Song of the day -20: Sparklehorse
Mark Linkous R.I.P. News story here.
Song of the day – 19: The Pastels
I know you weren’t wondering where it all began, and this wasn’t where it all began anyway, and also I was really wanting to post a link to ‘Love It’s Getting Better’, the sixth song on Unfair Kind Of Fame, but couldn’t find one that was appropriate… So I thought maybe I could post this […]
Song of the day – 18: Papa Topo
This song chanced onto my iTunes a short while ago, and it made me happy, it made me glad for randomness in life, and reminded me of Room 40‘s excellent Add N To Friends compilation and other such sweet treats. I know very little about Papa Topo except that 1) this song appears on the rightly […]
Song of the day – 17: Subway Sect
“Everyone is a prostitute/Singing this song in prison/Moral standards, the wallpaper/The war is a bad religion…” First band (strictly speaking) that I ever saw. Went out and bought this single the next day. Even now, Vic’s words can reduce me to tears of frustration.
Song of the day – 16: The Thin Kids
All this banter about The Thin Kids. It’s about time we celebrated with a song. And there’s only one song that is appropriate here. The Thin Kids – In Joke Photograph courtesy of the fine Brisbane Live Reviews blog
Song of the day – 15: Joanna Newsom
There was always only one song that could feature in today’s Song Of The Day, after I received Joanna Newsom’s new triple album in the post yesterday from the ever-wonderful Spunk Records. And that, of course, is a song from Have One On Me. A song sung by the ever-wonderful Joanna Newsom. A song that goes […]
Song of the day – 14: Rachel Sweet
To celebrate the fact that tonight I’m going to see John Waters perform his stand-up routine at Brisbane Powerhouse, one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite films of his, as performed by one of my former teen crushes.
Song of the day – 13: Everybody Was In The French Resistance… Now!
Oh, this is just wonderful, pure el Records – Bad Dream Fancy Dress, Louis Phillippe, Songs For The Jet Set. My six-year-old laptop is freezing every few seconds, the music is crackly and distorted, but I just had to play this album twice through this morning. This particular song features members of Art Brut and […]
Song of the day – 12: Sportique
There’s a moment in a recent Dr Who when the Doctor confronts Bernard Cribbins’ character, and asks belligerently, “Why are you so linked to my fate”, or something similar. I feel the same way sometimes about this man. All of his bands and music have linked through my life since the early 80s. And Sportique – […]
Song of the day – 11: Dandy Livingstone
Much as I, Charlotte and Isaac love The Specials – and we do, trust me, we do – and much as I, Charlotte and Isaac love the Specials’ version of this particular song, I’ve gotta confess something to you right here, right now. We love the 1967 original featuring trombonist Rico Rodriguez even more.
