Dexys Midnight Runners were more, much more, than just that song.
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According to Popjustice the original lineup of Sugababes are working together again. Subsequent different lineups went on to release songs that still make them the best pop act of the century.…
As was the case last year, a late entry picks up this prestigious award.
One of several songs available for free download at florrie.com I'm impressed with the quality of everything I've heard from her so far.
Standout track from Lisa's excellent new album. See also her vocals on one of my favourite songs of the year so far.
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Song from 2010. Video from this week. One of the greatest songs of all time.
Steve Jobs narrates the first Think Different commercial "Here's To The Crazy Ones" in 1997. This version never aired - Apple instead used Richard Dreyfuss. They made the wrong choice.
Steve Jobs, 2005: No one wants to die, even people who want to go to Heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be.…
Michael, Mike, Peter, Bill. Thank you.
In 2010 Juliana Hatfield released the home-made acoustic album Peace & Love , followed by a project of privately recorded acoustic songs for fans at $1,000 each. The subtext was clear.…
The best thing she's ever done.
30 years is a long time. This song is now synonymous with cheesy wedding reception discos, 'guilty pleasures' events and the arm-linking, pissed up selections in nightclubs.…
Loved watching Anna on the Glastonbury TV coverage and last weekend she was one of the highlights of my trip to the Latitude Festival.…
To mark the sad demise of this great band (their split was confirmed last week), I present one of their finer moments. I'm glad I got to see them a few years ago.…
Filmed last Saturday, backstage at the Garforth Festival.
After the sheer horror that was John Squire's Seahorses, Ian Brown's solo debut was so brilliant, stylish, and inventive by comparison.
Ooh look. It's Marijne van der Vlugt. Her off 90's MTV Europe. Her out of Salad.
Otway, performing in the Peter Boat car park at the Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival last weekend. Two major concerns arose from this performance: Envy at the torso of a 58 year old man.…
No Guru. No Method. No Teacher. This song is so beautiful.