Online radio sampler highlights LXXIV

Standout tracks heard today:

KUNV (Las Vegas, NV)

• Smile Like That-Esperanza Spalding (Warm, honest lyrics about a reaction people like to elicit from their significant others.)

KUSF (San Francisco, CA)

• It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)-Peggy Gou (A dance groove that sustains itself well for over six minutes; when I heard the intro, I half-expected Deee-Lite's Lady Miss Kier to start singing.)

WBER (Rochester, NY)

• Toast-Streetband (If Sons Of The Never Wrong's tune of the same name just isn't quirky enough for you, and you prefer observations about toast in a talk-sing format, here you go.)

WFDU (Teaneck, NJ)

• To Be Invisible-Curtis Mayfield (Moving lyrics about the injustice of being marginalized unjustifiably.)

WTMD (Towson, MD)

• The Joke-Brandi Carlile (Lyrically, this is an appropriate companion piece with Curtis Mayfield's "To Be Invisible.")