April 2009
85 posts
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Martha and the Muffins - Obedience
I discovered...
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Love Is All - Wishing Well
(via...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities In Dust
What Was The Best Video To Air During MTV’s First... →
The “Ashes to Ashes” / “Once In A Lifetime” sequence is the no-brainer. It’s weird that two Split Enz videos came before Bowie and the Talking Heads.
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The Velvet Underground - The Murder Mystery
The...
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Associates - Party Fears Two
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100 Days of Disco →
britticisms:
How did I not know about this? 100 Days of Disco is a collective internet project (on Tumblr!) for good disco, italo, electro, early house and dance music. It is largely based in Chicago with additional contributors scattered throughout the country. What they say:
What’s the concept? Originally, after making mixtapes, DJing and enjoying music together, we thought about having a...
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Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (Stop Making Sense...
“It occurred to me at an early stage to be a unique sound. I don’t know who...”
– Drawing a line between facts and - Sheffield Telegraph (via salonika!)
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The Comsat Angels - Do The Empty House
Excellent...
I took these photos of My Bloody Valentine →
(via masochisticopposite)
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Family Fodder - Emergency
Such a great band....
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Big Flame - Sink
Think Minutemen meets Fire...
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Arthur Russell - Springfield (DFA Remix)
I was...
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David Bowie: A Live Review. →
butterflyeffects:
This guy appears to have bootlegs for every live Bowie performance, ever.
Knock yourself out.
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“And what does “Come On Eileen” say? To me, it says that whether you look at pop...”
– FreakyTrigger: DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - “Come On Eileen”
This is one of the best explanations of pop criticism and a great articulation of one of my reasons for taking on this project. I’d recommend clicking through to read the rest of Tom Ewing’s post (and you can read my own thoughts on Dexys...
Musicophilia Daily: Yoko Ono - “Mindtrain” (1971) →
This track is a Krautrock-or-Fela-level stretch-out, kicking into a fully-fledged-funky groove and never letting up; Klaus Voorman bounces things along nicely on the bass, the drums slowly build the train-like churn from a breakbeat stomp into a Faust-like barrage; and John shreds and shards the guitar like a slightly-more-in-control-than-usual Sonny Sharrock. Ono’s freak-out vocalising (if you...
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Wire - Another The Letter
Here’s a minute...
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D.A.F. - Der Mussolini
Dance the Mussolini, move...
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The Wipers - Don’t Know What I Am
(via binnster)
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The Chameleons - Perfume Garden
If you’re...
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Life Without Buildings - New Town (Live)
I saw...
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Favorite Joy Division?
“Heart and Soul” for me.
New Order sandwich combinations
grayandgreen:
1. Bizarre Lettuce Triangle
2. Bacon Love Triangle
3. Bizarre Love Tomato
4. Bacon Love Tomato
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Shellac - My Black Ass
petermartin:
I’m sort of...
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Scientists - Swampland
imlosingmyedge:
Joy...
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Todd Rundgren - Intro / Breathless
Hot Chip fans...
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David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
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Sonic Youth and Allez-Allez and Bauhaus and... →
britticisms:
R.E.M. and The Replacements and Mission of Burma and Madonna and Liquid Liquid and Konk and The Fall and…
