Happy Birthday, The Edge!

1. U2, “We Love You (Edge Birthday Song)�
Celebrate the birth of David Howell Evans by listening to Bono ramble about how much he loves everybody during a show from 2001. [Scatter o’ Light]

2. EPMD, “Blow�
Brentwood’s favorite sons keep coming out of retirement, but unlike Jay-Z, Erick Sermon, and PMD, they just keep getting better with age. [Nah Right]

3. Assembly Now, “Dancing in the Dark�
Are you a fan of Bruce Springsteen’s second-worst single? (You’re still No. 1, “57 Channels (And There’s Nothing On)�). Wonder what it would sound like if an English quintet took it on? You have too much time on your hands. [My Old Kentucky Blog]

4. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, “Ah, Mary�
Alt-country’s latest charmer does sometimes lay the granola on too thick, but this track injects some nicely crunchy guitar squalls amid the gentle strumming. [Concrete Circles]

5. Licorice Roots, “Hey There Little Love�
Shambling, disjointed psychedelic roots rock that has to be the best thing to come out of Delaware since … actually, this is the first good thing to ever come from the Blue Hen State. [3 Hive]
— Kyle Anderson