by Charles Norman | Jul 29, 2018 | Song of the Day
FreeThinker’s “Chris(mas) Song” is the soundtrack to everyone’s favorite movie, that rom-com set in the Midwest with that really good actress, you know, the one in that jewel thief movie. A quick flashback to a meet-cute at a small college...
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...
