I’ve got a quick Christmas Eve post for everyone today, before the circus known as the Ukrainian Christmas Feast begins at my family’s place.  With all the recent hoopla surrounding a possible Arcade Fire release in 2010, now seems like a good time to post another tune from the band.  If you haven’t heard the aforementioned hoopla, [...]

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.  [...]

Today’s tune is coming out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the indie/alt-rock band Dr. Dog.  Alaska can be found as the 5th track on the band’s fourth studio album We All Belong, released in February of 2007; We All Belong would crack Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums of 2007 at position #39.  On a side-note, I believe strongly that [...]

Today’s lunch-time tune is coming in from the Seattle indie/southern-rock band Band of Horses.  The Funeral was the first single out in support of the band’s debut album Everything All the Time, released in March of 2006; The song’s lyrics are believed to reference the multiple abortions had by various girlfriends of lead vocalist Ben Bridwell.  [...]

Here’s an oldie but a goodie for y’all; I can say “y’all” now because I’m in the U.S., vacationing in palm springs.  Finding myself in a town that is desolate of anyone younger than 25, I decided to keep with the elderly theme and share a gem from The Smiths.  Originally featured on the band’s [...]

Now I know this song is a little more mainstream than I usually post, but its an amazingly underrated track and needs to be shared.  Coming from The White Stripes‘ Grammy winning 2003 release Elephant, Black Math can be found on side one following the wildly successful Seven Nation Army.  Receiving almost universal critical acclaim upon release, [...]

Breaking from my parade of Canadian posts, today’s tune comes from the New York indie/post-rock band TV on the Radio.  Wolf Like Me was the first single released in support of the band’s second full-length album Return to Cookie Mountain, released in July of 2006.  The song is a tribute to the late American blues singer Howlin’ [...]

I’ve got a tune for everyone tonight from the New Jersey indie/alternative-rock band The Gaslight Anthem.  The tune is the title track from the group’s 2008 sophomore release The ‘59 Sound.  The album would garner much critical acclaim and was featured on a number of “Best Album of 2008″ lists.  Much of the album’s success can [...]

I’ve got another number for everyone tonight, this one coming from my home stomping ground of Calgary, Alberta.  Following a triumph in a 1998 garage band battle, Tegan and Sara exploded into indie-rock super stardom touring with The Killers, The Pretenders, Hot Hot Heat, and Ryan Adams.  In 2004, Rolling Stone named their album So Jealous as [...]

I’ve got a quick post this morning from the American alt-rock band Pixies.  Hey comes from the group’s second studio album Doolittle, released in April of 1989.  Doolittle would be the Pixies’ first international release, with Elektra Records distributing the album to the US.  The album would peak at #8 on the UK Album Chart [...]

Now I know Bright Eyes isn’t a “new” undiscovered artists but I’m hooked on this song right now so its going up.  First Day of My Life comes from the band’s 2005 release I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.  The album received high praise from critics and was featured on many best-of-2005 lists including Rolling Stone, [...]

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 [...]

I have been completely smitten with Regina Spektor since about Tuesday of last week when a friend sent me one of her tunes.  For whatever reason this was the first I heard of the indie/anti-folk pianist from New York.  Fidelity comes from Spektor’s fourth album Begin To Hope which was recognized by Rolling Stone magazine [...]