Do you remember The Soup Dragons? If you’re from the UK and / or of a certain age (the certain age that means you actually remember buying albums on cassette), you probably do. If not, this band probably passed you by completely. Which would be a shame because, while Hotwired isn’t necessarily one of the [...]
Filed under: Backtrack, Classics, Soundtrack Day | Tagged: C86, Indie, Soup Dragons | 2 Comments »
It’s no secret that I love Cornershop. Yeah, I say I’m a big fan of a lot of bands, and it’s always true, but this is special. Like on equal footing with how I feel about the Beatles. One of those rare, one-in-a-million bands whose music you love so much it almost makes you feel [...]
Filed under: Classics, News-ish Roundup, Some Other Stuff, Soundtrack Day | Tagged: Cornershop, Indie, Pop | Leave a Comment »
I put the emphasis on my because these aren’t going to appear on anyone else’s run-down of 2010. Or two out of three anyway – the artists of my year actually have a lot in common, but release dates aren’t one of them. Not that there wasn’t enough good music out in 2010. It’s been [...]
Filed under: Album Of The Month, In The Merry Merry Month, Single Of The Month, Soundtrack Day | Tagged: Adam Haworth Stephens, Chiddy Bang, Eels, Frightened Rabbit, Gil Scott-Heron, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Indie, Johnny Flynn, Langhorne Slim, Mark Ronson, Menomena, Our Lost Infantry, Pop, Rock, She & Him, Son Of Dave, Summer Camp, The Black Keys, The Drums, Tom Petty, Tunng, Wavves, Yeasayer | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while, eh? Sorry about that, there was some real-life stuff going on that couldn’t be avoided. So to get back into the swing of things, I’m just going to throw down some recent tunes that I’m currently into. There’s no theme here really*, just some good stuff I like that maybe you’ll [...]
Filed under: Music, Soundtrack Day | Tagged: 6music, Allo Darlin, Beach House, Chiddy Bang, Hip Hop, Indie, MGMT, Pop, Radio, The Drums | 1 Comment »
Soundtrack Day is an older 100b category that I had to bring back for this post, because this song is definitely a part of my personal soundtrack. Indonesia’s day of independance is celebrated on August 17th, but we will be celebrating the joyous freedom of my motherland this saturday. And by “celebrating”, I mean eat. [...]
Filed under: Music, Soundtrack Day | Tagged: Ada Band, Indonesia | Leave a Comment »
