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 - Wokinonit

J Dilla - Workinonit from Donuts (2006)

Took a look back at music in 2006. Dilla related.

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Song of the Day - O.P.P.

O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature from Naughty By Nature (1991)

Are you down wit O.P.P.?

Yeah, you know me.

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Song of the Day - Throats and Tongues Alone

The Body in the Kelp - Throats and Tongues Alone from The Body in the Kelp EP (2013)

I've heard a lot of voice samples, spoken word samples, movies and TV samples, and samples of all sorts in my day (and a lot that I have posted here), but never have I ever heard such a wicked Mainely sample as this one. This song truly speaks to my Maine maritime heart.



The Body in the Kelp are a group made up of musicians who came together for the Portland Space Gallery's 5th annual 48 Music Fest. I couldn't make it out to this year's festival, so I'm not sure who made up this stoner meets doom meets blues band... but if I had, I would have thanked them for this beautiful piece of art.

Christ bub!

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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 - Hay

Crucial Conflict - Hay from The Final Tic (1996)

Smokin' on that hay. 90's hip-hop featuring the sample, "I'll Stay" by Funkadelic.

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Song of the Day - Gotta Go Home

Boney M. - Gotta Go Home from Oceans of Fantasy (1979)

German steel drum reggae Europop?

Sampled in "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce.

I honestly like this version better.

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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 - Everywhere, Everyone

Lilacs & Champagne - Everywhere, Everyone from Lilacs & Champagne (2012)

Lilacs & Champagne is the sample-based side project of Alex Hall and Emil Amos - two guys who also play guitar (Alex) and hit things (Emil) in the Portland, Oregon instrumental band, Grails.



Very interesting stuff.

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