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Song of the Day: Beat Union, "She is the Gun"

Posted Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:11am PDT

Four lads from Birmingham perform an amazing simulation of a B-level major label new wave band in 1980: soccer shouts, reggae guitars punched out Clash-style, fingers on her trigger, and a bleacher beat that evolves into “We Will Rock You.” More »

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Song of the Day: The Hold Steady, "Sequestered in Memphis"

Posted Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:59am PDT

These Brooklyn bar-rockers bank their new single on a sweaty groove and E-Street sax, and toss in a shout-along chorus that’s repeated in a hand-clap-laden breakdown near the end – just in case it wasn’t already stuck in your head. ... More »

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Song of the Day: Alejandro Escovedo, "Smoke"

Posted Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:54pm PDT

They won’t let him in the disco, it’s been a long time since he did the stroll, and his old buddies are raising kids in Alaska or doing time, but the stodgy survivor decides to dance anyway — over his new album’s toughest guitars. More »

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Song of the Day: Coldplay, "Lost!"

Posted Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:41am PDT

On the most sublime pop moment from their fourth record, Chris Martin and Co. layer organs, kick drums, Edge-like guitars and hand claps into a breathtaking anthem with all the uplift of U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking More »

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Song of the Day: The Lady Tigra featuring MC Lyte, "They Stole My Radio"

Posted Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:26am PDT

Dreamy then muscular then dreamy again, two old-school women return with a sad but celebratory song about being abandoned by hip-hop. Lyte says she was robbed blind; L’Trimm’s Tigra gave up on her boombox when it gave up on her. More »

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Song of the Day: Beck, "Gamma Ray"

Posted Wed Jul 9, 2008 8:40am PDT

With references to melting ice caps and heat waves, “Gamma Ray” seems like Beck’s Al Gore moment — though with elliptical phrases like, “Come a little gamma ray, standing in a hurricane,” who really knows what he’ More »

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Song of the Day: James Hunter, "Don't Do Me No Favours"

Posted Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:00am PDT

On this swinging retro-soul rave-up, British singer James Hunter shows off his vocal range - leaping from fluttery falsetto to guttural barks - while his band turns out chunky guitar solos, jazzed-out beats and washes of Hammond organ. ... More »

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Song Of The Day: Sigur Ros, "Gobbledigook"

Posted Mon Jul 7, 2008 9:16am PDT

For a band that usually relies on a made-up language and great swaths of noise over traditional pop structures, "Gobbledigook" is a revelation. ... More »

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Song Of The Day: Aimee Mann, "Freeway"

Posted Thu Jul 3, 2008 11:45am PDT

When she's at her best, Aimee Mann is the Raymond Carver of pop, writing precisely observed tales in which broken characters arrive at quiet epiphanies. More »

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Song Of The Day: Love As Laughter, "Holy"

Posted Wed Jul 2, 2008 5:04pm PDT

Hitching a melody from Sly and the Family Stone's "Everybody Loves a Star," these Brooklyn indie-rockers sing cryptic lyrics about sin and redemption over pleasantly ragged guitars. More »

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