Weekly Song Post: 'You're Mine' by Devin (2011)

I'm back with the weekly song post, and this weeks goes to Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Devin and his song You're Mine. Devin Therriault is a New York musician who started out circa 2009 by creating songs in pro-tools and playing all the instruments and singing all of the vocals. He later formed a band called Devin and the Little Angels. You're Mine is a track off of his EP of the same title, which was released on November 15th, 2011. If you like what you hear then be sure to head over to the band website HERE, or the artist LastFm page HERE.

Song of the Day: 'Why Even Try (feat. Sara Quin) by Theophilus London (2011)

Today's feature song is Why Even Try (feat. Sara Quin), by American rapper Theophilus London. Theophilus London was born in Trinidad in 1987, and was raised in NYC, and is currently a rapper out of Brooklyn, NYC, USA. Why Even Try is a single off of his latest/second studio album titled Timez Are Weird These Days, which was released on July 19th, 2011. For more artist info and music you can head over to his website HERE. 

Feature Song of the Day = 'Skippin' Town' by The Drums (2010)

Today's feature song is....Skippin' Town by American indie-pop group The Drums. The Drums originate out of Brooklyn, New York and consists of members Jonathan Pierce (vocals), Jacob Graham (guitar), Connor Hanwick (drums). This song comes off of their self-titled debut album which was released on June 7th, 2010 and is packed with goodies. For more info on this band and their music you can head to their website HERE, and now I'm Skippin' Town, Snap!

Song of the Day = 'Let's Go Surfing' by The Drums

Today's feature song is....Lets Go Surfing by American indie-pop group The Drums. The The Drums originate out of Brooklyn, New York and consists of members Jonathan Pierce (vocals), Jacob Graham (guitar), Connor Hanwick (drums). This track, like the last one I posted comes off of their self-titled debut album which was released on June 7th, 2010. Let's Go Surfing was the third single to be released off of their debut self-titled album. This song was originally released in September 2009 on their EP titled Summertime!, but was later released on the June 2010 debut-studio album, and then it was released as an actual single in August 2010. This song charted at #63 on the UK Singles, but surprisingly haven't appeared on the US charts??? Apparently, The Drums are better known in the UK than they are in the USA, and that seems to be more of a target market for them, so I guess I am taking it on as partly my mission here to introduce/plug their work to an American/Australian/global audience, so I hope you enjoy this song, and do be sure to check out the 2 previous song posts I've done on The Drums. Oh yeah, and Happy New Year everybody!!

#48 of VJ Samsonite's Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown! Beastie Boys: Fight For Your Right (1986)

Hello again, straight to it, #48 is...."Fight For Your Right" by American hip-hop group Beastie Boys. It would be surprising if you didn't know who the Beastie Boys are, they have practically become a household name over the years, and have produced prolific and solid repertoire. They came out of Brooklyn, New York in 1979 and comprised of members Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch, and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz. You might not know this (I didn't before doing a little research for this) but they started out as a hardcore punk group, and didn't make the full transition to hip-hop until 1984. They are said to be one of the longest living hip-hop acts in the world and continue to enjoy success 20 years onwards. According to wikipedia they have been nominated for induction into the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.' "Fight For Your Right" was the first single release from their major breakthrough album "Licensed to Ill" which was released in 1986. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it was also named as one of 'The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.' Well, there is #48, on to 47!

Song of the Day for October 1st, 2010: :"O.N.E." by Yeasayer

And the song is....O.N.E. by American experimental rock group Yeasayer. Yeasayer orignate out of Brooklyn, NYC,  they formed back in 2006, and they consist of members Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, Anand Wilder, Jason Trammell, Ahmed Gallab. This band is quite an eclectic mix of sounds and have some serious artistic/psychedelic elements to their productions. O.N.E.  can be found as the 5th track on their 2nd studio release album titled Odd Blood, which was released in February of 2010. The album peaked at #63 on the US Album Chart, and #64 on the UK Album Chart.

Song of the Day for August 7, 2010: The Drums: "Forever and Ever Amen"

And the song is.... Forever and Ever Amen, by American indie-rock band The Drums. The Drums come out of Brooklyn, New York and consist of members Jonathan Pierce (vocals), Jacob Graham (guitar), Adam Kessler (guitar), and Connor Hanwick (drums). The song comes as the 6th track of their debut studio album, which was just released on June 7th, 2010. Check out their myspace page or lastfm for more info.

And the "Hot Song of the Day" is....

...Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) (featuring MGMT & Ratatat), by American rapper, singer, and producer Kid CuDi.  Kid CuDi has been posted before on this vlog, but this song hasn't yet, so a brief re-hash and then the song. He is based in Brooklyn, New York and has just recently produced a new album/sequel to the album this song came off of called Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010). This song comes off of his Man on the Moon: End of the Day album, which was released in September 2009. Blah blah blah...and now the song...

And the "Hot New Music" song of the day is....

...Two Weeks, by American folk-rock group Grizzly Bear. Grizzly Bear are based out of Brooklyn, New York and consist of Edward Droste (vocals, guitar, omnichord, keyboard), Daniel Rossen (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Taylor (bass, backing vocals, various instruments, producer) and Christopher Bear (drums, backing vocals). Two Weeks is a single, and was released in May 2009. I've been randomly selecting songs from my playlist so hopefully you are all enjoying some of this stuff and getting some stuff you may not have otherwise heard. I have been making the little bio's (which are just summaries from Wikipedia really) shorter and shorter as I really don't find the details all that interesting, so I might just start doing the very basics like I did on this post. All though I will try to add a bit more info for the 80's posts, as they are tend to have a bit more history to them by nature. Enjoy!