“These Days” by Foo Fighters – The Song of the Week for 12/26/2011

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“These Days” by Foo Fighters is the 3rd single from the Grammy award winning Wasting The Light, released April 12, 2011 Genre: Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge If you don’t know who the Foo Fighters are, where the hell have you been for the past 17 years? They have compiled an amazing collection of work over the …

“Aberdeen” by Cage the Elephant – The Song of the Week for 12/19/2011

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“Aberdeen” by Cage The Elephant is the 3rd single from the highly anticipated 2nd album Thank You, Happy Birthday, released January 11, 2011 Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative rock, Punk Blues I have to give these guys some love because I saw them live last weekend at 91X Wrex the Halls 2011 concert. I was blown away. …

“The Cowboy’s Christmas Ball” by The Killers – The Song of the Week for 12/12/2011

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“Cowboy’s Christmas Ball” by The Killers is the 5th Christmas single released by the band to date Genre: Country, Cowboy Music, Christmas Music It is that time of the year so queue the Christmas music! Look what I found for you! The Killers can do no wrong, at least in my eyes. It’s true, they are …

“Lonely Boy” by The Black Keys – The Song of the Week for 12/5/2011

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“Lonely Boy” by The Black Keys is the 1st single from the new album El Camino, set to be released December 6, 2011 (tomorrow as of this posting!) Genre: Garage Rock, Blues Rock On the heels of their 2010 breakout, gold-certified, Grammy-winning album Brothers, The Black Keys return with a new album El Camino. “Lonely Boy” …

“Helena Beat” by Foster The People – The Song of the Week for 11/28/2011

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“Helena Beat” by Foster The People is the infectious 2nd single from the band’s debut album Torches and the followup single to the hugely popular “Pumped Up Kicks” Genre: Indie Dance, Indietronica, Indie Rock Frontman Mark Foster wrote “Pumped Up Kicks” while working as a commercial jingle writer at Mophonics in the Venice district of Los …

“Shake It Out” by Florence + The Machine – The Song of the Week for 11/21/2011

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“Shake It Out” by Florence + The Machine is the official 2nd single from the fantastic new album Ceremonials, released October 28, 2011 Genre: Baroque Pop, Art Rock, Soul There aren’t many artists out there that are on more of a tear than Florence + The Machine. The group’s debut album Lungs, released in 2009, won …