Song of the Day 6/28: Neil Young, “White Line”
Neil Young's deep vault of unreleased material is legendary, but one important tranche is unreleased no longer: This week Young finally released his 1975 LP "Homegrown" in its entirety. Several…
Song of the Day, 6/27: Spinal Tap, “Hell Hole”
With the European Union's decision to ban American tourists, it's pretty clear we're living in a hellhole, so maybe we should adopt this as our new national anthem. Most people…
Song of the Day 6/26: Michael Stipe and Aaron Dessner, “No Time for Love”
I'm so old I can remember when record companies would have made a big deal about a collaboration between Michael Stipe, late of R.E.M., and Big Red Machine, itself a…
Song of the Day 6/25: Old Crow Medicine Show, “Quarantined”
Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor released this song a month ago, when armed lamebrains were clamoring for an end to self-isolation and asserting their right to a haircut.…
Song of the Day 6/23: The Ramones, “Somebody Put Something in My Drink”
Hey, kids, 'memba that story last week about the three New York cops who got "poisoned" at Shake Shack? Turns out it wasn't just embellished, it was made up out…
Song of the Day 6/22: Johnniqua Charles, “Lose Yo Job”
The Black Lives Matter protests have a new theme song, thanks to Johnniqua Charles. When a security guard detained her outside a strip club back in February, the 27-year-old Charles…
Song of the Day 6/21: Broadway cast of Hamilton, “The Room Where It Happens”
The title John Bolton chose for his White House tell-all turns out to be ironic. Bolton won a Pyrrhic victory Saturday when a court ruled "The Room Where It Happened"…
Song of the Day 6/20: Eric Clapton, “Tulsa Time”
Donald Trump, flailing about for a way to stop his losing streak, takes his circus to Tulsa tonight, and I swear the press hasn't slavered for blood this intently since…
Song of the Day 6/19: Aretha Franklin, “Never Gonna Break My Faith”
This song, originally performed with Mary J. Blige, won Aretha Franklin the last of her 18 Grammy Awards in 2006. To celebrate Juneteenth this year, Sony released a version of…
Song of the Day 6/18: The Persuasions, “Electric Aunt Jemima”
Unless you're a right-winger, you probably haven't thought about Aunt Jemima in years, given that she's not a real person and all. But when Quaker Oats announced they were retiring…
Song of the Day 6/16: Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”
Chuck D issued this call to action just over 30 years ago. The track debuted as the theme song to Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" in 1989, the year…
Song of the Day 6/14: The Offspring, “Come Out and Play”
More commonly known as "Keep 'Em Separated," this tune became a rock radio classic soon after its 1994 release. Dexter Holland, lead singer of the LA-based punk-pop group, wrote it…
Song of the Day 6/13: The Clash, “Know Your Rights”
You have three of them. The lead single from 1982's "Combat Rock" LP remains as pertinent as when it was written. Mister, we could use a man like Joe Strummer…