I recently submitted a tune for SLS13 consideration.  I submitted "Best of You" from the Foo Fighters. I just love it.  I blast it when I hear it and it puts a smile on my face.  It's just a great little rock song from the Foo and it's going on

I recently submitted a couple of tunes for SLS13 consideration.  I submitted "Finding Out True Love Is Blind" from Louis XIV and "Goodnight Goodnight" from Hot Hot Heat. I heard "Finding Out True Love Is Blind" a few times and each time thought "this is really good, perfect for SLS,

I recently submitted a tune for SLS13 consideration.  I submitted "Blue Orchid" from The White Stripes. I heard this song for the first time Friday afternoon and the first thing that struck me was how short it was.  I've heard it a few more times over the weekend and I'm

I recently submitted a tune for SLS13 consideration.  I submitted "Be Yourself" from Audioslave. Of all the great grunge rockers I've enjoyed through the years, nobody can touch the voice of Chris Cornell.  He's great once again on "Be Yourself", a definite sing-alonger.  SLS13 keeps getting better and better...

With March winding down we're half way there. SLS12 wrapped up just before Christmas and we'll be unveiling the songs for SLS13 at the end of June.  For the unaware,  there's an SLS guide. Looking over my notes it appears we're in pretty good shape. There are some great tunes

I'm a little behind on posting songs to this site that I've submitted via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS13 consideration.  This is a good opportunity to clean out my SLS closet. I have submitted the following songs.  They'll all get strong consideration.  For more on SLS, check out

I would have just submitted a song via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS13 consideration, but it was already submitted. I was going to submit "The Widow" by The Mars Volta.  It's a sensational song and a shoe in for SLS13.  I hear the entire album is awesome and

This note's still for you, only now you can look stylish while listening to it. We at Smells Like Sour are now selling official Smells Like Sour tee shirts.  See for yourself.  If your wardrobe doesn't contain one of these suckers, you're just not happening.

What's in a name?  That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. If Bill Shakespeare were blogging today, he'd be asking what's in a domain name.  Who can blame him?  Securing the proper domain name for your site is half the battle. Today we

I just submitted a song via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS13 consideration. I submitted "E-Pro" by Beck, the first single of his new album Guero. It's a very Beck-ish song and that's a good thing.  I get an Odelay feel from it and I'm digging the Beastie Boys

I've submitted a few tracks via the SLS home page for SLS13 consideration. I've submitted "Dead Disco" by Metric, "Cigaro" by System of a Down and "Little Sister" by Queens of the Stone Age. I'm a big fan of all three bands and they don't disappoint with these singles.  In

I've updated and reformatted my copy of the SLS database.  I list every song ever to appear on an edition of SLS in alphabetical order and reference the edition it appeared on. From 311 to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it's all there...including a few I'd rather forget.

I've submitted a couple of tracks via the SLS home page for SLS13 consideration. I've submitted "Not So Bright" by The Marble Index and "Feel It" by Jakalope, a couple of CanCon tunes that deserve to be considered come late June.  These two tracks join "Nothing To Lose" by Billy

I just submitted a song via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS13 consideration.  For an SLS primer, go here. I submitted "Nothing To Lose" by Billy Talent.  I've actually been really digging this tune for a while but we have a rule at SLS that an artist can only

Now that SLS12 is in the bag, it's time to deconstruct the 21 tunes that made the final cut.  How much of SLS12 is CanCon?  How many artists are making their first appearance on SLS? Find out the answers to these questions and more below. Canadian Content - 5 (Billy

It is with great privilege and honour that I unveil to you the final song list for SLS12.  For an SLS primer, go here and to see what appeared on SLS11, go here. It is the opinion of the SLS committee that this has been a less than stellar six

This weekend we're putting the finishing touches on SLS12.  For an SLS primer, go here. A number of people have written me or approached me about U2's "Vertigo".  People seem to really dig the tune and consider it one of the top singles of the year.  In reality, "Vertigo" never

There's only about six weeks to go before we in the SLS commitee finalize the tracklist for SLS12. For those of you who need an SLS refresher, visit the guide. Here are the tunes that will get serious consideration.  I'm listing them in order of their likeliness to make the

Anyone who isn't arriving at this site for the first time has seen references to SLS sprinkled throughout these pages.  I occasionally receive emails asking me what it is and why I nominate songs for SLS consideration.  Why is one song SLS-worthy and another not?  What does SLS stand for?

I just submitted a song via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS12 consideration. I submitted "Ocean Breathes Salty" by Modest Mouse, another good tune off of Good News For People Who Love Bad News.  It's rather likely this song will make the cut when we make our final selection

Have you ever heard of Jakalope?  This bio calls them the "brainchild of world-renowned studio genius Dave "Rave" Ogilvie".  Their official site is nothing more than an elaborate countdown clock which will probably contain all sorts of information when the clock runs down Monday at midnight.  With their single "Pretty

Eminem once wrote, "I never meant to make you cry, but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet."  This afternoon, I'm cleanin' out my SLS closet. I've submitted three songs for SLS12 consideration over the past week.  Those are Muse's "Hysteria", The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" and Franz Ferdinand's "This Fire". I

When we were putting together the final playlist for SLS11, it was pretty clear it was shaping up to be a pretty spectacular edition.  In very early April I first read this submission for The Von Bondies' "C'mon C'mon".  I secured an MP3 of the song and reviewed it, which

September is winding down and that means we're just about half way through the period of SLS12 submissions.  We'll choose the final playlist for SLS12 just before Christmas. Thus far it's shaping up to be a pretty weak edition.  Typically, better material shows up in the final three months of