Tag: record labels
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No FLag
It seems like Elvis Costello works best in times of crisis or war, and his ‘No Flag’ is very angry and timely. Love the 80’s video in ultra-modern Instagram square format, 2020’s via 80’s cold war alienation. As said by others including Mr B, on his new album, us Gen X have this whole thing…
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RC 324: New Normal / Coronacoaster
Everyone’s talking at me…about The New Normal, which apparently is like New Coca Corona, i.e like the old one but with all the nice things taken out. Apparently we are in a new future, one that seems to be cribbing the lyrics to East 17 songs…Stay now…stay now…stay now…and government mixed message memes with laughable…
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RIP Florian Schneider
Oh boy…where do you start with an artist like Florian Schneider, of Kraftwerk? Sadly he has died at 73. It’s not hyperbole when you say that Florian and Kraftwerk may not be household names like some, but without Kraftwerk you probably wouldn’t have new wave and new romantics, electro-pop, house, techno and all those influenced…
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Wish I Could Wake In September (CoVID-19 Mashup)
Well there’s one good/bad* thing to the current events I have started making mashups again! (*delete as necessary) This is my current response to the coronavirus epidemic aka COVID-19, a complete nightmare and I want to just sleep til September and wish others were here in my isolation. Already had the Pink Floyd ‘Wish You…
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Running Red Lights
What’s this? Another Avalanches track drops within a month? What is this, 2001? The song is pretty good, with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer fame and Pink Siifu but what makes this is the video with Erik Cavanaugh giving some street realness. You go, girl! P.S. If you wondered what the sample is buried under the…
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Pop Goes The Weapon
New Prophets of Rage (the supergroup formed by members of Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave and Cypress Hill) and they are back with a hard-hitting video about gun culture in the US and all the shootings this year alone. It’s a good time to be angry, and there is a lot to be…