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.
Song of the day – 83: The Innocence Mission
Someone just sent me a download link to the new Innocence Mission album. Confusingly, it brings all the song titles up as ‘The Innocence Mission’. Ah well. I love this band even though I know so little about them. I couldn’t even tell you which country they are from. They recall The Sundays, a little. […]
Song of the day – 82: Sarah Blasko
I know what you’re thinking. You’re right. Here’s what I wrote about Sarah Blasko in my review of the Falls Festival for Drowned In Sound at the start of the year. Tuesday affords us of our first live sighting of the charming Sarah Blasko – slightly overwhelmed by the six musicians thumping out an indie […]
Song of the day – 81: The Fall
Another track rediscovered via that incredible ‘reference of female-fronted punk rock’ 12-CD compilation (still free to download). And yes, it’s fronted by a female singer (Brix Smith). And yes, it’s The Fall – Perverted By Language from 1983, to be precise. It’s the final album from the initial golden era or the first album of the […]
Song of the day – 80: Flowers
From the first Earcom compilation (parent company, Fast Forward, you might know better for Gang Of Four, Mekons et al, with its motto of “difficult fun” and “mutant pop”). I don’t mind admitting I’d completely forgotten all about it – despite its leading line of “met a boy called Jerry/Whose dancing was a treat” – […]
Song of the day – 79: Hive Dwellers (Calvin Johnson)
Calvin Johnson! He’s back! Well, this is a cause for celebration, no mistake. So let’s celebrate! The world’s grooviest dancer this side of me, Jonathan Richman and Nikki McLure. One of the greatest things about living in Seattle was being able to watch Calvin strut his stuff on stage on a regular basis. As Toby […]
Song of the day – 78: Blurt
Man alive, this band were scary, and a riot to dance to, live. Blurt. Blurt. Blurt. Blurt means Blurt means Blurt means Blurt means. You can find more information here. Main man Ted Milton is still releasing fascinating stuff, last I listened (couple of years ago). Oh, and here’s something I wrote about a Blurt […]
Song of the day – 77: Jemima Jemima
Kudos to Michaela over at Tumblr for turning me onto this. I know nothing – nothing – about this song whatsoever. The guitar owes something to Nick Zinner, and the male/female vocal interplay a little to Be Your Own Pet (I think I have the right band there), and it’s lovely and abrasive and short, […]
Song of the day – 76: Heaven 17
It’s a great song. It’s also the reason why I bought Penthouse And Pavement from Rocking Horse the other day (also it was cheap, and on exchange credit). We had ourselves a total dance party when we got home: me, Daniel, Isaac. It’s amazing how thin these early 80s records sound now – there’s no […]
