Song of the day – 93: Aztec Camera
A few days back, I had me a hankering to hear some old school Roddy Frame. I can’t remember why now, shame. Anyway, we’ve been playing his Scots band’s debut album, 1983’s High Land Hard Rain consistently every morning since: it doesn’t intrude too much on the children’s mayhem, but also soothes, the sweetness of […]
Song of the day – 92: Tender Trap
That’s Tender Trap, not Temper Trap for all you musical bozos out there.
Song of the day – 91: Cornershop
I’m sure this album came out two or three years ago in the UK. Maybe not. You lose track of time here. Anyway, it’s just being issued in Australia, and seeing as how a) I love it, and b) The Vine have commissioned me to write a review, I thought I’d post this song here. […]
Song of the day – 90: Kate Nash (again!)
I vowed not to repeat the same artist twice in this series, let alone two songs from the same album, but… This song is so weird, I have to draw attention to it, however. Despite the comments from various fans on the ‘net (“she’s been listening to Huggy Bear, Lydia Lunch“) (“is Kate Nash trying […]
Song of the day – 89: The School
Once had myself a great drunken night in Cardiff several years back, in the company of some of the people who play on this record. I can’t recall why I was invited up, but I sure hope no one lost too much money by doing so. Not least among my pleasures was that I finally […]
Song of the day – 88: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
To celebrate the fact there’s a new compilation featuring this overblown, over-hyped, New York rich kids plaything of a band, I thought I’d post a video of their one good song. (They have another good song, but don’t play a particularly good version of it. And it wasn’t even written by them.) Yes, you’re quite […]
Song of the day – 87: The Exciters
While we’re here… Here we have perhaps the second greatest 60s girl group video ever made – namely, The Exciters singing their Northern Soul floor-shaker to a bear. (Want more? Go check out my sadly dormant blog, Great 60s Pop. Enough people demand it, I’ll reactive it in the near future.)
Song of the day – 86: Cake
This song is lifted directly from my Great 60s Pop blog to counter the malicious rumour spread about by Lisa Miller with her cover of same that it’s simply a dreary, insipid, polite radio-friendly, breathy (OH MY GOD!, hands to face) tune to drink overpriced coffee in Melbourne’s lanes to. The video to the original […]
Song of the day – 85: Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs
C’mon. It’s always time to be excited when there’s a new Holly Golightly album in the offing. This one doesn’t disappoint. Not whatsoever. Hey, here’s an interview I conducted with the lady for Plan B #22. This is the raging moon. High above the New Forest where wild horses roam, illuminating the narrow roads of […]
Song of the day special – 84: recording ‘Teenage Kicks’
Like it says on the card. Here we have a video showing The Undertones recording ‘Teenage Kicks’. Zowee, baby! I’m a little confused as to the dating, though. Surely, the single came out in 1978.
