Category — Song of the Day

The other day I had to work out of a coffee shop, as my Shaw Internet was on the fritz. At the shop this song came on by Lenka (I had to google the lyrics) called Trouble is a Friend. The song sounded really familiar, but I couldn’t quite place it. Then today I heard the song again, and it struck me, the main beat to the song is identical to Melissa McClelland’s Passenger 24. Is this a free beat on Pro Tools or did Lenka just blatantly rip off Melissa McClelland?

Mellissa McClelland – Passenger 24:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UPNOkJmLpc

Lenka – Trouble is a Friend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgeWb5v7Z3w

From AC Newman’s latest album Get Guilty. Such a classic AC Newman track, and probably my favorite off the new album.

http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/a_c_newman/a_c_newman_submarines_of_stockholm.mp3

Last song of the day for 2008. Heard this live earlier in the year, and will be on their new album which should be out in the new year. Great song, and I can’t wait to hear the album:

http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/Metric/Help-Im-Alive/

Also I thought I would do a little recap of all the songs of the day for 2008:

• January 18, 2008: Donovan Woods – My Cousin Has a Grey Cup Ring
• February 8, 2008: ARCTIC – You Coming Down
• March 13, 2008: Wintersleep – Weighty Ghost
• April 17, 2008: Plants and Animals – Faerie Dance
• July 6, 2008: My Morning Jacket – Touch Me I’m Going To Scream pt 2

I find that often times songs won’t hit me initially. It often takes a change of mood or scenery for a song to really kick in. Before Bonnaroo I had listened to MMJ’s Evil Urges a few times, but I really hadn’t let the album sink in at all. I liked the song Touch Me I’m Going To Scream, however it didn’t blow me away at the time.

However at Bonnaroo leaving the Superjam session and finding MMJ still on stage with the rain pouring, closing in on what would be close to a 4 hour set, this song just really hit me. They just started into it (this was their second last song of the show) and after all the shows I had seen that day, this song just seemed to hit me musically.

Since getting home from Bonnaroo I have been listening to this song non stop, probably my favorite of Evil Urges. Anyway checkout their performance of it on Conan:

This Montreal trio is another fantastic addition to the Canadian music scene. I love how this song changes so much from start to finish. It is almost like 4 or 5 different songs all in one.

http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/Plants-and-Animals/Faerie-Dance/

I have been addicted to this song for the last few months now. So good. Their latest album is probably my favorite album of theirs yet, so go check out Weighty Ghost:

http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/Wintersleep/Weighty-Ghost/

So was listening to my last.fm recommended radio today and this track came. It grabbed me from the opening guitar sequence. Anyway the band is based here in Vancouver, so hopefully I can catch a show of their’s soon. I would have gone to their gig tonight but have hockey. Too bad. Anyway check out the track at:

Arctic – You Coming Down

Decided to start a new category of Song of the Day, basically for when I hear something that is just really really awesome that I want to share with everyone.

Anyway today’s song is My Cousin Has a Grey Cup Ring by Donovan Woods a singer songwriter from Sarnia Ontario. I love the lyrics to this song, and Donovan’s voice.

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