THURSDAY TOP 10s: This 2013 title track release from Arcade Fire hit Number 1 on the Billboard Alternative charts, and rightly so. This song and video clip are both top notch. Enjoy: … [Read more...]
BØRNS – Electric Love
WEDNESDAY'S WHATEVER: US artist BØRNS has one hell of a voice. Combine that with some great music(love that guitar riff) and you have a deserved long-stayer like Electric Love. The song comes from the 2015 album release Dopamine. Check out more of BØRNS here … [Read more...]
Knower – The Government Knows
TWISTED TUESDAY: This very recently released clip confirms all your worst nightmares - and is funny to boot. Definitely not safe for work or kids, you've been warned. Thanks to Bunny Knutson for the heads-up and definitely check out Knower's website - it's a treat on its own. … [Read more...]
Spiritual Beggars – Turn The Tide
METAL MONDAY: Ahh, stoner metal from Sweden. What else would you want? This 2013 release packs a punch and even non-metal fans will probably want to rock a little. … [Read more...]
Earth, Wind and Fire – Reasons
SUNDAY SOUL: We can't go past Earth, Wind and Fire given this week's death of the band's co-founder Maurice White. Here they are in 1999 playing their song Reasons: … [Read more...]
Bag Raiders – Sunlight
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: Bag Raiders are an Australia outfit around for coming up to a decade, and songs like 2010's Sunlight make it clear why they've got longevity. And hell, any clip with a chimpanzee in it automatically deserves inclusion. … [Read more...]
Foster The People – Best Friend
Any humble website dreams of having at least one dedicated person who likes what they do, and at The Music Week we're definitely lucky to have one of those. This song goes out to Stephanie - thanks for your ongoing support! And like you we love a bit of Foster The People. Here they are on David Letterman doing a great live version of Best Friend, which was released in … [Read more...]
Tommy Roe – Dizzy
THURSDAY TOP 10s: Dizzy is a sing that's been covered a number of times, but the original came in as the sixth most popular song in the US in 1969 and held the top spot on the charts for four weeks. Here it is in all its balloon-infused glory: … [Read more...]
R.E.M. – Hope
WEDNESDAY'S WHATEVER: Trying to pick a favourite R.E.M. song from their enormous body of work is impossible, so instead I've picked what I consider to be one of their most interesting / esoteric / deep songs. Hope for me definitely fits that bill. The song comes from the band's 1998 album Up. Leonard Cohen gets a songwriting credit due to the similarity of the song to … [Read more...]
Headless Chickens – Gaskrankinstation
Twisted Tuesday: I still remember seeing this clip for the first time late one night in 1991. They're a much underrated New Zealand outfit and a perfect for our Twisted Tuesday slot: … [Read more...]