Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Reverend Utah Smith “Two Wings”

The Reverend Utah Smith combined a fiery vocal delivery with a majestic electric guitar style for some truly uplifting gospel sides.

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Despite their brief initial run, UK post-punk act, Medium Medium, wielded an outsized influence over the post-punk revival of the 2000s.

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In the face of the huge number of recent deaths of prominent musicians and entertainers, this Jim Carroll Band song feels eerily pertinent.

“I Told You” (Extended Mix) is a pulsing, shimmering masterpiece by one-and-done Canadian synth pop act, Story Structure.

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Icelandic group, Sigur Rós, fuse ambient music, indie rock and beautiful orchestral music with stunning results on “Starálfur”.

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Deniece Williams‘ “Silly” is an evocative and expansive soul ballad that sounded both old and new even when it was first released.

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“Caraïba” is a sweltering afro disco track from a one-off project by a number of French and West African sessions musicians, Tumblack.

DJ Ty Hussell offers up his personal remembrances of the great and recently departed Afrobeat drummer, Tony Allen.

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“St. Elmo’s Fire” finds Brian Eno and his collaborators capturing the auditory version of a rare physics phenomena.

“The Bridge” from Liverpool-based alternative band, Clinic‘s sophomore LP, find the group perfecting their iconoclastic sound.

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