Author: Alex Deley

Song of the Day: Medium Medium “Hungry, So Angry”

Despite their brief initial run, UK post-punk act, Medium Medium, wielded an outsized influence over the post-punk revival of the 2000s.

Categories: Blog, music, post-punk, punk, Song of the Day Tags: Dance, Medium Medium, music, post-punk, song of the day

Icelandic group, Sigur Rós, fuse ambient music, indie rock and beautiful orchestral music with stunning results on “Starálfur”.

Categories: Blog, indie, Song of the Day Tags: alternative, indie, music, Sigur Rós, song of the day

Deniece Williams‘ “Silly” is an evocative and expansive soul ballad that sounded both old and new even when it was first released.

Categories: Blog, music, R&B, Song of the Day, soul Tags: Deniece Williams, music, R&B, song of the day, soul

Today we bid a fond farewell to a true American original and indisputably the most rock ‘n’ roll man who ever lived, the great Little Richard.

Categories: Blog, In Memoriam Tags: In Memoriam, Little Richard, rock 'n' roll 1 Comment

Today we remember Kraftwerk co-founder and electronic music pioneer, Florian Schneider, who passed away yesterday.

Categories: Blog, In Memoriam Tags: electronic, Florian Schneider, German, In Memoriam, Kraftwerk

“St. Elmo’s Fire” finds Brian Eno and his collaborators capturing the auditory version of a rare physics phenomena.

“Shine On” was the single that put House of Love on the map and it remains both one of the band’s key songs and one of the best of the era.

Categories: Blog, indie, music, rock, Song of the Day Tags: alternative, house of love, indie, music, song of the day

Today we remember the great afrobeat drummer, Tony Allen, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 79.

Categories: Blog, In Memoriam Tags: afrobeat, Fela Kuti, In Memoriam, Tony Allen 1 Comment

The title track from La Düsseldorf‘s sophomore LP, “Viva” finds the German band sounding simultaneously stately and anarchical.

Fusing synth-pop with traditional Japanese music, Yasuaki Shimizu‘s “I’m Dying For Love” is a left-field classic in his native Japan.

Categories: Blog, music, Song of the Day, synth pop Tags: Japan, music, song of the day, synth pop, Yasuaki Shimizu