Sweet Beliefs — Cyann & Ben

SONG OF THE DAY “Sweet Beliefs” by Cyann & Ben (Sweet Beliefs, Ever Records, 2006). INTERESTING FACTS & LINKS — Cyann & Ben is a Parisian Post-rock and dream pop band. — The band has released three albums, with both Gooom Dis­ques and now Ever Records. — From Pitch­fork Media: “An unusual atmos­phere: It’s pen­sive, sad, pretty music that only lets …

Love the One You’re With — Jen Stills

SONG OF THE DAY “Love The One You’re With” by Jen Stills (AO Record­ings, 2009). Writ­ten by Stephen Stills. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — Jen Stills is a singer/ song­writer who was raised in Ari­zona, and is presently work­ing and writ­ing in Nashville. — Stills has appeared on Ray LaMontagne’s album Trou­ble on the track “Nar­row Escape,” …

Your Protector — Fleet Foxes

SONG OF THE DAY “Your Pro­tec­tor” by Fleet Foxes (Fleet Foxes [self-titled album], Bella Union/ Sub Pop, 2008). Writ­ten by Robin Pec­knold. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — Fleet Foxes is a Seattle-based indie folk band. — The band came to promi­nence in 2008 with the release of their sec­ond EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes. …

Perfect Day — Lou Reed

SONG OF THE DAY “Per­fect Day” by Lou Reed (Trans­former, RCA Records, 1972). Writ­ten by Lou Reed. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — “Per­fect Day” is a song writ­ten by Lou Reed in 1972, and orig­i­nally fea­tured on Trans­former, Reed’s sec­ond post-Velvet Under­ground solo album. — Unlike its pre­de­ces­sor, Lou Reed, eight songs of which were left­overs from his Vel­vet Under­ground days, …

Monsters — Band of Horses

SONG OF THE DAY “Mon­sters” by Band Of Horses (Every­thing All The Time, Sub Pop Records, 2006). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — Band of Horses, pre­vi­ously known as Horses, is an Amer­i­can indie rock band formed in 2004 in Seat­tle by Ben Brid­well and Mat Brooke. — The band often draws com­par­isons to My Morn­ing Jacket, largely due to …

Boadicea — Enya

SONG OF THE DAY “Boadicea” by Enya (Enya [self-titled album later re-released under the title The Celts], BBC/ Atlantic Records, 1987). Writ­ten by Eithne Patri­cia Ní Bhraonáin (a.k.a. Enya). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — Enya’s first full-album record­ing, Enya / The Celts fea­tures music writ­ten and recorded for the sound­track of the 1986 doc­u­men­tary tele­vi­sion series, The Celts. The …

Kelly Watch The Stars! — Air

SONG OF THE DAY “Kelly Watch The Stars!” by Air (Moon Safari, Vir­gin Records, Astralwerks, 1998). Writ­ten by Nico­las Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — Moon Safari is the first full-length stu­dio album by the French band Air, released. — The album is con­sid­ered a clas­sic of the chill genre. — It is fea­tured in the book 1001 …

The Hop — Radio City (feat. Bajka)

SONG OF THE DAY “The Hop” by Radio City feat. Bajka (Music Is My Art [com­pi­la­tion disc with var­i­ous artists], Ubiq­uity Records, 2008). WHERE I FOUND THIS TRACK NBC’s “Mercy”, Sea­son 1 WHERE YOU CAN FIND THIS TRACK Here’s a link to the mp3 on amazon.com.

Tin Man — America

SONG OF THE DAY “Tin Man” by Amer­ica (Hol­i­day, Warner Bros., 1974). Writ­ten by Dewey Bun­nell. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — The track, along with the rest of the band’s fourth album, Hol­i­day, was pro­duced in Lon­don by famed Beatle’s pro­ducer George Mar­tin. — Band­mem­ber Dewey Bun­nell was thrilled at the prospect of work­ing with …