Until I Stay — Jully Black

SONG OF THE DAY “Until I Stay” by Jully Black (Revival, Uni­ver­sal Music Canada, 2007). Writ­ten by Jully Black, Keith Har­ris and Ian Thorn­ley. INTERESTING FACTS (from wikipedia) — Jully Black (pro­nounced “Julie”) is a Cana­dian R&B singer of Jamaican her­itage, and was brought up in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto. — She has …

Sold — Dan Mangan

SONG OF THE DAY -“Sold” by Dan Man­gan (Robo­t­eer­ing EP & Nice, Nice, Very Nice, 2009). INTERESTING FACTS (from wikipedia) — Born the day before me in the year of me!! (aka the year of Thriller) – Man­gan is a Cana­dian indie folk-rock singer-songwriter. Based out of Van­cou­ver, he has released two full-length albums – Postcards …

Call Me — Aretha Franklin

SONG OF THE DAY “Call Me” by Aretha Franklin (This Girl’s In Love With You, Atlantic Records, 1970). Writ­ten by Aretha Franklin. INTERESTING FACTS (from wikipedia) — “Call Me” is a song recorded and writ­ten by Amer­i­can Soul singer Aretha Franklin. — The song was co-produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin. — Franklin …

Gimme Sympathy — Metric !UPDATED PHOTO!

SONG OF THE DAY “Gimme Sym­pa­thy” by Met­ric (Fan­tasies, Met­ric Music Inter­na­tional, 2009). Writ­ten by Emily Haines & Jimmy Shaw. INTERESTING FACTS (from wikipedia) — “Gimme Sym­pa­thy” is the 3rd sin­gle from Cana­dian rock group Metric’s 4th stu­dio album Fan­tasies. — It was one of the first songs writ­ten for Fan­tasies, and was writ­ten at Bear Creek …

Black Day In July — Gordon Lightfoot

SONG OF THE DAY “Black Day In July” by Gor­don Light­foot (Did She Men­tion My Name?, United Artists, 1968). LYRICS Black Day in July Motor City mad­ness has touched the coun­try­side And through the smoke and cin­ders you can hear it far and wide The door are quickly bolted and the chil­dren locked inside Black Day …

The B.Q.E. — Sufjan Stevens

Well, folks, this is an album, not a song of the day. But I was just so excited that one of my favorite artists did an entire live orches­tral project at my favorite for­mer employer (B.A.M.) about the land­mark road­way I lived under for a year (the Brook­lyn Queens Express­way). So, basi­cally, this album is …

Bluff — Pilot Speed

SONG OF THE DAY “Bluff” by Pilot Speed (Wooden Bones, Maple­Mu­sic Record­ings, 2009). FAVORITE LYRIC ” Still you would say you’re not afraid, to lay down your bones on the bed you’ve made…” VIDEO OF THE DAY

Everything Else — Howie Day

SONG OF THE DAY “Every­thing Else” by Howie Day (Aus­tralia, Daze Records, 2000) LYRICS Pic­tures blurred in her head Won’t let them win She’ll make you come Right back and let her in For the one that you love Is more than them fuck them Think about her now She’s yours any­way And every­thing else doesn’t …