• 40 Day Dream – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

    SONG OF THE DAY “40 Day Dream” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Up From Below, Community Records/ Vagrant Records/ Rough Trade Records, 2009). Written by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. WHERE I HEARD IT This awesome track was talked over during a scene from Season 1 of NBC’s Mercy (episode: “That Crazy …

  • Rumba Azul by Lecuona Cuban Boys

    SONG OF THE DAY “Rumba Azul” by The Lecuona Cuban Boys (Lecuona Cuban Boys, Vol. 4 (1932-1936), Harlequin Records, 1994, originally released on Victor Records sometime in the mid-30s). Composed by Armando Oréfiche. WHERE I HEARD  IT Well, this song really took me for a ride! I heard it during the “New-Year’s-Eve-party-in-Germany-1943” scene of the …

  • 28 Butts – Little Jackie

    SONG OF THE DAY “28 Butts” by Little Jackie (The Stoop, S-Curve Records, 2008). Written by Imani Coppola, Mike Mangini and Adam Pallin. MY TAKE I’m not sure why this song (and album, really) doesn’t get more airplay, especially in the summer months when sittin’ out on the stoop and talking about the good ol’ …

  • Addicted To Love – Florence + The Machine

    SONG OF THE DAY “Addicted To Love” by Florence + The Machine ([Addicted To Love single], Universal Island Records, 2009). Written by Robert Palmer. HOW I FOUND IT This incredible version was featured on this season’s So You Think You Can Dance (season 4). Isn’t this version sick? The quiet a cappella at the beginning, the sick …