I heard this track, by 80’s icon Rick Springfield on the radio the other day and I couldn’t stop humming it afterwards. I am unsure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Pretty special video here.
Rick in his 80’s heyday sporting a pretty solid jacket and tie combo:
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The journeys that music can take you on just blow my mind sometimes. In this instance from disquiet to thrall.
While writing up my post from Saturday, I spotted this remix album by London producer and chillwave trailblazer Bullion. It mashes up some beats from the late hip hop legend J.Dilla with The Beach Boys seminal Pet Sounds album in a mix that he rather nicely called Pet Sounds in The Key of Dee.
At first I was outraged, but a little intrigued. The more I have subsequently listened to it the more it has grown on me. The whole album is here, I can’t seem to stop listening to it.
Songs in the Key of Dee:
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I found myself listening to Pet Sounds again recently. Even after all this time, and I can’t begin to think how many listens I still find it utterly staggering. Those melodies contrasting with the undercurrent of melancholy take my breath away.
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Little Green Cars are a five-piece band from Dublin. I know very little about them but intend to find out more. I came across them on a review of the SXSW Festival in Austin, TX on the excellent Dublin-based Nialler9 blog.
Little Green Cars:
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I discovered Transatlantic duo Lady (a rather search engine unfriendly name!) a few weeks ago via the excellent Far From Cyan blog. This is fierce, in a good way.
Lady:
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This was inexplicably and immovably on my mind all of last weekend. It’s funny how that happens sometimes. It actually doesn’t sound that bad, the smoothness somewhat makes up for the cheesiness. I can’t believe it was released in 1991!
Lenny Kravitz – It ain’t over ’till it’s over:
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A sunny early-90’s classic to combat the Arctic weather in Dublin. How great is this video?
Happy Easter to all.
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A perfect Friday pick-me-up from the late, great Luther Vandross.
Luther Vandross:
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The enigmatic Phil Spector is on my mind today after reading this interesting piece in The Daily Beast about his impending final appeal against his conviction for murder. Also, he is just about to be portrayed by Al Pacino in a movie. This is one I definitely intend to watch!
It doesn’t much more classic Spector than The Ronettes. It doesn’t get much more classic than The Ronettes full stop.
The Ronettes and Phil Spector:
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I enjoyed the energy here. There is something youthful and vigorous that grabbed me even though it probably isn’t the typical sort of thing that I like.
This fire, this fire, this fire. We lit it…
Birds of Tokyo are from Western Australia and this is taken from their recently released album March Fires.
Birds of Tokyo:
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