"There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment." ~Elvis Costello
02 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: dzintars, latvian women's choir, where have you been brother
Dzintars: The Latvian Women’s Choir: “Where Have You Been, Brother?” (1983)
Another beautiful piece of Latvian choral music from the 76-member choir whose 1983 album was produced by Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead.
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02 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: falling star, showoff
Showoff: “Falling Star” (1999)
Chicago band Showoff have been called emo-core, pop punk, and a bubblegum version of Green Day. Whatever way you want to label them, this tune’s hard to get out of your head after a few listens. In a good way.
02 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: shook down, yuck
Yuck: “Shook Down” (2011)
The prettiest, most restrained moment from Yuck’s debut album. This young band’s sound marks them as obvious descendants of the 90’s lo-fi indie rock of bands like Dinosaur Jr. But the gently melodic mope of this song also puts them into Teenage Fanclub territory.
A nice song for making breakfast, relaxing with a chai, or to fall in love to. Whatever’s your poison.
01 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: over joy, steven page
Steven Page: “Over Joy” (2010)
Lest you dispute Steven Page’s credentials as perhaps pop’s most skilled purveyor of “dark bubblegum” since ABBA, check out “Over Joy” which might be the snappiest song about depression I’ve ever heard.
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01 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: clever girls like clever boys much more than clever boys like clever girls, pelle carlberg
Pelle Carlberg: “Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls” (2007)
Swede Pelle Carlberg has stumbled onto a general truth here: girls and guys are screening for slightly different things in the opposite sex. As entertainingly as he puts his idea across you’d think he’d have found a way to shorten the title.
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28 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: banda criolla, bomba te traigo yo, jose gonzalez
Jose Gonzalez and Banda Criolla: “Bomba Te Traigo Yo” (1994)
The song’s title translates as “I bring you Bomba” and it’s a celebration of the bomba style of party music, traditional in Puerto Rico and based on African rhythms. Acoustic guitar and cuatro (a native, guitar-like stringed instrument) create a buoyant blend in a song that speaks of the “delicious rhythm” of “the land where I was born”.
“Puerto Rico” means “rich port”. And the phrase certainly seems to apply to its music.
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Every Moment Has A Song 