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 […]
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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 … [Read More...]
Random Goodness
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...]
Erasure – A Little Respect
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: It's hard to think of an outfit with catchier songs than Erasure. This was their tenth single and it's arguably as strong as the others. … [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...]
Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: The Pet Shop Boys performed a cover of the great Elvis song in 1987 on a TV special commemorating the 10th anniversary of his death. It was so well received they recorded it. I happen to think it was a damn good move: … [Read More...]
Andy White – All It Does Is Rain
WEDNESDAY'S WHATEVER: Andy White is a veteran Irish musician living in Australia. He has eighteen albums under his belt and this song is one of his more recent ones. You can find out more about Andy here. … [Read More...]
The Police – Invisible Sun
THURSDAY TOP 10s: This little beauty hit number 2 on the UK charts. The UK was the only territory where this was released as the first single from Ghost in the Machine - everywhere else got Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic … [Read More...]
Groove Theory – Tell Me
SUNDAY SOUL: Duo Groove Theory are still around today, but Tell Me is arguably their most well know song, hitting number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1995. … [Read More...]