Archive for the ‘Single of the Week’ Category
Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. The pop-punk quartet Hey Monday honed its ability to make upbeat music in the warm and humid climes of West Palm Beach, Florida. The group’s spry single “I Don’t Wanna Dance” is a resolute anthem of female free will belted out by charismatic lead singer Cassadee Pope. Frequency-tuning radio sound effects lace a nimble power-pop track meant for cranking up loud.
IMPORTANT: Downloads are only free on iTunes for approximately 1 week from this post date.
Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. Polock, a five-guy band from the Mediterranean beach town of Valencia, Spain is — for the time being obscure. But this captivating indie rock single, “Fireworks” from their debut album Getting Down from the Trees, could establish them as a Spanish Phoenix. The drums race along to a heart-pumping canter as the lead singer lifts his raw yet pitch-perfect, faintly Spanish-accented voice to describe the unbridled joy of being young, when anything can happen.
IMPORTANT: Downloads are only free on iTunes for approximately 1 week from this post date.
Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. It doesn’t get more primal than guitar/bass/drums and the Virginmarys elevate the holy triumvirate and attack their instruments like hungry bears stumbling upon on a fresh carcass. “Bang Bang Bang” is like a cosmic collaboration of Humble Pie and Wolfmother — all gnashing guitar and bass, cymbal crashes, and sweaty, fly-away hair (facial and otherwise) swishing from side to side. Slash digs ‘em, so should you. “Bang Bang Bang” appears on the Virginmarys’ Cast the First Stone EP.
IMPORTANT: Downloads are only free on iTunes for approximately 1 week from this post date. 
Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. Love Star’s Betty Boop-like frontwoman Adriana Fernandez sings like a Spanish-speaking Tony Basil, channeling much of her early ’80s joie de vivre. The rest of the trio — Will Alves on guitar and Joe Torres on bass — work together to create a kind of retro alternative pop that refuses to be blue. “Felicidad” is about as pretty as tunes get with its peppy backbeat and perky chorus. But it’s the somber New Wave chord changes lurking in the background that suggests a deeper dimension.
IMPORTANT: Downloads are only free on iTunes for approximately 1 week from this post date.
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. Named for the famed car with the gravity defying doors, Spain’s Delorean take liberally from the sounds of the same decade (the ’80s, for you youngsters). A mixture of glossy, early techno-pop fused with the hypnotic, organic swirl of Animal Collective and the hook-heavy glee of the first Avalanches record, Delorean’s “Stay Close” goes back to the future in a neon-fogged haze.
IMPORTANT: Downloads are only free on iTunes for approximately 1 week from this post date.
Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Long Island–born singer/songwriter Ryan Star was pegged as “the indie guy” on the reality TV show Rockstar. He didn’t win the competition, but he soon found himself signing on the dotted line with Atlantic Records. He’s got a gravelly voice that’s apt to soar over big, thundering kick drums and sensitive piano phrases. Lyrically, “Breathe” speaks to the simple act of letting go and learning to trust.
IMPORTANT: Downloads are only free on iTunes for approximately 1 week from this post date.
