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“I’m Confused” – Handsome Furs

By Adam Soldinger • Mar 27th, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

I had anxiously been awaiting the arrival of Handsome Furs’ newest album, Face Control, which finally came out back on March 10. Like any good fan, I raced to the nearest record store and planned on buying it without a listen. Unfortunately, I decided to hang out at Amoeba for a little bit [...]



“Milkshake” – Holy Fuck

By Adam Soldinger • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

What’s going on in Canada?  Our neighbors to the north have given us yet another band who likes to play with toys…known simply (and quite terribly) as Holy Fuck.  This time, not only are we greeted with toy keyboards as with their fellow countrymen, Sunset Rubdown, but also a cacophany of toy phaser guns and [...]



“None Shall Pass” – Aesop Rock

By Adam Soldinger • Feb 25th, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

Ahhh, it’s so nice to have Aesop Rock back. His first two label releases, Float (2000) and Labor Days (2001), sent signals of a massive underground talent to be reckoned with. His beats are strange, dark and beautiful, and he has such a unique cadence to his rhyming that’s hard to compare to [...]



“Fools” – The Dodos

By Adam Soldinger • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

The Dodos are one of the more interesting bands to come out in recent years. Their distinct sound, that some have categorizes as “psychedelic folk”, is essentially the product of just two players, guitarist Meric Long and drummer Logan Kroeber, but they’ve been known to throw in the occasional curveball (ie. xylophones and toy [...]



“Charles (The Red One)” – Magic Weapon

By Adam Soldinger • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

There seems to be a constant influx of talented Canadians making their mark in the music scene these days. Not that this is anything unusual. Our neighbors up north are responsible for bringing us bands like Arcade Fire, Hot Hot Heat, and Broken Social Scene, and even spawned some great classic rock outfits [...]



“You Go On Ahead” – Sunset Rubdown [Black Cab Sessions]

By Adam Soldinger • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

Following in the footsteps of Vincent Moon’s Take-Away Shows (or Les Concerts A Emporter) and (I guess) “Taxicab Confessions”, this series of videos, called Black Cab Sessions, showcases artists performing in one take in the back of, predictably, a taxicab.
In this particular installment Sunset Rubdown, one of Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug’s many side projects, performs [...]



“Polite Dance Song” – The Bird and the Bee

By Adam Soldinger • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

I remember seeing The Bird and the Bee at the Silverlake Lounge about 3 or 4 years ago when they were still a blip in the mess that is the Los Angeles music scene. Since then they’ve released three studio albums, one EP and two LP’s, and have managed to ride the fine line [...]



“The Crystal Cat” – Dan Deacon

By Adam Soldinger • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

This is not a joke. You ever wonder what would happen if that balding, overweight janitor from high school was secretly spending his time at home experimenting with synthesizers and MIDI’s, only to emerge 10-15 years later as somewhat of a cult hero in the electronic music scene? Enter Dan Deacon. This [...]



“I Come From San Francisco” – Gold Chains

By Adam Soldinger • Jan 20th, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

Gold Chains rocks BART. It’s so funny because the same thing happened to me on my way to work the other day…



“Greater Omaha” – Desaparecidos

By Adam Soldinger • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: Song of the Day, The Wire

Most people know Conor Oberst as the intense and emotional brains behind Bright Eyes. But when you listen to his music you get the feeling he’s about to pop, and could really use a venting session. Well, in this side project that sadly only released one full-length album back in 2002, Oberst takes [...]