Song of the Day - Hurricane

Bob Dylan - Hurricane from Desire (1976)

RIP Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

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Song of the Day - Blue Valentines

Tom Waits - Blue Valentines from Blue Valentine (1978)

For any of you out there with a blue Valentine's Day.

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Song of the Day - Australia

Attic Abasement - Australia from Dancing is Depressing (2010)

Happy Australia Day!





... if you live in Australia.

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Song of the Day - Song for a Netflix account

Pat "the bunny" Schneeweis - Song for a Netflix account from The Mark Inside (2013)

Legendary anarcho folk punker and leader of Ramshackle Glory laying down some sick tracks about hope and other touchy subjects.



"...if we aren't dead yet, then let's not live as ghosts."

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Song of the Day - Meet Me Here At Dawn

Cass McCombs - Meet Me Here At Dawn from A (2004)

Cass McCombs is playing a show at The Oak + The Ax tomorrow in Biddeford, Maine. 

I don't know much about him other this song which has been covered by Andrew Bird and my late friend, Martin Smith.

Therefore it's very near and dear to my heart. 

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Song of the Day - Jesus in the Courtyard

King Dude - Jesus in the Courtyard from Burning Daylight (2012)

King Dude is the solo project of TJ Cowgill from the black metal bands Teen Cthulhu and Book of Black Earth. His sound is very reminiscent of neofolk acts of the 80's or a black metal Leonard Cohen of sorts.

Very interesting stuff.

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Song of the Day - Halo

Trace Mountains - Halo (Beyonce) - Top 40 Compilation (2013)

Trace Mountains is a the side project of Spook Houses and LVL UP. Halo is a song by Beyonce.

Put those two things together and you have yourself a lo-fi, guilty-free track about feeling someone's "halo".


Check out more top 40 radio hits covered by lo-fi/indie rock/acoustic bands and compiled by Birdtapes here!

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Song of the Day - Memorial Day Night

Dead Confederate - Memorial Day Night from Dead Confederate EP (2007)

Hope everyone had a beautiful Memorial Day.

Song of the day fifth year in the row. The Saddest song I know.

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Song of the Day - The Tide

Mallory - The Tide from Strange Homes (2010)

The opening lyrics of this wild folk punk number are by Mogli, a singer-songwriter from Halifax. The song the lyrics are taken from is called, "Back to You" off Mogli's I Miss You EP.



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Song of the Day - Witches

Blackbird Raum - Witches from Swidden (2008)

Blackbird Raum are an anarchopunk band with acoustic instruments ranging from accordions and banjos to washboards and singing saws.

Blackbird Raum will be playing a really sweet show this Friday with equally unique folk punk acts, Speaker for the Dead and Portland, Maine's finest, Butcher Boy at The Oak & The Ax in Biddeford!

It'll be something special for sure!

Blackbird Raum also have a new album called, False Weavers out now! You can stream it on Spotify if you're into that sort of thing.

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Song of the Day - Love Leaves Its Abusers

Songs: Ohia - Love Leaves Its Abusers from Axxess & Ace (1999)

Jason Molina's death only adds more sadness to his already beautifully sad music.

RIP.

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Song of the Day - Prayers

Pill Friends - Prayers from 420 Love Songs (second 40) (2013)

This little number comes from a compilation of love songs mostly by the people associated with Teen Suicide, Julia Brown, Infinity Crush, and Ricky Eat Acid. It's actually the second compilation of 40 songs compiled for this project so far and there's a lot more to come.

You can check out all the tracks and a little write up about them on the 420 Love Songs tumblr.


The tagline to this project is: "it's like Magnetic Fields but not as good".

I'd say it's just a lot more lo-fi.

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Song of the Day - Ocean, Quick!

Real Kind - Ocean, Quick! from Hard Red Winter (sketch) (2012)



Real Kind is the humble moniker of Marissa Owens from my favorite place, Portland, Maine.

A more fancy and full version of Hard Red Winter will be available in April.

I think this version sounds great as it is, though. Just sayin'...

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Song of the Day - When You Go Back to College

Paul Baribeau - When You Go Back to College from Paul Baribeau (2005)

Well winter vaca is all over for me... time to go back to college.


Know the feel?

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Song of the Day - Spider Song

Erica Freas - Spider Song from Belly (2012)

Acoustic version of a song that will hopefully be on RVIVR's new release coming out whenever.



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Song of the Day - Christmas Lights

Paul Baribeau - Christmas Lights from Grand Ledge (2008)

Paul Baribeau is one of my favorite musicians. Christmas Lights is one of my favorite Christmas-related songs. Need I say more?



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