Spoon: “The Underdog” (2007)
Texas indie poppers Spoon brightened and biggened up their sound for 2007’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, a breakthrough album that cracked the US top ten. Cautionary anthem “The Underdog” lead the charge in terms of airplay.
Songs You May Have Missed #464
14 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: spoon, the underdog
Songs You May Have Missed #463
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in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: modern skirts, radio breaks
Modern Skirts “Radio Breaks” (2008)
The seemingly random key modulations here might be initially off-putting, but they’re just another hook after a listen or two. Certainly makes you wonder what was inside the mind of the writer at the time, though…
A great band, and too short-lived.
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Songs You May Have Missed #462
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in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: drink me, i got you (i feel good)
Drink Me “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (1995)
And for the whitest version ever of a James Brown song–or any other song–the award goes to…
1990’s Brooklyn duo Drink Me created some of the most endearingly quirky and humorous folk music I’ve ever had the pleasure to come across. But a look beneath the layer of quirk always revealed a genius for a remarkably economical brand of song craftsmanship not seen perhaps since Roger Miller.
They covered other artists rarely, but in this case they picked the perfect song to demonstrate how strikingly un-mainstream an act they were. In a great way.
If Roger Daltrey’s hair-raising scream in “Won’t Get Fooled Again” is one of rock’s great moments, the pitiful yelp that falls at the end of this song is its perfect antithesis–an equally definitive moment. Of some sort.
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Songs You May Have Missed #461
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Erlend Øye: “La Prima Estate” (2013)
Erlend Øye is one half of Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience who also records under the moniker of The Whitest Boy Alive. Who knew he knew Italian?
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Songs You May Have Missed #460
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in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: fairfield parlour, i will always feel the same
Fairfield Parlour: “I Will Always Feel the Same” (1970)
A modest second helping from the Parlour, a band that released only a single LP, From Home to Home–a richly rewarding listen for fans of pastoral British folk rock, otherwise known as Acid Folk.
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Songs You May Have Missed #459
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in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: david, nellie mckay
Nellie McKay: “David” (2004)
Nellie McKay’s debut was a genre-skipping jubilee bursting with fresh sounds and attitude. For a minute there, I thought this young lady might just take over the world.
It hasn’t happened, of course. But McKay’s inventive, stylistically diverse and lyrically frank art pop makes for a more interesting listen than most million-selling girl singers.
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Every Moment Has A Song 