#ASongADay Lorelei—Cocteau Twins Bonham playing with the Twins? Not quite, but they did use an E-mu Drumulator loaded with John Bonham drum samples on this album. I had no idea, but now I can definitely hear it! #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #CocteauTwins #4AD #DreamPop #Shoegaze

#ASongADay Gepetto—Belly I love the languid, beautiful vocals over the frantic guitars. I had forgotten about this song for a while, but it’s great to have it back in rotation! 💛 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #Belly #TanyaDonelly #90sMusic #90sAlternative #DreamPop #AltRock

#ASongADay Goods (All in Your Head)—Mates of State I dig their keyboards-and-drums setup, and the harmonies are catchy as hell. The contest-winning fan-made video is fun, then sad, then "Fight Club" 📹 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #MatesOfState #IndiePop #IndieRock

#ASongADay Petit Pays—Cesária Évora I probably first heard Cesária on NPR, and that high, delicate cavaquinho strumming and her soothing voice grabbed me instantly. It’s also great romantic dinner music. 🥂 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #CesariaEvora #CapeVerde #CaboVerde

#ASongADay Ghosts—Japan This moody, intense meditation on panic attacks really grabbed me back in the day, with its marimbas and odd synth burbles. And it's such an unlikely hit, even for the UK! #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #JapanBand #SynthPop #NewWave #PostPunk #80sMusic

#ASongADay A Million Miles Away—The Plimsouls Power-pop surf jangle! Always a favorite of mine back in the day. I’m a sucker for a wall of chimey guitars, and these are particularly excellent. 🎸🎸 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #PowerPop #80sRock #ThePlimsouls

#ASongADay Kentucky Avenue—Tom Waits Another song that kills me. Such beautiful, affectionate music juxtaposed with the most hilarious childhood memories that actually make the song sweeter and more real. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #TomWaits

Donny, you are out of your element.

#ASongADay Mass Romantic—The New Pornographers My first New Pornographers tune, before I even knew power pop was a genre. I love the fuzzy guitars, the insane synth sound, and the gang vocals! #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #PowerPop #IndieRock #TheNewPornographers

#ASongADay Hollywood Baby—100 gecs Sure, setting off fireworks in your actual apartment seems like a great idea! I love the hyperpop / alt-rock / electronic mix going on here. Fun tune with some cool textures! #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #Hyperpop #AltRock #IndieMusic #100gecs #MusicDiscovery

#ASongADay Houses in Motion—Talking Heads My favorite Talking Heads album. Love the angular artiness, the electro-African rhythms, the stream-of-consciousness lyrics, and Jon Hassell’s avant-garde trumpet. 😙🤌 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #TalkingHeads #BrianEno #1980s

#ASongADay Lucky Man—The Verve Richard Ashcroft wrote this as a celebration of “pure gratitude and love.” I’m feeling a bit of that myself, so this one fits. 🙏 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #TheVerve #Britpop #90sMusic

#ASongADay The Promise—When In Rome I have fond memories of this song, from earlier today in fact! Funny coincidence: I also like telling crushes I’m going to make them fall for me. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #80sMusic #SynthPop #NewWave

#ASongADay White Punks on Dope—The Tubes It’s so satisfying when the shuffle kicks in on the chorus! And I'm impressed they’re able to pull this off live, but there are like 40 of them. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #TheTubes #70sRock #GlamRock #ArtRock

Christine—Siouxsie & the Banshees My favorite Siouxsie album, because the instrumental parts are so unusual. They dimantled pop music and put it back together in their own strange and beautiful way. #ASongADay #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #PostPunk #Goth

#ASongADay The Hungry Wolf—X This is one of the first albums I remember buying for myself, and it was because of this song. I’d never heard anything so predatory and menacing, and it was awesome! #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #XTheBand #PunkRock #80sMusic

#ASongADay If I Can’t Change Your Mind—Sugar Exquisite, joyful power pop about an impending breakup. The wall of guitars is about as jangly as you can get, and the euphoric energy is divine. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #Sugar #BobMould #PowerPop #90sRock #AltRock #JanglePop

#ASongADay All My Friends—LCD Soundsystem Intense, but also beautiful, hopeful, and true. Love the Steve Reich-y piano and the live drums. Electronica played on mostly acoustic instruments! #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #LCDSoundsystem #SteveReich #IndieRock #DancePunk #PostPunk

#ASongADay Cupid—Sam Cooke A perfect pop jewel: Latin sway, R&B groove, jazz swing, and a caramel voice floating over barely-there French horns and strings. Timeless. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #SamCooke #Soul #RNB #60sMusic

#ASongADay Sister Havana—Urge Overkill Punchy, silly, and a total rocker. All you need from a ‘90s summertime anthem. The guitars sound amazing, and the stripped-down production is refreshing. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #90sRock #AltRock #PowerPop

#ASongADay Hells Bells—AC/DC Yeah, I love those moody, cinematic AC/DC intros. This one’s all about the syncopated accents (the beats that hit at the top of the head nod), and how they play against the straight beat. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #ACDC #HardRock #Metal #ClassicRock

#ASongADay Red — King Crimson That riff is a monster—angular, menacing, and almost math-rock. Even with overdubs, it’s wild that all that sound came from just three guys. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #KingCrimson #ProgRock #MathRock #HeavyProg

#ASongADay Circles—Post Malone Interesting choice for the video, but I like it. This is a great end-of-summer, drive into the sunset groover with a super-catchy melody. That gentle 4-on-the-floor beat is somehow super infectious too. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #PostMalone #Circles

#ASongADay Interstate Love Song—Stone Temple Pilots The hairy guitars are great, but the bassline steals the song with its groovy little details. The syncopation and countermelodies almost make the song funky. Great stuff. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #StoneTemplePilots #STP #90sRock #Grunge

#ASongADay Ultraviolet (Light My Way)—U2 All about the guitars, this one. They strobe like concert lights, pulsing on the “You Can’t Hurry Love” beat. Edge is the best. Not sure Bono should be swinging on that thing though. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #U2 #AchtungBaby #90sMusic

#ASongADay Primary—The Cure No wonder I like this song so much. It’s all basses! Who needs guitars? No wonder it sounds so stark and Krautrock-y, driving and energetic. Love it! #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #TheCure #PostPunk #GothRock #Krautrock #80sMusic

#ASongADay He’s Misstra Know-It-All—Stevie Wonder Fantastic closer to a perfect album. It’s a chill but totally cutting critique, supposedly of Nixon. Love how the claps get denser at the end, like the people closing in. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #StevieWonder #Innervisions

#ASongADay Abacab—Genesis A prog-pop masterpiece, driven the whole time by Phil's jackhammer drums. The synths are nice and dirty, and the ch-ch-ch’s in the third verse sound so damn cool. Nice to watch Phil play, too. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #Genesis #ProgRock #80sMusic #PhilCollins

#ASongADay Since You’re Gone—The Cars I love a good rhythmic illusion—the way the claps at the beginning end up on the off-beat as the band comes in. The Frippy solo is a great touch too, and a spot on homage. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #TheCars #80sMusic #NewWave

#ASongADay Clones (We’re All)—Alice Cooper I mean, c’mon… new wave Alice Cooper? I’m in. It still has that one awesome hard rock guitar, but it fits so well with the synths and drum machines. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #AliceCooper #NewWave #80sMusic

#ASongADay Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want—The Smiths Simultaneously beautiful, and either sad or amusing. Love how short it is, and how it just ends without ever even resolving the final chord. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #TheSmiths #IndieRock #JanglePop #AlternativeMusic

#ASongADay Make You Feel My Love—Adele The most beautiful expression of longing, regret, and hope ever written. One of Dylan’s masterpieces. And I literally could not find a bad version of Adele singing it. You ain’t seen nothing like me yet. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #Adele #BobDylan

#ASongADay Spoon—Cibo Matto Relentless groove, driven by a bass that’s determined to play the same thing no matter what else is going on. Awesome horns too arranged by the great Josh Roseman. ✨ #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #CiboMatto #90sMusic #TripHop #IndiePop

#ASongADay Shadowboxer—Fiona Apple There’s a low sound in the second verse (cello? guitar?) that always made me think something was wrong with my car. Awesome song otherwise 😆 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #FionaApple #90sMusic

#ASongADay Nightmares—A Flock of Seagulls This was always one of my favorite songs of the Seagulls. The cool guitar line on the chorus contributes some spooky new wave vibes for sure. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #AFlockOfSeagulls #NewWave #80sMusic

#ASongADay Backwater—The Meat Puppets When I was listening to this on my walk earlier, the ear-splitting outro solo in my right ear was transporting me to an alternate reality. Join me, won’t you? #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #MeatPuppets #GrungeEra

#ASongADay The Guns of Brixton—The Clash Everything about this song is perfect: the punky rocksteady groove, everyone's outstanding playing, the sense of menace, balanced with silly velcro and spring sounds. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #TheClash #PunkRock

#ASongADay Xtal—Aphex Twin This whole record is great, but this song grabs me particularly hard. Being recorded on cassette imparts so much. Icy cold synth sounds enveloped in a blanket of warm tape hiss. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #AphexTwin #AmbientTechno #IDM #ElectronicMusic

#ASongADay School—Supertramp I guess I love a slow burn, because here’s another great one. Yeah, it’s a bit self-indulgent and has a lot of faffing about, but it also ROCKS. And that scream! #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #Supertramp #70sRock #ArtRock #ProgressiveRock #ClassicRock

#ASongADay Killer Queen—Queen A glam-rock cabaret from outer space. When I was a kid, before I knew what a courtesan was, I thought she was an international hit-woman. Either works. 👑 I always loved Freddie's half mic stand. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #Queen #GlamRock #70sMusic #ClassicRock

#ASongADay Pilgrim—Fink Cool video, but with a photo-sensitivity warning. When you need a slow burn with pulsing intensity. The vocal harmonies are especially cool—the wide spacing sounds all ghostly and hypnotic. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #Fink #IndieMusic

While 'Draft first, polish later' seems like great advice, actually doing it is excruciating for a perfectionist.

#ASongADay Topaz—The B-52’s This song feels like a beautiful sunset. Angelic harmonies from Kate and Cindy, shimmering over Keith’s outstanding funk guitars. He was channeling his inner Nile Rodgers, who just so happened to be producing. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #TheB52s

#ASongADay Oh Yeah—Roxy Music God, the third verse gets me every time, especially "Driving alone to a movie show..." I adore the chiming high keyboard notes in the chorus, like streetlights passing overhead. 😢 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #RoxyMusic #BryanFerry

#ASongADay Trem Two—Mission of Burma This song has a wonderfully hazy, liminal atmosphere, like being caught in a dream. Burma debuted it on their farewell tour, and didn’t release it until after they broke up 😢 #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #PostPunk #MissionOfBurma

#ASongADay Eminence Front—The Who I mean, come on…. That cool synth pulse, Pete’s weird-but-awesome solo, John’s INSANE bass sound, the off timing on the first "Front," the Who doing a new wave-funk tune that still sounds like them. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #TheWho #ClassicRock

#ASongADay The Ghost Inside—Broken Bells It’s Danger Mouse’s birthday, so here’s some Bells 🎂 This is a meticulously-arranged track. All of the sounds are unique, yet fit together perfectly. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #BrokenBells #DangerMouse

#asongaday Shake Some Action—The Flamin’ Groovies Released in 1976, despite recording starting in 1972 and the song sounding like it’s 1966. Perfect power pop with a riff that helped launch ‘80s college rock. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut #PowerPop #GarageRock #CollegeRock

This makes so much sense to me, and I’ve never heard it explained so succinctly why many white men are so angry right now! #WhitePrivilege #SocialJustice

#asongaday Last Child—Aerosmith Actually Brad Whitford on lead guitar instead of Joe Perry, and this is one of my favorite solos, like, ever. I love when it continues into the chorus and it feels like it’s never gonna end! #MusicSky #Music #Aerosmith #ClassicRock #GuitarSolo #70sRock