Tuesday, March 31, 2015

FM dial scan highlights XXVI

I hadn't planned on writing an FM dial scan highlights list for the third day in a row, but there have been enough good songs played today to warrant it:

KDHX 88.1 FM
  • Waking The Jetstream-The Go! Team (A fun power pop tune, released a week ago.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
  • Country Preacher-Cannonball Adderley (An Adderley favorite of mine that trundles along subtly, with short, recurring bursts of energy; I also recommend Roy Buchanan's version.)
  • Keepsake-Craig Wuepper (Not just any song makes me want to sit in the car and listen until the tune is over; this smoky, unhurried piano piece did.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
  • Like The Weather-10,000 Maniacs (One of the band's best-crafted melodies.  Also recommended: "Don't Talk," "Verdi Cries," and "Trouble Me.")
  • Breakfast At Tiffany's-Deep Blue Something (One of the better '90s one-hit wonder songs; the lyrics convey a universal feeling of realizing you have almost nothing in common with someone and knowing it's best to cut your losses.)
WARH 106.5 FM
  • One Way Or Another-Blondie (Blondie absolutely sells the line, "I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha..." and the whole "one way or another" concept.  Worth seeking out: The "Veronica Mars" scene in which Kristen Bell sings this.)