Ingraban - strange things will happen the radio dept cover, 2022

"I watched the movie (Bon Appetit) and fell in love with this tune. And now, years later, off and on I still listen to the song - always in an endless loop. Obviously, I had to record my version. As a drum set, I used the little typewriter, I inherited from my great aunt some 25 years ago."

A-ha - time and again, 2002

"They still sound remarkably inventive, and in many cases ahead of their time."

Club 8 - she never call me, 1996

"One of their earliest tracks showcasing jangly, melancholic pop and Karolina's soft vocal style; helped establish their presence in the Swedish indie scene."

Neil Young - there's a world live at massey hall, 1971

"Singing in a hushed and fragile voice, it almost sounds like he's locked in a bedroom rather than on a theater stage, and as such it's jarring to hear the rapt-silent crowd explode into applause between songs."

The Beatles - wait, 1965

"The song was originally recorded for Help! in June 1965, but was rejected for inclusion on the album. When Rubber Soul fell one song short for a Christmas release, the Beatles revisited "Wait". Overdubs were added to the initial recording so it would blend in better with the more recent songs on Rubber Soul."

A little bit of religion

An excellent article of Tomichan Matheikal about religion and the Byung-Chul Han thinking: https://matheikal.blogspot.com/2026/06/is-god-dead.html

Marvin Gaye - god is love, 1971

"What's Going On is a concept album with most of its songs segueing into the next and has been categorized as a song cycle. The narrative established by the songs is told from the point of view of a Vietnam veteran returning to his home country to witness hatred, suffering, and injustice. Gaye's introspective lyrics explore themes of drug abuse, poverty, and the Vietnam War."

John Prine - hello in there, 1971

"John Prine painted songs with splintered brushstrokes. His songwriting poignancy, draped around a reedy, unmistakable timbre, was a natural, God-given gift. His style was often humor-laced, other times more plainspoken and directed at the everyman. His talents are best explored with such songs as “Hello in There,” off his 1971 self-titled debut, a stark examination of age, enduring love, and time’s merciless hand."

Pink Floyd - don't leave me now, 1979

"Don't Leave Me Now" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It appears on The Wall album (1979) and was released as a B-side on the single of "Run Like Hell". A 12" single of "Run Like Hell," "Don't Leave Me Now" and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" peaked at #57 on the Disco Top 100 chart in the U.S."

The Innocence Mission - the brothers williams said, 2020

"There’s a moment on The Brothers Williams Said from The Innocence Mission’s new album See You Tomorrow, where everything you know is thrown into a cocked hat. The solemn piano and fragile vocals of Karen Peris are joined with the sounds of an ancient mellotron, drums enter and one realizes that music still has the power to surprise and transfix listeners."

A-ha - solace, 2002

"Lifelines picks up, to an extent, where Minor Earth Major Sky left off and marks an evolution of a-ha’s sound, rather than a revolution. Harket’s trademark vocals sound virtually unchanged and there are still dramatic orchestral sweeps in various tunes, coupled with pop beats and a willingness to experiment with technology. But the mood is darker, more pensive and less immediate."

The Radio Dept - always a relief live in seoul, 2016

"The band is notoriously slow-releasing music and rarely gives interviews, cultivating a sense of mystery and ensuring they never compromise their art for commercial pressure"

Galaxie 500 - blue thunder, 1989

"Blue Thunder was Galaxie 500’s second single and contains the love-it-or-hate-it w/sax version of the title track. I fall very heavily on the love side!"

Sigur Rós - flugufrelsarinn, 1999

"Post-rock, as it is called, is a kind of alternative rock that contains harmonies, melodies, instrumentation, and rhythms that are completely different than what everyone’s definition of rock music is. Whereas there are many bands working in the genre, even some who don’t consider themselves to be part of the said genre at all, one of the most successful is Sigur Rós."

Bob Dylan - talkin new york, 1962

"Talkin' New York" is the second song on Bob Dylan's eponymous first album, released in 1962. A talking blues, the song describes his feelings on arriving in New York City from Minnesota, his time playing coffee houses in Greenwich Village, and his life as a folksinger without a record deal. The lyrics express the apparent difficulty he had finding gigs as a result of his unique sound, with a character in the song telling Dylan: "You sound like a hillbilly; We want folk singers here."

Sambassadeur - orustfjord, 2019

"Orustfjord has a Nordic name but it sounds tropical and is more pop-ish than the rest. One thing we know for sure is that none of the Sambassadeur’s songs sound repetitive or at some point a replica of anything else. The band’s musicality is unique and that is felt in this track more than ever. It looks like they’ve reinvented their mark and turned it into a defined genre. A beautiful one!"

REM - first we take manhattan cover, 1991

"The song has been covered dozens of times. Most notably, American alternative rock band R.E.M. contributed a cover version for the Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan (1991). Their presence on the compilation led to a re-arranging of the I'm Your Fan track list. In the U.S. release of the tribute, R.E.M.'s cover appeared as the first track, rather than the House of Love's "Who by Fire" which was the starting track in all other countries."

Saint Etienne - only love can break your heart cover foxbase beta mix, 2009

"a remix-cum-update-cum-re-upholstering of their 1991 debut, with Richard X at the controls. He’s been given free reign to do what he fancies with the album, revisiting all the DATs, cassettes, floppy discs and other storage solutions of the time to put a little oomph into the original. Neither a remaster nor a complete overhaul – the tracks remain in same order and he’s kept pretty much to the same length – Beta sees proceedings spruced up and reinvigorated, future-proofing an album that was very much of its time in October 1991."

Saint Etienne - london belongs to me, 1991

"Even as they sang about London life, about side streets and greasy spoons, they looked to the continent for inspiration, for an internationalist conception of nationality and Britishness, and it was intoxicatingly glamorous."

Jens Lekman - chapter zero seven we were here, 2026

"The song has a reflective, poetic feel typical of Lekman—mixing historical imagery, love, and the idea of leaving marks or memories"

A-ha - cannot hide, 2002

"Lifelines is the seventh studio album by the Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha, released on 24 April 2002 by WEA. The album topped the charts in Norway and Germany, and reached the top 10 in Austria, Denmark, Poland and Switzerland. In 2019, Lifelines and Minor Earth Major Sky, both of A-ha's albums recorded for Warner Music Germany, were remastered and re-released with an extra disc, which contained demos, early versions and alternate mixes."

Renaissance - spare some love, 1972

"'Spare Some Love' has probably the most complex vocal melody on the album: Annie's vocals spin round and twist in an incredibly difficult manner, as she makes her way through simplistic lyrics about giving love - and gives the lyrics an air of gravity and Godliness simply by the power of her voice."

The Lightning Seeds - love explosion, 1990

"The Lightning Seeds are not, as you might imagine, an obscure American garage band from Buttclench, Indiana, but the pop brainchild of Scouse wunderkind Ian Broudie (he of the almost legendary Liverpool groups Care and Original Mirrors). Possibly better known for his production work with Wah!, Echo And The Bunnymen and lcicle Works, Broudie’s first solo LP is an understated affair packed full of gentle semi-precious pop songs. Echoing the plaintive and highly unfashionable tones of bedsit balladeer Al Stewart, Broudie’s voice wafts angelically through the LP, counterpointed by a collection of neat and massively hummable songs, sometimes reminiscent of New Order’s surefire melodic touch. Aside from the energised percussive blast of Love Explosion, the delicately textured love song Joy and the effervescent pop of Pure, the finest cut is the beautiful and quietly despairing ballad Bound In A Nutshell, which mourns the disenfranchised and put-upon city of Liverpool, yearning for its regeneration through a breath of life to make our engines roar."

The Radio Dept - i wanted you to feel the same live at wfuv, 2011

"Fans often describe the performance as transporting, highlighting the vocalist's ability to convey deep sentiment, often noting the sound transports them to a "far off place"."

A-ha - turn the lights down, 2002

"Two of the very best tracks on the album Lifelines and Turn The Lights Down feature the gorgeous voice of Anneli Drecker. Classy and slightly dark (who would have thought it in 1985?) adult orientated pop/rock."

Club 8 - honestly, 2026

"Club 8 (the Swedish indie pop duo of Karolina Komstedt and Johan Angergård) released "Honestly" as a single around May 22, 2026. It's part of a string of 2026 singles from them, including tracks like "Travel Back In Time," "There Is A Light That Seems To Go Out," and "Don't Cry Baby, It's Only A Film."

Fleet Foxes - sun it rises, 2008

"Borrowing from ageless folk and classic rock (and nicking some of the best bits from prog and soft rock along the way), on their self-titled debut album Fleet Foxes don't just master the art of taking familiar influences and making them sound fresh again, they give a striking sense of who they are and what their world is like."

Happy Mondays - kinky afro, 1990

"Kinky Afro" is a song by the English alternative rock band Happy Mondays, produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne. It was released as the second single from the band's third studio album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, on 8 October 1990. The song's chorus paraphrases the Labelle song "Lady Marmalade".

The Radio Dept - david semi-instrumental betheriel, 2023

"Been a fan of them for years, and the other day I hopped over to their Spotify page because I always randomly get the urge to listen to their music this time of year. I was kind of shocked to see them at nearly a million monthly listeners- last time I checked I believe they were at something like 200,000? Though I can’t recall when exactly that was. Curious if they’ve been having any kind of viral blowup lately. It’d be great id more people knew about them because they’ve always felt very underrated to me. Such a special band"

Neil Young - don't let it bring you down live at massey hall, 1971

"When Neil Young took the stage on that cold (I’m guessing) Toronto night in early 1971, it was just him, an acoustic guitar, a piano and that contraption that holds your harmonica and possibly fixes your scoliosis. Possibly. At the time, he was 26-years-old with a songbook and career that would’ve been the envy of musicians twice his age."

The Beatles - think for yourself, 1965

"In his 1980 autobiography, I, Me, Mine, George Harrison recalls little about the inspiration behind "Think for Yourself". He said that his intention was to target narrow-minded thinking and identified the British government as a possible source. Partly as a result of the vagueness of his comments, the song has invited interpretation as both a political commentary and a statement on a failing personal relationship."

James - space, 2001

"Space is the opening track from the 2001 James album Pleased To Meet You. It was not performed live during the Autumn 2000 tour when most of the new album was previewed. There are a couple of alternative versions of the song on early promos of the album, which mainly consist of a different opening section with more acoustic guitar. A live version of the song appears on the 2002 Getting Away With It Live cd and dvd. The song featured extensively on the 2011 orchestra tour and remained a regular in the set in 2012 and 2013. It reappeared at orchestral dates in 2023."

A-ha - i wish i cared, 2000

"'I Wish I Cared' shows just how talented Morten Harket is as his remarkable voice carries this gentle gem through with notes that few other male vocalists could see, never mind reach."

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - falling apart so slow, 2017

"the glimmering "Falling Apart So Slow" charts a seasonal year wherein intimacy unravels in his absence"

The Flaming Lips - oczy mlody, 2017

"he found the album title and some of the song titles and lyrics in a second-hand book, a Polish translation of Erskine Caldwell's Close to Home, titled Blisko domu. He and the band liked the words primarily due to their sound, rather than their meaning, "which he interpreted as 'Oxy Melody,' a futuristic drug."

Pink Floyd - one of my turns, 1979

"The song features some of Waters' most strenuous recorded vocal workouts, with him ending at a relatively high A above middle C. The composition's instrumental introduction makes use of the Phrygian mode, a musical mode rarely used in pop and rock music."

Fischerspooner - turn on, 2001

"Fischerspooner was an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York City after meeting in school. The name is a combination of the last names of the founders, Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner."

A-ha - to let you win, 2000

"They do not seem to have concern about attracting the youth/dance market, but instead seem to be focusing in on how to make perfect middle of the road pop songs with '90s technology."