by Charles Norman | Jul 26, 2018 | Song of the Day
When I initiated this blog many eons ago, my intention was to dispense with the James Joyce-ian prosal flourishes and the Obscure References and just say, “Here’s a good song. Listen to it.” Of course that did not transpire since the entire purpose...
by Charles Norman | Jul 25, 2018 | Song of the Day
Earthset, an alt-rock band based in Bologna, Italy, spins jangly veils of sound and light over a solid rhythm and shot through with vocals voicing pain and paranoia. On “Flush (Studio Session)” all elements mesh to spin an engaging web connecting the...
by Charles Norman | Jul 24, 2018 | Song of the Day
Uncle Uncle’s “Island 73” is a beautifully simple song, the kind you hear and think you can write yourself. But you can’t and that’s okay because you can listen to this one, with its soft layers of easy guitars swirling gently beneath a...
by Charles Norman | Jul 22, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Don’t Disappear,” by The Green Mushroom Band of Rueglio, Italy, features an element rarely seen or heard in today’s polyphonic world: horns. Not the synthesized mutation, but the actual blow-into-this-end-and-sound-comes-out-the-other-end...
by Charles Norman | Jul 21, 2018 | Song of the Day
“My Painted Eye,” by John McDonagh, is a startlingly beautiful slate-colored cloud of intertwined guitars and vocals, floating in that space that connects and separates rock, country, and psychedelia, featuring a chorus of harmonies mixed in the...
