METAL MONDAY: a great clip and a brain pounding song. Recommended. … [Read More...]
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Tower of Power – Souled Out
SUNDAY SOUL: It doesn’t get much better than Tower of Power. Like hearing about old albums? You might enjoy our Music Dissectors podcast where we […]
Times of Grace – Far From Heavenless
METAL MONDAY: a great clip and a brain pounding song. Recommended.
Superorganism – It’s All Good
TWISTED TUESDAY: Wow. This clip needs a few dozen watches at least. Huge kudos to whoever put the video together. Oh and the song itself […]
MGMT – Kids
THURSDAY TOP 10s: This one was Grammy nominated, and rightly so. Great song, nice pulp horror clip.
Junior Mance – Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ To Ya
FRIDAY FUNK: This gem comes from 1970 as the last track on the album With A Lotta Help From My Friends
Wild Nothing – Chinatown
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: From Wild Nothing’s 2010 album Gemini. Lovely stuff. Like hearing about old albums? You might enjoy our Music Dissectors podcast where we interview […]
Prince – Dirty Mind
It’s been a year since we lost Prince from the music world. It’s still definitely a poorer place without him, but here’s some of his […]
Wildcards
Pulp – Common People
WILD CARD: This 1995 classic from Pulp is a bit of a teaser for episode 2 of our podcast in that the man who produced this, also has the credit for the album we discuss on the podcast. … [Read More...]
Random Goodness
Aloe Blacc – The Man
SUNDAY SOUL: I have no idea why Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III felt the need to take on the stage name Aloe Blacc (ok, maybe I do), but he's certainly had some significant success over the last five years or so. Here's a soulful tune from his 2013 album Lift … [Read More...]
Janis Joplin – Cry Baby
SUNDAY SOUL: Janis Joplin covered this song by Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters, releasing her version in 1971 where it reached number 42 in the US Charts. … [Read More...]
Jill Scott ft. Anthony Hamilton – So In Love
SUNDAY SOUL: Sounds like a love song to me: Yeah, yeah, yeah! I’m glad this week is over, I need to get away, Go home and throw my clothes on, Come get you right away! Can’t wait to see you looking lovely, I hope you’re thinking of me, Cause all … [Read More...]
Santigold – Can’t Get Enough Of Myself
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: This 2015 release from Santigold is the prelude to her latest album, 99c. The song is fine, and you have to check out the accompanying website - the best use of Tumblr I've seen. … [Read More...]
Question Mark and the Mysterians – 96 Tears
THURSDAY TOP 10s: 96 Tears came in at number 5 on the Billboard year-end charts for 1966. … [Read More...]
Peter Gabriel – Blood Of Eden
WEDNESDAY'S WHATEVER: It's hard to find a song of Gabriel's that doesn't deserve featuring, but I've chosen this one for the video clip and the power the song has. It also features guest vocals from Sinead O'Connor. … [Read More...]
Meco – Star Wars Theme
You'd have to be living in the Outer Rim not to have been bombarded with all the Star Wars hype at present. We're always happy to jump on a bandwagon, so here is a classic piece of Star Wars-related music. Classic as in heavily disco-driven. If you're of … [Read More...]