Song Of The Day

Song Of The Day: Belle And Sebastian's "I Didn't See It Coming" (Cold Cave Remix)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 28, 2011 4:54 pm
Experimental electronic poppers Cold Cave have remixed Scottish twee popsters Belle And Sebastian. Yeah. If you've ever wondered what twee pop sounds like with a dance beat (I mean, who hasn't?), now's your chance to find out. They redid Belle And Sebastian Write About Love's "I Didn't See It Coming," which you can hear below. Man, is that opening...
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Song Of The Day: The Drums' "Money"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 27, 2011 4:12 pm
The Drums are back with a new album entitled Portamento, and it's out Sept. 13. "Money" is on it, and you can definitely tell it's a Drums track right away. That guitar sounds almost exactly like the riffs on "Let's Go Surfing." Meanwhile, Jonathan Pierce's falsetto, which he showcases in the song's chorus, has really improved. The Drums - Money...
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Song Of The Day: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's "Maniac"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 26, 2011 4:06 pm
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah went on hiatus two years ago, but now they're back with a new album called Hysterical that's coming out Sept. 20. "Maniac" will be found on the LP, and it features the band's typical post-punk influenced indie rock. Alec Ounsworth sounds more like David Byrne than ever, and the tune itself sounds like it fits on Fear Of...
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Song Of The Day: St. Vincent's "Surgeon"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 25, 2011 1:57 pm
Annie Clark, better known as St. Vincent, returns Sept. 13 with her third album, Strange Mercy. She's just released one of its songs, "Surgeon," for free download through her website.On it, Clark mixes electronic music with her typical indie folk, and makes the song sound like a combination of of Kate Bush and Tune-Yards floating in an astroid...
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Song Of The Day: Girls' "Vomit"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 21, 2011 3:19 pm
This tune from San Francisco's Girls doesn't sound like puke at all. In fact, it sounds downright calm — or melancholic, you pick and choose — at the beginning. But then it kind of goes into overdrive and turns into a hard-rocking, organ-backed, six-minute-plus jam that's kinda reminiscent of The Dears and then turns into a gospel-drenched...
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Song Of The Day: Hooded Fang's "Den Of Love"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 20, 2011 3:09 pm
Hooded Fang continue the '60s Spectorsound theme on "Den Of Love," just like they showed off on "ESP," one of the tracks from their upcoming Tosta Mista sophomore album. "Den Of Love" is on that LP, too, but unlike "ESP," there's no synths on its bridge and it's all Righteous Brothers pop.Tosta Mista comes out July 26. Den of Love by...
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Song Of The Day: Wu-Tang Clan's "Legendary Weapons"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 19, 2011 5:25 pm
"Legendary Weapons" is a brand new Wu-Tang Clan track that'll appear on the (equally) legendary rap collective's upcoming new album of the same name. The disc comes out July 26 and is a companion LP to 2009's Wu-Tang Chamber Music. It's got most Wu-Tang members on it, though GZA and Masta Killa do not appear on any of its tracks. Ghostface Killah...
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Song Of The Day: Sandro Perri's "Love And Light"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 18, 2011 1:25 pm
Toronto singer/songwriter Sandro Perri will return with Impossible Spaces, his long-awaited follow-up to the 2007 Polaris Music Prize long listed Tiny Mirrors, on Oct. 18. "Love And Light," which you can hear below, will appear on the album. As is typical for Perri, it's a combination of Broken Social Scene-esque lounge rock (think "Pacific Theme...
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Song Of The Day: Blitzen Trapper's "American Goldwing"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 15, 2011 3:08 pm
Whoa, it's The Band!...Wait. No. No, it's not.But the new Blitzen Trapper sure sounds like them, doesn't it? "American Goldwing" is the title track to the band's album that's out this September, and it sounds like it could fit very nicely on Music From Big Pink or The Band's self-titled. You almost wonder if Robbie Robertson's handling the guitar...
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Song Of The Day: The Avalanches' "Since I Left You" (Stereolab Remix)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 14, 2011 12:39 pm
Since I Left You, the one and only studio album from Australian turntablists and breakbeat artists The Avalanches, will be reissued this year to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The LP will come with brand new remixes from El Guincho, MF Doom, Black Dice and Stereolab, among others. You can hear Stereolab's reworking of the title track, which is...
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Song Of The Day: Cut Copy's "Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution" (Toro Y Moi Remix)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 13, 2011 12:28 pm
Chillwave hit the big time last summer, so it's only appropriate that this summer we've got this remix of Cut Copy's "Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution" from chillwave's main dude, Toro Y Moi. Chaz Bundick takes the electropop original, which appears on this year's Zonoscope, and puts a trancey, blissed out spin on it. Overall, it sounds like it'...
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Song Of The Day: Ladytron's "Ambulances"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 12, 2011 11:42 am
"Ambulances" is one of the tunes that'll appear on Ladytron's upcoming new Gravity The Seducer album. It's much more spacey than any of the tunes on 2008's Velocifero, and there's significantly less techno and dance influence than anything on that LP. It's almost ambient, actually. It makes riding in ambulances — or anything to do with them...
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Song Of The Day: Philip Selway's "Running Blind"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 11, 2011 2:12 pm
Radiohead drummer Phil Selway (OK, fine, he goes by Philip as a solo artist, but whatever) had a few recordings from his Familial solo album sessions left over, so he's getting ready to release them in a new EP dubbed Running Blind later this month. The title track is a mostly acoustic affair, featuring minimal amounts of drums and finger picking...
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Song Of The Day: Hooded Fang's "ESP"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 8, 2011 3:56 pm
You know The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "EXP"? The nearly two minutes of frightening guitar noise that launches the band's Axis: Bold As Love album? Yeah, don't worry, Hooded Fang's "ESP" sounds nothing like that. It does, however, sound like a cross between '80s synthpop (that bridge!) and '60s Spectorsound. And it's ridiculously catchy and will...
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Song Of The Day: Tennis' "Is It True?"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 7, 2011 3:16 pm
Denver indie rockers Tennis have covered '60s rockabilly and country singer Brenda Lee's "Is It True," which they do pretty faithfully in the MP3 you can hear up above. There's a Phil Spector-esque Wall Of Sound added to their version of the track, though, which makes it sound like it's a lot more akin to tunes by '60s girl groups like The...
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Song Of The Day: Hooray For Earth's "Lewis Takes Action" (Owen Pallett Cover)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 6, 2011 2:36 pm
New York weirdo rockers Hooray For Earth have covered Owen Pallett's "Lewis Takes Action," which can be found on Pallett's 2010 Polaris Music Prize short listed Heartland LP. They've taken the strings from Pallett's original and warped things the fuck up by putting their melody through distorted electric guitar to make it sound like you might as...
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Song Of The Day: Dan Mangan "Oh Fortune"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 5, 2011 1:12 pm
Let's face it, we had just about stretched the limits of how many times we could mention Dan Mangan and that robot song of his. It's a most happy day, then, when Mangan's label Arts & Crafts has announced he's got a new album called Oh Fortune coming out on Sept. 27 and that the title track is available right now at danmanganmusic.com (and...
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Song Of The Day: Wild Flag's "Glass Tambourine"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 4, 2011 3:42 pm
Here's another from riot grrl supergroup Wild Flag, whose self-titled debut album comes out Sept. 13. "Glass Tambourine" should, of course, instantly remind everyone of One Beat-era Sleater-Kinney, which, duh, only makes sense when you consider two former members of the band — Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss — are in Wild Flag. There's also...
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Song Of The Day: City And Colour's "Fragile Bird" (Richard Powda Remix)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 30, 2011 2:59 pm
Just in time for Pride, we've got this electro remix of City And Colour's "Fragile Bird" by Richard Powda of electronic collective The Bird Suit. He's taken the grimy feel of the first single from Little Hell and turned it into a funky, club-friendly banger that's even got a saxophone. Move over, "Careless Whisper." Check out the video for "...
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Song Of The Day: Wild Beasts' "Loop The Loop"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 29, 2011 2:43 pm
"Loop The Loop" appears on Wild Beasts' recently released Smother. Like most of the tunes from that album, it features lyrics filled with quiet longing that build to some kind of mid-song bubbly climax about things you want to take back, but can't. You have to wonder when Hayden Thorpe sings, "There are so many songs I regret" if he's going to...
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