Song of the Day: Teenage Bottlerocket, “Summertime”
Let’s face facts: It’s cold in Philadelphia right now. Very, very cold. We’ve been lucky to avoid any major blizzard so far this winter—which can’t be said for Pittsburgh and some of our other neighbors to the west and north—but the frigid rain, the biting wind and the perpetual grayness of each passing day can […]
Song of the Day: Weezer, “The Christmas Song”
Tomorrow is Christmas, and while we’d be lying if we said we weren’t sick of holiday music by now—with no disrespect intended toward Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen or anyone else for that matter—there are a few, perhaps lesser-known jams that help make the season just a little warmer. One of them is “The Christmas […]
Song of the Day: Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, “Coma Girl”
Tomorrow is December 22, an insignificant date to most people. But to punk lifers, it’s a day forever shadowed in melancholy. On December 22, 2002, Joe Strummer left us far too soon. He was only 50, and in the midst of a creative resurgence. The life-changing songs of the Clash in his rear-view mirror, he […]
Song of the Day: METZ, “Headache”
Toronto’s METZ made a big splash in the underground rock scene in 2012 with their self-titled full-length for Sub Pop Records. The band combine the freewheeling nature of alternative bands like McLusky and the Jesus Lizard with the jagged distortion of Sonic Youth, with yelled, nearly unintelligible vocals rife on echos and reverb—not to mention […]
