Author: Alex Deley

Song of the Day (Shocktober): Les Baxter “Necronomicon”

Les Baxter goes for broke with “Necronomicon”: an ode to the evil possibilities of the book that features throughout Lovecraft‘s writings.

Veteran film composer Henry Mancini turns in an once eerie and modern-sounding theme to the 1962 film, Experiment In Terror.

Categories: Blog, music, Song of the Day, soundtrack, spooky Tags: henry mancini, music, shocktober, song of the day, soundtrack

Today we remember visionary drummer/ frequent hellion, Ginger Baker who sadly passed away over the weekend.

Categories: Blog, In Memoriam Tags: cream, Eric Clapton, Fela Kuti, Ginger Baker, In Memoriam, jack bruce, music, PIL

Rob Zombie‘s anthem to a vampiric hot rod, “Dragula”, is a lot cleverer and a lot more fun than it has any right to be.

Categories: Blog, electronica, music, Song of the Day Tags: electronica, industrial, music, Rob Zombie, shocktober, song of the day

Shocktober continues with a track from ex-Charles Manson acolyte, Bobby Beausoleil‘s acid score to Kenneth Anger‘s Lucifer Rising.

“Totally Wired” is a blistering early single by The Fall and features singer Mark E. Smith‘s usual mix of commentary, humor and harangue.

Categories: Blog, music, post-punk, punk, Song of the Day Tags: mark e. smith, music, post-punk, punk, song of the day, the fall

As fall progresses and things start to get a little chillier at night, Keith Hudson turns the heater on with this reggae classic.

Categories: Blog, dub, music, reggae, Song of the Day Tags: Keith Hudson, music, New Order, reggae, song of the day

“Like It Is” is a gorgeous, minor-key jazz ballad that finds multi-talented reedman Yusef Lateef doubling on the flute and saxophone.

“I Got You” caught Split Enz announcing their new musical direction/ defection to New Wave with a pop bang.

Categories: alternative, Blog, music, Song of the Day Tags: alternative, music, Phil Judd, song of the day, Split Enz, Tim Finn

“Homeless Wanderer” is a gorgeous and typically iconoclastic piano performance from Ethiopian nun, Tsege Mariam Gebru.