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 [...]

Tonight’s tune is another from the UK indie/alt-rock quartet Bloc Party.  Talons can be found on the band’s third studio album Intimacy, and was the second single to be released in support of the album.  The song would peak at #39 on the UK Singles Chart.  As for the album itself, it would yield tremendous success [...]

I was listening to some Ray LaMontagne at work today, and decided it was time to post another track from the folk-rock artist.  Barfly can be found on LaMontagne’s second full-length album Till the Sun Turns Black, released in August of 2006.  In terms of commercial success, the album would peak at #28 on the Billboard Top [...]

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 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 [...]

I’ve got a gem for everyone today from the Fullerton, California indie-rock/soul band Cold War Kids.  We Used to Vacation was the title track from an EP the band released in 2006, and was also the opening track to the band’s debut full-length release Robbers & Cowards.  Robbers & Cowards would be most successful in the UK [...]

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 [...]

Tonight/This morning’s tune comes from MGMT’s epic debut album Oracular Spectacular, which is my runaway favorite for album of the year.  Released in October of 2007, Oracular Spectacular hit #1 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart and #12 on the UK Albums Chart.  The album has been described as “…a college-dorm experiment gone horribly right” and [...]