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Song We Like: Switchblade Heart by The Holy Knives

Song We Like: Switchblade Heart by The Holy Knives

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Sounds like Chris Isaac, only much, much more interesting. This song is worth studying for the production alone. The Holy Knives is our new favorite San Antonio band. Featured on our #36 podcast, Revenue Streams.

Song We Like: Cut My Hair by Secular Pains

Song We Like: Cut My Hair by Secular Pains

Loud, fast and funny. Kind of like a song a bunch of drunk men would sing on a ship. It will make you seriously consider cutting your hair, and it will also make you want to listen to the whole album. Featured on our #36 podcast, Revenue Streams.

Song We Like: Losing Things by BROTHRS

Song We Like: Losing Things by BROTHRS

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We don’t merely like this song, we LOVE it. Two charming brothRs from the sticks of Western North Carolina are out-popping and out-souling some of the greats here, and they sound like they’re not even trying. We will enjoy saying we knew you when, and when we do, we’ll also say we told you so. (Featured on our #35 podcast, Walt Whitman)

Song We Like: Hail Damage by Flight to Dubai

Song We Like: Hail Damage by Flight to Dubai

This is not background music. The singer hurls himself into your presence, whether you like it or not. If you’re playing this song in a car, anybody who is talking or thinking about something else will immediately come to attention and say ‘what is that?’ (It’s an interesting social experiment. Try it and see.) (Featured on our #35 podcast, Walt Whitman)

Song We Like: Dead Singers by Rebecca F

Song We Like: Dead Singers by Rebecca F

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I mean, she pretty much says what we were all thinking. Some singer who is disconnected to you, never met you, and is, moreover, dead, can be your soulmate and truly good friend. It is one of life’s great mysteries, and it’s something everyone has experienced. Way to exploit both profanity and metaphysics, Rebecca F! Good work. (Featured on our #35 podcast, Walt Whitman)

Song We Like: Kathy by Family Vacation

Song We Like: Kathy by Family Vacation

The lads from Chicago who make up Family Vacation are looking for America by writing an album inspired by the famous Simon and Garfunkel song of that name. Our favorite amongst these is “Kathy,” a song about the girl on the bus: she smoked the last cigarette an hour ago, and is a person worth considering in song. Again. (Featured on our #35 podcast, Walt Whitman)

Song We Like: Homme-Enfant by Annie More

Song We Like: Homme-Enfant by Annie More


This song comes from a deep rhythmic tradition of French pop music, in which muttering and song are woven together; it reminds me of an updating of “A Man and a Woman.” (Although, to be fair, I have no idea what the vocals mean, so he could be singing about anything. Don’t tell me — I like where it is in my imagination.) (Featured on our #35 podcast, Walt Whitman)

Song We Like: I Hate Christmas by Tight Solid

Song We Like: I Hate Christmas by Tight Solid

This song is as depressed and excited and angry as Christmas probably should be, and certainly is. His girlfriend went to Hawaii. Swear by the Devil never to spend New Year’s apart. (Featured on our #33 Podcast, Satan’s Eggnog.)

Song We Like: I Hate Christmas by Default American

Song We Like: I Hate Christmas by Default American

A short, mournful Christmas carol that won’t remind you of Christmas at all. Beautiful. (Featured on our #33 Podcast, Satan’s Eggnog.)