Song of the Day - Cinco De Mayo

Marnie Stern - Cinco De Mayo from Marnie Stern (2010)

Happy Cinco De Mayo.

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Song of the Day - Hurricane

Bob Dylan - Hurricane from Desire (1976)

RIP Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

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Song of the Day - Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Fats Domino - Mardi Gras in New Orleans from The Fabulous Mr. D (1958)

My favorite rendition of Professor Longhair's signature "Go to the Mardi Gras"/"Mardi Gras in New Orleans" number.

Happy Mardi Gras!

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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 - 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 - That Summer Feeling

Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling from I, Jonathan (1992)

That feel. It's coming.

Fun fact: My biology teacher in high school was cousins with good ol' Jonathan. No big deal.

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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 - 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 - Where Lies My Tarp?

The Microphones - Where Lies My Tarp? from The Glow Pt. 2 (2001)

A perfect Microphones/Mount Eerie kind of day/night.

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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 - My Funny Valentine

Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine from Chet Baker Sings (1956)

It's almost that time of the year again. Are you ready?

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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 - Bird Balloons

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Bird Balloons from Ripley Pine (2013)

Former Maine-native Aly Spaltro AKA Lady Lamb the Beekeeper has herself a new album coming out via her new label, Ba Da Bing Records. This is "Bird Balloons", the snazzy single which is sure to impress. Listen up:


The release date for Ripley Pine is February 19th.

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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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