by Charles Norman | Jul 12, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Hey, Soozie,” by Dusk, triangulates in that ethereal mist that floats in the nether region between country, rock, soul, psychedelia, and folk. What? OK, that’s five genres so it pentagulates. Happy now? Whatever, this is American music, the sound...
by Charles Norman | Jul 10, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Invisible Song,” by darn it., is all about sedately beautiful harmonies layered over hugely thrashing, barely civilized guitars. Think the Byrds backed by the garage band down the street after they’ve downloaded a tuner from the App Store and...
by Charles Norman | Jul 8, 2018 | Song of the Day
Today we feature two songs by a Tokyo-based band, Seventeen Years Old and Berlin Wall. Their Facebook biography, as translated from Japanese by Google, describes the band as “Shoegazer, pops by a gender twin vocal to the sound image influenced by Dream Pop,...
by Charles Norman | Jul 5, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Away From You,” by The Con Way, has all of the elements that we love in a good song, and none of the crap that we don’t like. Good Things that are in “Away From You:” tight guitars playing interesting figures, melody, a singer who can...
by Charles Norman | Jul 2, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Two Is Better Than One,” by Backyard Star, earns Song of the Day honors on the strength of a single lyric: Can you play the tambourine / On two and four not one and three? That may be the most beautiful couplet I’ve ever heard in any song....
