New life – Depeche Mode This might be my most posted song here. Then again it might not be. I’ve stopped keeping track of such things. It’s certainly come up before, and more than once, so it’s a contender. Anyway, this my favourite Depeche Mode song. Their first song off the first album. It was [...]
Archive for July, 2010
New Life
Posted in Depeche Mode on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Who Is It?
Posted in Talking Heads on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Who is it? – Talking Heads Far down on the list of the greatest things my mother ever did for or gave me, but a great, indebted thing nonetheless, was passing her Talking Heads records down to me. There was an intent on her part. I remember sitting down with her and her saying “you’d [...]
Strawberry Sundae
Posted in BMX Bandits, Scottish bands on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Strawberry sundae – BMX Bandits Scottish band. The twee-est of bands. Apparently Kurt Cobain’s favourite band. And my girlfriend’s new-found favourite band. Well, it’s mostly for one song in particular, and it’s not this one. We never hear this one because that particular one is put on repeat forever. Other songs. I don’t really care. [...]
Hanging On The Telephone
Posted in Nerves on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hanging on the telephone – The Nerves Though it is possible they might have been screwed in some fine print somewhere, what a boon Blondie covering this song must have been for the Nerves. To have their song raised to a profile they, themselves, could never have (it’s true. Blondie are a very special band. [...]
Inhuman Nature
Posted in Mohinder on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Inhuman nature – Mohinder When Emo Summer declared their purpose to restore and honour the Cupertino Library basement of 1994, it seems clear now that (amongst others) they were talking about Mohinder. Mohinder still seem the most obscure and underappreciated band of the first tier of dredged up mid 90′s emo they have been made [...]
You’ll Never Know
Posted in Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipators, australian bands on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You’ll never know – Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipators Well this is just weird and awkward. Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipators is this friend of mine Glen’s Garageband (i think. Ipod is to mp3 player as Garageband is to DAW) thing he did a few years ago by himself out of his filthy flat. It’s [...]
The Promise
Posted in When In Rome on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The promise – When In Rome Well this song has completely taken over my life. This is just like it seems to have taken over the lives of every pop punk (not MTX, Sicko, etc. pop punk. The other kind) earlier this/last decade. Hey Mercedes, the Eyeliners, New Found Glory, Anberlin, and i’m sure some [...]
The Promise
Posted in When In Rome on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Promise – When In Rome And now i know who this song is by. When In Rome. I guess those words had to eventually fall as some band’s name. This is a really great song. And it’s in Napoleon Dynamite! That’s my generation’s link to it. The cool part of my generation that knows [...]
The King Of Wishful Thinking
Posted in Go West on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The king of wishful thinking – Go West So that’s who this song is by. That’s who Go West is. This is a service to all those who didn’t live through this, who’ve had to live with this song just there, around, authorless. I hate my job so much. Yes, i will do something about [...]
Tormentor
Posted in Kreator on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tormentor – Kreator Though it is a bit beyond me technique-wise (especially the palm muting as my wrists don’t seem to work that way), this seems an incredibly fun song to play. The open palm muting to those fill in chords that just make sense to play is one of the best examples of strapping [...]
