About Track of the Day: On a roughly daily basis, I'll be posting a link to a song. These will usually be songs that I like from things I'm not reviewing, or newly released singles, or great songs from olden times, or just whatever I feel like at the moment. They don't get a grade - I'm not looking to critique their lyrics or philosophize about their lasting impact on our culture - I'm just pointing my finger dumbly and saying, "Hey, check this out." Also: each song will have some connection to the previous day's song, and there are fabulous prizes (well, somewhere there are - I don't personally have any) for the first person to correctly guess the link.
"Sequestered in Memphis" - The Hold Steady
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Going way back to 2008, off of their album Stay Positive, today's selection is from another group that I've never really been able to fully get in to - The Hold Steady. I like all the people that are supposedly their influences (Bruce Springsteen, The Band, etc.), but while I enjoy their music, I'm not all that enthusiastic about it. Still, "Sequestered in Memphis" is a pretty fun rocking song that's probably one of their most accessible tracks. Check it out!
Previous day's connection: Two connections here really. Firstly, and more generally, both The New Pornographers and Broken Social Scene are Canadian collaboratives (or "supergroups" despite BSS not being fond of the term), being composed of artists that typically also work with other bands or on solo projects. Also, both songs were off albums released this past May. Good times! Who can guess this one? (Yes I realize that no one reads this blog, except Eli - Hi Eli! - but I am going to continue to write as if people do. Because I feel like it)
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