Every Monday-Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. The podcast features exclusive in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent musicians that KEXP DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured selection is from the 2006 album Time On Fire by The Earaches:
The Earaches – Not the Kind of Man I Am (MP3)
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Welcome back to the beginning of the workweek, everybody. I’m sure you’re all eager to get back to work after a relaxing weekend, but just in case you’re not, today’s column reveals a new trend in getting other people to do your work for you. Sounds ideal, huh? While you’re waiting, here’s some news fed directly to your brain:
Don Ho – Shock The Monkey (MP3)
Elliott Smith – High Times (MP3)
The National – Fake Empire (MP3)
St. Vincent – Now, Now (MP3)
Electrelane – To The East (MP3) - Thanks to IRockCleveland!
But it’s hard to fault Lily Allen for the recent cancellations because although she may have complained about being bored with touring America on her MySpace page, she put on a hell of a show here in Seattle last month. If you check out her remaining tour dates at Pitchfork, you’ll see that she’s been working really hard on this tour, making more appearances than bands less her stature. It’s especially hard to fault her when she still embodies the DIY ethic, which seems to be changing these days. Remember when I mentioned the Junior Boys video contest and the Placebo video contest? And if you’re a citizen of the Colbert Nation, you probably remember his Green Screen Challenge and his Second Green Screen Challenge, which was in response to The Decemberists’ “Reanimate The Decemberists” contest. While the Colbert vs. The Decemberists rivalry was all in good fun, I’m becoming disturbed by all of the contests in which artists, musicians, writers and even bloggers are asking others to do their work for them. I just have to ask: doesn’t anyone do any work around here anymore?
As you sit down to create the work others have presented for you, feel free to listen to these inspirational tunes, or, for that matter, write your own.
Handsome Furs – Sing! Captain (MP3)
Department of Eagles – No One Does It Like You (MP3)
Grinderman – Get It On (MP3)
DJ Battlecat – Bump It (MP3)
Tago-Mago mashup of Missy Elliot vs. Supergrass – Work It (MP3)
Thanks to Said The Gramophone, Pitchfork, Spin, and Good Weather for Airstrikes for uploading these so we don’t have to!
That’s it folks. It’s no longer DIY but DIFM (do it for me) – if you’d like to do our research for us and have any more good news to share or other suggestions for music that we should be listening to and discussing, email us at blog@kexp.org.
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