Category Archives: audio

Song of the Day: “Belong” by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Over the last couple days, I’ve been sifting through various video edits of this band’s live set from eMusic’s SXSW Day Party (to be posted soon!). As I said in my SXSW recap, bands like the Pains aren’t usually my style. But these guys put on a great show, and after seeing them live and watching a number of their videos, they’ve now sucked me in. This was one of my favs from the show last week:

It’s called “Belong” and it’ll be on their forthcoming album of the same name (due out on March 29th).

Song of the Day: “Carrying the Torch” by Generationals

Before heading down to Austin for SXSW, I grabbed the latest EP from Generationals — called Trust — based on an eMusic editorial recommendation.

I just can’t get enough of this entire EP, but this is probably my favorite track:

A simple, catchy bassline with some great melodic textures and a mellow dual-vocal delivery. It’s kind of like easy listening without being “Easy Listening,” and I mean that in the best way possible.

Okay, one tune isn’t enough. I also love this one: “Victim of Trap”

Download Trust

Song of the Day: “Joeline” by Tom Hamilton & American Babies

Although he’s best known for fronting electronic rock band Brothers Past, Tommy Hamilton also has a burgeoning Americana side project called American Babies. They’ve got a new record, Flawed Logic, coming out in April and have released a full preview for streaming on the Engine Room Recordings site.

They released “Dance All Night” as the 1st official single, but after digging into the newer tracks, I think I like “Joeline” even better (note: “Weight of the World” and “Winter War Games” were already released on the Weight of the World EP).

“Joeline” is track #6. Check it:

Song of the Day: “I Can Change” by LCD Soundsystem

Posting this in honor of LCD Soundsystem’s weekend announcement that they’ll be playing their “final show” at MSG on April 2nd:

This is easily one of my favorite tracks from 2010. In fact, it might even get the top-most slot due to the memory that it’s permanently connected to in my head.

Here’s hoping I can score some decent tickets to this show.

Song of the Day: “Hung Up On My Baby” by Isaac Hayes

Some classic 70s soul-funk for your Friday.

This one is probably most famous for being sampled in the Geto Boys tune “My Minds Playing Tricks on Me,” which is most likely why this song caught my ear.

That actually happens to me a lot with old school hip-hop tunes. I seek out the songs they sample and end up enjoying those even more than the tunes they’re sampled in. Might have to post a few more of those later.

Have a funky Friday.