Category Archives: song of the day

Augie March – There Is No Such Place from Sunset Studies (2000) /wow/ Continue reading →

Tindersticks (with Ann Magnusson) – Buried Bones from Curtains (1997) /chamber pop/((“Turn around and it’s winter, darling.Look in the mirror and it won’t be you.So you’re an old, old dog,you’ve been around the blockSo many timesand it’s the same old … Continue reading →

Augie March – This Train from Strange Bird (2002) /gosbullrockabill/((“Pods of wealthy blonde gobbets with red-rind eyes getting pecked at by the heroin sparrows of the western skies, It may be married to the tracks but this train flies and … Continue reading →

Annie – Heartbeat from Anniemal (2004) /elEktrOPoP/((“Majestic sound round and round and round, glad you’re next to me. There was a time everybody was around and I was dancing with you, don’t know you your name, making me ashamed to … Continue reading →

Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass from The Silent Alarm (2005) /nu.wave.disco.punk/((“It’s so cold in this house. It’s so cold in this bed. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep. I can’t sleep, I can’t dream. I’m aversioned to light. Like … Continue reading →

The Decemberists – Eli, The Barrowboy from Picaresque (2005) /folkpop/((“They laid his body down in a curchyardbut still when the moon is out, with his pushcartHe calls down the day.Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown … Continue reading →

Kings of Convenience – I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From    (Röyksopp Remix)  from Versus (2001) /mellow electro ballad/((“You called me after midnight,must have been three years since we last spoke.I slowly tried to bring backthe image of … Continue reading →

Doves – Darker from Sea EP (1999) /biting alt britpop/((“Bad snow freeze my throatand numbs my soul.Eats me whole to pick me up.Thats where you know;free to go.You call the jones.Makes me old before I’m old.Its all you love.”Another gust … Continue reading →

Animal Collective – Leaf House from Sung Tongs (2004) /psych fop/((“This house is sad. Because he’s gone. mee-oww. Kitties! mee-oww. Kitties! mee-ow. Kitties! me-owww.”The burning yellow straw is globuled over with sticky syrup. Every one is singing and holding hands, … Continue reading →

Radiohead – A Wolf at the Door from Hail to the Thief (2003) /slipt up rock drawl/((“Investments and dealers.Cold wives and mistresses.Cold wives and sunday papers.City boys in first class..don’t know they’re born; they knowsomeone else is gonna come and … Continue reading →