SUNDAY SOUL: This 2002 song was nominated for Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Like hearing about old albums? You might enjoy our Music Dissectors podcast … [Read More...]
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Angie Stone – No More Rain (In This Cloud)
SUNDAY SOUL: This smooth piece comes from Angie Stone’s 1999 album Black Diamond. Like hearing about old albums? You might enjoy our Music Dissectors podcast […]
Yngwie J. Malmsteen – Rising Force
METAL MONDAY: This version of Rising Force was filmed at a live show in Leningrad in 1989, which is reason enough to check it out. […]
Superorganism – It’s All Good
TWISTED TUESDAY: Wow. This clip needs a few dozen watches at least. Huge kudos to whoever put the video together. Oh and the song itself […]
The Dandy Warhols – You Were The Last High
WEDNESDAY’S WHATEVER: The Dandy Warhols have had some quality releases over their career, not least of which is this gem from their 2003 album Welcome […]
MGMT – Kids
THURSDAY TOP 10s: This one was Grammy nominated, and rightly so. Great song, nice pulp horror clip.
Junior Mance – Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ To Ya
FRIDAY FUNK: This gem comes from 1970 as the last track on the album With A Lotta Help From My Friends
Wild Nothing – Chinatown
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: From Wild Nothing’s 2010 album Gemini. Lovely stuff. Like hearing about old albums? You might enjoy our Music Dissectors podcast where we interview […]
Prince – Dirty Mind
It’s been a year since we lost Prince from the music world. It’s still definitely a poorer place without him, but here’s some of his […]
Wildcards
Pulp – Common People
WILD CARD: This 1995 classic from Pulp is a bit of a teaser for episode 2 of our podcast in that the man who produced this, also has the credit for the album we discuss on the podcast. … [Read More...]
Random Goodness
The Bar-Kays – Soulfinger
FRIDAY FUNK: Am I the only one who saw a Beatles album cover when first looking at this song? 1967 was the year of release, so let's assume it's some cover art homage. … [Read More...]
Alice In Chains – Would?
METAL MONDAY: This 1992 song was penned about the lead singer of Mother Love Bone, Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose a couple of years earlier. … [Read More...]
Clarence Carter – Snatching it Back
FRIDAY FUNK: For Eighties progeny like myself, we probably know Clarence Carter best for the 1985 song "Strokin'", but that's rightly not what we're showing here today. Here's one of his funk hits from 1969, Snatching It Back: … [Read More...]
The Music Dissectors Episode 1 – Will Henshall / Tubular Bells
We kick off our first episode with something iconic: Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. Released in 1973, it still generates interest and discussion today and we give our take on the album and its impact. Will Henshall is an award-winning musician, composer and … [Read More...]
Deuce – Call It Love
TWISTED TUESDAY: I can't put my finger on why I find this clip a little surreal - maybe it's the adults in baby cots. … [Read More...]
The Lightning Seeds – Perfect
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: 'Rabid' is probably the best word to describe our love for the Lightning Seeds here. Perfect is one of a dozen songs I'd like to feature, but the clip for this one made it the pick. It also comes from my favourite Lightning Seeds album, … [Read More...]
Erasure – A Little Respect
SATURDAY SYNTHETIC: It's hard to think of an outfit with catchier songs than Erasure. This was their tenth single and it's arguably as strong as the others. … [Read More...]