Filed under: News , Exclusive Tom Hines Despite their synthy, somewhat retro sound, Brooklyn pop duo Chairlift insist that they weren't intentionally influenced by the music of the '80s. In fact, they weren't even listening to a lot of music from that decade when they made their debut album, 2008's Does You Inspire You . It wasn't until the record started eliciting comparisons to acts from the era that singer and synth master Caroline Polachek [...]
Band'its At Ten O'clock is another 101 release that came out the same year as Live Letters . Unlike that album, this record is a collection of studio cuts and not live records. But it's equally, if not more so, impressive and well worth the listen today. The Scene All People Go Mad You like mod music? These guys sure did. This album came out in 1980, but this song sounds like it was ripped straight out of the late-60s. Great stuff, very [...]
Howard Jones ' 'New Song' from1984. Throw off your mental chains! Throw them off! Do It! I;m watching! Oh Oh Oh! A Musik Laden performance of Thompson Twins ' 'The Gap', again from 1984 More from 1984, Nik Kershaw 's 'When A Heart Beats', just 'cos. You can buy most of this music from: [...]
Check out the top cover albums of 2011, featuring Duncan Sheik, Hussey-Regan, Steve Cropper, the Jolly Boys, Marissa Nadler, and more. Plus, download an MP3 from each!
"You ask if I love you, well what can I say? You know that I do and if this is just one of those games that we play So I'll sing you a new song, please don't cry anymore and then I'll ask your forgiveness, though I don't know just what I'm asking it for"
In case you're wondering why I sometimes post "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits" albums, if an album is not available on grooveshark, or if it is incomplete, which happens quite frequently, then a compilation is usually my second choice, if not my last resort. Greatest Hits is a compilation album by British pop band Thompson Twins, released in 1996 on the Arista Records label. Read more »
Denver rocker Kamtin Mohager's project, The Chain Gang of 1974, amplifies the Thompson Twins' one-hit wonder, 'Hold Me Now.'
Thompson Twins , sorely overlooked heroes of 80's music, to often considered a flash-in-the-pan, they awere actually around for years with a string of successful records, one of those being 1984's 'Doctor! Doctor!', here performed on Top Of The Pops. Buy Thompson Twins's music from: Follow @electronicrumor
Versatile singer-songwriter and Broadway composer Duncan Sheik releases 'Covers 80s' a collection of British synthpop tunes that he loved as a teenager.
Thompson Twins : Lies [ purchase ] The Thompson Twins song Lies takes off from the worst lie you can tell a person, if it is a lie: "I love you". The song says the rest. I caught up with the Thompson Twins in the summer of 1983. They were playing at my local new wave/ punk dive, City Gardens in Trenton, NJ. I had never heard of them, but I had seen enough good shows at City Gardens to take the chance. The band took the stage, [...]
The Thompson Twins' summery pop 80's anthem becomes something contemplative, bordering on melancholy in the capable hands of L.A. performer Sara Lov . Taken from her enchanting covers album "I Already Love You" -- out now. Great line: "So I'll sing you a new song, please don't cry anymore and then I'll ask your forgiveness, though I don't know just what I'm asking it for..." [...]
Download : Escape From New York - Fire In My Heart (Gareth Cheshire Edit) Talking Heads - I Zimbra (Gareth Cheshire Edit) The Police - The Voices Inside My Head (The Circle Of Trust Edit) Thompson Twins - Beach Culture (Circle Of Trust Five Minutes Of Disco Glory Edit) Visage - We Move (Gareth Cheshire Edit) David Bowie - Fashion (Gareth Cheshire Edit) [...]
I don't dance. It's something I've never done for fun, fame or financial gain. I've never felt inclined. Though I didn't grow up in that town in Footloose , they're wasn't much dancing in my hometown. I slow danced at prom one year, but I only recall one or two dances being held during four years of high school. Mostly kids just gathered informally in some farmer's field past the outskirts of town with a few kegs procured by older students (who'd make the trek to the state where eighteen was [...]
i am going to try to post a mim mix every month for the rest of this year. that would make 11 in 11 if i get it done. afterall, this blog intends to rock you, the reader/listener/browser. so let's get to rockin! please come back monthly if you wanna hear some tunes that you may not have heard before by some of my favorite artists. these songs are just for listening not for download. some people actually listen to music the old way, on vinyl records. for the kids out there, those were [...]
This is an important element of a New Years Eve Party that so many unfortunate souls neglect. Don't let it be this you this year Another Year Has Gone By by Celine Dion - Psych!!! Ha oh man... I wish I could've seen your faces with that one. Curse the non-personal nature of blogging. Ok [...]
I don't really know what to say, but out of one of the strangest emails I've received lately comes a very cool track from Hopeless , who I still don't know anything about. Tried Googling "hopeless" and just found a bunch of random shit that made me depressed. Here's the email (I think it's a joke, but I don't get British humour) and the song, check it out. Due to my pending trial I am not legally able to discuss this whole story. What I can say is that both Tom Bailey (the white guy [...]
Trash founder Rory Phillip s delivers this quality post-punk mix as part of the White Light series. White Light No.24 mix - Rory Phillips Detachments – Fear No Fear (Naum Gabo Mix) The Splash Band – Die Klapperschlange Visage – We Move (dance mix) Grace Jones – Nipple to the [...]
I'm not sure when Spring Break became an event, but it was beginning to take on a life of its own by the time I reached high school in the early '80s. It was an underwhelming stretch on the calender for most of us in southern Indiana. Sure, it was time off school which was a wonderful thing, but there were no junkets to Ft. Lauderdale or Cancun for most of us. There were a handful of kids from more affluent families (or families feigning affluence) who trekked off to more sunny locales, but, [...]
DOWNLOAD: Kites with Lights - "The Weight of Your Heart" Kites With Lights' debut five-track EP, The Weight of Your Heart , was released last August but its sound fits perfectly with the techno-pop bands from the early to mid 80's. Kites With Lights is the brainchild of one-man band Jonah Cordy who gives each song a full sound that would fit perfectly alongside bands like New Order, OMD and Dream Academy. Jonah has a cool and subdued voice, which is complemented by [...]
Tomorrow's all 80's New Wave, Synth Pop, R&B, etc. party inspired me to finally do my Thompson Twins post. I've been meaning to share these tracks for like a year. So at last I bring you my favorite cuts from the Twins, in all of their freshly reripped and mastered glory. Thompson Twins - Love On Your Side (No Talkin') Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps Thompson Twins - (Long) Beach Culture Mediafire [...]
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