Battlestar Eclectic
Sarah Torribio and her right brain. Music. Musings. Writing. Style.
Category: song of the day
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Surf Wax America was just one of the catchy rockers off the first album by some cool nerds who called themselves Weezer. Everyone who’s old enough remembers where they were, or in what general vicinity, when the Blue album came out. It fulfilled a need. The quartet offered a softer brand of alt rock, Fruit…
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What’s with Bruce Springsteen partnering with indie pop/alt rock bands lately? He’s added a rich, melancholy grit to this song. Bruce has also partnered up to great effect with The Killers. It’s keeping great company, given that the Killers are enduringly astronomically popular. Just look at the astronomic success of their debut album alone. Like…
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“Rollercoaster” by Bleachers is a splendid summer joint. Yes, the song has so many components of charm that it nears manipulation. But then again, discernment is about puling your own marionette songs. For more Bleacher’s fun, watch the amusing “I Want to Get Better” video in which a variety of characters seek psychological help. Look…
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Smooth as sake mixed with rice wine, served with steak and a baked potato. Laufey handles retro jazz as lightly as a Fred Astaire turns a corner. The style is redux, more revival than innovation, but it glitters nonetheless. –Sarah Torribio <<last post >>next post Listen to more songs of the day HERE
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Trigger warning. There’s an unexpected F-bomb in “Cherry Baby” by Jenny Lewis. However, this song is a perfect summer jam. Jenny Lewis’ voice goes down like a shot of Fireball whiskey. As for the keyboards or synths or keys—whatever the kids are call it nowadays–chime out a four-chord ditty. And unexpectedly, there’s a little bit…
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I love “You Had Time” by Ani DiFranco. It slows time so you can stop, breathe and listen to a heartbreak beat about a fading relationship. First, there’s that tinkering on the piano, tentative as though the player is finding what they mean to say. The melody is lovely, with the occasional lost or jangled…
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I know it sounds a bit mad, but Patrick Wolf is the male, chamber orchestra-backed version of Lana del Rey. A very English Lana del Rey. A very fey Lana del Rey. Except for the occasional song of satisfaction, like the exuberant “House,” Wolf leans so hard into melancholy, mystery and wistfulness you worry he’ll…
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I’m not saying I was an anxious kid but for two full years, all through junior high, I couldn’t sleep unless I had a fan blowing on me and I was listening to KOST. KOST served the Los Angeles area and was a station that playing love songs, specifically. I was starting to get hip…