Very little info available about Lee Edwards. This is from his only LP which was a very small pressing. He was from Detroit. This is from the back label "Lee Edwards is as invincible as the late former heavyweight champion Joe Lewis, and with a mouth as big and sound as boisterous as muhammad Ali in the ring of the entertainment world and an entertainer we believe we're going to be hearing alot from. He also imitates fifty top acts of today"
Kim Deal made an album while the Breeders were broken up (1995-96). Basically its just an Breeders album without her sister Kelley, but it's a great album. This song is really a combination of two songs written by Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices that was given to Kim Deal after she produced some stuff for GBV.
What a funny cheeseball teen idol but this song tickles me. It sounds like it would be from some kind of roaring musical almost. Total earworm. In my head for days.
now comprising fully half my iTunes library, if not more SSOTD compilations make my life better SSOTD is pretty much how I learn about any new-to-me music that isn't, like, Brahms I need a new computer though so I can hold all of my SSOTDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's a rap song that is associated with the popular Jerk or Jerkin' movement from Los Angeles area in 2009. I can't find any info on YT but this song was produced by one of the prominent Jerk producers JHawk. I think this song is awesome.
Lola - Black Leather Wonder (from Magda's "She's a Dancing Machine mix)
Can't really find anything about this specific track but its the leadoff track on a mix from dj/producer Magda that is great from 2009. It really is so much of what I want out of dance music and also have a hard time explaining.
There is no YouTube for this song! It's Alexis the lead singer from Hot Chip. He put out a really unassuming solo album in 2008 that I think is really good. It has a great cover of Paul McCartney's "Coming Up."
I will post Hot Chip related projects until they run out! HOT CHIPPERS!
I want all the Hot Chip related projects! Steve if I was going to buy one vinyl record by Hot Chip or related projects, which one do you think i would like most? I like "boy from school" and "over and over" and other singles, and all the songs you have posted too, but the catalog is so voluminous i don't know where to start.
Well, Boy from School and Over and Over are both from the album The Warning which is a good record with a bunch of other good songs on it as well (like Colours, The Warning, etc.) so that might be the place to start for you. The other album that would be a good starting place I think is last years In Our Heads. It's a great record all the way through and its the place where I started really appreciating them on an album level. A great band! Seeing them play 5 shows last year was really a highlight. Made me think they were sorta like a modern day Fleetwood Mac.
As far as side projects, I thought the 2 Bears record Be Strong was one of last years best album. Looks like that is hard to find on vinyl right now though.
Yes, that anti folk goof Adam Green (of Moldy Peaches, etc.)! He and Binki Shapiro (of Little Joy) have made a really nice album of simple 60s romantic pop duets somewhat in the style of Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra or Ian & Sylvia.
Jeremih - Fuck U All The Time (ft. Natasha Mosley)
The "Birthday Sex" crooner put out a great mixtape a few months ago called Late Nights with Jeremih. Apparently I only like super filthy R&B songs now.
Janine Roston's is amazing. She has an amazing voice that she kinda hides behind concept and effects and weird songs (which are all well executed and interesting) and then when you connect with her songs it elevates the experience to such a weird crazy high level.
Jona and I saw her at Holocene in like 05 or something and following her career since then had been so amazing. She always performs with a prothetic nose thing on her face. Planningtorock is a weird push and pull and its one of my favorite bands of the last 10 years.
I don't really like to do repeat artists on SSOTD, but I just couldn't be more obsessed with this songs than I am right.
From 1979 and the last (and 7th) album attributed to the Wings moniker, Back To The Egg.
This song is uplifting while being about hurt. It's also funky and is one of Paul's best vocals I think (i can't imagine too many people being able to pull off this vocal melody).
Linda Ronstadt is incredible. I found an amazing "live at the berkeley community center" Linda Ronstadt bootleg in the $1 bin at The Business in like 2005, a lot of the songs from Heart Like A Wheel and Don't Cry Now in awesome unhinged live versions.
Kdawg, I will check that out! My mom was a big LR lover and I have inherited her taste on many matters, plus she always looks so B.A. like on that one cover where she is wearing roller skates, but when I finally got around to listening to it on my own I could just not get past the honkey tonk. It just isn't my thing. Unhinged live at the Berkeley Community Center sounds awesome though
Planetarium Music is Alex Bundy who was in the seminal space rock band Yume Bitsu. This is from his 2001 album "Traditional Psychedelic Electronic Music."
Clipse - I'm Not You (featuring Jadakiss, Styles P, Roscoe P. Coldchain)
From the classic 2002 debut album, Lord Willin, by the Clipse this is a deeper album cut that features 5 of the meanest rappers EVER and steel drum samples.
This guy was just in town and I was on a hike the other day and we were discussing his work. The Portland Mercury article about him was saying how he elicits such strong and polarizing opinions and that didn't make sense to me. I had always thought about Seger as just being THERE and pretty middle of the road. When we got back to my house we were listening to music and comparing Seger to some other artists of a similar era like Steve Miller or Billy Joel or even Tom Petty. While those guys all have good songs, none of them contained much emotional resonance at all. Then we put on Seger and specifically this song and it was so much deeper and heavier and more beautiful. Seger has an incredible voice that is so expressive and filled with emotion. Seger is the real deal.
Good call Boats! He's like this strangle-voiced crooner of motor city rock. "Stranger in Town" was the constantly-flipped soundtrack to my cross-country move at age 5 from Las Vegas to Toledo as we fled my mom's latest bad boyfriend...
Joe Goddard is one of the main songwriters in Hot Chip (HA! let's just start calling this the Secret Hot Chip of the Day, and i haven't even posted a real Hot Chip song yet and I bet I will!) and also in the 2 Bears. He had a minor international hit with a song called Gabriel in 11 (it was even performed on the South African version of American Idol!).
The Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song
In all my years of listening to classic rock radio I had never heard this gem until just recently and then it kept popping up and stuck on my brain for days. Let's admit it, this song is groovy. Flutes, harmonized guitars, a nice chorus, lyrics about being a rambling man.
Two weird cool live versions where the lead singer sports much different hair vibes:
When Solange's video for "Losing You" was released 6 months ago it was posted and reposted on my social networks by lots of friends because it is a great song with a great video. The song was really great and I was tempted to make it a SSOTD but figured everyone had seen it and had an experience with it already due to its ubiquity. Subsequently, Solange's EP True, which "Losing You" is the leadoff track has been one of my some of my most listened to music in the last six months. The whole release is solid and one of the nicest additions to a relaxation session. SO, here's "Don't Let Me Down," a sly track about hope that seems to be somewhat inspired (in the intro) by The Blow and is about not wanting to be dissapointed by something that seems initially great. It's legitimate funky r & b music. Solange is overshadowed by her insanely famous sister, but Solange is a strong songwriter and performer. I can't wait till her next release.
Let's pay homage to these Portland legends. It's the beautiful balance of Johnny Jewel's clean cold and beautiful synth lines and Ida No's positive proclamations affirmations and animal coos. Great.
I made a Spotify playlist of all the SSOTDs. Not all songs are available on Spotify (the ones that aren't available are still listed but greyed out so you can find them elsewhere maybe)but a majority of them are. I will keep this updated with the new additions.
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Lee Edwards - Equal Love Opportunity
Very little info available about Lee Edwards. This is from his only LP which was a very small pressing. He was from Detroit.
This is from the back label
"Lee Edwards is as invincible as the late former heavyweight champion Joe Lewis, and with a mouth as big and sound as boisterous as muhammad Ali in the ring of the entertainment world and an entertainer we believe we're going to be hearing alot from. He also imitates fifty top acts of today"
1981
The Amps - I Am Decided
Kim Deal made an album while the Breeders were broken up (1995-96). Basically its just an Breeders album without her sister Kelley, but it's a great album. This song is really a combination of two songs written by Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices that was given to Kim Deal after she produced some stuff for GBV.
Bobby Sherman - Julie Do Ya Love Me
What a funny cheeseball teen idol but this song tickles me. It sounds like it would be from some kind of roaring musical almost. Total earworm. In my head for days.
Lionel Richie - You Are
Adrian Orange - While You Live
from Bitches is Lord (2006)
no YouTubes
http://ssotd.tumblr.com/#41295560152
SSOTD compilations make my life better
SSOTD is pretty much how I learn about any new-to-me music that isn't, like, Brahms
I need a new computer though so I can hold all of my SSOTDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YT - Lemonade
Here's a rap song that is associated with the popular Jerk or Jerkin' movement from Los Angeles area in 2009. I can't find any info on YT but this song was produced by one of the prominent Jerk producers JHawk. I think this song is awesome.
Lola - Black Leather Wonder (from Magda's "She's a Dancing Machine mix)
Can't really find anything about this specific track but its the leadoff track on a mix from dj/producer Magda that is great from 2009.
It really is so much of what I want out of dance music and also have a hard time explaining.
Alexis Taylor - What Good is Love
There is no YouTube for this song!
It's Alexis the lead singer from Hot Chip. He put out a really unassuming solo album in 2008 that I think is really good. It has a great cover of Paul McCartney's "Coming Up."
I will post Hot Chip related projects until they run out! HOT CHIPPERS!
http://ssotd.tumblr.com/#42404074785
The other album that would be a good starting place I think is last years In Our Heads. It's a great record all the way through and its the place where I started really appreciating them on an album level. A great band! Seeing them play 5 shows last year was really a highlight. Made me think they were sorta like a modern day Fleetwood Mac.
As far as side projects, I thought the 2 Bears record Be Strong was one of last years best album. Looks like that is hard to find on vinyl right now though.
Adam Green & Binki Shapiro - Here I Am
Yes, that anti folk goof Adam Green (of Moldy Peaches, etc.)! He and Binki Shapiro (of Little Joy) have made a really nice album of simple 60s romantic pop duets somewhat in the style of Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra or Ian & Sylvia.
Scout Niblett - Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death
from the 2003 album I AM.
You can describe this song with this phrase "So Stark, A Skyscraper"
Here's a live performance
Loretta Lynn - Fist City
Loretta gets all fired up and ready to throw down in this one.
Jeremih - Fuck U All The Time (ft. Natasha Mosley)
The "Birthday Sex" crooner put out a great mixtape a few months ago called Late Nights with Jeremih. Apparently I only like super filthy R&B songs now.
to download the mixtape:
http://www.datpiff.com/Jeremih-Late-Nights-With-Jeremih-mixtape.379278.html
Planningtorock - Living It Up
Janine Roston's is amazing. She has an amazing voice that she kinda hides behind concept and effects and weird songs (which are all well executed and interesting) and then when you connect with her songs it elevates the experience to such a weird crazy high level.
Jona and I saw her at Holocene in like 05 or something and following her career since then had been so amazing. She always performs with a prothetic nose thing on her face. Planningtorock is a weird push and pull and its one of my favorite bands of the last 10 years.
Paul McCartney & Wings - Arrow Through Me
I don't really like to do repeat artists on SSOTD, but I just couldn't be more obsessed with this songs than I am right.
From 1979 and the last (and 7th) album attributed to the Wings moniker, Back To The Egg.
This song is uplifting while being about hurt. It's also funky and is one of Paul's best vocals I think (i can't imagine too many people being able to pull off this vocal melody).
Also, it's legitimately funky.
Planetarium Music - Introduction
Planetarium Music is Alex Bundy who was in the seminal space rock band Yume Bitsu. This is from his 2001 album "Traditional Psychedelic Electronic Music."
Clipse - I'm Not You (featuring Jadakiss, Styles P, Roscoe P. Coldchain)
From the classic 2002 debut album, Lord Willin, by the Clipse this is a deeper album cut that features 5 of the meanest rappers EVER and steel drum samples.
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Fire Lake
This guy was just in town and I was on a hike the other day and we were discussing his work. The Portland Mercury article about him was saying how he elicits such strong and polarizing opinions and that didn't make sense to me. I had always thought about Seger as just being THERE and pretty middle of the road. When we got back to my house we were listening to music and comparing Seger to some other artists of a similar era like Steve Miller or Billy Joel or even Tom Petty. While those guys all have good songs, none of them contained much emotional resonance at all. Then we put on Seger and specifically this song and it was so much deeper and heavier and more beautiful. Seger has an incredible voice that is so expressive and filled with emotion.
Seger is the real deal.
THE SHIRTS RUUUUUUULE
I never heard of this band until I found their record in the $2 bin. Now they're my favorite band. Look how cool
PS this video has like 80 views
Funny how a band called The Shirts sports a singer with such fascinating trousers.
(Her pants look like a riff on the mainstream hipster style when I was in high school, the kind cool kids with money might buy. So high and tight!)
Wicked smile after terroristic wire snip at 2:33.
Joe Goddard - Apple Bobbing
Joe Goddard is one of the main songwriters in Hot Chip (HA! let's just start calling this the Secret Hot Chip of the Day, and i haven't even posted a real Hot Chip song yet and I bet I will!) and also in the 2 Bears. He had a minor international hit with a song called Gabriel in 11 (it was even performed on the South African version of American Idol!).
This song feels nice.
The Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song
In all my years of listening to classic rock radio I had never heard this gem until just recently and then it kept popping up and stuck on my brain for days.
Let's admit it, this song is groovy. Flutes, harmonized guitars, a nice chorus, lyrics about being a rambling man.
Two weird cool live versions where the lead singer sports much different hair vibes:
Studio version:
Solange - Don't Let Me Down
When Solange's video for "Losing You" was released 6 months ago it was posted and reposted on my social networks by lots of friends because it is a great song with a great video. The song was really great and I was tempted to make it a SSOTD but figured everyone had seen it and had an experience with it already due to its ubiquity. Subsequently, Solange's EP True, which "Losing You" is the leadoff track has been one of my some of my most listened to music in the last six months. The whole release is solid and one of the nicest additions to a relaxation session. SO, here's "Don't Let Me Down," a sly track about hope that seems to be somewhat inspired (in the intro) by The Blow and is about not wanting to be dissapointed by something that seems initially great. It's legitimate funky r & b music. Solange is overshadowed by her insanely famous sister, but Solange is a strong songwriter and performer. I can't wait till her next release.
Gene Autry - Buttons and Bows
This one is for all the Moms, cause its real nice.
The lyrics are about being sick of being out west and wanting some nice city pretty lady time.
Here's a version of it from the movie Son of Paleface with Bob Hope and Jane Russell and Roy Rogers
Happy mother's day!
Think about it!
Young Thug - Picacho feat. Maceo
This guy! Wow. He's like a combo of Future and Lil Wayne circa 07 with an absolutely insane piercing voice.
Glass Candy - Warm In The Winter
Let's pay homage to these Portland legends. It's the beautiful balance of Johnny Jewel's clean cold and beautiful synth lines and Ida No's positive proclamations affirmations and animal coos. Great.
Not all songs are available on Spotify (the ones that aren't available are still listed but greyed out so you can find them elsewhere maybe)but a majority of them are.
I will keep this updated with the new additions.
http://open.spotify.com/user/uncleboatshoes/playlist/4uULfgXVtQ6x4fRkRpkDSi
Follow it! Listen! Whatevs!