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Hey all, welcome back. I hope you had a great christmas and new year; I know I certainly did. Let’s start this year off right! Here’s a little tune called ‘Samson the Mason’ by Israel Darling. Enjoy

Hey all, Merry Christmas! This week’s song is ‘Robots’ by Dan Mangan from his 2009 album Nice, Nice, Very Nice. I just stumbled upon this song on a random indie rock playlist and I really liked the raspy vocals. The video features a compilation of photos that someone on youtube posted. It’s a pretty catchy tune, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Oh, I almost forgot. My girlfriend got me Dinosaur Jr. tickets for Christmas, can’t wait to go see them in January, it’s gonna be amazing! Thanks Liz!

I also wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy Holiday, this may be my final post of the year and it’s been a really great year for me personally. So thank you all for visiting my website and posting comments, you know who you are. Cheers.

Dan Mangan – Robots (Lyrics)
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This week’s song is ‘Just Breathe’ from Pearl Jam’s latest album Backspacer. I heard it on the radio a little while ago and I love Eddie Vedder so this was an easy choice for me. This song is simply beautiful, there’s nothing else I need to say. Enjoy

Pearl Jam – Just Breathe (Lyrics)
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Hey all, this week’s song is ‘Taking Drugs at the Amusement Park’ by The Silent Years from their 2009 EP Let Go. I just discovered this band pretty recently and I really enjoy their sound. It sort of reminds me of The Arcade Fire, while still being unique in it’s own right. The video is pretty good, it was filmed with the students of the Paul Green School of Rock in Rochester, Michigan; I wish I went to rock school. Couldn’t find the lyrics to this one, so I wrote them down myself with a little help from the video. Enjoy!

Edit: Thanks to Lucy from SideCho records for the official lyrics. I was pretty close =P

The Silent Years – Taking Drugs at the Amusement Park (Lyrics)
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Hello and welcome to an early edition of my Song of the Week. Well it’s not exactly early, but I usually don’t get around to posting a song until its almost Friday haha. But nonetheless, here I am, it’s definitely Thursday and I’ve definitely been looking forward to posting a new song today. I narrowed my choices down to 2 songs and I had such a hard time deciding which one to choose, I decided to post both of them. I really enjoyed both of the music videos for these songs; you’ll see why when you watch them.

So enough rambling from me. The first song is ‘Skeleton Boy’ by The Friendly Fires. I know Slavica will appreciate the awesome dancing in this video hehe. The second one is ‘Diamond Rings’ by Fake Problems. Enjoy!

Hey all. This weeks song is ‘coisa de gringo’ from zero dB. It’s off their 2006 album Bongos, Bleeps & Basslines. I picked this album up a long time ago and this song came up as I was shuffling through my music one night. It features some really groovy and jazzy music; the entire album is pretty solid, but this song really sticks out for me. You know you found a real gem when you can’t find a song on youtube. I had to upload this one myself, so I hope you appreciate the effort I go through each week when I’m choosing a song. Anyhow, I have no idea what they are saying, so I can’t provide any lyrics this time. But if anyone knows what it’s about or can share the lyrics with me, I’d be more than happy to add them to this post. That’s it for now… this song makes me want to dance around a fire while wearing a fancy hat. Enjoy!