Song of the Week - August 17

By: Charbarred | in: Music |

You Say Party! We Say Die!

Every other week each of our writers shares the song that made his/her week just a little bit brighter…

Kendall
Midnight Snake by You Say Party! We Say Die!
If anyone in the U.S. bought the domestic release of their new album, this song won’t be on it. It’s only on the U.K. release. So, here it is for anyone who might have got shorted on a very cool song.

Lior
Velcro Eyes by Chase Deso
Seven Nation Army by Vivek Shraya
This is an interesting cover. Toronto-based Vivek Shraya recently made this available for free download on his MySpace page and it’s really growing on me. Vivek and I recorded a song together in London in 2005 which was never released - and quite different from this. I like the new direction he has taken recently.

Lee H
Die, Die, Die by The Avett Brothers
Don’t worry, the title of the song is more a statement, not an order.
On the North Carolina trios’ 6th album Emotionalism, The Avett Brothers continue their tradition of Appellation folk and bluegrass with just a dash of punk. While this song alone may not sum up that description it undoubtedly captures what my week has been like. Simply put: try as you may there are just some things you can’t escape. You just have to deal with them.

Mozzer
Their Cell by Girl in a Coma
The all-female trio graces us with a slow-simmering story of loss and longing. Recalling both Morrissey and Chrissie Hynde, frontwoman Nina Diaz croons to wistful, hypnotic effect.

Alibastard
Love During Wartime by The Main Drag
Newly released Yours As Fast As Mine, features Mass indie champs The Main Drag in subdued, revelatory splendor. Kind of Postal Service with a little more punch, deliberately placed post-punk re-appropriations (random “YEAH”s and shouts a la Arcade Fire), Sufjan Stevens pageantry and moody acoustics. Listed as Salon’s best unsigned band.
Much deserve a Plugg.

D Thompson
Trouble Boys by Dave Edmunds
I’ve been digitizing my album collection and finally got around to Rockpile. That single album always makes me a bit sad because Rockpile were so good, really the absolute masters of roots rock. The strange thing about Rockpile is most of their records are disguised as solo albums by Dave Edmunds or Nick Lowe, so, while the band put out a respectable six LPs from 1977 to 1980, only one was under the name ‘Rockpile’. Edmunds’ 1978 release, ‘Tracks On Wax 4′ shows the band hitting a stylistic and loosely rocking peak that they would hold until their untimely demise. There are at least two dozen excellent Rockpile songs, but, “Trouble Boys” is the one I’ve been playing over and over.

Charbarred

The Greater Omaha by Desaparecidos
I’m visiting my family at the moment but I’m working all the time. Since I’m not getting any rest, I take comfort in two things: great food, and my dad’s surprisingly impeccable car stereo. So here’s a song that covers it all for me - the suburbs, food and Connor Oberst screaming his lungs out.

RustyCat
Talkin’ New York - Bob Dylan
I saw the movie ‘Factory Girl’ about the 1960’s icon, Edie Sedgwick, who found herself Andy Warhol’s uprising star, for a short while. Long story short, it’s a pretty good film, and at one stage Edie has an affair with whom I guess would be Bob Dylan, even though it’s not actually mentioned. Since then, all I’ve been listening to is Dylan’s first self titled LP from 62’. I love the sound, can’t get enough. Here’s a track about some of his tales in NYC.

Danielle
With Me or Against Me by Drama Club
A friend introduced me to this CD as we were testing out speakers from a real gem of a stereo system I have. We cranked it up and rocked out. This song has since stuck with me – “With Me or Against Me” from The Drama Club. They also have an awesome cover of “Here Comes the Rain Again”. The guys from The Drama Club are from Pennsylvania and have quite a following. They entitled their first album Greatest Hits which speaks to their willingness of poking fun at themselves. Which I always appreciate. Good stuff.

So what’s your song of the week?

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Posted on August 17, 2007

Comments

9 Responses to “Song of the Week - August 17”

DThompson on August 17th, 2007 9:19 am

Ah, Lee! I was gonna put Die Die Die up last time but it got pushed back. Needless to say, what an excellent choice!

Charbarred on August 17th, 2007 12:17 pm

Awesome stuff this week guys, I’m really enjoying this in a limited bandwidth crappy laptop speakers kinda way. I gotta get me that Dylan album, I completely forgot about it, or about the fact that his voice wasn’t always that coarse

okcutie on August 17th, 2007 3:02 pm

I like all of them but choose yours.. thank for sending so I could listen..

Lee H on August 17th, 2007 5:53 pm

great minds think alike.

mozzer on August 17th, 2007 6:18 pm

I really liked Main Drag, Avett Brothers, and Dave Edmunds. …and Vivek Shraya’s cover was great!

Giovanna on August 18th, 2007 12:02 am

Ear-licking tracks this week, companeros! Hats off!
My pick for the week is Lior’s choice! I am not a great fan of covers (though I love DEVO’s “I can’t get no satisfaction”: a hundred times better than the original song, in my opinion) but this just made my day! 80s nostalgia is back: synthesisers remind me of my winter afternoons as a child playing computer games. The soundtracks were always amazing. I want my Commodore 64 back!

Charbarred on August 18th, 2007 12:42 am

We all want our Commodore 64 back…I would settle for a Vic 20, as long as I don’t have to restart my PC for the 100th time today.

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