Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Song of the Day: "When The Cloud Explodes" by the Empty Page


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Day-ay-ay-am! I haven't heard this much muchness from a female singer since maybe Brody Dalle of the Distillers or Courtney Love of Hole or Mia Zapata of the Gits. "When The Cloud Explodes" by the Empty Page—an alt rock band from Manchester, UK—is my song of the day on Battlestar Eclectica.

—Sarah Torribio

Monday, March 4, 2019

Song of the Day: "Don't Be So Hard On Yourself" by Alex Lahey


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I've just stumbled across this great Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist named Alex Lahey. Her "Don't Be So Hard On Yourself" is a really great indie-pop hit—layered and really pretty. And yes, she busts into some great new-romantic sax right in the middle of this worthy tune.

—Sarah Torribio

Song of the Day: "Forever" by Billy Raffoul

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This young singer/songwriter Billy Raffoul has the raspy, bluesy, pained voice of Bruce Springsteen. But instead of being a wrenching ballad of yearning and loss, his song "Forever" is a catchy and sweet love song that goes down like a package of pop rocks. I think this guy's going somewhere.

—Sarah Torribio

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Song of the Day: "Sam's Town" by The Killers

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"Sam's Town" by the Killers has such a careening momentum. I can only describe it at reckless and rip-roaring. 

My favorite lyrics from this song are: "I still remember Grandma Dixie's wake/I'd never really known anybody to die before/Red, white and blue on a birthday cake/My brother was born on the Fourth of July and that's all. . ." I hope I got at least some of those lyrics right. They're as elegiacally American as Mark Twain.

—Sarah Torribio