Song of the Day - 4'33

The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - 4'33'' from 4'33'' (2013)

The 8+ person emo orchestra pay tribute to the pioneer of all things experimental, John Cage with this spot-on rendition of 4'33''.

It's a must have.

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Song of the Day - Now Kith

Free Throw - Now Kith from Lavender Town (2013)

Not sure why I slept on this band for so long... they have everything I love in a band: samples, references to my childhood (lots of Pokemon and Boy Meets World), and lots of that teen angst twinkly stuff. Hell, they even named a song after me... using an 'E'-less keyboard.


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Song of the Day - Over the Sirens

Solids - Over the Sirens from Blame Confusion (2014)

Some more new stuff. This ones from Solids of Montreal who are currently on tour in North America. Sounds sort of emo fuzzy, sort of garage rock-y, and sort of noise pop-y.


Mont-really good, Canada.

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Song of the Day - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Duck. Little Brother, Duck! - Philip Seymour Hoffman (It's The Wonder of Nature Baby!) from Survival Is Not A Workout (2010)

Math-y goodness from one of the coolest albums of any time, Survival Is Not A Workout.



RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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Song of the Day - Permanent State of Daylight

Calculator - Permanent State of Daylight from This Will Come To Pass (2013)

Sweet intro, sweet track.


Math.

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Song of the Day - What Child Is This?

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - What Child Is This? from Live at the AV Club "Xmas Under Cover" (2013)

The World is... turns the classic Christmas hymn known as "What Child Is This?" into a dark and dreary Christmas Eve nightmare.


Apparently they picked this song because the ICP Christmas song they originally wanted to cover was too hard to learn.

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Merry Christmas!

Song of the Day - Glasgow

Øjne - Glasgow from Undici/Dodici (2013)

Italian Screamo reminiscent of Raein and La quiete.



English subtitles are provided on their bandcamp, but I honestly wouldn't know what they were saying if it was in English. Regardless, "Glasgow" is a great track.

PS: The dialogue in the beginning is from the 1984 film, entitled, Paris, Texas.

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Song of the Day - D4: What the Puck? (Like if They Made Another Mighty Ducks Movie Except This Time They're Pissed)

Two Knights - D4: What the Puck? (Like if They Made Another Mighty Ducks Movie Except This Time They're Pissed) from A lot of Bad Things Have Happened, but We're Still Here (2013)

Probably the coolest song title you will see this year.



Two Knights are just two dudes noodling on instruments that they just got good at using.

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Song of the Day - Secret Breasts

So Stressed - Secret Breasts from Attracted To Open Mouths (2012)



Noise rock meets emo punk. Super wild stuff from Sacramento, Cali.

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Song of the Day - Washy

Nai Harvest - Washy from Whatever (2013)


Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen.

Twin Peaks.

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Song of the Day - You Will Never Go To Space

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - You Will Never Go To Space from Whenever, If Ever (2013)

Pre-order dat new TWIaBP&IaNLAtD album.

...or wait.


Out June 18.

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Song of the Day - Thank You

Seahaven - Thank You from Winter Forever (2011)

This was the song featured in the highlights video for the Low Ki/Ibushi/Devitt match posted below. I'm not a huge fan of Seahaven but I do enjoy this song and Winter Forever.

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Song of the Day - Blurry

Captain Hollow - Blurry from Blurry $iNGLE (2013)



Maine's only emo band has a mega hot new single out and rumors of a new album a hundred years in the works. Supposedly the new album will be called "Greatest Hits" which I think is really dumb. Maybe because that's what I wanted to name my first album when I was kid and had dreams of becoming a big rock star some day...

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Song of the Day - Boku and Chevre'

The Clippers - Boku and Chevre' from An Evening With... (2011)

Most of the stuff on Topshelf Records' Bandcamp are free today!

Grab all the free goodies before they are gone!




And by gone, I mean no longer free.

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[Editor's note: Stuff costs money$$ again.]

Song of the Day - KJ Jammin

Snowing - KJ Jammin from I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted (2011)

Count ya lucky stars, brah.



RIP Snowing (2008-2011)

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