Battlestar Eclectic

Sarah Torribio and her right brain. Music. Musings. Writing. Style.

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I’m a writer with a background in journalism and a penchant for writing down my poetry, screenplays and random musing. I’m also a mom of two and die-hard rock ‘n roll fan.

Category: indie rock

  • Song of the Day: ‘Straight Line is a Lie’

    ‘Straight Line is a Lie,’ the title track of The Beths’ 2025 album, is a treasure of a song. Lead singer Elizabeth Stokes has a conversational delivery that makes the band’s songs intimates. You are not a voyeur as she talks about heartbreak and hope. You’re a guest. The Beths, a band straight outta New…

  • Song of the Day: ‘Gunshy’ by Liz Phair

    My song of the day is “Gunshy”  by Liz Phair, off her 1992  debut album Exile in Guyville. The entire record, which was critically acclaimed, makes disillusionment sound hot, lovely and cool. Liz Phair is one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. I love the originality of self-taught musicians. Her melodies are as unexpected…

  • Song of the Day: ‘Designed to Lose’ by The Twilight Sad

    “Designed to Lose” by Scottish indie band The Twilight Sad has a Joy Division vibe, though it’s got a bit more shoe-gaze buzz and lead singer James Graham has less trapped in the bell jar lack of affect than Ian Curtis. Pretty good stuff. I’m ready to hear another song by this group, especially since…

  • Song of the Day: ‘No Audience’ by Absolutely

    There’s a touch of Imogen Heap and just a skosh of Cocteau Twins in this dreamy piece of indie electro-chamber pop. –Sarah Torribio <<last post >>next post Listen to more songs of the day HERE

  • Song of the Day: “End of Beginning” by Djo

    I adore this song by Djo. Frontman Joe Keery just happens to be the actor who plays Steve Harrington in ‘Stranger Things.” He’s quite the crooner in this mellow, wistful, elegiac anthem. It gets sky-high points for Inventive lyrics–“enter troubadour”–,twinkling keys and a dynamic build. –Sarah Torribio <<last post >>next post Listen to more songs…

  • Song of the day: ‘The Message’ by Still Corners

    I love the haunted honkeytonk, lonesome highway feel of this song. Lead singer Tessa Murray’s sweet, breathy voice exudes a detached fatalism that’s reminiscent of Lana del Rey. As the song wends along, the listener realizes Still Corners’ “The Message” by Still Corners is not a song. It’s a soundtrack. As much as “The Message”…

  • Song of the Day: ‘Feel it Change’ by Stella Donnelly

    This mellow indie rock song by Stella Donnelly contains the refrain, “I love you baby, but I’m scared to be near you. It’s not the same, it’s not the same when you’re here.”.“Feel It Change,” off the album Love and Fortune (set to drop November 7) addresses the strange strain of relationships, particularly at a…

  • Song of the Day: ‘Lazy Eye’ by Silversun Pickups

    That rambling, drunken guitar. Sometimes it uses the hypnotic bass-line as a trampoline and leaps skyward, posting as a constellation before dropping to the ground like a tired toddler. My song of the day is ‘Lazy Eye’ by the Silversun Pickups. –Sarah Torribio >>last post <<next post Listen to more songs of the day HERE

  • Song of the Day: “I’m Fine” by Bethany Cosentino

    >>last post <<next post Bethany Consentino is a national treasure. There’s an upbeat vibe and a wit to her solo work and music made as part of Best Coast. It tends to make people, okay, me, underestimate this unique singer/songwriter She’s smart in an approachable way. She’s got a pretty voice that sounds a bit…

  • Song of the Day: “The Crab/Waterbaby” by Tiny Ruins

    >>last post <<next post My song of the day is “The Crab/Water Baby” by Tiny Ruins. It’s charming, sweet, pretty and quiet. It sounds, in fact, like the record should be spinning atop the stick supporting a music-box ballerina rather than on your hi-fi. The band is from Aukland. New Zealand is across the world…