WEDNESDAY'S WHATEVER: Love this 1972 take on an old standard. … [Read More...]
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Sugar Circuit – Next Year
The band name says it all – sugary pop retro goodness. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/au/album/next-year-single/1861029632
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 […]
Wildcards
Sugar Circuit – Next Year
The band name says it all - sugary pop retro goodness. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/au/album/next-year-single/1861029632 … [Read More...]
Random Goodness
The Music Dissectors Episode 8 – Gyan / Way To Blue
Nick Drake is a musician whose regard has continued to increase in the more than forty years since his untimely death. Australian singer and songwriter, Gyan, gives her thoughts on the impact Nick Drake and his work has had on her own life. Our guest: Gyan … [Read More...]
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds – Sugar
SUNDAY SOUL: If you're going to have a soul band, then you want at least a seven-piece one. Which is exactly what Brooklyn-based Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds have, and it shows with great songs like this: … [Read More...]
When In Rome – The Promise
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: As an unadulterated eighties tragic I'm ashamed to say I haven't actually come across this song before, but it was a Top 20 hit in the US in 1988 and it's a pretty damn good song. As always with this era: a big hair warning. … [Read More...]
East Journey – Bright Lights Big City
WILD CARD: It's Australia Day and I couldn't think of a better video to showcase Australian talent than this one from 2014. East Journey hopefully have a bright future ahead and I'm hanging for more stuff from them. In the meantime enjoy this: … [Read More...]
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...]
Living Colour – Love Rears Its Ugly Head
FRIDAY FUNK: In the late eighties funk rock was the thing, and Living Colour were a band well and truly in that genre. Here's their 1990 release Love Rears Its Ugly Head: … [Read More...]
Artie Christopher – Stoned Soul
FRIDAY FUNK: Was he or wasn't he? You be the judge. … [Read More...]