Song of the Day

My sisters and I drove together to our parents' house for Christmas this year. On our way back we reminisced about the drives to and from school when I had to drop them off when I started driving. They had to suffer through all of my weird music and mix CDs . As we talked more they recalled one song, however, that they always enjoyed and still remember to this day; "None Shall Pass" by Aesop Rock. Aesop Rock, or Ian Matthias Bavitz, is a hip-hop artist with lyrics and flow so intellectually on point, you can't help but feel intimidated at times.Aesop was even named the rapper with the highest vocabulary in all of hip-hop; the rapper with the most unique words out of all of his music. "None Shall Pass" has every indication of this too. The first verse, " Flash that butter gold, jittery zeitgeist "starts things off with no leniency. As much as I hate to say it...I honestly have no idea what this song is about. My only guess can be that of th...

Fast cymbals. A quick guitar lick comin in and out. This is a quick intro and pretty sweet I really like how ...wait. What? Everything slows down and...oh man. Now we got a groove. This is too good. " Said you wouldn't be home late tonight " Looks like ole' Kevin Parker, frontman and brains behind Tame Impala, is it a bit of bad luck. It appears a night alone with his adored one is running late. " I gave up waiting at 17 past midnight " No lady friend tonight Kevin. " No my only company's a half full glass of wine " Just him and his glass of wine which was more than likely the one he was sippin in anticipation of his guest. Now, at this point, those lyrics could indicate a quite miserable experience in many contexts and in front of many others types of music. But the jammin groove that underlines the vocals render this situation in a more positive light; almost humorous... ...because the guitars quiet down and the bass thu...

This may be a little corny. Just a warning. Many, many years ago I had a role model. I regarded him in just about everything I did: during middle school, during high school, and even a while after into college. The clothes I wore, the way I acted, and the music I listened to were all heavily influenced by one individual who lived hours away. Ever since I was child, maybe seven or eight years old, my cousin Kirk was the coolest person on the planet to me. Kirk, and his brother David were always the reason I looked forward to visiting Texas. I was very young and very, very shy around both of them. They had the coolest clothes, played video games, had cars, and were super funny. I remember anticipating in nervousness as we neared their home in Mt. Pleasant, TX, desperately preparing subjects to talk about when and if I had the chance to talk to either of them. Being in their early 20’s when I was maybe 13 or so, they were usually busy throughout the week due to work, school, and jus...

Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you all have time to spend with your loved ones or just have a great day in general. I couldn't really think of an interesting song I knew about Christmas that I wanted to post. But I did recall this fun lil trebly jangler called "29" by...get this... CHRISTMAS island! That's fun huh? Well anyways, this song has always put me in a good mood and hopefully it does for you too. Hope your Christmas is great! Love ya all!

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. The seven member group of rockers from Melbourne, Australia. I've been waiting for this one. It took quite some time to choose a song of theirs. At this point in their career they are up to 12 full length albums in just five years. Pretty wild huh? In fact, four of those albums came out this year alone, with a fifth comin before the end of the year. Yep, and all of them are unique; one of them, Flying Microtonal Banana , features microtones, the often unheard weirder notes in music that requires a special tuning. King Gizzard have been on a quest. They are an ever-changing band that are driven to explore the depths of music; all the while allowing fans to join in on the journey. For example, their last album, Polygondwanaland, is free here on their Bandcamp page. Not only that but upon release of the fourth album they stated publicly, “Ever wanted to start your own record label? GO for it! Employ your mates, press wax, pack boxes. We do no...

Remember that wonky song about a " Frontier Psychiatrist "? You know, the one with all the crazy samples? Here we have another great "sample based" song from mysterious Swedish duo called Air France. "Collapsing At Your Doorstep" definitely isn't as head-scratching or humorous as "Frontier Psychiatrist" but it is equally as fascinating. In fact, "Collapsing..." is quite a tug on the ole' heart. The song is centered around a sampled exchange between to young children, which happens to be from an old TV show adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. " Sorta like a dream?" "No. Better." The sense of childlike innocence is overwhelming on this thing and is reinforced even more by the passionate melody that backs it. Sit back and think like a kid again. Allow that imagination to roam free. Deep down...we all wish we were still kids.

Don’t you love rediscovering music; tunes that somehow get swept under the rug and forgotten? It may be weeks, months, or even years until they get uncovered again. Maybe an old mix cd is found or you cruise through old playlists. That surprise of hearing that old song you used to play on repeat is a pretty great feeling and almost always met with an exclamation such as, “I forgot all about this song!” or “I used to love this band!” I remember when I was younger and was completely obsessed with saving every ounce of music I came across. Anytime I would grab a new CD it would be instantly placed in my iTunes library and saved to my computer. If I had downloaded the album then it would be burned to a blank CD. I had to have a physical and digital copy of everything. Not only that; I had to have the artist, song title, and artist credited to everything. One night my dad walked by and asked why I had so much music on there and if I really listened to it all. My response had everythin...