WEDNESDAY'S WHATEVER: Love this 1972 take on an old standard. … [Read More...]
Latest
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
David Hasselhoff – True Survivor
TWISTED TUESDAY: Two critical points need to be made about this week's pick. The first is that this is one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time. The second is that most of the footage comes from a crowd-funded feature film called King Fury, which … [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...]
Debo Band – Asha Gedawo
WEDNESDAY'S WHATEVER: Would kill to see these folks live. Ethiopian pop at its best. … [Read More...]
Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You
THURSDAY TOP 10s: London Beat topped the charts in a bunch of countries with this song in 1990 and 1991. The song holds up pretty damn well after 25 years, the video not so much: … [Read More...]
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
SUNDAY SOUL: I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gon' come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to … [Read More...]
Sunflower Bean – Wall Watcher
TWISTED TUESDAY: Please tell me it's lipstick.... … [Read More...]
Sjowgren – Seventeen
WILD CARD: This 2015 release from the Bay Area (US) outfit Sjowgren is a catchy as anything I've heard in the past few years. Will be watching these folks closely. … [Read More...]