Song of the day – 21: Buzzcocks
Long overdue, even though this series is less than a month old. And there’s only one song it could be (um: complete lie – pretty much ANY of their songs is a contender).
Song of the day -20: Sparklehorse
Mark Linkous R.I.P. News story here.
Song of the day – 19: The Pastels
I know you weren’t wondering where it all began, and this wasn’t where it all began anyway, and also I was really wanting to post a link to ‘Love It’s Getting Better’, the sixth song on Unfair Kind Of Fame, but couldn’t find one that was appropriate… So I thought maybe I could post this […]
Song of the day – 18: Papa Topo
This song chanced onto my iTunes a short while ago, and it made me happy, it made me glad for randomness in life, and reminded me of Room 40‘s excellent Add N To Friends compilation and other such sweet treats. I know very little about Papa Topo except that 1) this song appears on the rightly […]
Song of the day – 17: Subway Sect
“Everyone is a prostitute/Singing this song in prison/Moral standards, the wallpaper/The war is a bad religion…” First band (strictly speaking) that I ever saw. Went out and bought this single the next day. Even now, Vic’s words can reduce me to tears of frustration.
Song of the day – 16: The Thin Kids
All this banter about The Thin Kids. It’s about time we celebrated with a song. And there’s only one song that is appropriate here. The Thin Kids – In Joke Photograph courtesy of the fine Brisbane Live Reviews blog
Song of the day – 15: Joanna Newsom
There was always only one song that could feature in today’s Song Of The Day, after I received Joanna Newsom’s new triple album in the post yesterday from the ever-wonderful Spunk Records. And that, of course, is a song from Have One On Me. A song sung by the ever-wonderful Joanna Newsom. A song that goes […]
Song of the day – 14: Rachel Sweet
To celebrate the fact that tonight I’m going to see John Waters perform his stand-up routine at Brisbane Powerhouse, one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite films of his, as performed by one of my former teen crushes.
Song of the day – 13: Everybody Was In The French Resistance… Now!
Oh, this is just wonderful, pure el Records – Bad Dream Fancy Dress, Louis Phillippe, Songs For The Jet Set. My six-year-old laptop is freezing every few seconds, the music is crackly and distorted, but I just had to play this album twice through this morning. This particular song features members of Art Brut and […]
Song of the day – 12: Sportique
There’s a moment in a recent Dr Who when the Doctor confronts Bernard Cribbins’ character, and asks belligerently, “Why are you so linked to my fate”, or something similar. I feel the same way sometimes about this man. All of his bands and music have linked through my life since the early 80s. And Sportique – […]
