Saint Etienne - finisterre edit, 2008

"Covering everything from their first single through 2002's Finisterre, London Conversations offers up a good spread, with hits and obscure B-sides occupying equal territory. The running order runs (mostly) chronologically on each CD, but the sequence flows well enough that the "mx-tape" vibe remains hip-ly intact for the listener."

Saint Etienne - tonight club clique remix, 2012

"Part of what's appealing about Words and Music is the way it maintains a contemporary Top 40 sheen without lowering itself to pandering, but it isn't all uptempo dance-pop."

The Moody Blues - nights in white satin live at the royal albert hall, 2000

"The best points at least for a prog-fan are the well-known songs from the real prog (or proto-prog) phase of MB: 'Tuesday afternoon', 'Nights in white satin', 'Legend of a mind' and 'Question', where they got the most beautiful moment of the show, a perfect interaction with the audience. Even songs of their pop-rock phase like 'Your wildest dreams' and 'I know you're out there somewhere' work pleasantly."

Editors - hyena acoustic, 2013

"Yes, their music as a whole drips with idealistic loss, but here we're presented with an anthemic distinguishing quality."

Car Seat Headrest - just what i needed not just what i needed, 2016

"the physical release has been delayed to the summer due to a legal issue over "Just What I Wanted/Not Just What I Needed," an album track containing elements of the Cars' "Just What I Needed." In a press release, the label writes, "Matador had negotiated for a license in good faith months ago, only to be told last week that the publisher involved was not authorized to complete the license in the United States, and that Ric Ocasek preferred that his work not be included in the song." As a result, the currently printed copies of the record will be recalled and destroyed. The song, meanwhile, will be edited to remove the Cars reference."

Neil Young And Crazy Horse - i am a child live, 1979

"Live Rust was the soundtrack to Young's concert film Rust Never Sleeps (he had wanted to give it that title, but Reprise vetoed the idea, fearing confusion with the earlier album), and likewise was recorded October 22, 1978, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco."

Marillion - heart of lothian demo, 1998

"Lead singer Fish was born in Dalkeith, a town in the county of Midlothian, Scotland just outside Edinburgh. Lothian is a district in Scotland and Midlothian is the middle part of it. The Royal Mile, which is also referred to in the song, is the main High Street in Edinburgh. There is a heart-shaped mosaic embedded into the pavement halfway up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. The heart is traditionally a symbol of local pride. One of the Edinburgh football teams is known as Heart of Midlothian, or "Hearts" for short."

James - born of frustration live, 2022

"Born of Frustration was the second single off the Seven album released a couple of weeks before the album itself. Weighing in at over five minutes and containing Tim yodelling and a “la, la, la, la” refrain that brought comparisons with Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget About Me”, it was the one song that the critics felt justified all the stadium-rock accusations thrown at the band at the time. It was for sure a bigger more ambitious wide-screen sound that James had never previously achieved and that in many quarters was seen as a crime against indie music."

Coldplay - crests of waves, 2002

"Crests of Waves" is arguably one of the best songs in the unreleased section. Their rock influences show most clearly here, relying heavily on the guitar-driven ballad to power through the lyrics. In a way, love is drowning the singer, who laments about being oppressed and lost in the middle of everything - it could be worse, it could be better, but he is going nowhere."

Moby - hey! hey!, 2016

"Hey! Hey!" kicks off These Systems Are Failing with a crack of thunder. Ten seconds in, we have the most infectious Moby hook of the last half decade, and the time the crescendo builds to the chorus, you'll find it hard to keep your feet tethered to the ground. Moby paints a vivid picture with his exposition, an urgent and anxious world plagued with information above and beyond the saturation point."

Car Seat Headrest - oh! starving, 2015

"Originally the final track on Car Seat Headrest’s 2010 release ‘3’ (featuring slightly different lyrics), this track has been rerecorded twice, for the 2012 EP Starving While Living as well as this version, at the close of Teens of Style. The name is an allusion to and play on the Beatles' song “Oh! Darling”

Pet Shop Boys - always on my mind cover single discography, 1991

"Discography: The Complete Singles Collection is the first greatest hits album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 4 November 1991 by Parlophone."

Fait-divers by Buddha

"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world." (Buddha)

Fait-divers by Wayne Dyer

"When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace." (Wayne Dyer)

Fait-divers on purpose

Live today on purpose, and there is no need for thinking of changing yesterday and worrying about tomorrow.

Neil Young - tell me why live at massey hall, 1971

"Live at Massey Hall 1971 is a live album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young. Released in 2007, the album features a solo acoustic performance by Young at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 19 January 1971 during his Journey Through the Past Solo Tour. It is the second release in Young's Archives Performance Series."

Saint Etienne - swedish radio theme, 2022

"A collection of hot dishes and cold cuts from late period Saint Etienne. Some were one-off projects, others are gems that were ruthlessly tossed aside from reasons no one can quite remember. And so, for your enjoyment, we have the theme from a scandalous show called Luuk & Lokko (Swedish Radio Theme)"

Nada Surf - popular, 1996

"Popular" is the debut single by American alternative rock band Nada Surf, released in May 1996 from their debut album High/Low, released the following month. Each verse in "Popular" presents, in spoken-word format, sarcastic advice to teenagers taken from the book Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity by American actress Gloria Winters."

Pet Shop Boys - integral, 2006

"The single criticises the Identity Cards Act 2006. A statement from the band cited the issue as the reason that Neil Tennant ceased his well-publicized support of Tony Blair's Labour party. Some wording, such as 'sterile, immaculate', is drawn from Yevgeny Zamyatin's dystopian novel We, although Tennant hadn't read it when he wrote the lyrics. In the book, the inhabitants of the future One State try to build The Integral, a glass spaceship, in order to solve the cosmic equation and resolve all the problems in their One State."

Saturday Looks Good To Me - if you ask, 2004

"With its reverbed guitars and stop/start pacing, Keep Walking reminds me of the better songs off the most recent album by Atlanta's The White Lights. This similarity is brought home on one of the later tracks called If You Ask. With an organ, a vibraphone and some dominant drumming, that song has that haunted prom feel that characterizes the work of so many Atlanta-based bands. However, to the credit of Saturday Looks Good to Me, unlike other bands, they manage to make each song different enough that I'm not left thinking that everything sounds the same."

Coldplay - hymn for the weekend, 2016

"The song was debuted on Annie Mac's BBC radio show on 30 November 2015. According to Berryman, lead singer Chris Martin originally wanted the song to be a party song with the lyrics "drinks on me, drinks on me", but his bandmates didn't think that would go well with their fans."