Track Of The Day: February

February was a month that, like many other months, came and went. It’s held a few fun surprises: Gaddafi received an Oscar or something (current affairs is not my strong point); Arsenal failed to win a trophy… again; and Arcade Fire repeatedly kicked the pop industry in the teeth – sorry, no, that’s just a metaphor for winning awards – I know, I would’ve liked to have seen Simon Cowell’s bloodied face too.

But in the meantime we’ve been serving up some choice cuts for your indie delectation. I’d like to make a tip of the hat to Joe Rivers and David Coleman for making some great suggestions as well as making them there fancy hyperlink thingamajigs to aid your listening pleasure.

If you can’t get enough there’s a co-existing TOTD feature on our Facebook page – or in case you think my selections are, put politely, not very good.

These songs aren’t the biggest songs of the month; they’re not an ‘Indie top 40’ (because we figure that you’ve already heard all of those): but they are rough diamonds that have wormed their ways into our consciousness over the past thirty odd days. So here’s February’s list – I suggest you pick a few at random, listen to them, and feel free to make some comments… after all TOTD is really a benign dictatorship:

Lykke Li –'Knocked Up' (Kings of Leon's) - http://bit.ly/eMEqJh

TV On The Radio - 'Will Do' http://bit.ly/dLwHKK

Stereophonics - 'Gimme Shelter' (Rolling Stones) - http://bit.ly/195NFw

Jamie Woon - 'Lady Luck' http://bit.ly/exxDzK

Lupe Fiasco - 'All Black Everything' http://bit.ly/i8ZigL

Lykke Li – ‘Love Out Of Lust’ http://soundcloud.com/lykkeli/lykke-li-love-out-of-lust

James Blake – ‘A Case Of You’ (Joni Mitchell): http://bit.ly/eFIeH6

The Dodos – ‘Black Night’ http://soundcloud.com/christophe-laforge/black-night-the-dodos

The Raveonettes – ‘Forget That You’re Young’ http://soundcloud.com/edin2sun/the-raveonettes-forget-that

PJ Harvey – ‘The Last Living Rose’  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWBrWhrKchQ

Panda Bear – ‘Last Night At The Jetty’ http://bit.ly/eTo1T1

Dinosaur Pile Up – ‘My Rock And Roll’ http://bit.ly/hxiD4n

Dum Dum Girls – ‘There Is A Light That Will Never Go Out’ (The Smiths) http://soundcloud.com/rsrussia/dum-dum-girls-there-is-a-light

Strokes – ‘Under The Cover Of Darkness’ http://soundcloud.com/jaredwmccain/the-strokes-under-cover-of

Glasvegas – ‘Euphoria, Take My Hand’ http://bit.ly/i1BWTd

Neon Hitch – ‘Black and Blue’ http://bit.ly/ffFvIu

Young the Giant – ‘My Body’ http://soundcloud.com/brooklynskiclub/young-the-giant-my-body

Young the Giant – ‘Apartment’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbDNJzpaIxc&feature=related

Alexander – ‘Truth’ http://soundcloud.com/alexanderebert/truth

Vivian Girls – ‘I Heard You Say’ http://soundcloud.com/ferlopess/vivian-girls-i-heard-you-say

Atmosphere – ‘Freefallin’’ http://soundcloud.com/rhymesayers/atmosphere-freefallin

The Kills – ‘Satellite’ http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/the-kills-satellite

The Vaccines – ‘If You Wanna’ http://soundcloud.com/indiechorusly/the-vaccines-if-you-wanna

Fleet Foxes – ‘Helplessness Blues’ http://soundcloud.com/subpop/fleet-foxes-helplessness-blues

That’s all folks. Since you’ve reached this point why not write a reaction below, after all you’ve clearly got time on your hands…