Song of the Day: Cat Power, “Metal Heart”
Today’s selection is from my favorite album of Cat Power’s, Jukebox. It’a song she actually recorded on another album in a different way. This version is 5 stars. —Craig Kaplan
Song of the Day: Cat Power, “New York”
Here is today’s Cat Power song, from her Covers album, the darkly lush “New York.” —Craig Kaplan
Song of the Day: Cat Power, “Fortunate Son” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Over the next five days to commemorate her upcoming concert at The Electric Factory, I’m going to be selecting five of my favorite songs that I hope my favorite female vocalist Cat Power plays this Wednesday. Her voice is at once haunting and penetrating not to mention filled with raw emotion. John Fogerty should […]
Song of the Day: Texas Is The Reason, “Back and to the Left”
For those of us who grew up in the punk scene in the late ’90s and early 2000s, the music of Texas Is The Reason rings more important than most. Coming out of the hardcore scene of the late ’80s and early ’90s, the band, formed by Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris […]
Song of the Day: The Joy Formidable, “This Ladder Is Ours”
The Joy Formidable released their second full-length Wolf’s Law today (yesterday in their native UK), and it’s a monster of a rock album. Taking the foundation laid by the band on 2011’s excellent The Big Roar—loud, distorted, multi-layered guitars, with almost equal nods to shoegaze and Britpop—Wolf’s Law adds another layer to the band’s already […]
