Maybe a quiet haze drifts in your dorm as you worry about upcoming exams and patchy friendships. Maybe your heart just got flattened by a runaway relationship and the knots in your stomach are twisting and burning. Or maybe you’re trekking cross-country with a backpack and a dream and are suddenly sucker-punched with a jabby stab of loneliness. When you’re pumped up, pumped down, shaken sideways or rattled around, it’s always comforting to share a moment with a song or lyric that perfectly…
https://www.letour.fr/en/stage-21/image-galleryOn July 26, 2026 the Tour de France ended again. This time repeating the last stage of the previous year with the modified Champs-Élysées course. The winner was again Tadej Pogačar who has now claimed wins in 2026, 2025, 2024, 2021 and 2020. Only to be bested in 2023 and 2022 to Jonas Vingegaard who unfortunately crashed out of this tour.I was heavily in World Cup mood, but as the Tour started I was only aware of a few things I was tracking:Could…
Ron Trent refuses to sit still. His musical output is continually changing, shifting, seeking fresh directions. From his classic, Chicago jack beginnings – the major electronic landmark that is “Altered States” – to the stripped back future soul of Prescription – the imprint Trent ran with Chez Damier. From the emotive, warm, melodic, journeys of his New York-styled deep house, to his recent, fusion-flavoured releases – inspired, in part, by Brazilian maestros, Azimuth, and Michael Mann’s `80s…
I made this fun slab as a commemoration of the POAP KINGS, our Clash Royale clan, reaching 50 members for the first time recently. I love how well it turned out!
In the comments to the previous post about Robyn Hitchcock and his attempt to perpetuate 1967... Phil Knight mentioned that there was quite a bit of it - back-to-psychedelia (specifically English psychedelia) in the early-mid Eighties.... Television Personalities... The Cleaners from Venus, The Monochrome Set... Quite a bit of it - indeed there was, indeed there was.Focused on the UK Eighties uptake of the UK Sixties vibe, what follows is not even the complete inventory...First line of this…
This is another album in the series of Kansai-area techno compilations I played on here before. This one's got a bit more diversity in styles than the last volume - Okano Freak's track is much more straightforwardly bright 80s pop, and I especially enjoy the tone of MASA's instrumental track Sporophyte. Unfortunately the full album isn't available online anywhere, but I was able to find some of the tracks across a few sites - the Controlled Voltage and friends tracks from the Lost and Forgotten…
End of the World, is a track from the first album (Asylum) by Inpatient, and the video is a blast (well, it is the end of the world…). It’s lyrically dense – and very funny (love the line about the Vatican, allegedly, but there are too many standout lines to mention here). The song seems to be a (tongue in cheek) shrug of the shoulders at the world in general. Let’s self-medicate and get on with it, because we’re all f**ked anyway. Yet when I finished the watching the video, which is hugely…
The Powers of Darkness from left: unidentified, Dave Moreno, Anthony Anchundo, Dave Perry and unidentified. Photo taken at Southland Mall in Hayward Eric Burdon of the Animals with Dave Moreno of Powers of Darkness The Powers of Darkness came from Union City, though they’re sometimes noted as from Hayward. Members included: Dave Moreno – bass and vocals Dave Perry – drums Tony Anchundo – rhythm guitar and vocals It’s possible Sal Saccardo from the Just VI replaced Dave Perry on drums at some…
Rockin' In A Wooden ShackAnn Brewer and the Flames Century Recording Corporation of Dodge City, KansasMaster Leasing Division Audtion CopyCopyright 1965Discography:22409 Side 1 - Walkin Down The Street 22409 Side 2 – Rockin’ In A Wooden Shack 22410 Side 1 - Low Down Blues 22410 Side 2 - Frustration There was an interesting post from a member of the early Flames posted years ago to a yahoo group dedicated to the Kansas music scene. I saved the message at the time, unfortunatly omitting the…
Photo of Temper City taken from “Self Aware” video Late July is generally the hottest time of year for many locations in the Northern Hemisphere, and that’s definitely true for my part of the world in the Southwestern U.S. desert, where we’re experiencing our hottest temperatures so far in 2026 – 115-118 degrees Fahrenheit (46-48 C). (Which begs the question, why the fuck do I live here?!?) Needless to say, that means spending much of our time indoors, where listening to music helps to pass the…
Leading up to the 1965 Newport Folk Festival the organizers asked Dudley Laufman to put together a band. He got together some folks he'd been playing for, and this was the start of the Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra. They quickly became one of the leading bands of the contra dance revival, and in 1972 released a self-titled album (F-72-FW-3). I found a picture of the liner notes: I couldn't find the text of these anywhere, so I had an LLM convert them to text and manually cleaned up the…
My guitar recording philosophy has evolved toward minimal, purposeful gear: tone comes from the fingers, pick, guitar, and amp, while digital effects complement rather than replace the core sound.
JME coverage started at 2:30 this morning with the final three bouts of the Makushita yusho playoff. For those of you who couldn’t catch it live, remember JME will replay the action through the day on their dedicated sumo page. Usually, JME coverage begins with the first bout of Makuuchi, though we occasionally see a … Continue reading Nagoya 2026: Senshuraku
Everything is the same, only worse! Keep safe. If you're new to this metal blog of bones you can also check out the various interview projects I have going on as well as the weekly recommendation posts. And if you'd like to keep abreast of the latest, most pressing developments follow us wherever I may roam (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Bluesky, TIKTOK etc), and listen to my, I guess, active? (no) podcast (YouTube, Spotify, Apple), and to check out our amazing compilation albums. You…
I’m back on my learning guitar jag. This set of theory videos are great. ↬ ∙ Tagged in Music.
Links Posted to Thoughts The Week of 07-19-2026 There were 2 links posted this week. 07/21/2026 @19:49 The Lost Joy of Music Piracy: WhatCD, Oink, and Spotify | Pigeons and PlanesBy the time Nine Inch Nails’ comeback album With Teeth hit stores in 2005, it had already been available to download on Oink for a number of weeks. Rather than joining the growing number of artists angry at their fans for not waiting to pay, Sheridan says they saw it as a failure on the side of the music industry. “We…
"Sweet Agnes" by Masayoshi Takanaka Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Post a song that uses an instrument in an abnormal way This guy uses a surfboard shaped guitar. I took me a while to find a good picture of it. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist
Free Disco is one of many aliases used by a somewhat mysterious Japanese producer. While publicly keeping his true identity cloaked, Mr. FD, having relocated to London, was well connected within the world of the “nu disco” explosion of the late 2000s. His work appeared on labels such as Bearfunk, Electric Minds and Rong Music. Imprints that ran on the enthusiasm of folks, names, such as Stevie Kotey, Faze Action and Yam Who? The track, “You Are My Sculpture”, however, featured on one of two EPs…
One of my favourite recent YouTube discoveries is the Track Star* channel. While they also produce longer podcast episodes and showcase live performances, the videos I've been enjoying the most are the street interviews with celebrities.
The Toad of Maldoror (1932) by Valentine Hugo. • Old music: Thank You America (John Robie Dub Mix) by Cabaret Voltaire. Code, the group’s 1987 debut for the Parlophone label, receives an overdue reissue later this year with a substantial collection of remixes. • At Lesser-Known Writers: Douglas A. Anderson examines the career of Hal Garrott, a writer whose novels for children feature fine illustrations by Dugald Stewart Walker and Mary-Ponton Gardner. • The August catalogue of lots for the…
From the official R.E.M. video for “Crush With Eyeliner”, from their 1994 album Monster: (I love this song and would, in fact, marry it if I could.) The video:
Album of the Week, July 26, 2026 We’ve heard several albums by the great Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, featuring the hallmarks of the qawwali tradition: accompanied by harmonium and tabla plus a chorus, extended introductions, vocal improvisation, performances stretching anywhere from eight minutes to half an hour. We’ve also heard him in modern contexts collaborating with Peter Gabriel and others. But we haven’t heard his traditional work directly adapted for a wider Western…
Someone submitted my musical multitasking post to Hacker News, where Rochus Keller saw it and left some fascinating comments. He's developed a method of foot drumming, using midi organ pedals: youtube Here's another one: youtube Additional, audio-only, examples: 1, 2. I find this fascinating. The physical feel of organ pedals is very different from the kick drum pedals I play, much more keyboard-like, which means the technique is totally different. But it clearly works well, and Keller is able…
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Stop press! I'm honoured to be part of a supporting cast for Caroline Trettine's album launch on the 12th of September. Terry Edwards will join me for a couple of songs.Look at the line-up!Further details here: www.carolinetrettine.com
Iggy Pop and Catherine RingerI Put A Spell On You live on french tv April 2009 (youtube) I had planned to include this track in a compilation called Deep Golden Throats dedicated to ex-porn stars turned singers. But, given the mediocrity of most of the songs—almost all of them disco—I’m giving it a miss. Catherine Ringer was a porn star, not out of a desire for gain, but out of vice—in her own words.Filmography & bio https://www.egafd.com/actresses/details.php/id/c00008https://en.wikipedia.org/w…
Day 14 in Nagoya. News from the infirmary, Hoshoryu kyujo. He will finish the tournament with a 7-7-1 record. The posited Yokozuna Darwin Match will not happen. Kirishima will pick up an important win at a crucial time in the yusho race. Further news from the barber nextdoor to the infirmary, Daishomaru has retired. His … Continue reading Nagoya 2026: Day Fourteen
Advert in Record Retailer May 1969 Most famous for writing and recording the original version of “Harlem Shuffle”, Los Angeles soul duo Bob & Earl toured Britain in the spring of 1969. Guitarist Ged Peck, who previously played with Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound among many others, says his group Storm backed the duo on this British tour, although they are not listed on the dates below. Formed around November 1968, Storm comprised Ged Peck (lead guitar); Tony Dangerfield (bass); Peter Jennings…
