Song of the Day: Fang Island, “Daisy” + “Life Coach”
Today’s song, or shall I say songs come from a band who will probably break it big, no thanks to the large amount of digital ink being spread about them this week.
Fang Island began at RISD or the Rhode Island School of Design, known most to indie-rockers as the birthplace for the equally epic Lightning Bolt, and a TNG favorite, the Talking Heads.
Fang Island makes life-affirming music balls-to-the-wall party music. Their recently released second record, Fang Island, is full of epic guitars that mix more genres than most music critics can spell in thirty seconds. In their guitarist’s words they are trying to “make music for people who like music.”
Today’s two songs are back to back cuts from the album.“Daisy” starts with “Ooh’s and Oh’s” but then explodes into an epic rock monster. The song takes about four different turns but remains one hell of a party.
Right click to download “Daisy.”
“Life Coach” has more vocals than “Daisy” and keeps the same pace, but what stats as a head bobbing song suddenly turns into a head banging track.
Right click to download “Life Coach.”
Expect more from Fang Island on TNG, and go see them live when they invade your town.
03/20 Austin, TX @ Club Primo’s
03/21 Austin, TX @ RED 7
03/23 New Orleans, LA @ Dragon’s Den
03/24 Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
03/25 Atlanta, GA @The Drunken Unicorn
03/26 Greenville, NC @ Tipsy Teapot
03/27 Baltimore, MD @ Floristree
04/05 Brooklyn, NY @The Knitting Factory (Fang Island headline)
04/11 Washington DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
04/15 Boston, MA @ the Middle East Downstairs
04/16 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
04/17 Toronto, ON @ the Garrison
04/18 Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
04/19 Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio
04/21 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
04/22 Madison, WI @ High Noon
04/23 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
04/24 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr.
04/26 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
04/27 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/29 Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
04/30 Vancouver, BC @ the Biltmore
04/01 Portland, OR @ the Hawthorne
04/02 Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
04/05 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
04/06 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
04/07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/08 Los Angeles, CA @ the Echoplex
04/09 San Diego, CA @ the Casbah
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Hey, something is wrong with the Fang Island song, the download link leads to a blank page. I really like it. Can you fix it please? Thanks!
There’s an extra http in the link for Life Coach. Try this:
http://thenewgay.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Fang-Island-Life-Coach.mp3
This is an interesting post.. :)
Thanks so much Jeff, but not Jeffy! Perfect! It worked!
Sorry yall, there was an extra http, it is all fixed now.
a life coach is sometimes needed if you sort of lost direction in your life..*-
everyone needs a life coach, i often seek advice from old fellows which have more experience in life
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