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Song of the day: Jim Carroll Band “People Who Died”

In the face of the huge number of recent deaths of prominent musicians and entertainers, this Jim Carroll Band song feels eerily pertinent.

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

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“The Bridge” from Liverpool-based alternative band, Clinic‘s sophomore LP, find the group perfecting their iconoclastic sound.

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“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.

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The genre mashing, sample heavy and pointedly ironic debut single from Sigue Sigue Sputnik helped create a truly strange UK subgenre.

“Kingdom of Rain” is a profound ballad about emotional decay by the difficult to Google post-punk act, The The, in duet with Sinead O’Connor.

“Dreaming” is a light speed and incandescent 1979 single from Blondie that ably bridges disco with New Wave.

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“Black Rooster” is a perfect introduction to the dark, down and dirty sounds of garage revivalists, The Kills.

“Tomorrow” is a lament by The Durutti Column, featuring Vini Reilly’s plaintive vocals set against a gorgeous tapestry of layered guitars.

“Orange Appled” finds the Cocteau Twins letting flow rivers of sonics: a perfect single from a truly unique pop band.