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Song of the Day 12/13: Brenda Lee, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”

By Alby December 13, 20231 Comment

If you venture out in public much you're probably sick of Christmas music by now, but it's my policy to listen to only 12 days of Christmas music. I'm starting…

Song of the Day 12/12: Carole King, “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”

By Alby December 12, 20234 Comments

WXPN's contest countdown is nearly through (as I post this there are fewer than 60 songs to go) and most of the entries I put on my ballot because I…

Song of the Day 12/11: Laurie Anderson, “O Superman”

By Alby December 11, 20232 Comments

WXPN's year-end countdown of the 885 Greatest Songs by Women – I know, the title sounds more ridiculous every time you hear it – reached my pick for No. 1…

Song of the Day 12/8: Imogen Heap, “Hide and Seek”

By Alby December 8, 2023

WXPN's countdown of the 885 Greatest Songs By Women – yes, it's grandiose, but they had to call it something – has passed the halfway mark, and my strategy of…

Song of the Day 12/7: Denny Laine’s Electric String Band, “Why Did You Come”

By Alby December 7, 2023

Denny Laine, who died Tuesday at 79, might have been who Andy Warhol had in mind when he said everyone would get 15 minutes of fame. For about that long…

Song of the Day 12/5: Nine Inch Nails, “The Beginning of the End”

By Alby December 5, 2023

Could this be a message for Valerie Longhurst? You decide. It comes from Trent Reznor's 2007 LP "Year Zero," a concept album about an American dystopia. Reznor set his tale…

Song of the Day 12/4: Jim Bryant, “Something’s Coming”

By Alby December 4, 20233 Comments

El Somnambulo insisted I feature this tune today. I have no idea why, but when a man in a luchador mask tells you to do something, you do it. Though…

Song of the Day 12/3: Ratboys, “The Window”

By Alby December 3, 20231 Comment

El Som included a tune from Chicago band Ratboys in his monthly favorite new tunes post back when their fifth studio LP, "The Window," came out in August. The album,…

Song of the Day 12/2: The Pogues, “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah”

By Alby December 2, 20233 Comments

It's been a tough year for Ireland's musicians. Sinead O'Connor died in July, and this week Shane MacGowan, frontman for the Pogues, died a week after being discharged from a…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: November 2023

By El Somnambulo December 1, 2023

A shorter list this month. Always happens in November as some of the best tunes I heard will not be released until 2024. February, in particular, looks real promising. Shorter,…

Song of the Day 11/30: Billy Joel, “Only the Good Die Young”

By Alby November 30, 20232 Comments

Henry Kissinger was already 54 years old when Billy Joel, a scamp half his age at the time, released this banger in 1977. The third single from "The Stranger," his…

Song of the Day 11/29: André 3000, “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time”

By Alby November 29, 2023

The music world is still trying to figure out what to make of the new album from André 3000, best known as half of the hip-hop duo Outkast. Though he's…

Song of the Day 11/28: Spinal Tap, “Warmer Than Hell”

By Alby November 28, 20231 Comment

Director Rob Reiner – or was it Marty DiBergi? – confirmed yesterday that filming on a sequel to "This Is Spinal Tap" will begin in February. The new movie reportedly…