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• Song of the Day #1,747: ‘Losing My Religion (Major Key)’ – R.E.M.

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  A few months back there was a brief moment where popular songs in the opposite key were all the rage. Minor key version of major key songs and major key versions of minor key songs hit YouTube in a wave. The first one I heard was this major key rendition [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,746: ‘Ring the Alarm’ – Beyoncé

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  Somehow this video — with all of its Basic Instinct goodness — escaped my attention in the several years since it was released. Rumor had it that the track was addressed to Jay-Z after an alleged affair with Rihanna. All parties involved deny that. Ring The Alarm I been through [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,745: ‘Kid About It (alternate version)’ – Elvis Costello

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  Random Weekends are looking a lot like Elvis Costello Weekends this week. Today’s track is another of the many bonus tracks Costello has released on the numerous reissues of his back catalog. I will let the man himself describe this version of the Imperial Bedroom track ‘Kid About It,’ as [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,744: ‘The Other End (of the Telescope)’ – Elvis Costello

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  It’s funny how some songs drift in and out of our good graces. When Elvis Costello released 1996′s All This Useless Beauty, I loved every minute of it, including (perhaps especially) its opening track, ‘The Other End (of the Telescope).’ Years later the song started to get on my nerves, [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,743: ‘Harper Lee’ – Little Green Cars

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  Any band that name drops ‘Harper Lee’ in a single has to earn some points right off the bat. Little Green Cars, an Irish quintet who just released their first full-length album, enjoy the added benefit of comparisons to R.E.M. and Fleetwood Mac, among others. Folk pop is a favorite [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,742: ‘Work’ – Iggy Azalea

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  If you were to listen to Iggy Azalea without seeing her, you’d probably guess she was a southern black rapper. Listen while watching one of her videos and you’d move on to southern white rapper. You’d have to hear her speaking voice to arrive at the fact that she’s Australian. [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,741: ‘The Woodpile’ – Frightened Rabbit

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  You know you’re into serious indie band territory when you can’t tell which is the song name and which is the band name. ‘The Woodpile’ by Frightened Rabbit, or ‘Frightened Rabbit’ by The Woodpile? It’s the former, in this case. The Scottish band has released four full-length albums since 2006, [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,740: ‘This Ladder is Ours’ – The Joy Formidable

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  Next up in my series on obscure new(ish) bands that have recently come to my attention one way or another is The Joy Formidable, a British trio that released their second album in January. They are often described as having a “large” sound (“gargantuan” is the adjective of choice for [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,739: ‘In the City’ – Caveman

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  Caveman is an indie band from Brooklyn that has released two albums over the past two years. AllMusic describes their sound as a blend of “experimental rock, post-rock, wistful indie rock, and African music traditions.” Listening to ‘In the City,’ the single from their self-titled new release, I’m hearing a [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,738: ‘Hairdresser On Fire’ – Morrissey

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  I know Morrissey is not very popular in these parts, but ‘Hairdresser On Fire’ is another example of why I dig him so much. Morrissey’s sound, both solo and with The Smiths, is so distinct. Plenty of bands have imitated, or drawn inspiration from, that sound but nobody has done [...]
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