was skeptical. When a fantastic band only has two members, it's a little hard to imagine cutting it in half. But I was wrong. There is much on this record for ... Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:46:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2395 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2393 %2014Will Madcon Cross The Pond? It's frustrating to be a fan of a band that almost no one in the Western Hemisphere has access to. Madcon has become a huge sensation in their home country of Norway, a few pockets of Europe and is climbing the charts in ... Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:25:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2393 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2391 Saturday Morning Flashback-1998 Gomez will release their sixth studio album, A New Tide, on March 31st, 2009 in the States. They're playing at Stubb's in Austin %2014on 3/19 as part of %2014SXSW along with The Meat Puppets and Andrew Bird. (Seems SXSW i ... Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:40:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2391 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2388 SXSW 2009. It's All About The *SCHED. Our resident Austinista and all around PR maven, JenCad, said it best last week when she admitted to being "nauseous with anticipation" over the looming largesse of SXSW 2009 (3/19-3/22). No where on earth can you s ... Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:06:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2388 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2386 Free Pianos, A Creaky Barn and Happy Accidents Neko Case's fifth studio album Middle Cyclone came out on Tuesday and all I can say is thank the good Lord that there are artists like her still making albums like this. Recorded in part in an old barn ... Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:35:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2386 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2380 ... Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:51:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2380 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2383 Funkadelic DJ Collective. Oh Yeah! Under the table and dancing. That's where I plan to be when I hear The Phenomenal Handclap Band %2014at SXSW. This NYC band is so unique that I can't even begin to categorize them...they just bombard your senses with a ... Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:41:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2383 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2378 ... Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:36:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2378 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2379 The Next Ting Tings? Is That A Good Thing? People seem to either love The Ting Tings or loathe them. I am fickle and love/hate them. A lot. So when someone sent me a download of this track by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour back in Septbember, I listened %201 ... Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:56:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2379 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2373 Joe And The Culture Mix. My last night in Harbour Island was spent in the bar at The Landing, a gem of a small hotel and fabulous restaurant right on Bay Street. It's one of those bars that could host Lord Mountbatten or Bob Marley and both would feel e ... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:26:06 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2373 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2376 Joe And The Culture Mix. My last night in Harbour Island was spent in the bar at The Landing, a gem of a small hotel with a fabulous restaurant right on Bay Street. It's one of those bars that could have hosted Lord Mountbatten or Bob Marley and both wo ... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:50:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2376 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2363 This seems like the perfect song to wind down a week of vacation. It's the first single off of the new Royksopp album which will be released on March 23rd. It's been 3 years since the Norwegian duo's last record so anticipation is high. This track is ... Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:28:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2363 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2362 ... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:07:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2362 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2357 Roosters, Rum and Rap In The Night I have been coming to this tiny island in The Bahamas for 12 years and whenever I think about how things work or why some things change and others don't, I just have to remember who is in charge here. There is only one ... Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:38:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2357 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2350 When A Toxic Review Turns Medicinal. I probably won't get much sympathy when I protest that I am working while on vacation... to the extent that prioritizing bands to see at SXSW 2009 constitutes working. But before you roll your eyes, let me assure you ... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:24:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2350 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2346 "Assualt With A Medley Weapon" Hands down my favorite quote from the morning after Academy Awards debriefs. The reference is to the number of draaaaawn out medley numbers on last night's "'let's try something different" telecast. Let's fa ... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:27:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2346 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2335 Chico And The Fishermen Whenever I return to Harbour Island I am always happy to see old familiar faces but nothing puts a smile on my face like seeing Chico careening down Bay Street on his little bike. Chico is an old soulOmicron one of the local ... Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:00:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2335 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2330 Finger Lickin' Good If I had a dime for every hour I have spent in the Nassau airport waiting for a BahamasAir flight that has been delayed, I'd be rich. Yesterday was no exception. BahamasAir flies out of the small domestic terminal at ... Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:29:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2330 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2320 Erland Oye pretty much ushered in a whole new genre of music with his debut album as The Whitest Boy Alive back in 2006. I dubbed it "Folk:Dance" but not in the old sense of the word. More like some new fangled version of dance music that was about as mel ... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:10:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2320 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2318 Make Of That What You Will! Fans of The New Pornographers and their many talented members have a lot to celebrate in 2009. Not only do TNP's have a new record in the works but band mates Neko Case and A.C. Newman both have solo albums out in the first fe ... Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:23:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2318 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2311 A Contrarian's Guide To Valentine's Day. I have never been a big fan of Valentine's Day. An ex of mine once said "Valentine's is a state of mind and best celebrated the other 364 days of the year". I agree. VD gets you whether you are coming or going. If ... Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:59:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2311 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2309 The first single from Camera Obscura's fourth studio album, My Maudlin Career is out and it's reminding us why we love this indie pop band from Glascow so much. The big orchestral pop sound is back, recalling the doo-wop of %2014the 50's and 60's yet mana ... Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:04:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2309 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2305 Mandy Moore To Marry Ryan Adams. WTF? Sorry. That just slipped out. My continuing love/hate relationship with Ryan Adams rolls on. The guy is like a gum ball machine, he just can't stop spitting out songs, good or bad. Same thing with women. Over 600 a ... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:06:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2305 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2301 Marco Benevento takes the concept of The Bad Plus' penchant for jazz covers of rock songs and moves it waaaaay down the field, filling the songs with the looping, ambient %2014and experimental touches normally reserved for the electronica and noise moveme ... Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:15:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2301 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2299 Little Joy is the side project of Fabrizio Moretti, best known as the drummer for The Strokes and as Drew Barrymore's exOmicron probably not in that order. Moretti teamed up with Rodrigo Amarante, who is the lead singer and guitarist for Brazilian rock ... Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:54:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2299 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2296 It's hard to believe it, but we are already trying to whittle down our list of must see bands at this years SXSW Music Festival in Austin...a full six weeks away. The task is daunting, over 1000 bands in 4 days. Our list is constantly being added to %2014 ... Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:51:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2296 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2294 Saturday Morning Flashback:1980! Is this the last train to Ska-ville? Might this be the final time I get to see this legendary band? These were the questions running through my head last night at the sold out, packed to the rafters, English Beat show at ... Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:59:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2294 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2276 What would happen if Edith Piaf, Regina Spector and Feist were somehow part of the same musical brain? That morphed deity would sound an awful lot like Coeur De Pirate. The non de plume of %2014Quebec's 18 year old Beatrice Martin has released a near perf ... Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:57:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2276 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2289 If I wasn't such a Dr. Dog fan, I might not have stumbled on this track. They are an unlikely band to be covering/remixing/interpreting the avante-guard indie pop of Melbourne's Architecture in Helsinki but somehow it really, really works. Without AIH's ... Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:00:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2289 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2273 Jack's Back! Jack Penate has been on the cusp of super stardom since 2007. This song should push him over the edge. His 2007 debut album Matinee reached #1 on the UK Indie charts despite mixed reviews but failed to get much traction in the states. The L ... Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:35:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2273 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2266 Life's For Sharing! If this %2014T-Mobile ad doesn't put a smile on your face, nothing will. The strategy, "Life's For sharing", and the execution of it is nothing short of brilliant. Shot LIVE on 1/15/09 with ten hidden cameras in London's Liverpool Stre ... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:17:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2266 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2262 Empire of The Sun is spreading across the globe at warp speed. The debut album and single from Aussies Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore of Pnau has already set Australia and New Zealand on fire, surprised the heck out of the UK, and i ... Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:41:50 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2262 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2259 "You Have No Fear Of The Underdog, That's Why You Will Not Survive." This just might be the rallying cry The Arizona Cardinals need today as they head into Superbowl XLIII in Tampa. Down 6 1/2 points in the current spread, the country's oldest continuall ... Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:53:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2259 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2253 The new Franz Ferdinand album, Tonight, officially came out this week and despite the overall excellent "Franzness" of it, there are two tracks that are sticking to my "m-brain" like bees on honey. They feel like perfect bookends in the never ending sto ... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:14:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2253 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2250 The Antlers sophomore album Hospice isn't out until 3/3/09 but the guys sent us a few tracks that have us pretty stoked to hear the rest. Brooklyn (I know, I know!) based The Antlers have a handful of EP's under their belt, plus 2007's way-under-the-rada ... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:45:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2250 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2247 If You Ain't Got No Money, Take Your Broke Ass Home. Any music masher that can combine Ludacris' lyrics over a medley that ranges from Earth, Wind %FC Fire's "September" to The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" deserves a medal in my book. Proudly sitting in ... Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:00:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2247 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2245 "Rachel Gets Married. Audience Gets Headache." If I had seen the above review a few days ago, I might not have been so keen to see the Oscar nominated Rachel Getting Married this weekend. %2014I have a screwed up inner ear and loathe movies that implore t ... Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:57:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2245 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2243 I'm finally catching up with the new season of Friday Night Lights. Even though it's been running on Direct TV since the fall, the 3rd season just returned to NBC last week and you can watch full episodes on line at NBC.com. In addition to being one of t ... Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:05:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2243 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2240 Saturday Morning Flashback: 2003. I feel like I have been taking The Shins for granted lately given that they are the band that changed everything for me. I first heard them on a mix CD titled "Driving The Georgia 400" that my friend Kathryn Harvey brou ... Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:52:24 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2240 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2238 Silver Jews Call It Quits! Oh, Lordy, it's a sad day in the world of music. %2014I am gonna have to get good and drunk tonight. David Berman of cult fave Silver Jews has apparently chosen the message boards at record label Drag City to announce that "Th ... Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:12:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2238 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2237 Some Serious Love Is In The House! I don't know about you but I was swooning a bit during that first inaugural dance Tuesday night. Call me a sap but that was some major romance. They made Beyonce cry for Christ sake. When was the last time we saw some re ... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:29:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2237 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2234 A Noble Beast Indeed. Every time I listen to a new Andrew Bird album, I feel like all of the cells in my brain get to escape for an hour- like a "get out of jail free" card. They fly around the room like wonderfully crazed spiritsOmicron eventually comin ... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:18:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2234 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2232 Five-Point-Nine Billion Voices Upraised! Oh, I've been saving this little gem for inauguration day! My old friend Matthew "Banger" Grimm, long of that kickass New York Rodeo Bar playing band The Hangdogs, is back with his new kickass band The Red Smear. ... Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:59:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2232 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2230 In Memory Of Leah C. McCollough Every Sunday, I make a point of putting my iPod on "shuffle" for a few hours. It helps clear out the musical cobwebs in my brain and gives me a break from the mountains and mountains of new music bearing down on me. It alwa ... Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:20:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2230 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2226 Sing, Inner Lunatic, Sing! Sigur Ros is my favorite "copy and paste" band. I say this because without this little marvel of modern computer word processing, it would be impossible for me to talk about 95% of this band's output....I can't recall, pronoun ... Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:52:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2226 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2224 Another Brooklyn band of babes that burst onto the scene in 2008. We're keeping a close eye on these gals because we love their retro fuzzy noise. We've been missing Sleater-Kinney for a while now...could this be their replacement in the "best chicks who ... Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:18:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2224 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2222 If Only They Kept Diaries ...this one goes out to Malibu Barbie. %2014 Thanks to Gina Ruiz and Elizabeth Wurtzel for sharing this brilliant piece in McSweeny's by Jeff Steinbrink. It appeared in my inbox yesterday and I had one of those fall on the fl ... Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:38:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2222 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2220 "Three unusual primates have arrived on Planet Earth. They are the second-generation mutated offspring of the monkey cosmonauts sent into space during the Cold War of the fifties and sixties." I celebrated my birthday last night at the fabulous Fatty Cra ... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:01:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2220 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2214 "with special guest Jolie Holland..." I hate it when venues tag this kind of language onto a triple bill. I have no idea what it means. The concert is tonight but it's not showing up on Holland's web site or MySpace page so it seems to be a pretty under ... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:13:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2214 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2210 Quiet IS The New Loud! One of our most anticipated albums of 2009 is the new effort from Norway's Kings Of Convenience. It's been 4 and 1/2 years since Riot On An Empty Street and well over a year since we first got wind of the new album. Word is that ... Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:35:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2210 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2206 Jai Ho Leads The Rallying Cry For Slumdog. Anyone who watched the Golden Globes last night couldn't help but feel a burst of pride %2014every time Slumdog Millionaire won another award... and this song began playing. Compared to the mostly mellow, cinem ... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:58:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2206 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2204 Portland's Hockey is a band on the verge. There's a great story on how they got here that I'll save for another day. Suffice it to say that these guys are having big fun making music that slyly provides commentary on the whole process of making music. ... Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:22:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2204 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2197 Saturday Morning Flashback.1991 "Do I lie like a loungeroom lizard, or do I sing like a bird released" I can remember singing these words at the top of my lungs on a sailboat in Lake Michigan in the summer of '91. I was living in Chicago at the time and ... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:30:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2197 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2193 We're putting the finishing touches on our Top Five Bands To Watch in 2009 and this band is definitely on that list! Temper Trap has one EP under their belt and a debut album that has everyone holding their breath. The anticipation is based pretty much o ... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:16:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2193 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2183 The Collective's Sequel to Bros? Animal Collective's ninth studio album, Merriweather Post Pavillion, has gotten so much ink in the last few weeks, it's tome-like, and the album isn't really even out yet (well, technically it was released on Vinyl on Tu ... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:06:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2183 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2177 "Can I Have A Re-Do?" is an article we are working on for the January issue that highlights the 2008 albums that we didn't get to spend enough time with until the holidays. This happens to us every year. We're in a mad rush trying to settle on our "best o ... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:31:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2177 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2170 Girls is one of our top picks for "band to watch" in 2009. Hailing from San Fran, they have a low fi Elvis Costello throwback sound with a modern edge. The 7" vinyl they put out this summer sold out in a week and they're getting a lot of blog chatter for ... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:35:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2170 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2166 Falling Snow and A Double Scotch "A smokey jazz room. %2014Cold and snowy outside and a double scotch inside. %2014A throwback - think The Green Mill in Chicago if you have ever been there. %2014A great horn track. %2014Indy rock meets a classic jazz voc ... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:26:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2166 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2164 Saturday Morning Flashback Thomas Wolfe made famous the phrase "you can never go home again" but tonight I might try. I have been invited to a party by the new owner of my old house. I sold it to him in May 2008 and he has spent the last 7 months renov ... Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:55:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2164 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2161 Portland Music Scene Shuffles In the New Year. This is the kind of gig that makes me wish I was Spock and could beam myself anywhere. A New Years Eve "shuffle" took place in Portland, Oregon with many of the cities finest musicians having fun and playing ... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:05:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2161 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2157 Otis Redding kicks off the New Year for us with some classic old school R%FCB. Forget all the promises to quit smoking, stop drinking, or start working outOmicron Otis focuses on the important stuff...to get the lovin' right. Everything else will fall int ... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:15:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2157 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2154 The most fitting of farewell's to the big fat disaster that was 2008 comes from none other than our esteemed Web Developer Jim Infantino and his kickass band Jim's Big Ego. Unbeknownst to me, Jim is also a talented video editor- as evidenced by this poig ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:45:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2154 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2152 THE "Band to Watch" in 2009? In 2008, Brooklyn's Amazing Baby burst out of the gates with a 4 song demo and a few live gigs that had producers lining up. They opened for MGMT and Bloc Party, got a ton of blog press (too much?) and now the early adopters ... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:01:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2152 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2150 Danish Fa La La La La's All The Way Around! I love the doo-wop sound of The Raveonettes applied to the holidays. It's Christmas-y without being syrup-y. The uber cool Danish duo must love ChristmasOmicron they also just released a new 4 song EP entitle ... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:40:43 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2150 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2148 "You Taught Me Victory's Sweet Even Deep In The Cheap Seats." This line could end up feeling cheesy in the hands of a less deft songwriter but when Oberst sings it, it becomes the defining line of a song, an album and maybe of his career. Conor Oberst ( ... Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:49:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2148 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2144 Saturday Morning Flashback. The first track off of Aretha Franklin's Rare and Unreleased Recordings is like eavesdropping on another place and time. Pure raw soul comes pouring out of her lungs. It's the prefect blend of blues and R%FCB. This album came ... Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:30:35 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2144 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2146 One of our picks for the best songs of 2008. #23 to be exact, out of 45. This was truly the year of the song and although this Black Keys album may not have stacked up with their best, we can't stop listening to this track. You can see, listen and downl ... Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:39:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2146 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2132 When Technological Meltdown Meets Sleep Deprivation Is Mercury in retrograde? What is up these last few days? We are trying so hard to get our Year In Music Issue out to all our MusicFile friends and if it's not one thing it's another. PsibullOmicronUpl ... Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:11:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2132 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2122 Amadou %FC Mariam's new album Welcome To Mali won't be released in the U.S. until March of 2009. This makes us sad as the album is already winning glowing reviews in Europe. But what makes us happy is that the first "single" has been released and it's a ... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:29:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2122 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2116 ... Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:32:00 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2116 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2114 One artist made two of my "best of" lists in 2008: Emiliana Torrini. She released one of the best "hidden gem" albums of the year and is one of the best "female newcomers" of the year. (All of our "Year in Music Picks" will be announced later this week.) ... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:49:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2114 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2109 Saturday Morning Flashback. This week marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s debut album, Murmur. It has been digitally re-mastered and never sounded better. In my opinion, Murmur is the defining album of the 1980's, the one that launched the whole noti ... Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:49:00 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2109 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2107 Somebody Put Me Under House Arrest Every once in a while, I wish I had to wear one of those ankle bracelets like the one they put on Martha Stewart after she got out of jail. This would keep me from doing stupid things like leaving my own party at 1 am ... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:38:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2107 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2104 Where Are The Elves When You Need Them? Tonight is my annual Holiday party. At this very moment, I am trying to tie impossibly small red velvet bows onto white painted birch branches before I string the lights. This is my attempt at a "tree moderne" loo ... Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:28:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2104 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2102 "SENATE SEATS FOR SALE. STEP RIGHT UP AND GET YOUR SENATE SEATS. GREAT PRICES. ONE DAY ONLY!" It seems like American politics always takes 3 steps forward and 2 steps back but yesterday's news that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was blatantly letting i ... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:44:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2102 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2099 My ultimate guilty pleasure Gossip Girl ended last night with a bang...Chuck in a grieving heap practically weeping in Blair's lap and Rufus confronting Lily with the news that he knows she was pregnant with his child years ago. Wow! Cue The National' ... Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:06:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2099 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2097 For some random reason I have this strong urge to go to Dublin, Ireland and spend a week pub crawling and listening to great music. Maybe it's because we have a few followers on Twitter who keep inviting us over, or just because I heard someone with a nic ... Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:44:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2097 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2095 If you've been reading all week, you've probably got a good sense of what's bubbled to the top in 2008, IMHO. Here's another. I defy you to not play this song at least 5 times in a row. Even at one play, it sill be stuck in your brain like a little music ... Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:02:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2095 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2093 We're hard at work on our "Year End Issue" and one of the great pleasures involved in this task is going back and listening in full to the albums on my short list for record of the year. Definitely on that list is Thievery Corporation's fifth studio albu ... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:45:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2093 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2089 "SWF over 40 seeks relationship with genius Electronica/Hip Hop DJ. Let's spend long nights together at the sound board shattering musical stereotypes" Girl Talk is DJ Greg Gillis. The mere fact that his latest album is short listed for my Record Of The ... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:36:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2089 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2087 The Killers are one of those bands I keep trying to like more than I do. Every track on their new album, Day %FC Age, instantly conjures up it's future Karaoke version in my head and I am horrified. And yet, I cannot stop playing this song. Is it The Fray ... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:55:23 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2087 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2085 The Decemberists are at their best when they achieve one of two seemingly opposite levels of song writing: 1.The wryly writ, rousing, and often humorous whale of a tale :"The Mariner's Song", "The Chimbley Sweep", "The Legionnaire's Lament" 2.The small, ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:55:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2085 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2083 It was a rainy night in Georgia. Pouring down buckets of rain. A perfect night for holing up in your favorite neighborhood bar for some cold briscos. That's what my friend Stephan and I did Saturday night after taking in Quantum of Solace. We chose WG's T ... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:36:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2083 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2079 I was particularly devastated by the attacks on Mumbai yesterday, not only for the inhumanity of it but for it's ability to so quickly reinstate fear in all of us. I have stayed at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai. I spent 4 wonderful nights there a few years ag ... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:55:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2079 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2077 Happy Thanksgiving From JenCad, our fabulous PR maven in Austin, TX, a reminder to be thankful for our friends this Thanksgiving...! No, this isn't a tribute to John McCain... but it is about banding together to support each other in times of need. Whil ... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:43:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2077 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2075 Forty Years Of White "a perfection wrought from a tapestry of imperfections"-Zeth Lundy for Pop Matters This week marks the 40th anniversary of The Beatles controversial 9th studio album, formally titled The Beatles but known collectively the world over ... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:27:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2075 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2073 I am trying to find a way to attend The Festival Au Desert in Essakane, Mali in January '09. I am late to the game in trying to pull this off but this is the year to make it happen as my sister and brother in law will be spending 5 months in Senegal, just ... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:06:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2073 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2071 Can "Wicked Good Slippers" And A Catchy Tune Save Christmas? Fountains Of Wayne is a band that always gets a bad rap. Their one breakout hit "Stacy's Mom" made soccer moms giggle and indie hipsters cringe but when you scrape away the nine layers of icing ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:50:30 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2071 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2069 A Eulogy For Detroit With A MINI In The Driveway "Tiny European cars Are dropping from the sky They're wonderfully efficient engines Fueled by Spanish wine Maybe just a sip to help us get a grip" The senate has halted a vote on a new $25 Billion bailout ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:20:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2069 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2067 Is it OK if we have a global "No Cut Copy Week"? Don't get me wrong, we love Cut Copy but they have been blogged and remixed within an inch of their lives and I am starting to smell overkill. Let's give the lads from Melbourne a rest, lest we raise them ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:27:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2067 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2065 God, I Miss LunaSometimes on Sundays I just put my iPod on shuffle for hours. It's a great way to get me out of any music rut I might be stuck in. We joke here at The Musicfile that our iPods all have brains and moods and that it would not be unreasonabl ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:04:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2065 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2061 I've been working on a Mixes For The Moment entitled We Want The Funk, Gotta Have The Funk for quite a while. Every time I feel like I am close to having it ready, a funky song will worm it's way into my life and I'll think man, that track has GOT to be o ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:50:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2061 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2057 Neko Is Coming, Neko Is Coming The Savannah Music Festival officially released it's 2009 lineup and schedule yesterday and as my eyes scanned the 18 days of listings while pictures of performers scrolled across the website, my heart took a little jump. N ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:43:24 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2057 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2054 I discovered Alice Russell through her excellent vocals on Mr. Scruff's song "Music Takes Me Up" but I would never have guessed the following: She's White She's Blond She's Young She's British Turns out she's the real queen of contemporary British soul ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2054 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2052 Can You Feel Laura Bush Blushing? Carla Bruni's third album came out yesterday in the states an it's another testament to her restrained control as a singer. The album has only one song sung in English but it doesn't really matter, it's her hushed yet hu ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:14:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2052 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2050 Tweedy Forces Me To Get My Fruits StraightI am newly obsessed with apples. I never really liked them as a child...I aways got those deep red waxy looking ones in my lunch box that have that slightly mealy taste. But for some reason this fall I have been ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:43:43 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2050 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2048 $20 Still Buys You A Kickass Concert Chicago's The Sea and Cake are in New York this week playing two showsOmicron tonight at Bowery Ballroom and tomorrow night at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. I chose the latter. It's part of my new concert ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:11:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2048 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2046 We end our Election Week's worth of songs with the one that set the theme for our entire Playlist, the Eels "Old Shit/New Shit". The opening verse of this song is cynically honest, offering up congratulations and regrets at the same time and mirroring th ... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:25:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2046 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2044 Global Yeasayers UniteAll this week we're posting songs from our Election Night Party playlist (already shamelessly rebranded as our Obama Wins! Mixes For The Moment). This track, by Brooklyn's Yeasayer speaks to the incredible passion of new, younger v ... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:16:30 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2044 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2042 Obama. Oh happy day! That's all I got today...really all I need...really all the world needs. From the skyline of Chicago to the slums of Nairobi, Oh Happy Day! ... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:53:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2042 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2040 "People get ready, there's a train a comin'!" Vote! ... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:18:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2040 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2038 Steve Earle wrote this song back in 2002, as a reaction to a post 9/11 world and this is what he said about it at the time: "We are a people perpetually balanced on a tightrope stretched between our history and our potential, one faltering step away from ... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:46:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2038 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2035 Ethan Hawke Is Stalking Me I have seen Ethan Hawke 3 times in the last 4 days. Yes, he lives in my neighborhood but I have friends in the hood that I don't run into 3 times in a year. I don't know Ethan Hawke, I just see him A LOT! PsibullOmicronThe firs ... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:45:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2035 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2033 Miles and Alex Make An Orchestra There are a few times in life when one wishes one had a British accent and last night was one of those times. Manhattan's Grand Ballroom was filled to the gills with ex pat brits who 'ad come to see The Last Shadow Puppet ... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:00:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2033 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2031 I've been in a bit of a mindless chick TV mood lately. It's helping to balance my addiction to election coverage. High Brow/Low Brow. Can't help it. Lipstick Jungle is one of my newer pathetic passions. Brooke Shields can't really act her way out of a pa ... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:37:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2031 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2029 Watch Out Mark Ronson Mr. Scruff is a 36 year old DJ %2014and Music Producer from Manchester, UK who's 4th studio album dropped last month. His moniker is based on his slightly scruffy beard and his well known scraggly line drawings but it is his mash up ... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:05:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2029 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2027 The Madison Sq. Art Program in New York kicked off it's' new installation last weekend called Pulse Park. The exhibit is the inspiration of %2014Montreal artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer who was inspired by listening to the very different heartbeats of his twi ... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:46:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2027 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2025 "I Tried To Do Handstands For You" But All I Got Was Bruises We always keep an eye on the songs that Apple picks for their TV ads-they're a good barometer of music trends (word has it that they out source their search for songs across a wide array of mus ... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:00:41 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2025 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2024 True confessions. I didn't make it all the way to the Ruby Suns show Friday night at CMJ. I was flat out exhausted and the whole Sub Pop line up was running about an hour and a half behind schedule. It was almost 1am and I could barely make it thru Oxford ... Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:24:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2024 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2023 CMJ is kicking into full gear over the weekend here in NYC and there already so many tough choices to make tonight. Sup Pop records has a great showcase at Piano's with 8 bands playing, red hot Takka Takka is playing at Cake Chop at 10pm, which is in dire ... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:17:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2023 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2021 It's CMJ week here in NYC which is, as they so aptly describe, a music marathon....hundreds and hundreds of bands jammed into 5 days. Red Bull is the beverage of choice as even one night of CMJ'ing can entail 6 bands at a single venue. It's the musical hu ... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:37:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2021 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2019 Five Years Gone And Still An Ache Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the death of Elliott Smith, one of the most beloved yet seemingly tortured song writer's of the last 25 years. My friend and music writer Corey Dubrowa sent me a link to a commemorati ... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:23:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2019 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2014 Sometimes my road to "Song Of The Day" is not a straight line. I caught the last segment of 60 Minutes on Sunday night about the brothers Ordonez, two bullfighters who are heroes/celebrities in Spain- hearthrobs, models and matadors-representing both th ... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:19:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2014 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1936 Saturday Morning Flashback Going all the way back to 1973 and Jesse Colin Young's breakout album Song For Juli. After The Youngbloods broke up (best known for the mega hit "Come Together", Young went on to release several solo albums which showcase his lo ... Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:00:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1936 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2012 Black Don't Crack Amy Winehouse jokingly told reporters in June that Black Don't Crack will be the title of her next album. No one knows if that album will ever get made. Winehouse is a complete and total mess and it is unlikely that in her current stat ... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:47:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2012 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2011 A Six Pack Of Joe's Anyone who watched the final presidential debate last night had to have a chuckle about the McCain phrase du jour "Joe, the plumber". After about the 3rd reference, I knew it had taken over "my friends" as the preferred drinking phras ... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:18:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2011 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2009 Some days are just not long enough. %2014 Woke up just a tad bit hung over after too much Jamie Lidell last night. Enjoyed the breakfast of champions-Gatorade and Advil- and hit the ground running. My to do list was a mile long, including getting my ... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:44:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2009 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2007 We touted the single "Palmitos Park" back in June, not knowing it was on a slow boat to the U.S. %2014but El Guincho's (aka Pablo Diaz-Reixa) album, Alegranzais finally out in the U.S.! %2014 Well almost. Amazon has it on CD, with %2014the Mp3 version ... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:32:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2007 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2002 It's hard to get too upset about the economic meltdown on a day like today. I am in Bridgehampton, New York, where it is 70 degrees, not a cloud in the sky and I just completed a 3 mile walk on the beach with my dog. We didn't mean to walk so far but we ... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:24:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2002 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2000 Saturday Morning Flashback: Matthew Sweet What ever happened to Matthew Sweet? His 19991 album Girlfriend was a break out hit and I hadn't thought about him in ages until this song came on "shuffle" this morning as I was chopping onions and prepping to m ... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:42:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=2000 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1998 "We Will Only Propagate Exceptional Objects" %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 -- Kevin Barnes of of Montreal of Montreal's 9th album, Skeletal Lamping has been delayed by two we ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:36:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1998 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1994 Prayers For A Speedy Recovery To Jim James Jim James, the beloved lead singer of My Morning Jacket, took a nasty fall Tuesday night during the band's performance in Iowa City. There are lots of rumors floating around the musical cyberspace as to the exte ... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:04:30 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1994 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1993 I went out for beers last night with "The Skipper", otherwise known as Drew Lipsher, one of the original founding members of The MusicFile who had to "skip out" on us to go work for Universal Music. Drew was still in his suit after a busy day in his curre ... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:09:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1993 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1992 We've just put the finishing touches on our latest Mixes For The Moment article. The current installment is another of our signature playlists for a dinner party/evening at home with friends. It seems people can never have enough of these. (Our latest is ... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1992 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1991 Andrew Bird Kills Human Flu I've been under the weather for almost a week now and there are three things that let me know when I am sick as opposed to just feeling lousy: A really good glass of red wine holds absolutely no appeal Everything tastes like c ... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:01:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1991 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1989 And You Thought The Concept Album Was Dead! I am loving the new Calexico album Carried to Dust. It tells the tale of an out of work LA writer during the 2007 strike who decides to take a road trip, buys a used map at the Yucca Valley Swap Meet and begin ... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:51:30 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1989 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1987 Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley fame just released her second solo album and it's taking some time to seep in. It's missing the confessional brilliance of 2006's Rabbit Fur Coat but that doesn't make it a bad album just a different kind of album-more straitforw ... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:27:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1987 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1985 DJ duo Thievery Corporation released their 5th studio album last week and it's been on constant rotation since then. Fans of the project's early work will love their return to reggae dub influences on several tracks and yet I find that I am always a sucke ... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:39:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1985 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1984 I blogged about this song the other day on Twitter but with Friday upon us and %2014no consensus on "the billionaires bail out bill", it seems like it warrants its' own Song of the Day. W made one of his 'let's state the obvious' brilliant proclamations ... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:30:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1984 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1978 Sharon Jones Channels James Brown Like Nobody's Baby One of the standout moments from this year's Monolith Music Festival was Sharon Jones %FC The Dap Kings. She is James Brown in Aretha's body with Irma Thomas' soul. She blew everyone else away and wha ... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:42:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1978 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1976 Roots Rock Legend Plays The Hood! Steve Earle moved to New York a few years ago and is playing 4 shows this week at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, just off of Washington Square. It's one of the coolest venues in New York to see live music- ... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:16:45 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1976 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1974 Let's face it, life as we know it may never be the same after the financial events of last week. But after the dust has settled and we have a little more time for reflection, perhaps it will represent a turning point that will shift our political, cultu ... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:55:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1974 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1973 Most of you know by now that I am a bit of a yo-yo, splitting my time between New York and Savannah and frankly, sometimes I'm not quite sure where home is any more...but I just returned to NYC yesterday after a six week absence to one of the most gloriou ... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:05:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1973 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1971 Margot %FC The Nuclear So and So's are a band that you feel compelled to check out on about a hundred different levels. Let's just start with a few: PsibullOmicronThe name is based on the character Margot from Wes Anderson's The Royal Tannenbaums Psibul ... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:00:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1971 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1970 At every music festival there are one or two bands that you just happen to stumble upon, generally while you are killing time or just navigating from one stage to another. At Monolith Music Festival at Red Rocks this weekend, our little stumble upon buzz ... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:36:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1970 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1967 Ow, We Want The Funk. Gotta Have That Funk! Sharon Jones %FC The Dap Kings burst through the clutter this year based on her outstanding new release 100 Days, 100 Nights but the woman has been singing her lungs out for the better part of her 50 %2014years ... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:02:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1967 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1965 Will The Wolf Survive? We're taking a different tack as we approach the Monolith Music Festival this weekend at Red RocksOmicron focusing on some of the better bands with less buzz. These bands always get the earlier times slots on the smaller stages and ... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:05:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1965 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1964 Talking Heads and Roxy Music were two bands that had an enormous impact on my %2014general love of music so to see David Byrne and Brian Eno collaborating together after a 30 year hiatus is definitely one of the coolest things to happen in 2008. Eno did m ... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:20:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1964 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1963 When I opened up the New York Times arts section yesterday, I could hardly believe my eyes. Is that TV On The Radio gracing the cover? Brooklyn's indie darlings have gone from handing out CD samplers at warehouse parties in Williamsburg %2014to a steady ... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:52:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1963 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1960 Hurricane Prep Leads to Political Storm Bonna Bella Yacht Club is one of the hidden gems of Savannah. And ironic. There is nothing Italian about it and the biggest "yacht" I have seen pull up to the dock is a Boston Whaler with a couple of wet labs in it ... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:26:24 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1960 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1959 Finn Andrews of The Veils is the son of legendary keyboardist Barry Andrews of XTC but that's just the beginning of the story. The Veils have a world wide cult following that defies their limited catalogue -they hail from London/New Zealand. They are pla ... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:00:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1959 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1955 The MusicFile is heading out to Monolith Festival at Red Rocks next weekend and trying like hell to work out a schedule that lets us see as many new bands as possible. In only it's 2nd year, Monolith has done a great job of putting together one of the mos ... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:13:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1955 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1954 "Prepare To Be Boarded" was the motto just below the skull and cross bones flag stuck in the sand that served as home base for the kite surfers populating the south end of Tybee Island yesterday. Watching kite surfers is a beautiful thing. It's a sport ... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:31:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1954 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1953 Does it count as vacation if your get away destination is only a 30 minute drive? This is a question I have never had to ask or answer before and yet here it sits before me. Savannah lies just 19 miles "up river" from Tybee Island. Tybee is the beach. Sa ... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:47:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1953 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1952 Laura Marling is only 18 but sings like a very wise old soul. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim has been shortlisted for the UK's 2008 Mercury Prize but it is her song "New Romantic" that first caught my ear, from her EP, My Manic and I. Marling has wr ... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:56:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1952 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1950 Sometimes Song of The Day is a good way for us to start thinking through a band we'd like to do a whole New To You article on. This is one of those bands. Toronto's Born Ruffians are what Vampire Weekend might sound like had they not gotten into an Ivy ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:47:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1950 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1949 I've been meaning to feature a song by Brett Dennen for months now. He is one of today's most talented up and coming songwriter's. It's just taken a few years for his star to rise...and he's still in his 20's. A folk singer with a rawness to his voice t ... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:17:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1949 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1948 The Darjeeling Limited is one of those movies I keep meaning to rent and I really wanted to watch it this weekend. Even though it didn't do all that well at the box office, I love Wes Anderson and he always picks very cool music for his soundtracks. %2014 ... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:44:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1948 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1945 UPDATE: I NEVER GOT MY TEXT. HEADS WILL ROLL. I HATE IT WHEN I HAVE TO GET MY NEWS FROM STODGY OLD MEDIA LIKE THE INTERNET! It's midnight on the 22nd and I confess to being anxious about my iPhone texting %2014me in the middle of the night with the long ... Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:04:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1945 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1944 Day 3 of Fay. Fay, Fay Go Away! I am in Savannah where we actually haven't had Fay so badOmicron just intermittent bands of heavy rain that seem to come out of nowhere and some palm trees dancing in the breeze. Until today. Today, we are getting clobb ... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:14:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1944 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1943 The Walkmen's new album You %FC Me is so good it hurts. Straight ahead rock and roll that should appeal to anyone with the tiniest bit of mojo in their DNA. The songs are both subtle and powerful-oh so hard to pull off. I have gone back and forth on The ... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:43:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1943 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1941 Since I am blogging this week about current music that may have a wider appeal than many assume- primarily because of the tendency of so many of today's best bands to draw on the sounds of the 60's, 70's and 80's- I can't let the week go by without talkin ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:49:23 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1941 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1939 Day two of my diatribe about stereotyping music by age... and ramping it up just a notch (you'll be needing your ear plugs by Friday). When I search Spoon on my iPod, 71 songs come up. They are a band we turn to over and over again when building playlist ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:35:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1939 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1938 One of the most controversial and interesting panels at last week's Digital Music Conference in San Fran was inaptly called: "If It's Too Loud... Marketing to the Older Demographic" - the assumption being that anyone over 40 doesn't like new "loud" music ... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:07:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1938 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1935 Day 2 of The Bandwidth Digital Music Conference looms large but if Day 1 taught me anything it's how open and collaborative this industry is right now. No one has all of the answers but everyone seems dedicated to furthering the fan experience, helping ea ... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:05:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1935 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1934 It always freaks me out when serendipity takes over my Song Of The Day. I was pressed for time, scurrying to make it to Savannah's monthly GreenDrinks event -which focuses on making Savannah a greener place- while enjoying a cocktail or two. At the same ... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:43:23 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1934 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1933 My sister, her husband (who is French), and my niece and nephew leave today for a month in France. They will be visiting friends in Paris, cousins in the country and his dear mother who lives near the coast in Brittany. As I get ready to take them to the ... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:32:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1933 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1925 I'd actually like to call this entry "My Wicker Chair's On Fire". There's lots of buzz about the new Kings of Leon album Only By The Night due out on 9/23 and from the sound of the first few songs, the Fallowil boys continue to carry the torch for great ... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:49:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1925 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1921 This is Part II to yesterday's post about the DVD release of "The Future Is Unwritten", the prize winning documentary about the life of Joe Strummer, which I saw last night. Of course there is a lot of great Clash music in the film but what really struc ... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:27:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1921 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1917 I am off tonight to finally see the documentary film "The Future Is Unwritten" about the life of punk rock legend Joe Strummer of The Clash. The film came out in 2007 and Losaida -TMF's %2014west coast better half- did a great article about the film and i ... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:04:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1917 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1903 I'm a bit obsessed with Mad Men on AMC. It's the one bright spot on TV in a summer wasteland. I treated the Season 2 premiere like the second coming of Christ, bolting out of a restaurant at 9:30pm a few Sundays ago like my life depended on it. Set in th ... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:57:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1903 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1889 Lollapalooza 2008 wrapped up yesterday and sad as I was not to be there this year, I knew we were in goods hands as our maverick PR music babe Jen Cadmus and her "Music Head" companion Kerri Olsen were traversing the lengths of Grant Park in Chicago all w ... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:16:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1889 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1887 I returned to Savannah yesterday to a series of tiny disasters that could provide fodder for an entire week's worth of Song's of the Day but the most outlandish is the pigeon disaster. My little house in Savannah sits across the lane from an abandoned f ... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:07:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1887 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1885 I just spent 3 great days in Maine at the wedding of one of my oldest, dearest friends. It was a second marriage of the most joyous kind. Her first husband died far too young and his ashes are buried just behind the small church in the fields where this j ... Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:02:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1885 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1883 A new album by Calexico is always a good thing-they are one of TMF's favorite bands- and thankfully we don't have to wait until September to get a sneak peak as Touch and Go records has released the first song off of the new album and it's a beauty. You ... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:15:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1883 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1882 The Last Shadow Puppets album The Age Of The Understatement was shortlisted on Wednesday for the UK's coveted 2008 Mercury Prize. The band is a side "project" from Miles Kane from The Rascals and Alex Turner, front man for Arctic Monkeys. (It also made ou ... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:31:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1882 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1880 Last night, I had the chance to see Ashleigh Flynn perform at The Living Room in NYC- one of the cities more inviting small venues. I've actually been trying to see Ashleigh for almost 2 years now. She hails from Portland, Oregon where my brother and sist ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:29:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1880 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1879 Married duo Mates Of State released their fifth studio album in late May, heralding in a new era for the band. The duo has had a lot of changes in their lives and it's evident in their music. Less organ, more piano. Less strident, more relaxed. Less Fiery ... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:19:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1879 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1875 In a weird twist of fate, Jessie Baylin happened to be sitting next to me at a My Morning Jacket concert last month. She was with fiance Nathan Followill who is the drummer for Kings of Leon, one of The MusicFile's favorite bands. We were chatting before ... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:20:33 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1875 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1870 Mashups and mayhem! There are an amazing amount of DJ's out there doing pretty lame mashups but DJ Riko isn't one of them. As I was pulling together our Mixes For The Moment article on remixes, this is one of the standouts I came across. Here is the li ... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:21:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1870 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1869 Weeds consistently tops our "Best Songs Used On TV" category so I have been feeling adrift because I missed almost all of Season 3. In addition to depriving myself of one of the most consistently well written and hysterical shows on Television, I knew I h ... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:24:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1869 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1867 Ratatat is a duo we've been keeping our eyes on for a few years now, ever since someone turned me on to their 2006 song "Loud Pipes". Their 3rd LP just came out and it's called LP3. Ok, but what they lack in imaginative album titles they more than make u ... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:16:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1867 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1866 I am acutely aware of music used in TV commercials. I can be bored to tears with a show but if a really interesting piece of music catches my ear during a commercial, I make a bee-line to the laptop to do a quick search to find out more about it. (This pr ... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:12:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1866 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1865 Twice a year we go through the %2014process of trying to reach consensus on the ten best albums of the year, once now at mid-year and again at year's end. Our process is pretty simple- I send around a list to the people that write for us (and to a few mus ... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:55:50 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1865 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1864 My Mom has been visiting from Savannah all week, helping me do things I always procrastinate- like cleaning out the basement, buying 9 volt batteries to replace in my smoke detectors, rummaging through old garden books looking for the perfect white blosso ... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:59:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1864 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1862 The Broken West is a band you feel like you have heard before, even if you haven't. Despite a name change and my propensity to keep incorrectly calling them "The Brokedown", they are one of those groups that deserves far greater acclaim than they have rec ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:17:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1862 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1861 Fleet Foxes is a band that commands your attention in the first 5 notes. Not songs. Notes. As they took the stage last night at tiny Union Hall in Brooklyn, you could hear a little collective gasp in the room as they began a 3 song suite of "Sun Giant"/ ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:55:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1861 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1859 There are few things more pleasurable in New York than being on a boat on a warm summer night cruising the Hudson and East Rivers. The Views are jaw dropping- whether it's the skyline, the Statue of Liberty (so close you feel you could touch it), or a per ... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:25:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1859 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1858 Has Beck gone and gotten all Spoon on us? "Modern Guilt", the title track from the new album which came out yesterday, is so laced with Spoon-like crisp, tight, post sixties catchiness that my ears did a double take. Should this elicit Beck's own version ... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:55:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1858 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1856 The best song about summer nostalgia from Wilco's excellent Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album rounds out our week of summer songs: "I sincerely miss those heavy metal bands I used to go see on the landing in the summer She fell in love with the drummer She fell ... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:51:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1856 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1854 Yo La Tengo could serve as inspiration for an entire week's worth of summer songs. Their album Summer Sun alone contains three of my favorites: "Beach Party Tonight", "Season of the Shark" and "Moonrock Mambo", let alone "Surfin' with the Shah" from Geniu ... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:21:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1854 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1853 No week of summer songs would be complete without some surf music, right? The surf culture is all the rage right now but has it gone too far? Become too manufactured? I don't know how to surf but I still have a strong desire to learn and I love the whole ... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:04:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1853 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1852 Summer song week continues with one of our favorite tracks from Quebec's Islands, a band that was melding super catchy pop with African and Raggae undertones long before Vampire Weekend came along. If this song doesn't put a smile on your face, nothing wi ... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:08:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1852 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1850 I first saw Jason Mraz Live in 2002, just before his first album came out. The show was at Bowery Ballroom in lower Manhattan. There are two songs that stick in my mind from that performance six years later. Both were cover songs. The first was his versio ... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:51:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1850 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1849 We've been working on the ultimate Carolina Beach Music mix for over a year now, trying to cull together digitally re-mastered versions of the best songs from this iconic and regional cult genre. Most of these songs were written in the 60's and early 70's ... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:28:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1849 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1848 Yesterday's post about Chuck Prophet's role in Alejandro Escovedo's excellent new album got me thinking about his music. I saw Chuck play in March at SXSW in Austin under a tent on a hot Saturday afternoon in front of about 30 people. Most of my group h ... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:26:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1848 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1846 Women always joke about the male over use of the word "friend" to describe someone of the opposite sex. A man is more comfortable expanding %2014or shrinking the definition of friendship to suit the situation. It can be as elastic over the years as a worn ... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:37:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1846 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1845 "We take Euros!". The signs are plastered all over The Hamptons this summer- in shops, banks and heavens to Betsy, at a few local farm stands. Normally subdued June out on the east end of Long Island is filled with the sounds of parents screaming %201 ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:51:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1845 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1843 Truth be told, I get really frustrated when iTunes is behind the times. It drives me crazy when I find a new song or band that I love and I can't provide an easy, legal way for people to support the artist and buy the song. Even though iTunes is by far th ... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:29:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1843 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1841 One of the tracks that almost made it onto our %2014revamped Sex and The City Soundtrack was an old Paul Weller song called "I Didn't Mean To Hurt You". It didn't quite make the cut but it got me thinking about his music again as I grew up loving both The ... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:17:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1841 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1837 We are just putting the finishing touches on our new issue of The MusicFile but our track 9 article is already posted. It's called %2014Dive Bars and Digital Jukeboxes and it's about missing the old jukeboxes that captured the soul of a placeOmicron most ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:36:23 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1837 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1828 I promise to get over my current obsession with My Morning Jacket by mid week. Until then, one of the best tracks on the new album has been stuck in my head since Friday night and it's been driving me crazy who it reminds me of. Some have said James Taylo ... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:48:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1828 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1819 "You remind me of something, a song that I am, and you sing me back into myself." What a lovely sentiment for a Monday. Has Bonnie "Prince" Billy gone and gotten all happy on us? Yes, happy and twangy in the most delightful way. Singing sweetly with ... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:37:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1819 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1817 My Morning Jacket's 4 hour performance at least week's Bonnaroo Festival is being called nothing short of epic. Every review starts off the same- "it was the best concert I have ever seen". If Bonnaroo's performance was epic, last night's sold out show ... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:26:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1817 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1814 When I ask the average person to name a few of their favorite newer bands I %2014generally get the same 4 or 5 responses: Coldplay John Mayer Jack Johnson Counting Crows Dave Mattews And when I explain that we generally don't cover these bands, ... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:21:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1814 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1816 " If you're small and on a search, I've got a feeder for you to perch on..." Not sure what it is with me and critters lately. A few weeks ago it was rabbits. This week it's birds. Every time I turn around one is perched at the opening to my back door, ... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:52:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1816 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1804 I heard Ben Sollee play this song at The Savannah Music Festival this spring and you could have knocked me over with a feather. It was the only solo song he did as part of The Sparrow Quartet (with Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck and Casey Driesen.) When the ... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:00:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1804 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1803 I love the irony of this: Portishead's recent album Third has a standout track called "The Rip" which has now been ripped by Radiohead who are playing it on occasion while on tour, which some guy in Ireland managed to "rip" into an Mp3 which allows me to ... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:17:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1803 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1788 I had a discussion %2014a few weeks ago with MusicFile friend and rock star writer Corey Dubrowa about the proliferation of new artists jumping on the endorsement gravy train and signing their songs away to be used as blatant promotional tools for adverti ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:26:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1788 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1786 My father passed away 10 years ago so Father's Day is always a little tough. Friday was his Birthday which generally fell in the same week as Father's Day so like those of us born near Christmas, he usually got gypped with 'the combo present'... so I now ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:05:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1786 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1782 "I know that you're smiling, baby, I don't even need to see your face Sunset at the shoreline, we are laughing, breaking up, Just like the waves Are you feeling, feeling, feeling like I'm, feeling Like I'm floating, floating, up above that big b ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:06:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1782 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1779 It happened in a flash. A drink order was called just over my left shoulder as we sat at the bar last night. The bartender's head cocked slightly to the left, eyebrows arched in puzzlement and then he reluctantly laid the glasses on the bar, delivering on ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:04:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1779 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1778 They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and by the beginning of 2008, there were already a slew of young artists coming out of the UK, all from the Amy Winehouse school of soulful R%FCB. The real buzz surrounded two young women Duffy and ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:06:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1778 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1777 I have been a fan of Aimee Mann's since her days with 'Til Tuesday in the '80's. We share the same hometown of Richmond, Virginia so I always tend to keep an eye on what's she's up to. Kindred southern sisters. Her new album came out last week and it % ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:07:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1777 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1775 Not sure how hot it is where you are today, but where I am, it is hot, hot, hot. That's all I have to say. It's just too hot to say anything else. I'll let this most excellent (and humorous) mashup of Missy Elliott's "I'm Really Hot" with The Cure's " ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:07:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1775 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1773 Sometimes on Sunday mornings music is my religion. It can have a far more profound effect on me than an hour in a pew. I get to pick my sermons and have them delivered sonically as I drink my coffee, read "The Week In Review" in The New York Times, contem ... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:23:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1773 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1771 You know that morning after feeling? I'm not referring to the sore dancing body parts, ringing in the ears or pounding head that inevitably comes with the alternating rounds of drinks you and your mates kept in high speed rotation throughout the evening. ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:08:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1771 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1770 I got screamed at by a transvestite barista at my local Starbucks at 8:05 am this morning. My order was simple: "grande coffee, room for milk". I waited patiently as several patrons who had ordered 9 syllable drinks all got theirs. I tried to get someone' ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:09:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1770 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1767 Rabbits have been on my mind all week. First, there were the two I saw in my yard last weekend, motionless as statues with their little noses twitching. Then I saw one dead in the road on Monday. Then I found an old rabbit toy that belongs to my dog hidde ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:10:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1767 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1766 "If you think that you're strong enough, If you think you belong enough..." I had the nicest dream last night. I dreamt that the entire Radiohead back catalogue was finally released on iTunes and that the United States of America had their first %2014 ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:11:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1766 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1763 My iPod is in love with Koop. At least this week it is. Seems every time I hit "shuffle songs", something that has the Koop handprint on it comes on and makes me double check what's playing. Having recently completed our tribute to some of the best music ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:11:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1763 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1761 Two events prompted today's song choice: 1. I filled up my 8 year old Jeep Grand Cherokee on Saturday and it cost me $90.00 (Bring on the Mini Cooper!) 2. I had the privilege of seeing James McMurtry perform over the weekend at "The Talkhouse" in Am ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:12:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1761 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1759 Sex And The Hype Machine officially opened in theaters yesterday and I feel like I've already seen it- what with the filming all over NYC, the constant leaking of photos, plot lines, outfits, shoes, sponsors, premiere parties etc. Maybe this is the ne ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:12:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1759 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1758 Taking your car to a mechanic's shop in New York City is a bit like entering some strange 3rd world country that's one part Mad Max and one part Spanish Bario. The vast majority of these establishments are on the far west side of Manhattan and it is not u ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:13:03 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1758 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1757 It always makes me nervous when a record gets THIS much hype before it comes out but I trust ATO Records and am such a fan of My Morning Jacket that my nervousness is tinged with great excitement. Are they the best rock band in America? Might be. Is this ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:13:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1757 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1756 Today's SOTD inspiration comes from last night's fabulous roof top party. While all of the new luxury high rise condos in New York are sporting %2014their million dollar roof decks, there is something so utterly charming about climbing up 4 flights of sta ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:13:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1756 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1754 So I'm driving down Ocean Road, dog in the front seat, not a cloud in the sky, thinking ah, Memorial Day. Ah summer. Then THIS song comes on the radio. We are blessed on the eastern tip of long island to have WEHM, a still fairly local radio station b ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:14:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1754 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1751 Melbourne's Cut Copy is so damn hot right not. On fire. With all the buzz about their latest release, In Ghost Colours, don't overlook their debut album Bright Like Neon Love. We love this track. Particularly on Saturdays! We've been stalking them liv ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:14:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1751 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1750 Bring it on Madcon! Burning up the charts in Europe, Norway's own Madcon (short for mad conspiracy) is combining hip-hop and sixties R%FCB with reggae and a latin vibe on several tracks. Lead single, "Beggin'" is a remake of the 1967 Frankie Valli %FC ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:29:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1750 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1749 Flashback. 1982. We were lucky enough to see The English Beat perform last night at tiny and very sold out Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. We might have technically called it Dave Wakeling and 'Special' Friends but it didn't really matter- if you closed your ey ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:30:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1749 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1748 If there is a band making more intelligent, beautiful and passionate music today than Devotchka, send it on. We were lucky enough to catch them at Terminal 5 in NYC last night. Even though the 3 story space wasn't full, the fans that were there were ... Wed, 21 May 2008 14:01:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1748 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1743 Regardless of your political leanings, today may be a day that will go down in history if Obama clinches the Democratic nomination with a big win in Oregon. By the looks of things from Sunday's rally in Portland, the political desk at The MusicFile is rea ... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:20:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1743 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1072 "We could use a hand full of wheel and a day off and a bruised road". Man, nobody says it better than Jeff Tweedy. This week officially launches summer for us here in the good old U.S. of A. and Wilco's album Summerteeth remains the defining summer ... Mon, 19 May 2008 19:53:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1072 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1742 "Homesick. Cause I know longer know where home is." When I first heard this song 4 years ago, it felt like the perfect modern day re-interpretation of Simon %FC Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound" ...for the transient generation who moves every few years. I k ... Sat, 31 May 2008 14:15:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1742 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1741 It's darn near midnight as I post this and there are few songs that span the hours between Friday night and Saturday morning better than this - when the weekend is full of possibility or regret...your choice. Whatever your age or predilection for bad beha ... Sat, 17 May 2008 16:24:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1741 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1740 Amy W. ain't got nothin' on Bitter: Sweet who's sophomore album Drama came out yesterday. Loving the vibe, particularly on "Waking Up". %2014 Sexy, sexy, very sexy. Makes me want to jet off to Rio for the weekend...or at least rent Moonraker. %2014It's Fr ... Thu, 15 May 2008 23:31:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1740 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1739 The Dodo's 2nd album Visitor is a knock out. As if Animal Collective got attacked by Jim O'Rourke. This is such a simple cool little song and it was pretty much how my day went, albeit form the female perspective. Coffee, Dog, Park, Music, Work. Rinse. Re ... Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1739 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1736 All of us MusicFiler's seem to be in a bit of a dance mode these days. Seems we can't get enough of all the hot bands doing funky electronica and dance (especially when they are part of the DFA Label.) This one come from Jen Cadmus, our gal on the go in A ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:19:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1736 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1730 This is just one of those amazingly well crafted breezy songs that reminds me of California in the 70's (even though it was released only 2 months ago.) I have no good reason for posting it on this particular day other than it's top of mind for 2 reasons: ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:17:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1730 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1725 God Damn right it's a beautiful day! Now that spring has finally sprung here in the northeast, there is no better song to put a spring in your step and a smile on your face than the fabulous "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues". Like all great Eels tunes, there ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:18:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1725 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1722 Happy Cinco de Mayo! Wherever in the world you are today, a Margarita or Pacifico is called for in celebration of Mexico's Independence. Today's a day to put aside NAFTA debates, and just feel your own latin rhythm as Cinco de Mayo has truly become a ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:18:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1722 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1716 As much as I love both the original Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash versions of this song, there is something about Eric Bachmann's haunting, gravelly voice that gets me every time... like Tom Waits after 2 packs of cigarettes. Pretty much the perfect ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:18:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1716 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=442 "I'm losing my edge / To all the kids in Tokyo and Berlin I'm losing my edge / To the art-school Brooklynites in little jackets And borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered eighties." Heading to Brooklyn tonight for a concert. Have to play this song b ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:19:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=442 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1715 If you have found yourself bobbing your head over the last few days every time that new iPod ad comes on, we are with ya. It's the new single by The Ting Tings, one of the bands we've been keeping an eye on. They showed up on the cat walks in New York at ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:19:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1715 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1710 If it's been a while since you thought about Moby, this song will bring you back to ground zero. Moby's latest album Last Night is just that, a cohesive album that plays like the sound track of last night-only it's the last night of 1989, yet sounds remar ... Thu, 22 May 2008 12:08:14 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1710 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1329 If there is one song and one show that is stuck in my head after a dizzying four days in Austin at SXSW, it is this one. The Shout Out Louds from Sweden are a band that we loved after their first release, adored after their second release and now worship ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:20:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1329 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1326 I'm addicted to stress that's the way that I get things done if I'm not under pressure then I sleep too long and I hang around like a bum and I think I'm going nowhere and that makes me nervous Everybody's out to get me but I feel alright, everybody' ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:23:06 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1326 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1331 From The Line To The Throne: Well it just seems appropriate to keep on the political theme this week so as the line to the throne shortens, I am reminded of one of my favorite tracks from The New Pornographers, "The Laws Have Changed": "Sing all hail, w ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:20:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1331 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1686 Interpol is about the only band NOT playing at SXSW this year but after one marathon day that started at 2pm and ended at 2am, this seems like the pefect song to set our course for the rest of festival. You can't hold it too tight These matters of s ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:21:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1686 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1333 We're heading to SXSW in Austin today and even though our plate is full with about as much indie rock as anyone can stomach, I actually can't wait to hear some real Texas music....and no one epitomizes Texas music for me more than Robert Earl Keen. His wo ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:21:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1333 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1330 Using great music to help sell products is nothing new but few do it better than Apple. The new campaign for the Mac Book Air uses a song as buoyant and light and sexy as the product itself. Holy #@$% that thing is thin! Israeli born French singer Yael ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:21:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=songoftheday&display=1330