Today’s song of the day is actually from an album that was just released today and one which I have been waiting for quite some time. The artist’s name is Holly Miranda and the song is titled Waves. It is moody, atmospheric, and dreamy; all of these qualities I like in my music. I won’t say hear that she sounds like Cat Power because I am sure everyone else has or will. I will say (erroneously) that she sounds like Carol Channing. But not at all. The name of the album is The Magician’s Private Library and it is well worth a purchase. If you want to sample it beforehand, head over to Lala and you can listen to and download the whole album. Listen first, but I almost guarantee you will buy at least a song. [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/michaelgallagher/holly-miranda-waves” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=006fff” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] On a side note, I am starting to fall in love with Lala as a browser-based alternative to iTunes. Please do not tell Apple as everything else I own (and love) is Mac or Apple based. If they find out, they might detonate the self-destruct mechanism I am certain they have embedded in my MacBook somewhere. And my iTouch. Lala provides a slight advantage over iTunes in a few different ways. So, Holly Miranda is a joy and you should go purchase her music. She is Brooklyn-based, but then again every musician in a three-state radius around Manhattan is. Apparently, the whole borough is a musician’s commune. Even bands who only nominally reside there are Brooklyn-based. Some even doubling as taxonomists and digital librarians in New Jersey in their waking hours. The horror.
