Rare daytime post! Art Of Noise Art Of Love (Extended Mix) Ambience Of Love Heart Of Love So how the hell didn't I know about this? In 1990, Art Of Noise released "The Ambient Collection." As its name suggests, it is a collection of Art Of Noise tunes reworked as a continuous ambient mix. That alone sounds pretty rad. What makes it even more rad (I'm totally bringing "rad" back, by the way) is that the [...]
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 [...]
I first posted this album eons ago, and it sounded like complete dogshit. In my ongoing effort to redeem myself for my ceramic needle USB-turntable early days, here it is again, re-recorded with decent equipment. Live Letters - Bands Featured Live at the 101 Club This is a very interesting record, and I wish I knew more about the people who made it. Apparently the 101 Club was a venue in South London in the early 80s, but I don't know for how [...]
I would have included some Was (Not Was) stuff but I have to re-record those and I'm really tired. Wang Chung Let's Go! (Shep's Mix) Let's Go! (Dub Mix) Before I go any further, I think we need to discuss this video for this song. Go ahead and watch it. I'll wait. That was something huh? A while ago I said that Pretty Poison's "Catch Me I'm Falling" was the most 80s shit ever. [...]
British producer/DJ duo Psychemagik are known for their vast and varied record collection and their various edits and productions. Be it balearic to folk, deep electro synth jams to heavy funk, lush orchestral soul through to psychedelic hip hop and beyond, Psychemagik can do it, and do it well. I have been immersed in their edits and productions for the last week and don't intend to stop any time soon. Highly recommend getting involved. Download: Carnaval De Trancoso - Psychemagik (Right Click, Save As) Download: This Must Be The Place (Naive Edit) - Psychemagik [...]
Everyone wants to Wang Chung but it won't be tonight but you'll be able to next month! Wang Chung are back with a headlining date at the Satellite on Thursday, Sept. 1. The Wang Chung tour date is in support...
Here are five songs that I missed the first time around, but thanks to television, video games, and general pop culture, they found a way into my life (and into my heart). Dance Hall Days – Wang Chung One of the best songs from the Vice City soundtrack. The song makes absolutely no sense, though. Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) – Journey Another song I first heard in the 90s on a Beavis and Butt-Head [...]
Pretty psycho magic in fact. Psychemagik are some boys from the UK working in psychedelic electronica. Their remix of Fleetwood Mac's 'Everywhere', that I posted some time ago, caught alot of attention but their originals show the ground work for the genius. They obviously have a thing for retro throw backs but you could say that about pretty much everyone at the moment. The difference is, well as I see it, they don't seem to want to tow the line, [...]
Tom over at Psychemagik sent up some nice edits this week! The group consist's of two producer/dj's who both have roots in warehouse parties and underground clubs, their vast and varied... DOWNLOAD/ STREAM http://www.feelmybicep.com
The 90-minute premiere of The Walking Dead , based on the Robert Kirkman comic book series, pretty much lived up to all the hype that proceeded it. And audiences ate it up in droves (premiered with 5.3 million viewers, which is more than double what Mad Men achieved on their recent season four finale and approx 2.4 million more than highest rated episode). Fans of the comic book will notice a drastic cut in the amount of dialogue, which is a welcome change. The long, wordless scenes with Rick (Andrew [...]
Filed under: The Hit List Christina Aguilera 's new movie, ' Burlesque ,' continues a long tradition, from ' Jailhouse Rock ' to ' Purple Rain ' to ' The Bodyguard ,' of singers starring in movies for which they also dominate the soundtrack. Which got us thinking about singers who have defined the sound and spirit of an entire film without ever appearing onscreen. [...]
[Happy birthday today to sometimes-rocker Keanu Reeves. ... What's up tonight? You tell me ...] ☛ Even before you get to the music, Graham Forest's album sounds like serious stuff. It's called "Song of Trauma & Revelation" [ download free tracks from his Bandcamp site ]. He's at Spaceland tonight with George Ellias , among others. ☛ Nite Jewel celebrates the release of its new EP "Am I Real?" at the Troubadour, supported by Teen Inc. and a DJ set from Peanut [...]
It's Friday and I'm afraid there is no Top 5 Most Played Songs list this week because I lost all the play count numbers when my computer crashed. Yes, my computer flipped out in exactly 3 months and 5 days. That, my friends, is a personal record for me. See that picture on the left? That's what my computer would have looked like if it were a desktop and if I wasn't able to return it for a full refund. The nice computer store people even threw in a few oatmeal raisin cookies just to [...]
Number-one hits get all the glory, but what about the runners-up, the second-best, the popular-but-not-quite-popular- enough? You might be surprised what classic singles stalled at #2, and what forgotten yesterhits kept them from the top. Cover Me salutes the silver medalists as a reminder to the kids: winning isn't everything. As long as you come in second. Sebastian Cabot – Like a
Number-one hits get all the glory, but what about the runners-up, the second-best, the popular-but-not-quite-popular- enough? You might be surprised what classic singles stalled at #2, and what forgotten yesterhits kept them from the top. Cover Me salutes the silver medalists as a reminder to the kids: winning isn't everything. As long as you come in second. Sebastian Cabot – Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)Sure, it revolutionized the art of rock songwriting and tore down the walls between high and low art. And yeah, Rolling Stone labeled it the [...]
Cover Commissions is a monthly series in which a featured artist produces a special cover for this blog. The song to be covered is usually chosen by blog readers via a poll or suggestions form. Any artists interested in participating in a future installment, please email me at the address on the right. It's been a while since we've heard from May's Cover Commissions' artist Dan Eaton, but he's been away in his cover lair watching Duran Duran music videos, playing his 8-bit Nintendo and perfecting [...]
Well this is it...for reposts anyways. Don't worry, it takes more than a fucking DMCA for me to go away. However, a shitload of work and an unforgiving deadline will cut down on my productivity, as was the case this week. As for the DMCA notice, I still don't know what exactly was the offender, so until I do find out I'm withholding comment. You can bet that once I do get the facts I'll have something to fucking say about it though. For those of you who like my rants, stay tuned, this motherfucker is going to [...]
I come not to bury Wang Chung, but to praise them. Not the "wacky", "party" Wang Chung that crapped "Everybody Have Fun Tonight", "Let's Go" and "Hypnotize Me" upon the world, but rather the real Wang Chung, who made darkly catchy pop with a more serious undercurrent. The Wang Chung that was pretty much Lost in the 80s. Starting life as Huang Chung, the band recorded one album for Arista Records in 1982. Two years, one new label and a simplified name change later, the trio released one of the most essential albums of [...]
This is the most 80s my blog has been in a very long while. Get out your day-glo. Aztec Camera Somewhere In My Heart (Remix) Somewhere In My Heart (Alternate Mix) I know very little about this band. In fact the only reason I own this 12'' single is because a friend asked me to record it for them. I heard they did a duet with Mick Jones though, I'll have to track that single down. Awesome band name though. Underworld [...]
Bet you thought I was going to post something about the new SebastiAn EP, huh? Well, I thought about it and soon realized that my creative juices had been tapped when it came to describing the "guttural thrusts" and blah blah blah of the unique "bangré" sound. So I thought I would attempt to document what I'm feeling right here and now. While I'm not exactly known as the south east's biggest Wang Chung fan, I do consider myself a bit of a sentimentalist. And there are parts of me that are touched by such silly things as [...]
The Lost Turntable
SILENCE IS BORING
The Scenestar
The Ruckus
Patricia Never Leaves The House
Feel my Bicep
thus spake drake
Spinner.com
Buzz Bands
TheFrontloader.com
Cover Me
Lost in the '80s
Hi Fever
the Weekender ::: New music from Catcall // the National // Summer Camp
Ado – Pressure
KNIFE PARTY – RAGE VALLEY EP
The Inner Flame: A Tribute To Rainer Ptacek
