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Category Archives: OLD

Baby, If I’m hurt, you’ll feel the pain

♫ Best Coast – Boyfriend (MP3) At the forefront of the lo-fi dreamy 60s style pop movement is Best Coast (he says with AUTHORITY haha). When I first heard this, I was convinced she was singing about a girl and was completely thrilling over it (in the way that anytime any alternative music offers anything [...]

All Rock ‘n’ Roll is homosexual

As another new Manic Street Preachers album looms on the horizon (Postcards From A Young Man is out in September) and I find myself yet again having to defend this once so vital and fiercely intelligent band to haters, I thought I might as well just get it out here once and for all. So [...]

I call it on-land-swimming

Amazing scenes from Angela Lansbury — Positive Moves! Remember — ‘Present yourself as a woman of loveliness’ and to ‘give yourself a break — there’s something to like in every body’!

I’m afraid this kind of joy can’t last

Gene Pitney — Town Without Pity (swoon!)

Crystal eyes

♫ The Nightblooms — Crystal Eyes (MP3) Dreamy grungey lo-fi from the 90s which sounds like it could have been produced by femme-fronted-lofi-noise-makers of current days (bar a few 90s guitar extravagances early in the track). Actually, this sound is atypical of the rest of the Nightbloom’s music unfortunately — ‘why?’ is the question I [...]

So darn rich, people tell me she’s a witch!

AMAZING SCENES from 1980s Top of the pops — this is a totally breathe-taking song and performance from Sue Wilkinson. I’ve bought ‘You’ve got to be a hustler if you want to get on‘ on 7 inch (the only format and which disappointingly wasn’t ever released in a picture sleeve) so when we get the [...]

We dont need no

Pink project’s Disco Project is A STRANGE AFFAIR INDEED! Love how the children clearly don’t speak English during the lip-sync. Also find their album cover art a strange and beautiful thing! Enjoy!

Your sword goes straight through my heart

SO as it’s my birthday I thought I’d give you guys presents! Crazy right? I know! Ha! Please find below a bumper batch of amazing tracks for your aural consumption! I’m not even going to review them because I know you’re all smart enough to make your own decisions\delete what you don’t like\treasure what you [...]

I LOST MY HEART

Some people are happy all of the time, well I’m not like that

I’m DELIGHTED to report that there seems to be an exciting resurgence of THE DARK SIDE of the 80s with bands borrowing heavily from goth, new-romantic, and industrial! I hope this is only the beginning and we see a lot more of this sound this year… anyway watch this space! ♫ Light Asylum – A [...]