Battlestar Eclectic
Sarah Torribio and her right brain. Music. Musings. Writing. Style.
Category: song of the day
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My mind is boggling. I had no idea that The Church was an Australian band, more specifically from Sydney. Until this moment’s googelry, I was sure the alt-rock outfit hailed from a dark Scottish moor. I had two things I wanted to find out about The Church this evening. The first was the lead singer’s…
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‘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…
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Today’s song of the day is “Sleep to Dream” by Fiona Apple, off her gorgeous and endlessly bold debut album Tidal. This alt-rock queen is such a bad-ass and talented singer-songwriter. The album came out when she was only 18, pressaging the precocity of teen sonstresses Lorde and Billie Eilish by many years. Produced by her…
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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…
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The vid I’ve just shared is more of a short composition than a song. It’s a contemplative mood piece that includes clips by actor, anti-hero and racing aficionado Steve McQueen. I have a new phone and it has inspired me to start fiddling further with BeatLab. There’s a free but with ads version of the…
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Apparently, every song by Pale Waves is adorable and vulnerable and longing and uncertain and takes me right back to my ’80s alt-rock, goth teenage years. My song of the day is “There’s a Honey.” Wikipedia tells me this English indie pop band was formed in 2014 by some talented students attending the University of Manchester. The…
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My song of the day is “Lately” by Porches, which Wikipedia tells me is “an American synth-pop project of New York-based musician Aaron Maine.” This tune is angst on-repeat. There’s an aggression between its richly produced, hypnotically repetitive surface that is the very definition of rock ‘n roll. Also, everyone likes a singer with an Iggy…
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This is some lovely shoe-gaze electro-pop. What an elegant wall-of-sound! Unraveling the countless threads of melody and noise in this song would be like trying to diffuse a bomb while dreaming. My song of the day is “This Enchantment” by Hatchie. Hatchie, Wikipedia tells me, is the stage name of Harriette Pilbeam, an Australian singer-songwriter…
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Are you ready for techno Ray Bradbury? I think “The Veld” by Deadmau5, a progressive-house music producer whose real name is Thomas Zimmerman, is very pretty. It’s also rather upbeat, as far as DeadMau5 songs go. It has this hypnotic keyboard riff and beat that really transports you. But did you know the song is actually…
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“FLAG” by Coach Party, which stands for Feel Like a Girl, is a gift to the world. The guitars range from the emotional cheat-sheet that is a power chord to a discordant symphony. Dig the frontal assault of rage from a woman who’s beyond had it. It’s like the ’90s all over but more polished and…