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Some bands were obviously never going make it big. Some make it there, only to lose the very thing that made them special. Some fluke their way to success, through sheer happenstance. And then there are those bands who had … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Cave In
Post your Top 25 (or however many you feel like) songs that start with the letter J here. Ranked or unranked, it’s not important. Just go with what feels right to you. Personally, I limit my own list to … Continue reading Songs by the Letter: Your Top J Songs
The full program! – https://www.mixcloud.com/AircheXX/caseys-top-40-with-casey-kasem-from-december-15-1990/ The full chart – https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/1990-all-charts/ (Sadly, this chart does not have its own dedicated page; I’m not sure if they’re trying to hide it, or what. You can find it by scrolling down) Note: I’m … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback EXTRA: December 15, 1990
Welcome to the fifth installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives; I’m trying something experimental this week, so things might be a tad verbose and not make a lot of sense. I’ll need this outlook to cover Blorp Esette, an impentrable collection of … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi Fives: Los Angeles Free Music Society–Blorp Esette
Hello everybody, and welcome to the LAST Weekly Shuffle Thread before the year ends. In honor of this, the theme for today is songs with the word Last in the title of them! Post every last song with Last in … Continue reading The LAST Weekly Shuffle Thread of 2017!
WARNING: If you are easily offended by juvenile innuendo, or are overly-vexed by musical and cultural miscegenation and questions of “authenticity”, click away now. But if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to hear a cross between Bob … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Judge Dread
Those screams. Good god. Anyone who has heard The Blood Brothers can attest to the horrific effect of their signature feature, the dueling call-and-response vocal assault of singers Johnny Whitney and Jordan Blilie, trading shrill, piercing howls like an especially … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Blood Brothers
Post your Top 25 (or however many you feel like) songs that start with the letter I here. Ranked or unranked, it’s not important. Just go with what feels right to you. Personally, I limit my own list to … Continue reading Songs by the Letter: Your Top ‘I’ Songs
Maybe it’s just me, but one of the worst things about the Holiday season is being bombarded with Christmas songs. There’s only so many times I can hear “Feliz Navidad” without becoming enraged. Nevertheless, there are some winners. One of … Continue reading X-Mas Songs That Don’t Suck
The full chart: https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/1976/12/11/us-top-40-singles-week-ending-11th-december-1976/ How’s the chart as a whole? 1976 was a blockbuster year on the pop charts, with a twist– there’s an almost even split between the sublime and the wretched. For every groundbreaking and influential “Bohemian Rhapsody,” … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback: December 11, 1976
“Turning personal vendetta and small-minded revenge tactics into eventual cult status, Sebadoh!”–from “Showtape ’91,” a collection of hype tracks made by Sebadoh. Welcome to the rocky IVth installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives. Released the same month as Nirvana’s Nevermind, seBADoh’s III … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: Sebadoh-III
Welcome again to What’s the Concept?! Since it’s the end of the year, I’ve decided to take a look at a few albums that are essentially half of a concept album. You see, some bands and musicians, many of whom … Continue reading What’s the Concept?! Half an Album Year End Extravaganza
A venue of discussion for fans of metal, punk, hardcore and all the countless related sub-genres. Continue reading Heavy Side Up Weekly Discussion
The Christmas season is upon us, and the Weekly Shuffle Thread is celebrating accordingly! Today’s theme is songs with the word Season in the title of them! Have a happy holidays and share your favorite songs with Season in the … Continue reading The Reason For The Season Is The Weekly Shuffle Thread!
This is not meant to be a “defense,” per se, of Paul McCartney’s 1979 hit single and holiday playlist staple “Wonderful Christmastime.” If the sound of that sproingy synthesizer lead fills you with dread, and the loose, almost sloppy vocals … Continue reading The Bumblebee Flies Anyway: “Wonderful Christmastime” and the Genius of Paul McCartney
Pretty Girls Make Graves really seemed like they were on to something good. Part of this is because they explicitly positioned themselves as indie rock saviors of a kind – they were revivalists of a certain post-punk sound and style, … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Pretty Girls Make Graves
https://youtu.be/8RQDPwODja4 Tove Lo there, with my favourite video of 2017. (NSFW unless your work is fine with Muppet sex) What’s your favourite video of 2017? Share here and we can unscientifically judge the best. Continue reading Bonus Peely – Best Music Video 2017
They are not coming back. Sooner or later, anyone who’s been through a relationship’s end must come to grips with that simple fact. Electronic was a generically-named supergroup comprised of Bernard Sumner (Joy Division/New Order) and Johnny Marr (The Smiths, … Continue reading Song Spotlight: Breakup Songs
“If you wanna know if you’ve written a hit, play it for kids.”–Monica Lynch Welcome to the third installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives, where we favor tiny gyms over large stadiums. Today, we take a look at Innocence and Despair, the … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: The Langley Schools Music Project-Innocence & Despair
Even more so than in film, directing duos are rare, typically manifesting more as “collectives” when they do exist. The husband and wife duo of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris who directed videos over a span of 24 years before … Continue reading Video Director Spotlight: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Post your Top 25 (or however many you feel like) songs that start with the letter H here. Ranked or unranked, it’s not important. Just go with what feels right to you. Personally, I limit my own list to … Continue reading Songs by the Letter: Your Top ‘H’ Songs
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