Song of the Day - 28-20: You Missed It, Honey!

Hannibal Montana - 28-20: You Missed It, Honey! from 28-20 (2013)

Some out of control yet right on the money noodly-ness from a cleverly named instrumental post rock/math rock out of New York.

Prepare your ears for this one.

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Song of the Day - Your carpet is my ceiling

K.C. Milian - Your carpet is my ceiling from K.C. Milian EP (2004)

Happy first day of Spring!

Enjoy it with some laid-back post rock that's a little bit screamo with American Football-like trumpets.



Italian Football.

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Song of the Day - Just Because You Can't See My Invisible Force Field Doesn't Mean It's Not There

Dakota/Dakota - Just Because You Can't See My Invisible Force Field Doesn't Mean It's Not There from Shoot in the Dark + (2010) (originally from 2004)

Before there was Russian Circles, the post metal gurus, there was Dakota/Dakota, a math rock ensemble. I would have guessed Dakota/Dakota was a Don Caballero side project from the sound of them combined with their lengthy/unique song title chooses, but no, Mike Sullivan (guitar) and Colin DeKuiper (bass) were both in this band before jumping over to metal.



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Song of the Day - Psalms

The Caution Children - Psalms from Safe Crusades / No Judgements / And Baby (2014)

Post hardcore meets shoegaze-y, this is Jacksonville, Florida's The Caution Children.

Not your average anything.

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Song of the Day - Olee-Wah

Jerkagram - Olee-Wah from Let's Talk About Us (2014)

I'm having a hard time putting my finger on what exactly Jerkagram sound like without making it sound like something else, because,well, it's really not like something else. Very heavy on the groove, almost prog like, but also a bit math-y and psychedelic.



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Song of the Day - Caramel

Piglet - Caramel from Lava Land (2005)

One of the most underrated instrumental math rock groups of the 2000's, and I don't use that 'underrated' word lightly.

 

For fans of music.

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Song of the Day - Ryback

Coke Weed X - Ryback from Coke Weed X (2012)

This song may or may not be about WWE "Superstar", Ryback...

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Song of the Day - What We Loved Was Not Enough

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - What We Loved Was Not Enough from Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (2014)

Efrim Menuck and the A Silver Mt. Zion crew is back and now going by Thee Silver Mt. Zion memorial Orchestra. Their new album, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything is pretty tame for what Menuck has released before when it comes to his experimental post-rock music history. Still, "What We Loved Was Not Enough" is one of my favorite Thee Silver Mt. Zion songs and I am very glad to hear it on this album.

"What We Loved Was Not Enough" was originally released on a somewhat rare EP featuring the song in two parts in 2012. The EP was called The West Will Rise Again and limited to about 1000 copies.

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Song of the Day - Vägledningen

Ignominy - Vägledningen from Come Abuse (2013)

Swedish hardcore punkers turned post metal sludge-goers

Let it consume your soul.

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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 - Lebaron

Russian Circles - Lebaron from Memorial (2013)

Post metal demigods, Russian Circles have a new album... It's pretty great, but you already know that.


Right?

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Song of the Day - Further Up

Caspian - Further Up from You Are The Conductor (2005) (re-released in 2010)

RIP Christ Friedrich, bassist of Beverly, Mass. post rock outfit, Caspian.

Caspian was one of the first "post-rock" bands I ever got into way back when. My support goes out to them and to the family of Chris Friedrich.

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Song of the Day - The Dead Flag Blues

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues from F♯ A♯ ∞ (1997)

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine...

... and the machine is bleeding to death.

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Song of the Day - Xylem Up

D Numbers - Xylem Up from Lightparade (2007)

Progy post rock from New Mexico.

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Song of the Day - Karen is My Middle Name

An Anderson - Karen is My Middle Name from Parts (2013)

An Anderson is too good and Parts is probably my favorite local thing going right now! I know I've been posting a lot of local stuff as of late but this is really important!



PS These gentlemen will be playing at Phantom Buffalo's new full-length release party at The Space Gallery on Congress Street this Thursday! Rumor has it that double A will be selling some pretty sweet prints of the album artwork there, as well!

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Song of the Day - At first, I thought it was an ocean but then realized it was only a puddle

Dore Mear Beon - At first, I thought it was an ocean but then realized it was only a puddle from Dore Mear Beon EP (2012)

Dore Mear Beon is a one man math rock band from Ontario, Canada. That one man is named, Andrew Sagriff.



This song closes with a sample from Waking Life, a Richard Linklater film I watched once about lucid dreaming and the meaning of life.

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Song of the Day - Swa Cwæð Eardstapa

Men As Trees - Swa Cwæð Eardstapa from Weltschmerz (2008)

 

Here's a perfect epic opener for a supah blizzard. The English translation for this song means "So Spoke a Wanderer" and features the voice of Bob Swerer Jr., who narrated Dick Proenneke and his amazing feats as he hunts and builds a log cabin all by himself to survive the cold winters of Alaska. This particular narration comes from the first documentary of Dick Proenneke's first voyage into the Alaskan woods, entitled, Alone in the Wilderness; one of the best documentaries out there in my opinion.

I meant to feature this song a little earlier (maybe on January 2nd - the date read in the opening minute of the song) but I figured I would wait until there was a really cold day leading into a severe snow storm like today.

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Song of the Day - Don, Aman

Slint - Don, Aman from Spiderland (1991)

Perfect for a cold night walk around a ghost town neighborhood.

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Song of the Day - Empty Ocean

Butcher Boy - Empty Ocean from Shoreless Sea (2012)

Here's another local number for ya. It's by Portland's own Butcher Boy. These guys aren't breaking up though; they're actually going on a nation-wide-ish tour real soon!


While this song has been featured on their live release, 'Get Butchered', this version is a much slower and spookier rendition. It's also one of my favorite tracks of 2012.

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Song of the Day - Forecast for Today

Pelican - Forecast for Today from Untitled EP (2003)

The Forecast for today:

SNOW.




Guess I got my wish.

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