Tracks of the Day: July 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Sunday #6/New

New by No Doubt

Album: Return of Saturn

Released: 2000

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Sunday #6/Sun Was High (So Was I)

Sun Was High (So Was I) by Best Coast

Album: Sun Was High (So Was I) 7''

Released: 2009

"...And I thought of you"

Friday, July 29, 2011

Friday! #5/Her

Her by Tyler, the Creator

Album: Goblin

Released: 2011

"It's this girl..."

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Thursday #5/Take on Me

Take on Me by a-ha

Album: Hunting High and Low

Released: 1985

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Wednesday #5/Fuck You

Fuck You by Cee-Lo Green

Album: The Lady Killer

Released: 2010

"I see you drivin' 'round town with the girl I love,
and I'm like... 'fuck you!'"

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Tuesday #5/Youth Knows No Pain

Youth Knows No Pain by Lykke Li

Album: Wounded Rhymes

Released: 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011

Monday #5/Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')

Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') by T-Pain

featuring: Yung Joc

Album: Epiphany

Released: 2007

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Sunday #5/Great DJ

Great DJ by The Ting Tings

Album: We Started Nothing

Released: 2008

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Saturday #4/Wildfire

Wildfire by SBTRKT

featuring: Yukimi Nagano

Album: SBTRKT

Released: 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011

Friday! #4/Can I Kick It?

Can I Kick It? by A Tribe Called Quest

Album: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Released: 1990

"Can I kick it?
Yes you can!"

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Thursday #4/Our Deal

Our Deal by Best Coast

Album: Crazy for You

Released: 2010

"I wish you would tell me how you really feel...
But you never tell me because it's not our deal.
That's not your deal... That's not my deal..."

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Wednesday #4/4 Leaf Clover

4 Leaf Clover by Erykah Badu

Album: Baduizm

Released: 1997

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Tuesday #4/Sprout and the Bean

Sprout and the Bean by Joanna Newsom

Album: The Milk-Eyed Mender

Released: 2004

Monday, July 18, 2011

Monday #4/Run to the Sun

Run to the Sun by N*E*R*D*

Album: In Search of...

Released: 2001

"I wish we could run... to the sun...
And never come back..."

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Sunday #4/Just Like Honey

Just Like Honey by The Jesus and Mary Chain

Album: Psychocandy

Released: 1985

"Listen to the girl as she takes on half the world..."

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Saturday #3/Nutmeg

Nutmeg by Ghostface Killah

featuring: RZA

Album: Supreme Clientele

Released: 2000

Friday, July 15, 2011

Friday! #3/Love Song

Love Song by Meg & Dia

Album: It's Always Stormy in Tillamook

Released: 2010

"Love, won't you find me again?
Don't wait for my heart to mend.
I wanna fall in love again.
Why must we wait in the dark?
All that you need's another heart
to make your broken heart seem far away."

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Thursday #3/While You Wait for the Others

While You Wait for the Others by Grizzly Bear

Album: Veckatimest

Released: 2009

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Wednesday #3/Grindin'

Grindin' by Clipse

Album: Lord Willin'

Released: 2002

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Tuesday #3/Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads

Album: Remain in Light

Released: 1980

Monday, July 11, 2011

Monday #3/Cold War

Cold War by Clams Casino

Album: Instrumentals Mixtape

Released: 2011

"This is a cold war.
Do you know what you're fighting for?"

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sunday #3/Like a Rolling Stone

Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan

Album: Highway 61 Revisited

Released: 1965

"How does it feel?
How does it feel to be on your own?
With no direction home?
Like a complete unknown?
Like a rolling stone?"

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Saturday #2/I Want You

I Want You by Cee-Lo Green

Album: The Lady Killer

Released: 2010

"I want you...
to run away with me and experience something new...
Anything you've done just won't do
I want you...
and I want you to genuinely and sincerely want me too.
You can believe in me, baby, don't be cruel...
I wand you."