Via the YouTube channel Yesterday's Papers, a motherlode of musicians guest reviewing the Singles for Melody Maker and New Musical Express and Sounds - all from the 1960s or the early 1970sSlightly reduced in impact by the host of the channel reading them out himself in his mild tones. I reckon he should have tried to imitate these rock stars - ribald Scouser for the Fab Four, irascible East Ender for Ginger Baker, etc etc. Perhaps he could get AI to do it now? There's a huge number below and…
This video for the Monolithikmaniak mix of “Window in the Sky” - only to be found in this fuzzy, off-TV video cassette recording - is some kind of audio-video apex of its era. The chaste frenzy of the female dancers, who look like twins, but aren’tThe sound, so original and consummate - not techno but pure rave: those swoops and the squitty synth riffs that mash and mesh into the breakbeats, which are choppige at its most advanced yet also pop euphoric.Here is something blogged 20 bleedin years…
There has been a lot this week or two. I have been baking this one for a few days now, though, so I didn't want to do a NewsThoughts. Gerrymandering has been front and center in the news, with one of the most recent developments being the narrow vote in Virginia to redraw the congressional district lines to more heavily favor Democrats, which was recently approved by the Virginia High Court. This conflict began in earnest in Texas last year when alleged grafter and current United States…
I heard an absolute banger of an earworm this past week, and have been listening to it nonstop ever since. I want to bestow upon y’all Tame Impala’s new song, “Dracula.” If you had asked me a week ago if I liked Tame Impala, I would’ve said I was completely indifferent about him and couldn’t even name a song from him. That is still true except for “Dracula.” This song is an absolute home-run of a bop, and there’s even a remix version with JENNIE which is also very good. Here’s both versions for…
For a long time Form@ Records was something of a secret. A small label, a labour of love, run out of Tokyo, with carefully curated CDs, that were only ever released domestically. Somehow, however, word eventually got round and collectors of classic electronica worldwide began tracking down these treasures. Then in 2024 Jamie Tiller and Eiji Taniguchi included a couple of Form@ tunes on their essential Virtual Dreams II compilation. This was quickly followed by a 12 from Nik Weston’s Mukatsuku.…
Playing on my Apple Music when I woke this morning (4/27): the trio and chorus “They shall be as happy as they’re fair” from Act V of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, with its forward-driving syncopations accompanying the repeated “happy, happy”. A wild wedding song to start the day: They shall be as happy, happy, as they’re fair, Love shall fill all the places of care; And ev’ry time the Sun shall display his rising light, It shall be to them a new Wedding day, And when he sets a new…
It's not often I hear music so incredibly different, unique, and so far out of the comfort zone of what I usually listen to. Enter Angine de Poitrine, a band from Quebec, who managed to blow my mind. The look. The name. The brilliance of the guitarist creating loops with an intricate pedal setup he navigates with his bare feet. This is incredibly clever stuff.
Two weeks in a row! Here's Chicken Parm, last night's arbitrarily-titled musical performance, on YouTube or SoundCloud. As I mentioned in the last Week in Review, I'm trying to get more expression out of fewer parts. I listened to Voodoo by D'Angelo three or four times over the last couple days as inspiration for this one and I think you can hear that in the bassline. Hope you like it!
A couple weeks ago while bemoaning the hiatus-ing/disbanding of Shirotsume after a final gig in July, I mentioned a second body blow for fans of the poppier end of J-gaze and that’s because on that same day, AprilBlue announced they too would be splitting up following a final show in August. AprilBlue, of course, was […] The post AprilBlue -『言の葉の国』 appeared first on Space Echo.
Hey people! I woke up today with this song stuck in my brain, and thought it means I should share it, especially since I feel like I haven’t shared anything by Gwilym Bowen Rhys, who’s one of my faza peeps, in a while. It’s from Gwilym’s debut album, “O Groth y Ddaear” (From the Earth’s Womb). The words to this song were written by a man called Lewis Davies Jones, better known under his bardic name of Llew Tegid, who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century and was most famous as an…
Drew Gardner - Wave Field / Universal Light - Universal LightWhat are those Elkhorn boys up to these days? I’m sure there’s something awesome in the works — but in the meantime, Drew Gardner and Jesse Sheppard have some other irons in the fire. First up, is Gardner’s latest solo LP Wave Field, which sees him returning to the sweet full-band jams of Flowers in Space from a few years back. Indeed, the same ace rhythm section of bassist Andy Cush and drummer Ryan Jewell returns here, along with…
Brooke Combe was outstanding at Saint Luke's on Friday night, the first of 2 sold out shows in the gorgeous venue. Brooke's smile radiated warmth, her banter was good fun and her voice was exceptional. She is a super cool n soulful lass! Combe's star is rising on the back of her outstanding single How Can I Tell You? (blog) that she released last year. It's lifted her and the follow up Tears Don't Lie is of similar quality.In her mid-20's, Combe started to release her music independently via…
I’ve been away for two weeks so I’m catching up on blogging about my podcasts! This one is from two weeks ago with my dear nerdy mom Betty O’Neil. She explains who really invented email! Apple Spotify YouTube
I've had "All You Fascists (Bound to Lose)" in my song rotation for a little while – for, you know, reasons.Bette Midler's getting some coverage for her cover, so I thought I'd round up some other versions I like very much.To begin with, here's that Bette Midler cover:This Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens version is probably my favorite: upbeat and alive.The Billy Bragg version with Wilco is really strong too: Nina Hagen's father Hans was a Holocaust survivor held at Moabit, and…
The song, "Yukon," by Justin Bieber, is solid. It's a weird little minimalist tune. I liked it, and others did too, taking advantage of that minimalism to do all kinds of wild things with it. There is one remix that has taken over the radio more than the original, along with other riffs on the song, adding in other artists. We have covers by artists such as Sekou and Jamie Ave, Tate McRae , and more. Oh, and some wild mash-ups and tweaks, such as mixing it with Usher's hit, "Nice & Slow," or…
Best Record of 2001: Day 26 Good morning! Today we’re taking a look at Air’s 10000 hz Legend as it faces off against Tenacious D’s self-titled debut. Note: As many of you saw, I recently wrote about a Best Record of 2001 challengeand noted that I’d be writing some of these up. The plan is to do quick hits on each first-round matchup and post them directly to the page. Some will be longer, some won’t, and some might just be a handful of sentences. There’ll probably be a few typos. We’ll also…
Formed back in 2005 and only sporadically active until recent years, you would prove to be a real book worm if you had Werwolf (no relation to the Finnish pseudonym of similar spelling) from Freiburg, Germany in your listening archives. The thread of releases in smaller formats the project in the current decade should have suggested an impending buildup to a full-length album, yet I still never saw Satanic Terror coming. The record sounds exactly like something that has been rotting far away…
Nine Inch Nails “Parasite (Nine Inch Noize Version)” Nine Inch Noize is essentially Trent Reznor going back to basics as an electronic/industrial artist, but with the X factor of collaborators he’s picked up along the way – the German producer Boys Noize, his regular partner Atticus Ross, and his wife Mariqueen Maandig. It’s all old songs given a fresh jolt of energy, but the approach varies. “Closer,” “Heresy,” and “Copy Of A” feel different, but the bones of those songs are so strong that the…
I’m looking for information about the Irish band The Panic Merchants. I want to listen to their music. How do they sound like? I only know the name as they were on a compilation I don’t own but I know of and that has many bands I like: “Comet LP Two”. On that compilation released in 1987 the band contributed the song “Retro”. This compilation released by Comet Records (COME 2 TP) included great bands like Cypress, Mine!, Azure Days or The Practical Householders. “Retro” was recorded at Slane…
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. Candice Wuehle’s novel Ultranatural an immersive pageturner, a captivating story of friendship and fame. Sadie Dupois wrote of the book: “In a ramped-up retelling of the pop starlet mythos, Ultranatural…
In this Monday Pressing Concerns, we’ll be looking at brand-new albums from TV Star, Urq, Dipper Grande, and Lupo Citta. That’s a good haul, so be sure to check them out below. There will be a Tuesday post this week (yay!), so load up “Rosy Overdrive dot com” in your browser of choice tomorrow morning, too. If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to see what else we’ve written about lately. If you’d like to support Rosy Overdrive, you can share this (or another)…
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"Crazy" by Patsy Cline Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Post a song written or co-written by one of your favorite songwriters. - Crazy by Patsy Cline It''s a little know fact that Patsy Cline's signature hit was written by none other than Willie Nelson. I love this song so much that I taught my parrot to whistle it. View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks profile
On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all. ▰ Electric guitarist Eivind Aarset’s quartet is a gift that keeps on giving. The two drummers (Erland Dahlen, Wetle Holte) are so tight with drummer Audun Erlien that it sounds like a much more compact group than it is. ▰ The saxophonist Chris Potter assembled a remarkable ensemble,…
Switzerland’s WRWTFWW continue their excavation of Japanese label FORM@’s archive. In the process, pressing previously CD-only late 90s sets onto 4 sides of desirable vinyl. Last year they got the ball rolling with 2 LPs from Yasutaka Sato aka Virgo. The impressive imprint now follow that with the compilations ART FORM 1 and 2. Released in 1997 and 1998, respectively, the albums contain a total of 21 tracks. The sleeves list 15 artists, but these are actually the pseudonyms of a slightly…
Another concert compilation film, this one taken from multiple years of folk fests. PP&M sing their hit song about having a hammer and a couple Dylan tunes, but more importantly Mary appears to have two moles on her neck in a vampire bite pattern. Seeger sings about creamed corn, some bluegrass guys tear it up, some blues guys chill it out. Joan Baez gets the best lines during an autograph session and an after-show interview, including telling fans “don’t get so hysterical,” which hits hard in…
It’s been a while since I’ve updated you, fair readers, on the latest musical releases of former Chromatics members Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller, and Nat Walker. Their latest tunes are a combo of solo efforts and some new songs (or versions of songs) from last year’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage video game soundtrack, which featured the trio doing some of the most Chromatics-sounding songs since the band dissolved some five years ago. So here we go, a sampling of what they’ve been up to. (I’m not…
A mix of music with arpeggios in, just because I thought it would be an interesting constraint. 🎛️🎚️🎛️ Listen on MixCloud. Timestamp Artist Song (Link) Year 00:00 Kasper Koman Loco Motif 2018 04:21 Fakear feat. Alex Metric Carrie 2020 08:30 Nox Vahn Walking with Giants 2019 10:55 Kiesza Hideaway (Zac Samuel Remix) 2014 14:21 Rhythim is Rhythim Strings of Life 1987 21:07 KC Lights feat. Niki & the Dove THIS IS FOR YOU 2025 24:18 The Chemical Brothers Star Guitar 2003 30:06 RONEeS Discrete 2022…
