Song of the Day

**12/1/09

Ghostland Observatory - Midnight Voyage

-------------Brainstorming bands to bring in for the spring season is always a turbulent hurricane of opinions. Someone could nominate a perfectly terrible group and find out from their colleagues that whomever they thought was totally rad is totally bad.

Sticking my neck out for the duet from Austin, Texas, I voted a big "yes" to Ghostland Observatory. These guys seem to fill their jackets better than most electro-bands on the circuit right now, incorporating a montage of laser-swished guitar melodies to their Daft Punk-influenced beats. "Midnight Voyage" boasts a funky and slightly unexpected rebel-pop guitar riff that carries through dreamlike keyboards and Aaron Behren's vocals. Get "Midnight Voyage" from the Ghostland Observatory album, Paparazzi Lightning.

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Song of the Day

**11/28/09

Visceral - So Far Apart

--------------Trolling the interweb on a Saturday night - pretty much as dorky-schmorky as you can get, right? I'm not complaining here, I've stumbled upon the likes of Dallas quintet Visceral. They've got a big-venue, Warped Tour stage quality about their thoughtful punky melodies that I must give a nod to. Though they're unsigned, Epitaph might wanna scoop these guys up to make them labelmates with the likes of New Found Glory and Sing Out Loud.

Visceral has a couple of shows coming up in the lone star state, but I'm keeping my guitar-shredded fingers crossed these guys will jump into a big van and make their way east. Get "So Far Apart" from their August release Rapture.

http://www/myspace.com/wearevisceral/

Song of the Day

**11/8/09

Eisley - Brightly Wound

------------Why haven't I heard of Eisley before? The four siblings and cousin quintet have been together for about 12 years now, producing ten albums and an enormous amount of righteous dudette indie rock from Tyler, Texas, so I am ashamed that I haven't known of their existence until now. Thank you, Jess!

Eisley is named after the town in the Star Wars trilogy called Mos Eisley, which I only mention because it is fantastically nerdy and appropriately cool. The song "Brightly Wound" dances slowly around a child-like piano and lyrics painted with innocence and Neverland fantasy. Get "Brightly Wound" from Eisley's 2005 album Room Noises.

**If you click on the headline for today's song, it'll take you to a sweet clip of Eisley singing "Brightly Wound" live from Austin, Texas.

Song of the Day

**1/10/09

At the Drive In - One Armed Scissor

---------------It is rare that a band is ever discovered overnight and launched into inexplicable stardom. At the Drive In is no exception. Founded in 1994 by a gang of punk, hard rock loving teenagers from El Paso, Texas, At the Drive In achieved their national reviews in 2000 with their fourth album, Relationship of Command. One Armed Scissor is blasting from a cannon of ripping, yelling vocals and gunpowder guitars that fuel this single.

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