Song of the day – 11: Dandy Livingstone
Much as I, Charlotte and Isaac love The Specials – and we do, trust me, we do – and much as I, Charlotte and Isaac love the Specials’ version of this particular song, I’ve gotta confess something to you right here, right now. We love the 1967 original featuring trombonist Rico Rodriguez even more.
Song of the day – 10: Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis, dudes. On Fridays, he rules my world. Have yourself a listen.
Spotlight – 42: Velociraptor
There’s a dinosaur exhibition down the Science Museum on the Southbank: and Isaac’s favourite part of it is the video of the dinosaurs singing, “Danger, danger/Velociraptor/Danger, danger/He’s got the hook claw”. Now I have no way of ascertaining whether this song was a formative influence upon the frenzied scenes of chaos and surf rock magic […]
Song of the day – 9: Las Kellies
I hope these wonderful ladies from Argentina don’t mind me uploading these two tracks for you all, as a taster of their ace minimal girl-punk. I wrote about them here. And bless me, if a smart li’l package didn’t show up in my postbox a couple of days ago, with their two albums in. And […]
Song of the day – 8: The Undertones
I’ve been listening to this killer live recording of The Undertones – Rockpalast 17.10.1981 – on my way in to QUT in the morning, on the 380. Man alive, it makes me so happy and loving to be alive. Thought I’d share some of the happiness with you.
Song of the day – 7: Kate Nash
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I’m really not sure if… well, y’know. If I heard this straight up without knowing the artist, would I like it? FUCK YEAH. And knowing the artist? FUCK YEAH! It’s very Breeders, isn’t it? Now someone… send me the bloody album!!
Song of the day – 6: King Tubby & Santic Allstars
Borrowed this fine compilation from the QUT library the other day, The Rough Guide To Dub. Thought I’d share a cut from it with you. Dude should still be alive today. This is great music to research to.
Spotlight – 41: Bitch Prefect
This recommendation comes courtesy of the fine Eternal Soundcheck blog. As Matt writes, “Bitch Prefect are from Adelaide and play really nice simple pop music – Think the Clean, Velvet Underground, a bit of Half/Japanese and mix it up with the retardation that growing up in a small city town in Australia would do to […]
Song of the day – 5: Hole
Coincidence, that’s what the timing of this blog entry is. Coincidence. I’d been planning on running this one for weeks…. NOT! Lest we forget how ‘down’ with the Grrrl revolution Courtney was. P.S. Great song, though.
Song of the day – 4: Pavement
Someone who keeps the faith sent me an advance promo of Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement, and I remembered that my listening pleasures in the car are limited. So I took it into that sacred place, and listened as I drove to QUT, and listened as I drove to Deadnotes practice, and listened […]
