Songs of the Month : February/March

HELLO FRIENDS!

It’s been awhile, but HTFAF is finally back up and running for your enjoyment. In January I started a Song(s) of the month series, featuring my favorite songs of the month and a random classic. I realized in the midst of all this that I never delivered on my promise to make songs of the month…well monthly. To make up for it I’m combining February and March for what seems to be a fittingly thick return post.

Let’s get down to business shall we?

[mp3] Dr. Dog – We All Belong SONG OF THE MONTH(s)
Dr. Dog’s newest effort, which shares it’s title with this track, to put it lightly blew my everloving mind. It’s FANTASTIC. The songs consist of brilliantly written melodies, strange percussion, lots of keys, and the fuzziest guitars I’ve heard in a while. Buy it Here.

[mp3] Bright Eyes – Tourist Trap
In my oppinion the best song on Four Winds. Breezy and wandering. Buy Four Winds here.

[mp3] Andrew Bird – Heretics
I hate it when the lead single/promo track does not properly represent an album. This is not one of those. Buy Armchair Apocrypha Here.

[mp3] Aqueduct – Lying in the Bed I’ve Made
Barsuk’s flagship Indie electro/mope/spaz rock artist delivers pretty wonderfully on his latest, Or Give me Death. Buy it Here.

[mp3] Chase Pagan – Lost
One of the better promo’s I’ve recieved in recent memory is the s/t EP from which this track stems. You can download the entire mp3 for free courtesy of Milita Group and Insound HERE.

[mp3] Elvis Perkins – Without Love
It’s hard to standout when you are best described as a jangly folk/pop artist nowadays, But Perkins achieves it pretty easily. Buy Ash Wednesday Here and catch Perkins on tour with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

[mp3] Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running
Nothing I can say about Neon Bible that has yet to be said. So I’ll spare you and jsut say I included it because it’s my favorite track off the album besides Antichrist Television Blues, which I already posted. Buy Neon Bible Here.

[mp3] Low – Pretty People
Remember in January when I said The Shin’s track Sleeping Lessons, was the best album opener I had heard in a long time? This one, which begins Sparhawks & Co’s latest beats it out with ease. So dark and wonderful. Buy Drums & Guns here.

[mp3] Towhee – Locked
This also stems from a promo I recieved this month. I don’t know much about the band other than they’re from…Ohio? And they make solid electropop. I have had to use the words electropop alot lately. Buy Streetlights here.

[mp3] Vietnam – Step on Inside
Wonderfully vintage folk stomp from the Brooklyn band, who are on tour with the Black Angels, and playing a free in-store for us Nashvillians at Grimeys on March 30. Buy Vietnam Here.

Random Classic:
Jeff Tweedy – Sunken Treasure (Live)

Previously:
Songs of the Month : January

If I left off a song that really should have been included, inform me in the comments.

Songs of the Month – January

Starting this month, I will be posting my favorite new tracks of the month each month of 2007. I will also throw in a random classic that has been popping up on alot of my playlists this month.

[mp3] Menomena – Muscle n’ flo | SONG OF THE MONTH
OH THE DRUMS! My God I haven’t heard a song that made me hit repeat so many time in years! The thundering fragmented drums, the church organ, the slide guitar. I swear this song was written for me. From the newly released Friend and Foe.

[mp3] The Shins – Sleeping Lessons
The album opener is truly a lost art. In the 99 cent a song age, album sequencing doesn’t matter anymore to most. To me however a good album opener is the key to a good album. It sets the tone and effects the way you hear the rest of the songs. This is the best one I’ve heard in a long time. From the newly released Wincing the Night Away.

[mp3] Deerhoof – The Perfect me
I’ll admit, I never really gave Deerhoof much of a chance, until David Bazan praised them. I had a few songs of theirs, sure, but I wasn’t a fan. Once I listened, I was very glad I did. From the newly released Friend Oppurtunity.

[mp3] David Vandervelde – Nothin No
Very few songs can so effortlessly sum up being young both in sound and lyrical content. This is one of them. From the newly released Moonstation House Band

[mp3] The Earlies – No Love in Your Heart
Indie rock sounds like this when you live here. From the newly released The Enemy Chorus.

Random Classic:
[mp3] John Vanderslice – Me and my 424
My favorite song he’s ever written. Brilliant. Pop perfection. An ode to 4 trackers that sounds better than what most could do with 32. Listen, then and only then will you understand the genius that is Me and my 424.