Tough |Meets| Sweet

If you're like me, you fall in love with every female musician, these chicks are no exception.  In this song, they caught you a delicious Bass line and somehow make punk hard and soft. LOL. Czech it

Manion- The Courtneys

Mac Demarco |Meets| Weirdo Pop

Mac Demarco's band mate's band that is super spacy and goofy. Best played around a ritualistic fire on the beach with some fellas.

This is the description of the video and it's wildly accurate: "when a surfing vacation with some tight bros goes horribly wrong, a hero is born. An arduous start in the ravaging surf is matched by a free-for-all with some new enemies. who will reign supreme in this man vs man drama? man?"

Walter TV- "Puka Shell Necklace" 

Futurebirds |Meets| Vampire Weekend and Chicken Tenders |Meets| White Wine

Happy Monday Bro-Flaccos.  If you had the opportunity to spend your Sunday-Funday in the DKE machine,  guzzling some girly vino and inhaling Raising Canes chicken, you were lucky enough to hear world famous DJ PENCiL spin this squadsong.

A nostalgic rock ballad, Dr. Dog's "Where'd All The Time Go" blends the youthfulness of the Futurebirds with the sophistication of Vampire Weekend.  Great song to lose your voice too.

-Fug Brady

Dr. Dog - "Where'd all the time go"

#TeeBeeTee Werewolves of London |Meets| David Bowie

Happy #TeeBeeTee squad nation, if you're still even listening.  It's almost as if this whole thing is just for my enjoyment.  Nah ya'll love it. Go Hoos!

Warren Zevon's "Nighttime in the Switching Yard" is BY FAR the funkiest song I know about train yards at night.  Don't really know why trains and funk go together so well, but I'm all about it.

Warren Zevon "Nighttime in the Switching Yard"

Charm City |Meets| Indie Pop

The Baltimore-based indie duo, Wye Oak effortlessly makes a huge sound out of 2 musicians. It's almost creepy how they do it; it doesn't make any sense, are they cheating? Should the Patriots lose their Super Bowl bid? Should the Ravens replace them? Yes.  Wye Oak - "The Tower"

Tame Impala |Meets| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

I hope all the squadders out there had a super tight weekend.  I didn't go to taco bell breakfast once, so I guess that's a victory, kinda not though.  Also, I was honored to be offered a spot on the DKE Swim Team relay.  Unfortunately for the squad, I got stuck swimming butterfly, which everyone knows is impossible.  Well on to the music...

If you're an avid Portlandia watcher like me, you've listened to Washed Out's "Feel it all around" as its intro song.  This squad song is by the same group and similarly makes you go "ah yes".  "All I Know" fuses bubbly indie pop with spacey synths, a bass line that pushes, and an emotional dude singing in the rain.

"All I Know"- Washed Out

Camp Virginia |Meets| The End of an Era

Sad morning at the squadsongs offices.  If you're friends with someone who went to Camp Virginia as a young boy, or even as an old boy in my case, you may have heard that this incredible institution is "permanently" closing its gates.  In memoriam, I will post a series of songs that were once the "Song-of-the-Summer" at one point or another.  Some will be squaddy, others will be girly as hell, but that's a boys camp for ya.  Additionally, I'll post some classic CV tunes. RIP CV, and Thanks-a-Lot

Old Crow Medicine Show- "Wagon Wheel"

RHCP- "Make You Feel Better", as played on the "Waking with the Bakers" Radio Show

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - "Home"

The Head and the Heart - "Lost in my Mind"

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals "Paris" (Oo La La)

Tallest Man on Earth "1904"

Old Crow Medicine Show "James River Blues"

Sigur Ros "Festival"

"When the Roll is Called Up Yonder"

Mario Lanza- "Lords Prayer"

#TeeBeeTee Walking into a Saloon |Meets| Wearing a Duster

For today's #TeeBeeTee, I'm throwing back to an oldie I first discovered whilst watching Pulp Fiction after Mia orders a 5-dollar shake.  "Rumble" by Link Wray makes you want to fling open the doors of an old saloon in slow motion and snap your duster, or maybe hide in the shadows and smoke a ciggy azalea if that's your thing.

"Rumble"- Link Wray

Weather Outside |Meets| Total Coincidence

Ohhh the weather outside is weather! Alright squad-songs universe, happy cold frosty wednesday.  Coming at you live from the confines of my cozy bedroom as mother nature throws some of the devil's dandruff down upon us.  On this cold and frost morning, it is appropriate that the song I send to you all is Bela Fleck's "Cold Frosty Morning", a classic banjo fiddle tune that'll surely make you want to deep fry something fat and complain about Obama and drink mountain dew code red, ya know, bluegrass stuff.  Coincidentally, this was the song my bluegrass workshop class learned last night. Enjoy

Bela Fleck-"Cold Frosty Morning"

LCD Soundsystem |Meets| Gorillaz

Now this description doesn't hold true for all of Ariel Pink's stuff, but its for shire on point for this squad song.  Combining LCD Soundsystem's lo-fi primal grooves with the goofy/slightly creepy vocal samples and progression of some Gorillaz, "Black Ballerina" makes you want to pelvic thrust violently in a public place; it's that catchy.  There's also some dialogue where this nervous dude talks to a stripper so there's that.

"Black Ballerina"- Ariel Pink 

Feist's "1234" |Meets| Wilco

If last night you spent a delightful evening in the DKE machine, you might feel like your first day of school is moving a bit in slow motion...wink wink.  PHOX combines some tightly controlled female vocals with the backup of a Wilco-esque sound and I'm all for it.  Also the sexy clarinet solo gets me straight heated


PHOX- "Slow Motion"

U2 |Meets| New Order

This jam by indie-rock group Clap Your Hands Say Yeah takes Bono's powerful, pre-bike accident vocals and throws them on top of some 80s/new wave/post-punk for a combination that feels reaaaaal nice and is a much safer alternative to actually taking Ketamine and Ecstasy.  Best when played during you're AM ice-coffee squad up, pre Toaster Strudel.

Squad Songs thinks drugs are bad mmmk


Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- "Ketamine and Ectasy"

Japanese School Girl |Meets| Hipster Dudes

First off, big shout out to my man Lenny Bones out at gogucci.blogspot.com for throwing this band my way. As with most of his music suggestions, I initially wrote him off completely, ultimately binge listened, and am now pretending I found it first.

Kero Kero Bonito sounds like "Fook U" and "Fook Mi" from Austin Powers teamed up with some talented Brooklyn hipsters. Combining Japanese-Pop, 90s video game sound bits, and some tight indie-rock mixing, KKB puts out a funky-Asian sound that makes you want to explore the sights and sounds of Japan in a Zelda costume.

Kero Kero Bonito - "Small Town"

#TeeBeeTee--That Old-Fashioned Romantic Feeling |Meets| Urban Indie-Pop Chicks

For this #TeeBeeTee, transport yourself back to being 16, when your hormones made you angsty and forced you to listen to inspiring music like M83 or Coldplay's "The Scientist" as you questioned authority and thought deeply about that special someone.

"Until We Get There" by the vocal-duet Lucius gives you that "old-fashioned romantic feeling, where you'd do anything to bone her," and takes you back to those sweet sweet days.

Lucius- "Until We Get There"

Italian Disco |Meets| Toto's "Africa"

First off, let me apologize for not throwing this jam out there earlier.  I was so caught up in the fame and fortune of the blog world that I forgot to stick to my roots, which is exclusively this song. Thanks to Bobby for bringing me back down to Earth.

In the words of Justin Olderman, as written on my wall, "Ryan Paris just gets it." You're damn right Joldy.  Paris's top selling hit, "Dolce Vita" combines 80s Italian Disco with the feel-good, sing at the top of your lungs, 80s pop hit vibe, kinda like Toto's Africa.  Turn this ish up to 11 at that point in the night when you feel like you just got the star in Mario Kart, and you'll really know what it's like to live in la Dolce Vita.

Ryan Paris- "Dolce Vita" 

Drive-By-Truckers |Meets| Modest Mouse

Let's goooo blog universe, Squad Songs die-hards have already given the 'Broshea Song of the Day' 30 page views.  Granted, they were all from me as I struggled to log out of my school gmail account and into this gmail account, but whatever it's the small victories. Well here's a tight jam you guys...

Deer Tick blends that raspy, authentic, Southern-skoal-n'-shine rock vibe with the song writing ability and mature progression of a Modest Mouse or Dr. Dog.  I've had them on my radar for a bit, but thanks to the big-brother knowledge of Spotify radio, I've started diving into their deep tracks.  This song, "Mange" I feel perfectly captures Deer Tick's dual nature, you know, that kinda song that makes you want to sip some hot java and then get after some Miller Lites in those sexy classic cans

Deer Tick - "Mange"