Sonny & the Sunsets – Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
God damn it, Sonny. You’re a charming guy. I didn’t care for the first album, the slavishly 50s garage stomp one, and couldn’t see how anyone could choose you over, say, that dude from Unknown Mortal Orchestra as one to fall in love with. And I didn’t even bother with the one that everyone called […]
Song of the day – 435: The Hot Toddies (+ free mix tape!)
Bubblegum pop with a sharp tongue that tells of wet dreams and surf paradises
Song of the day – 339: Boney M (and a musing on youth)
This music seemed so unreal, so glitzy and mainstream and safe when compared to the music we chose to listen to
Everett True in the UK, part two – London
“I didn’t listen to pop music growing up,” he reveals. “If I listened to music, it would be something classical”
Song of the day – 225: The Loves
Of course I have a crush on the wrong girl
Song of the day – 101: Rizzo
The shortest entrant in the Song of The Day lists yet, courtesy of the Grrl Band Geek blog. (Incidentally, mate: grrl should have three ‘r’s. I thought this out years ago: two indicates it’s just a slightly crap, alternate spelling of ‘girl’. Three indicates venom, power, PASSION.) Who or what were RIZZO!? Damn, how could […]
