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Month: June 2017

25th June 2017 Track 5 Comments 2010salternativeart rockelectronicaexperimentalTrack of the Week

I Promise

Radiohead have always had many influences. A band that tips its hat to Pink Floyd, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Smiths, Miles Davis, Aphex Twin, krautrock bands and 20th century classical music (among others) is bound to have developed a somewhat idiosyncratic style. And they are always experimenting. That gives their album catalogue something of a…Read more I Promise

18th June 2017 Track Leave a comment indiepoprockTrack of the Week

Hall of Fame

Delving blindfold into the laundry basket of titles earmarked for Track of the Week today the hand of fate picked out Hall of Fame by The Script. Sometimes choosing a song is the difficult bit; this time it's what to write. You see, there's not much to say about this single except that it's a straightforward…Read more Hall of Fame

16th June 2017 Album 1 Comment Album of the Monthalternativeexperimentalindierock

Oczy Mlody

The title of this post is not quite gibberish. The words are Polish. Individually they mean 'eyes' and 'young'. Unfortunately, 'oczy' is feminine plural and 'mlody' is masculine singular. And, to make matters worse, the words are in the wrong order for the phrase 'young eyes'. Not that this bothers The Flaming Lips who chose…Read more Oczy Mlody

11th June 2017 Track 2 Comments 1960s1970s1980s2000s2010selectronicaTrack of the Week

Doctor Who

The First Doctor has been characterised as a crotchety old man but he was so much more, displaying childish delight, great charm, enormous warmth and a wonderful sense of mischief during his many adventures through time and space. - A quote from the BBC website It seems my secret identity has been revealed. Yes, Crotchety Man…Read more Doctor Who

4th June 20174th June 2017 Track 1 Comment 1960spsychedelic rockRnBTrack of the Week

Walk On Gilded Splinters

In 1968 the Broadway musical Hair opened in London's West End. It caused quite a stir in the British news media. It was praised for its songs and production but there was some vehement criticism, too, mainly for the 20 second scene in which the actors stood naked on the stage. Hair  was a story about…Read more Walk On Gilded Splinters

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