SotD: Do Make Say Think - Greed Waltz

Did you know Constellation Records has a whole soundcloud page full of great stuff? Well, now you do.

SotD: Patrick Walker - Open My Eyes

I don't know who hurt Patrick Walker but I'm selfishly glad that they did.

SotD: Smashing Pumpkins - This Time

Once in a while I come down with a serious case of the 90's and fall back to listening the things I loved when I was a teenager. Like these guys. I still think Machina was an amazing album, though heavily overshadowed by Billy Corgan's superimposing voice (and ego). Tune down those vocals, tune up that noisy instrumental, and you have some pretty serious and noisy rock.*

*technically it was out in February 2000 but fuck that it's still 90's my blog my rules

SotD: Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning

Mandatory Lou Reed is dead post, might as well. Someone in the comments is pointing out the significance of him dying on a sunday morning... I don't know, man, did he? Timezones are a bitch.

SotD: jesu - Everyday I Get Closer To The Light From Which I Came

Song from the recent album with the same name, great stuff too!

SotD: This Is The Kit - Waterproof

I love Kate Stables' voice, its sweet natural and effortless tune. Also watching TITK on one of those several youtube videos we can come across, it's only soothing. Definitely these are the songs we should pull when reading a book, or having a beer.

SotD: Deafheaven - The Pecan Tree

I've seen them live this past weekend and I absolutely loved it. Most importantly though is that the opinions on the concert went from love to hate, as if there's no possible middle ground when approaching Deafheaven. I can understand how that can be the case, theirs is the music of bittersweet extremes. Love them or hate them, it seems to me to be increasingly undeniable that they are a force to be reckoned with.

Here is the closing song for Sunbather, their latest album.

SotD: Alela Diane - The Way We Fall

This album is pretty good and it can fool you when listening for the first time. It fooled me for how good it is. Also Alela Diane sings an awful lot about being drunk in these songs, I can get behind that too.

Now Streaming: Black Hearted Brother - Stars Are Our Home

The debut album of Black Hearted Brother, band composed of members from Slowdive, Mojave 3 and Seefeel, is streaming on NY Times' Press Play. Sounds interesting so far, like some form of relaxed showgaze with electronica added to the mix. Check it out.

SotD: Mark Eitzel - I Love You But You're Dead

One might think this kind of song that doesn't fit with what's been posted here so far. One might be right. Might. But me, I think I am right, and that's what counts. It's mellow, it's well executed and it reeks of heavy drinking and second hand smoking - I'm fine with that.

Amplifest

We'll be here during the weekend and it will be rad:

SotD: The Ruins of Beverast - God's Ensanguined Bestiaries

Soaked in the profane, The Ruins of Beverast throw canon out the window and that's just the way I like my metal: filthy and mean.

SotD: The River - I Only

Doomgaze coming in strong straight from 2006.

SotD: Sun Kil Moon - Space Travel Is Boring

Speaking of masterful covers, this one raises the bar all the way up to impossible. Youtube Dude also did a great job at picking Metropolis as the background visuals, they fit perfectly.

SotD: Wino - Nothing

There's something about artists covering songs that fit them like a glove. Yet that's what happens on Songs of Townes Van Zandt: if Wino wrote a country song, it would certainly sound something like this:

SotD: Rorcal - D

Rorcal are fucking amazing and I'm not just saying this because they have their whole discography up for download here, even though they do which in itself is another kind of amazing but damn, man

this album is just

ugh

SotD: Chelsea Wolfe - We Hit A Wall

Counting down the days until I get to see her live. soooooon

SotD: Mojave 3 - All Your Tears

I expect to run through every Mojave 3 song on these songs of the day. Cheesy alt-country for the masses, to each according to need.

(my need is intense)

SotD: Bardo Pond - Limerick

I expect to feature Bardo Pondo at our songs of the day often because
a) they're pretty fucking awesome
and
b) I can't unhear the devastating concert they performed a couple years ago.

This is common stuff for me to bring along in my car for when I'm on a trip of some description and Limerick, being the first of their Amanita album, is usually the song that starts it all. So for me it has that added "on the road" bonus.

You can hear Limerick here, straight from their official website.

Now streaming: Pelican - Forever Becoming

Straight out of Pitchfork Advance, link here. Sounds good so far!

SotD: Gipsy Rufina - About the desert wind smashing my camera down

We met this guy after he played at a local bar, had a drink and I ended up buying his slightly crooked vinyl. We also shared a similar love for Townes Van Zandt, which was cool. That was a good night.

SotD: Songs: Ohia - The Black Crow

A beautiful song combing through sadness, regret and all that self-deprecating goodness that Jason Molina so expertly put into his lyrics. May he rest in peace, I guess.

I'm getting weaker 
I'm getting thin
I hate how obvious I have been

Now streaming: Earthless - From The Ages

Oh man and it kicks some serious ass too. Check it on SPIN here.