Cramped in a poor excuse for a bar in Gunchester, England, I have to admit I wasn’t expecting much when the owner ushered Alberta Cross onto the stage; I was happily mistaken.  Despite Swedish frontman Petter Stakee’s accent, he sings like a country-boy from Tennessee.  Blending a blues-folk sound reminiscent of Neil Young, you’d be [...]

The title-track from Noah and the Whale’s 2009 LP The First Days of Spring opens with the line “It’s the first day of spring and my life is starting over again”, and immediately sets the melancholic tone for the remainder of the album.  The release, which is the band’s sophomore full-length effort, narrates lead singer [...]

I started listening to a lot more LCD Soundsystem this week, after discovering that the group was one of only two bands to crack the top 20 on Pitchfork’s Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s twice.  All My Friends came in at #2 and can be found on the band’s universally acclaimed 2nd album Sound of Silver, released [...]

Sorry for the long delay since the last post; it was our end-of-season softball tournament this weekend.  7 games, 2 destroyed knees, 1 sunburn, and a win in the finals later, I am back with some music.  Today’s post comes from the UK indie-rock band Stereophonics, and is their take on The Rolling Stones classic Gimme Shelter.  [...]

This song cracks me right up; On the topic of disappointing lays, few songs match Not Fair.  Today’s post comes from Lily Allen, a singer/songwriter who exploded onto the UK scene in 2007.  Her debut album, Alright, Still, was nominated for the Best British Album award at the 2007 BRIT Awards, and for the Best New Artist award at the [...]

My song for today comes from the UK indie/alt-rock quartet Arctic Monkeys.  Fluorescent Adolescent can be found on the band’s second studio album Favourite Worst Nightmare, and was released as the album’s second single in July of 2007.  The album, as expected, experienced tremendous success in the UK; On April 29th 2007, the day the album charted at #1 on the UK Albums [...]

Today’s post comes to us from Glasgow, Scotland, where the band Camera Obscura originated in 1996.  If Looks Could Kill is off the band’s third album Let’s Get Out of This Country, released in June of 2006.  On an interesting side-note to the album, the first song (Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken) is actually a response to [...]

Today’s tune comes to us from the deceased English singer/song-writer Nick Drake.  Though his success during life was quite modest, posthumously Drake slowly rose to legendary status.  Pink Moon is the title track to Drake’s third and final album, released in 1972.  Since Drake’s death in 1974, Pink Moon the album has garnered almost universal [...]

Tonight’s song has been stuck in my head for the better part of a week now, which usually indicates that a blog post is in order.  Sway comes to us from The Kooks‘ second album Konk, and was the third single to accompany the release.  Konk would yield the greatest results to-date for the indie-rock [...]

I’ve got another quick post for everyone tonight before I head out to watch the Flames ravage the Canucks.  Mornings Eleven comes from the English indie-rock band The Magic Numbers.  The song is the opening track from the band’s self-titled debut album, released in 2005.  The album would go on to be nominated for the Mercury Prize [...]

I’ve got another tune for everyone this morning, coming from the Scottish indie-rock band The View.  Wasted Little DJs is the band’s debut single from the band’s debut album Hats Off to the Buskers, released in January of 2007.  Hats Off to the Buskers was nominated for the Mercury Prize, an award marking the best album [...]

I first heard tonight’s song 3 years ago on the drive home from a snowboarding trip.  Like Eating Glass comes from the indie-rock/post-punk revival band Bloc Party’s debut album Silent Alarm.  Released in February of 2005, Silent Alarm performed well on charts across the UK, Europe, and Australia.  It’s North American reception was not quite as [...]

I’ve got another band-submitted track for everyone tonight, coming from the UK alternative group Lanterns On The Lake.  Citing influences such as Bright Eyes and Radiohead, Lanterns On The Lake delivers an incredibly memorable listening experience.  In fact, on the highlighted track If I Have Been Unkind, from the band’s The Starlight EP, the vocals [...]

After recently leaving my hometown to go back to school, I found myself distant and alone in my rez room desperately looking for music that paralleled.  There are few things better than lying on your bed in the dark and listening to music that leaves you slightly more depressed then when you started. This song fit the [...]

This evening’s tune comes to us via the Scottish alt-rock band The Fratellis.  Baby Fratelli is the 4th single from the band’s 2006 debut album Costello Music.  Baby Fratelli was featured on the 2007 epic Hot Fuzz and was ranked by Time Magazine as the #10 song on their list of The 10 Best Songs of 2007.  Costello Music [...]

Tonight’s song comes from the alt-rock juggernaut Radiohead.  Airbag/How Am I Driving? is an EP that was released by the band specifically to North American in 1998.  The EP included most of the b-side songs found on the singles released for the band’s 1997 album OK Computer.  Although only 25 minutes long, Airbag/How Am I Driving [...]

The first post of the new year is a song coming to us from the UK indie-rock band Unkle Bob.  Swans can be found on the band’s full-length debut album Sugar & Spite, released in the UK on October 16th, 2006.  A follow-up album  has yet to be released however the band did release the [...]

With a Clockwork Orange inspired theme, this video comes to us from Blur’s forth album The Great Escape. This alternative rock group originated in London in 1989 but came to me via YouTube at 4am in a res room at university. I was so lucky to come across such a gem that I thought I would spread [...]

I ended up watching Lost In Translation tonight, and once again it blew me away as it always seems to do.  So in honor of one of my favorite films, I decided to post the song that marks the climax and finale of the movie.  Just Like Honey comes to us from the Scottish alternative-rock [...]

Today, for your listening pleasure, is a tune from the Irish indie-rock group Bell X1.  Bell X1 was originally known as Juniper and featured the incredibly talented Damien Rice.  Following Rice’s departure in 1998 the band reformed under the banner Bell X1.  Rocky Took a Lover is the third single from the band’s third studio album [...]