Song of the Day

**4/20/10

Ratatat - Cherry

---------------I trolled around on Pitchfork.com today to find some new albums released today (Tuesday is the official unofficial release date for most albums, by the way), and I wasn't satisfied with the attractiveness of the names on the list.

I saw one band named after what I swear is a character from Harry Potter (Deadelus, as in Deadelus Diggle?, nerds? anyone?), and a separation of a hotspot Florida city, Mi Ami. Not too appealing, let's be real here.

Some of you may have been waiting for me to talk about Ratatat. Ratatat is a New York City electronica duo of Mike Stroud and Evan Mast playing synthesizer and bass, respectively. Not always known as Ratatat, "Cherry is a tribute to the band's original name.

"Cherry" is a sweet-synth mass of Chutes and Ladders chord progressions and a minimalist bass line that's perfect for today of all days. This instrumental album is a prelude to the massive hip hop collaborations Ratatat would do on their next two LP's, working with everyone from Kanye West to Kid Cudi. "Cherry" is the final song on their debut full-length, 2004's Ratatat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW8VmSfYLAU

Song of the Day

**3/1/10

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Lights/Passionate Introverts (Dinosaurs)

------------------Something is echoing through my brain all asmushed with music -it's this need for button-pushing, synth-slathered, ambience driven material. A Sunny Day in Glasgow has the Nitetime Rainbows EP available on pre-order (only digital and vinyl - how renaissance), but to really get a feel for the group, one must experience their 2008 LP Ashes Grammar. That's where you can find yourself transfixed by "Lights/Passionate Introverts (Dinosaurs)."

Though the name sounds like an utterly random game of Mad Libs, the song is utterly and elegantly betwitching. If Passion Pit and The Postal Service got their digital recordings lost in translation with Band of Horses, A Sunny Day in Glasgow were the ones who snatched it out of their inbox.

Also hear: "Failure"

http://myspace.com/sunnydayinglasgow/

Song of the Day

**2/11/09

Relient K - Jefferson Aeroplane

--------------------------------------The guys of Relient K have this to say: if you are a fan, they LOVE you. Says so in the jacket of their EP/LP The Nashville Tennis EP/ The Birds and the Bee Sides. Not only do they have clever puns, but they have 26(!) killer tracks from their early days that serves up pop rock 40-luv. Jefferson Aeroplane is a demo track on The Birds and the Bee Sides, and everything from the whistling intro to the fly away chorus makes this a sunny getaway when the clouds are overhead. Since Relient K love you, it only seems right if you love them back.